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Tag Archives: Sadao Nakajima
Aesthetics of a Bullet / Teppôdama no bigaku (1973) Sadao Nakajima, Tsunehiko Watase, Miki Sugimoto, Mitsuru Mori

A low-life crook gets a job as a yakuza hit-man and proceeds to pretend to be a big shot. Read More »
Diaries of the Kamikaze / Â dôki no sakura (1967)

This movie is dedicated to desperate young Japanese pilots, during the Second World War. Read More »
Jean’s Blues: No Future / Jînzu burûsu: Asu naki buraiha (1974) Sadao Nakajima, Tsunehiko Watase, Meiko Kaji, Ryôhei Uchida

Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn’t hers. Read More »
The Seburi Story / Seburi monogatari (1985) Sadao Nakajima, Ken’ichi Hagiwara, Yumiko Fujita, Michiko Kohno

The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject Read More »
Authentic True Account: Osaka Shock Tactics / Jitsuroku gaiden: Osaka dengeki sakusen (1976) Sadao Nakajima, Hiroki Matsukata, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tsunehiko Watase

There is almost non-stop action and violent brutality guys get cooked Read More »
Female Ninja Magic / Kunoichi ninpo (1964) Sadao Nakajima, Mari Yoshimura, Yumiko Nogawa, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position. Read More »
Girl Boss 5: Escape from Reform School / Sukeban: Kankain dassô (1973) Sadao Nakajima, Miki Sugimoto, Yûko Kanô, Hiroko Isayama

Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school Read More »
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro’s Birth / Kogarashi Monjirô: Kakawari gozansen (1972) Sadao Nakajima, Bunta Sugawara, Etsuko Ichihara, Kunie Tanaka

Tsunehei of Hachiman is all smiles after Monjiro saves his life. He introduces Monjiro to Omitsu Read More »
Appassionata AKA Jo no mai (1984) Sadao Nakajima, Mariko Okada, Yûko Natori, Morio Kazama, Kei Satô

Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Read More »