Ryutaro Nagai Movies

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance...

1940 Japanese movie

Laughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple.

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

Japanese drama.

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up...

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

A man attacks the shogun, but does not succeed in his assassination attempt. He flees to the mountains and hides in a shed. There he finds an old man...

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble with the police. She gets sent to an "institute"...

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.