Ryutaro Nagai Movies

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

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...

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.

A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.

Japanese film.

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

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death...

In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

Japanese drama.

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.