Sadao Nakajima

Known for: Directing
Born: August 8, 1934, Togane, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Died: June 11, 2023
Movies: 97

Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki.

Best-Known Movies

7.0

Mifune: The Last Samurai

2016

6.9

Shogun's Shadow

1989

5.0

The Kyoto Connection

1973

6.8

Uzumasa Limelight

2014

5.4

The Shogun Assassins

1979

7.6

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War

1976

6.2

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

1973

5.6

Tokyo Bordello

1987

7.1

Female Ninja Magic

1964

7.6

Jeans Blues: No Future

1974

Filmography

2016	Mifune: The Last Samurai	Self - Filmmaker
2015	Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay
2014	Uzumasa Limelight	Sadao Nakajima
2009	Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza	Himself
1989	Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger

Directing, Writing & Producing

2019	Love's Twisting Path	Director, Screenplay
2015	Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay	Director
2000	Yakuza Ladies: Revenge	Screenplay
1999	Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder	Screenplay
1998	No Mercy Dog	Writer
1998	Yakuza Ladies: Decision	Director
1996	Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble	Director
1994	The Man Who Shot the Don	Director
1993	天下を獲った男豊臣秀吉	Director
1992	Oda Nobunaga	Director
1991	Yakuza Warfare	Director
1991	Yakuza Ladies Revisited	Director
1991	The Man Who Became The Don	Screenplay
1991	Takeda Shingen	Director
1990	1750 Days of Turbulence	Director, Screenplay
1990	She-Shogun	Director
1989	Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger	Director
1989	Shogun's Shadow	Writer
1988	The Boss' Wife	Screenplay
1987	My Beloved Is My Husband's Boss?!	Director
1987	Tokyo Bordello	Screenplay
1987	Father Avenger	Director
1987	Countryside Accountant's Government Reform	Director
1986	「松本清張サスペンス隠花の飾り」足袋	Director
1985	The Seburi Story	Director, Screenplay
1984	Appassionata	Director
1983	Theater Of Life	Director, Screenplay
1982	Domineering	Screenplay, Director
1981	The Blazing Valiant	Screenplay
1981	Kamikaze, the Adventurer	Writer
1980	映画村殺人事件	Screenplay, Director
1980	Jun	Producer
1979	The Shogun Assassins	Director, Screenplay
1979	Down with The Big Boss	Screenplay, Director
1978	Japanese Godfather: Conclusion	Director
1978	Shag	Director
1977	Japanese Godfather: Ambition	Director
1977	Japanese Humanity and Justice	Director, Screenplay
1977	Japan's Don	Director
1976	The Three Ginza Rascals	Screenplay, Director
1976	The Great Okinawa Yakuza War	Director
1976	A Savage Beast Goes Mad	Director, Screenplay
1976	Operation Plazma in Osaka	Director
1975	Scoundrel Boss	Screenplay, Director
1975	Company Buggers	Director
1975	Shimane Prison Riot	Director
1975	The Viper Brothers and the Young General	Director
1974	The Rapacious Jailbreaker	Director
1974	Violent Fraternity	Director
1974	The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers	Screenplay, Director
1974	The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers	Director
1974	Jeans Blues: No Future	Director, Screenplay
1974	Bohachi Bushido: The Villain	Screenplay
1973	Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle	Director, Screenplay
1973	Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School	Director, Screenplay
1973	The Kyoto Connection	Director, Screenplay
1973	Aesthetics of a Bullet	Director
1973	Queen of Eros	Director
1972	Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth	Director
1972	The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats	Director
1972	Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro	Screenplay, Director
1972	The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13	Director, Screenplay
1971	A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers	Director
1971	Twisted Sex	Director
1971	The Viper Brothers	Director
1971	Pilgrimage to Japanese Baths	Director, Screenplay
1970	The Revelation of a Geisha	Writer, Director
1970	Three Pretty Devils	Screenplay
1970	Postwar Secrets	Screenplay, Director
1969	Memoir of Japanese Assassinations	Director, Screenplay
1969	The Cross of Vengeance	Screenplay
1969	Nippon '69: Sexual Curiosity Seeking Zone	Director
1968	Nunnery Confidential	Director
1967	Code Between Brothers 6	Director
1967	Shogun and His Mistress 2	Director
1967	The Shogun and His Mistresses	Director
1967	Classmates	Screenplay, Director
1967	The Domain: White Blade	Writer
1966	Judo vs. Karate	Screenplay, Director
1966	Showdown of Men	Director, Screenplay
1966	Yakuza Hooligans	Director, Screenplay
1966	Yakuza Vassal	Screenplay, Director
1966	Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves	Writer
1965	True Osaka Grit	Screenplay
1965	Three Yakuza	Screenplay
1965	Irogotoshi harudanji	Screenplay
1965	The Tattooed Lord	Screenplay
1964	The Spying Sorceress	Writer, Director
1964	Female Ninja Magic	Director, Writer
1964	間諜	Screenplay
1964	Giant Rumble	Screenplay
1964	Edo Crime Book: Black Claws	Writer

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