Yasushi Nagata Movies

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adapted by frequent Masumura scribe Kaneto Shindo, this downbeat melodrama features a battle of women...

After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.

Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

A young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the Yokohama waterfront. The rebel Saburo works as an errand...

Suspense film based on Ryuji Hori's non-fiction book about the kidnapping and murder of 4-year-old Yoshinobu Murakoshi in 1963.

Nemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to avenge the death of their sensei, a political...

Japanese action film.

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

Newly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition that she marries Takato Shunsaku, a man she has never...

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

A thrilling entertainment mystery period drama directed by Daisuke Yamazaki, depicting the remarkable feats of the puppet showman Sakichi of Otama...