Yasushi Nagata Movies

First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to...

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

1962 Japanese movie

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the...

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

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

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

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

1962 Japanese movie

A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.

Based on the novel by Yoshie Hotta

A young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his birth father, he travels to Edo to find Shogun...

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.