Ryutaro Nagai Movies

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

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

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"...

Japanese drama.

The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.

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...

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

The story of five sisters.

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

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

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

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...

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

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

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

Japanese film.

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.