Ryutaro Nagai Movies

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

The story of five sisters.

Japanese drama.

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"...

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

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

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

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

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

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

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

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 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

Japanese film.

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...