Ryutaro Nagai Movies

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

Period film from 1934.

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

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 semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

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

The story of five sisters.

Japanese drama.

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

Near the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), Enokichi, a popular figure in the world of boxing entangled in the Yakuza business.

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...

A man attacks the shogun, but does not succeed in his assassination attempt. He flees to the mountains and hides in a shed. There he finds an old man...

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

Japanese film.

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.