Ryutaro Nagai Movies

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

Japanese film.

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up...

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...

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...

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

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

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

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...

Second movie in the Sakura Code series.

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

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

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

1940 Japanese movie

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"...

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