Sadao Nakajima

DirectorWriterActorProducer Aug 8 (died age 88) Togane, Chiba Prefecture, Japan 1964–2019 (55 year career)

6.4 avg rating

Biography

Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki.

Known For

Film

Mifune: The Last Samurai

Self - Filmmaker

Film

Shogun's Shadow

Writer

Film

Uzumasa Limelight

Sadao Nakajima

Film

Jeans Blues: No Future

Director

Film

Female Ninja Magic

Director

Film

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War

Director

Film

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

Director

Film

Love's Twisting Path

Director

Filmography

Acting (5)

Movies (5)

Mifune: The Last Samurai

2016

as Self - Filmmaker

7.2

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

Uzumasa Limelight

as Sadao Nakajima

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

2009

as Himself

7.0

Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger

1989

Crew (124)

Movies (122)

Love's Twisting Path

Director

Love's Twisting Path

Screenplay

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

2015

Director

7.5

Yakuza Ladies: Revenge

2000

Screenplay

6.0

Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder

1999

Screenplay

6.0

No Mercy Dog

1998

Writer

Yakuza Ladies: Decision

1998

Director

6.0

Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble

1996

Director

6.0

The Man Who Shot the Don

1994

Director

天下を獲った男豊臣秀吉

1993

Director

Oda Nobunaga

1992

Director

8.0

Yakuza Ladies Revisited

1991

Director

6.5

The Man Who Became The Don

1991

Screenplay

Yakuza Warfare

1991

Director

6.0

Takeda Shingen

1991

Director

She-Shogun

1990

Director

1750 Days of Turbulence

1990

Director

8.0

1750 Days of Turbulence

Screenplay

Shogun's Shadow

Writer

Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger

1989

Director

The Boss' Wife

Screenplay

Tokyo Bordello

Screenplay

My Beloved Is My Husband's Boss?!

1987

Director

Father Avenger

1987

Director

Countryside Accountant's Government Reform

1987

Director

The Seburi Story

Director

The Seburi Story

Screenplay

Appassionata

Director

Theater Of Life

Director

Theater Of Life

1983

Screenplay

Domineering

Director

Domineering

Screenplay

Kamikaze, the Adventurer

Writer

The Blazing Valiant

Screenplay

映画村殺人事件

Director

映画村殺人事件

Screenplay

Jun

Producer

Down with The Big Boss

1979

Director

Down with The Big Boss

1979

Screenplay

The Shogun Assassins

Director

The Shogun Assassins

Screenplay

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

Director

Shag

Director

Japan's Don

Director

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

1977

Director

8.8

Japanese Humanity and Justice

1977

Director

7.0

Japanese Humanity and Justice

1977

Screenplay

7.0

The Three Ginza Rascals

1976

Director

The Three Ginza Rascals

1976

Screenplay

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War

1976

Director

7.1

A Savage Beast Goes Mad

1976

Director

6.3

A Savage Beast Goes Mad

1976

Screenplay

6.3

Operation Plazma in Osaka

1976

Director

6.5

Scoundrel Boss

1975

Director

Scoundrel Boss

1975

Screenplay

Company Buggers

1975

Director

7.0

The Viper Brothers and the Young General

1975

Director

Shimane Prison Riot

1975

Director

5.0

Bohachi Bushido: The Villain

1974

Screenplay

6.5

The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers

1974

Director

The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers

1974

Screenplay

Jeans Blues: No Future

1974

Director

7.7

Jeans Blues: No Future

1974

Screenplay

7.7

Violent Fraternity

1974

Director

The Rapacious Jailbreaker

1974

Director

6.7

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

1974

Director

Aesthetics of a Bullet

1973

Director

7.0

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

1973

Director

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

1973

Screenplay

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

1973

Director

6.2

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

1973

Screenplay

6.2

Semi-Document: Eros No Joô

1973

Director

The Kyoto Connection

Director

The Kyoto Connection

Screenplay

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

1972

Director

7.0

The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats

1972

Director

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

1972

Director

7.6

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

1972

Screenplay

7.6

The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13

1972

Director

The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13

1972

Screenplay

A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers

1971

Director

The Viper Brothers

1971

Director

6.5

Pilgrimage to Japanese Baths

1971

Director

5.0

Pilgrimage to Japanese Baths

Screenplay

Twisted Sex

Director

The Revelation of a Geisha

1970

Director

2.0

The Revelation of a Geisha

Writer

Three Pretty Devils

Screenplay

Postwar Secrets

Director

Postwar Secrets

Screenplay

Nippon '69 Sexual Curiosity Seeking Zone

1969

Director

3.2

The Cross of Vengeance

1969

Screenplay

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

1969

Director

7.0

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Screenplay

Nunnery Confidential

Director

Shogun and His Mistress 2

1967

Director

3.0

The Shogun and His Mistresses

1967

Director

2.0

Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival

1967

Adaptation

Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival

1967

Original Story

The Domain: White Blade

1967

Writer

Classmates

Director

Classmates

Screenplay

Code Between Brothers 6

1967

Director

6.5

Yakuza Vassal

1966

Director

Yakuza Vassal

1966

Screenplay

Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves

Writer

Judo vs. Karate

Director

Judo vs. Karate

Screenplay

Showdown of Men

Director

Showdown of Men

1966

Screenplay

Yakuza Hooligans

Director

Yakuza Hooligans

Screenplay

True Osaka Grit

Screenplay

The Tattooed Lord

Screenplay

Three Yakuza

Screenplay

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

1964

Writer

間諜

1964

Screenplay

The Spying Sorceress

1964

Director

The Spying Sorceress

1964

Writer

Giant Rumble

Screenplay

Female Ninja Magic

Director

Female Ninja Magic

Writer

Television (2)

Shadow Warriors

1980

Director

8.0

Women of Osaka Castle

1970

Director