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 drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

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

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...

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

1940 Japanese movie

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of Jirokichi, a city firefighter from the...

During a battle against Destron's forces, Shiro Kazami helps a priest who has been attacked by the evil organization's kaijin Hasami-Jaguar. Little...

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

Laughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple.

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

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

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...