Ryutaro Nagai Movies

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...

The 1st movie in the Kobushidake denki series.

Period film from 1934.

The story of five sisters.

A narrative rakugo film depicting the struggles of people desperately living under wartime conditions.

As Japan's economic growth policies intensify, small-scale farmers embark on a first-ever communal dairy farming initiative in their village. They...

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"...

Second movie in the Sakura Code series.

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...

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

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...

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

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