Portrait of Sadao Nakajima

Directing

Sadao Nakajima

Career

Active from 1964 to 2019, with a break from 2001 to 2014, busiest in 1974 with 6 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Jeans Blues: No Future
Jeans Blues: No Future
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sadao Nakajima Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7
  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Biographical
    0.3, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 7
  • Historical Drama 6
  • Gang Warfare 4
  • Crime Drama 4
  • Japanese History 4
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Violent 3
  • Revenge 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • Action 3
  • Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

94
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

3 titles · average score 73
Love's Twisting Path
Love's Twisting Path (2019)

Director, Screenplay

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay
Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay (2015)

Director

Uzumasa Limelight
Uzumasa Limelight (2014)
GoodWatch score 73

as Sadao Nakajima

2000s

1 title
Yakuza Ladies: Revenge
Yakuza Ladies: Revenge (2000)

Screenplay

1990s

13 titles
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder (1999)

Screenplay

Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Yakuza Ladies: Decision (1998)

Director

Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble
Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble (1996)

Director

The Man Who Shot the Don
The Man Who Shot the Don (1994)

Director

天下を獲った男 豊臣秀吉
天下を獲った男 豊臣秀吉 (1993)

Director

Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga (1992)

Director

Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen (1991)

Director

Yakuza Ladies Revisited
Yakuza Ladies Revisited (1991)

Director

Yakuza Warfare
Yakuza Warfare (1991)

Director

The Man Who Became The Don
The Man Who Became The Don (1991)

Screenplay

She-Shogun
She-Shogun (1990)

Director

1750 Days of Turbulence
1750 Days of Turbulence (1990)

Director, Screenplay

1980s

16 titles · average score 64
Shogun's Shadow
Shogun's Shadow (1989)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer

The Boss' Wife
The Boss' Wife (1988)

Screenplay

Tokyo Bordello
Tokyo Bordello (1987)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

Countryside Accountant's Government Reform
Countryside Accountant's Government Reform (1987)

Director

The Seburi Story
The Seburi Story (1985)

Director, Screenplay

Appassionata
Appassionata (1984)

Director

Theater Of Life
Theater Of Life (1983)

Director, Screenplay

Domineering
Domineering (1982)

Screenplay, Director

The Blazing Valiant
The Blazing Valiant (1981)

Screenplay

Kamikaze, the Adventurer
Kamikaze, the Adventurer (1981)

Writer

映画村殺人事件
映画村殺人事件 (1980)

Director, Screenplay

Jun
Jun (1980)

Producer

1970s

37 titles · average score 67
The Shogun Assassins
The Shogun Assassins (1979)

Director, Screenplay

Shag
Shag (1978)

Director

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion (1978)

Director

Japan's Don
Japan's Don (1977)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)

Director

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War (1976)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
Bohachi Bushido: The Villain (1974)

Screenplay

The Rapacious Jailbreaker
The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974)

Director

Jeans Blues: No Future
Jeans Blues: No Future (1974)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Screenplay

The Kyoto Connection
The Kyoto Connection (1973)
GoodWatch score 52

Screenplay, Director

Aesthetics of a Bullet
Aesthetics of a Bullet (1973)

Director

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro (1972)

Screenplay, Director

1960s

24 titles
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)

Screenplay, Director

Nippon '69: Sexual Curiosity Seeking Zone
Nippon '69: Sexual Curiosity Seeking Zone (1969)

Director

Nunnery Confidential
Nunnery Confidential (1968)

Director

Classmates
Classmates (1967)

Screenplay, Director

Shogun and His Mistress 2
Shogun and His Mistress 2 (1967)

Director

The Shogun and His Mistresses
The Shogun and His Mistresses (1967)

Director

Code Between Brothers 6
Code Between Brothers 6 (1967)

Director

Yakuza Hooligans
Yakuza Hooligans (1966)

Screenplay, Director

Three Yakuza
Three Yakuza (1965)

Screenplay

True Osaka Grit
True Osaka Grit (1965)

Screenplay

Female Ninja Magic
Female Ninja Magic (1964)

Writer, Director

Giant Rumble
Giant Rumble (1964)

Screenplay