Directing
Sadao Nakajima
- Titles
- 93movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1964 to 2019, with a break from 2001 to 2014, busiest in 1974 with 6 main titles.
- Directed
- 70titles as director
- Average score
62/100
- Highest rated
Jeans Blues: No Future73/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.7average 2.6
- Eroticism5.3average 1.8
- Violence7.7average 4.3
- Warfare4.3average 1.2
- Politics5.7average 2.6
- Crime6.7average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism5.7average 3.3
- Nostalgia6.0average 3.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.7, average 5.2
- Fantasy0.7, average 1.8
- Wholesome2.3, average 3.3
- Pop Culture1.3, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 6
- Historical Drama 6
- Political Intrigue 5
- Crime Drama 3
- Gang Warfare 3
- Melancholy 3
- Violent 3
- Japanese History 3
- Action 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Feudal Japan 3
- Intrigue 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- SShigeru AkatsukaCinematographerBohachi Bushido: The Villain, The Shogun Assassins, The Rapacious Jailbreaker, Female Ninja Magic, Yakuza Hooligans, +10 more
Kōji TakadaWriterShe-Shogun, Japanese Godfather: Ambition, Japan's Don, Japanese Godfather: Conclusion, Yakuza Ladies: Decision, +10 more- TToshio MasudaCinematographerAesthetics of a Bullet, Japan's Don, Japanese Godfather: Conclusion, Operation Plazma in Osaka, Shimane Prison Riot, +8 more
- IIsamu IchidaEditorBohachi Bushido: The Villain, The Boss' Wife, Tokyo Bordello, The Shogun Assassins, Appassionata, +7 more
- TTadao KandaEditorYakuza Hooligans, A Savage Beast Goes Mad, Three Pretty Devils, Memoir of Japanese Assassinations, Code Between Brothers 6, +6 more
Hiroki MatsukataActorJapanese Godfather: Ambition, Japan's Don, Shogun's Shadow, The Shogun Assassins, The Rapacious Jailbreaker, +5 more- TTakeo KanekoWriterBohachi Bushido: The Villain, The Kyoto Connection, The Revelation of a Geisha, Postwar Secrets, Shag, +5 more
Bunta SugawaraActorJapanese Godfather: Ambition, Japan's Don, Japanese Godfather: Conclusion, Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro, Memoir of Japanese Assassinations, +4 more- TTatsuo NogamiWriterAesthetics of a Bullet, Theater Of Life, The Rapacious Jailbreaker, Three Yakuza, Shimane Prison Riot, +4 more
- KKozo HoriikeEditorJapan's Don, Japanese Godfather: Conclusion, Operation Plazma in Osaka, Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro, Japanese Humanity and Justice, +4 more
Masaru SatōComposerShe-Shogun, Tokyo Bordello, Shogun's Shadow, The Shogun Assassins, Three Yakuza, +3 more
Kenjiro HiroseComposerThe Rapacious Jailbreaker, Yakuza Hooligans, Violent Fraternity, A Savage Beast Goes Mad, The Great Okinawa Yakuza War, +3 more
Movies and TV shows
912010s
3 titles · average score 69
Love's Twisting Path (2019)
Screenplay, Director
69
Uzumasa Limelight (2014)
as Sadao Nakajima
2000s
1 title
Yakuza Ladies: Revenge (2000)
Screenplay
1990s
13 titles
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder (1999)
Screenplay
Yakuza Ladies: Decision (1998)
Director
No Mercy Dog (1998)
Writer
The Man Who Shot the Don (1994)
Director
Oda Nobunaga (1992)
Director
Takeda Shingen (1991)
Director
Yakuza Ladies Revisited (1991)
Director
Yakuza Warfare (1991)
Director
The Man Who Became The Don (1991)
Screenplay
1750 Days of Turbulence (1990)
Screenplay, Director
She-Shogun (1990)
Director
1980s
14 titles · average score 64
69
Shogun's Shadow (1989)
Writer
The Boss' Wife (1988)
Screenplay
59
Tokyo Bordello (1987)
Screenplay
The Seburi Story (1985)
Director, Screenplay
Appassionata (1984)
Director
Theater Of Life (1983)
Screenplay, Director
Domineering (1982)
Director, Screenplay
The Blazing Valiant (1981)
Screenplay
映画村殺人事件 (1980)
Director, Screenplay
Jun (1980)
Producer
1970s
37 titles · average score 60
The Shogun Assassins (1979)
Director, Screenplay
Japan's Don (1977)
Director
Shimane Prison Riot (1975)
Director
The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974)
Director
73
Jeans Blues: No Future (1974)
Director, Screenplay
47
The Kyoto Connection (1973)
Director, Screenplay
Aesthetics of a Bullet (1973)
Director
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School (1973)
Screenplay, Director
The Revelation of a Geisha (1970)
Writer, Director
1960s
23 titles
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)
Director, Screenplay
Nunnery Confidential (1968)
Director
Shogun and His Mistress 2 (1967)
Director
Code Between Brothers 6 (1967)
Director
Yakuza Hooligans (1966)
Director, Screenplay
Judo vs. Karate (1966)
Screenplay, Director
Three Yakuza (1965)
Screenplay
True Osaka Grit (1965)
Screenplay
The Tattooed Lord (1965)
Screenplay
Female Ninja Magic (1964)
Director, Writer