Nobuo Nakagawa

The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro; to get her, he would even kill Takuro.

The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro; to get her, he would even kill Takuro.

Okatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to marry and actually she doesn't seem too upset about the situation. At the same time, a bunch of farmers are being slaughtered by a corrupt group running a tobacco smuggling ring. They're being investigated by a man who is documenting their crimes and when they find out about it, they torture him for information but get none. It's not long before he and Okatsu's mother wind up dead and she sets out for revenge.

This film focuses on Okatsu; the adopted daughter of a master swordsman. She is a master with a sword herself and her talents far overshadow that of her brother, and real child of the man who adopted her. Her brother unfortunately has a gambling habit, and it plunges the family into trouble when he loses a lot of money in a crooked dice game. After releasing he is unable to pay the debt he owes; the blame is shouldered by the father, who is killed, leading Okatsu on a path of revenge.

An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man died in debt, his wife and daughter are indentured servants and are forced to work in the landlord's factory.

An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man died in debt, his wife and daughter are indentured servants and are forced to work in the landlord's factory.

Japanese "mondo" film.

A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.

A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.

This is a story of a young heir to a powerful house, sent away to be raised by his nanny, so the young lord Genrokuro grew up bitter about his parents, hating his legacy and embracing everyone else from simple background. Only love can help him mature, hopefully in time to be a great lord for the people. A story of young Yoshimune, the future Shogun.

This is a story of a young heir to a powerful house, sent away to be raised by his nanny, so the young lord Genrokuro grew up bitter about his parents, hating his legacy and embracing everyone else from simple background. Only love can help him mature, hopefully in time to be a great lord for the people. A story of young Yoshimune, the future Shogun.

An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his behalf.

The last film produced by Shintoho.

A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.

1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they must take any means possible to get to the bottom of this mystery and find out who is behind them.

대학생인 시로는 야지마 교수의 딸 유키코와 약혼식을 올린 날, 친구 타무라와 차를 타고 가던 중 실수로 사람을 치게 되고 도주하지만 목격자가 있다. 자수를 결심한 시로는 유키코와 택시를 타지만 교통사고로 유키코마저 잃게 된다. 실의에 빠진 시로는 술로 시간을 보내다가 어머니가 병에 걸렸다는 소식을 듣고 집으로 돌아온다. 어느 날 야지마 교수 부부와 타무라가 시로의 아버지가 운영하는 양로원의 10주년 기념 행사에 참석하기 위해 시로를 방문한다. 모든 메인 캐릭터들이 모인 가운데 각자의 죄목에 따라 지옥으로 떨어진다.

대학생인 시로는 야지마 교수의 딸 유키코와 약혼식을 올린 날, 친구 타무라와 차를 타고 가던 중 실수로 사람을 치게 되고 도주하지만 목격자가 있다. 자수를 결심한 시로는 유키코와 택시를 타지만 교통사고로 유키코마저 잃게 된다. 실의에 빠진 시로는 술로 시간을 보내다가 어머니가 병에 걸렸다는 소식을 듣고 집으로 돌아온다. 어느 날 야지마 교수 부부와 타무라가 시로의 아버지가 운영하는 양로원의 10주년 기념 행사에 참석하기 위해 시로를 방문한다. 모든 메인 캐릭터들이 모인 가운데 각자의 죄목에 따라 지옥으로 떨어진다.

Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence.

요츠야 괴담을 다룬 기존의 영화와는 달리 나카가와는 사랑과 성공을 갈망하는 인간의 고뇌에 초점을 맞추고 있다. 오이와와 결혼을 원하는 무일푼의 사라무라이 이에몽은 그녀의 아버지가 결혼을 반대하자 오이와의 아버지를 살해하고 그녀와 결혼한다. 하지만 그의 가난이 더 이상 나아지지 않자 이번엔 부유한 가문의 딸 우메와 결혼하기 위해 오이와를 독살시킨다. 억울한 죽음을 맞은 오이와의 영혼이 귀신이 되어 이에몽을 따라다니자 악몽에 시달리던 그는 점점 미쳐간다. 영화제 소개글. 일본 영화사에서 괴담 영화의 최고봉으로 꼽히는 나카가와 노부오의 걸작으로 츠루야 난보쿠의 “요츠야 괴담”을 영화화한 기존의 많은 영화들과는 달리 감독은 사랑과 성공을 갈망하는 인간의 고뇌에 초점을 맞추고 있다. 은 미술, 조명 그리고 촬영 기법에서 나카가와의 중요한 미학적 기준이 되는 영화이자 연출의 독창성을 보여주는 영화이다. 절에서 이에몽이 나오스케를 칼로 살해할 때 타다미가 늪으로 변하는 장면에서 볼 수 있듯이 일본 전형적인 아름다움에 실험적인 시도를 곁들여 틀에 밖이지 않은 방식으로 주인공들의 심리를 그려낸다. 오프닝 시퀀스의 롱테이크와 불꽃 이미지에서 그만의 강렬한 스토리텔링의 특징을 볼 수 있다. 아마치와 와카스기의 현실감 있는 연기는 인간의 고통과 비애를 그리기에 손색이 없다. 오이와와 결혼을 원하는 무일푼의 사라무라이 이에몽은 그녀의 아버지가 결혼을 반대하자 오이와의 아버지를 살해하고 그녀와 결혼한다. 하지만 그의 가난이 더 이상 나아지지 않자 이번엔 부유한 가문의 딸 우메와 결혼하기 위해 오이와를 독살시킨다. 억울한 죽음을 맞은 오이와의 영혼이 귀신이 되어 이에몽을 따라다니자 악몽에 시달리던 그는 점점 미쳐간다. (도쿄 필름엑스 카탈로그)

20년 전 홀연히 사라진 미와코는 20년 전 그대로의 모습으로 갑자기 집으로 돌아온다. 미와코의 딸 이토코는 한 미술 전시회에서 자신의 엄마와 닮은 여자의 누드 사진을 보게 된다. 이토코와 신문 기자인 그녀의 약혼자 타미오는 진실을 파헤치기 위해 나선다.

Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

다자와 헌병오장과 아키코는 나미지마 헌병소위의 질투를 뒤로 하고 결혼한다. 헌병대에서 기밀문서가 도둑맞는 사건이 일어나고, 소위의 음모로 누명을 뒤집어쓴 오장은 총살당한다. 오장의 동생 다자와 이등병은 형의 복수를 맹세하며 헌병대에 입소하고, 겁탈당한 아키코 역시 복수를 꿈꾸며 중국 대륙으로 향한다. 한편 소위의 앞에 다자와의 유령이 출몰하기 시작한다.

의사인 테츠이치로는 결핵에 걸린 아내 요리코의 건강을 위해 아내의 고향인 큐슈로 이사를 결심하고 허름하지만 넓은 저택으로 이사를 한다. 그리고 그 집에 병원도 열게 된다. 하지만 이사온 첫날부터 저택으로부터 이상한 기운을 느낀 요리코는 급기야 그녀의 목을 조르는 노파의 공격을 받는다. 처음에는 테츠이치로도 단순히 이사로 인한 스트레스와 요리코의 병이 원인이라고 생각하며 믿지 않았지만, 병원의 간호사까지 비슷한 경험을 하게 되면서 저택과 관련된 끔찍한 과거가 서서히 밝혀지게 된다.

메이지 시대, 희대의 독부로 불리운 여자가 있었다. 그녀의 이름은 다카하시 오덴! 남자와 헤어진 후 빠져들게 된 악행 속에서 슬프고도 애욕적인 그녀의 파란만장한 삶이 펼쳐진다.

Kyôko Yashiro's film debut for Shintoho.

A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then goes to the swamp and drowns himself. 20 years later, the masseur's daughter unknowingly falls in love with the samurai's son who has been brought up to be a servant. After she is horribly disfigured in an accident, he plots to run away with another woman, but the path of their escape lies by the Kasane swamp...

Famed detective Dandy Sashichi tries to solve who's behind the serial murders of six beautiful women under the aegis of local showman Ibaragiya. The film opens with the sextet humiliating a respected painter's portraits of them, driving the man to a sus­picious suicide. Later, while celebrating his son's impending marriage into a wealthy family, Ibaragiya releases six pigeons from a pleasure boat, each with a rolled up drawing of one of the beauties tied to their legs. He offers a cash reward to whomever recovers the pictures, but they instead become death notices of which of the six are next to die.

Ryutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination attempts that aim to hand power over to his younger brother Tadanaga. Before learning of these plots, Ryutaro discovers himself in a predicament of his own when he rushes to the defence of a local girl who is caught between her boyfriend and a greedy businessman. The situation results in many violent one-on-one skirmishes between Ryutaro and the businessman’s many samurai defendants, one of whom enigmatically refuses to reveal his face or use more than just the one hand. Before long, Ryutaro’s top priority is not protecting Iemitsu as it should be, but rather unearthing the true identity of the mystery samurai.

The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask.

1955 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This heartfelt story concerns a wandering gambler from Banba by the name of Chutaro. Set during the Tenpo Period, Chutaro runs afoul of Boss Sukegoro of Iioka. Pursued by vengeance seeking swordsmen, Chutaro displays his phenomenal martial art skills. Abandoned as a child, he seeks to find his long lost mother, while at the same time fighting off numerous attacks by Iioka’s men.

1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.

Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi

Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa

A movie directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

Period film about the legendary detective Umon

A young botanical researcher moves to the highlands to collect plants for research, and falls in love with a nurse there.

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

Japanese comedy film.

Tobisuke, puppeteer in Kyôtô, saves O-fuku's life. Wounded in the head, it can now count to three. O-fuku invited him to meet her mother so she can heals him with a golden fruit. But O-fuku and Tobisuke had to cross the valley of death filled with fantastic creatures, will they survive?

Japanese mystery thriller.

Japanese noir.

1941 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Enoken no wanwan taishô AKA Wanwan Taisho AKA Bowwow General directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

Enoken trains to be a great sumo wrestler.

Enoken's anachronistic take on the beloved (and already very funny) Edo-period novel "Shank's Mare," aka Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige, in which Yaji and Kita, two plebeian nobodies, have all sorts of strange and colorful encounters on the long road from Edo to Kyoto.

Two hyper-competitive salarymen let their workplace rivalry spill over into their private lives, as both men try to one-up each other on a luxurious beach vacation neither's family can afford.

A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster) Mori no Ishimatsu, whose proverbial stupidity Enoken takes to farcical extremes.

Japanese movie

Japanese movie