Birthday

1934-08-08

Died

2023-06-11

Birthplace

Togane, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Gender

Male

Known For

Directing

Sadao Nakajima

Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki.

Acting Credits

Mifune: The Last Samurai

Self - Filmmaker

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

Himself

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

Uzumasa Limelight

Sadao Nakajima

Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger

Film Credits

Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival

Original Story

Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival

Adaptation

Semi-Document: Eros No Joô

Director

Three Yakuza

Screenplay

No Mercy Dog

Writer

Jeans Blues: No Future

Director

Yakuza Vassal

Director

Yakuza Vassal

Screenplay

The Kyoto Connection

Director

Shogun's Shadow

Writer

Aesthetics of a Bullet

Director

The Shogun Assassins

Director

映画村殺人事件

Screenplay

映画村殺人事件

Director

She-Shogun

Director

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

Director

Pilgrimage to Japanese Baths

Director

The Revelation of a Geisha

Writer

The Revelation of a Geisha

Director

The Domain: White Blade

Writer

Nunnery Confidential

Director

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Director

The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers

Screenplay

Tokyo Bordello

Screenplay

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

Director

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War

Director

The Man Who Shot the Don

Director

Shogun and His Mistress 2

Director

The Seburi Story

Director

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

Screenplay

The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats

Director

The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers

Director

The Boss' Wife

Screenplay

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

Director

Shag

Director

1750 Days of Turbulence

Director

Classmates

Screenplay

Classmates

Director

Yakuza Hooligans

Director

Nippon '69 Sexual Curiosity Seeking Zone

Director

Appassionata

Director

Domineering

Director

Domineering

Screenplay

Oda Nobunaga

Director

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

Director

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

Screenplay

Yakuza Warfare

Director

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

Director

A Savage Beast Goes Mad

Director

Yakuza Ladies: Decision

Director

Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble

Director

Yakuza Ladies Revisited

Director

The Viper Brothers

Director

The Rapacious Jailbreaker

Director

My Beloved Is My Husband's Boss?!

Director

Violent Fraternity

Director

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

Director

Countryside Accountant's Government Reform

Director

Father Avenger

Director

Down with The Big Boss

Screenplay

Down with The Big Boss

Director

Theater Of Life

Director

Theater Of Life

Screenplay

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

Writer

Female Ninja Magic

Writer

Female Ninja Magic

Director

Shimane Prison Riot

Director

Bohachi Bushido: The Villain

Screenplay

Jeans Blues: No Future

Screenplay

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

Screenplay

The Blazing Valiant

Screenplay

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

Director

Yakuza Hooligans

Screenplay

A Savage Beast Goes Mad

Screenplay

Kamikaze, the Adventurer

Writer

Showdown of Men

Director

The Seburi Story

Screenplay

The Kyoto Connection

Screenplay

Judo vs. Karate

Screenplay

Judo vs. Karate

Director

Japanese Humanity and Justice

Director

The Shogun and His Mistresses

Director

Operation Plazma in Osaka

Director

Love's Twisting Path

Screenplay

Love's Twisting Path

Director

Japan's Don

Director

The Three Ginza Rascals

Director

The Three Ginza Rascals

Screenplay

Postwar Secrets

Director

Postwar Secrets

Screenplay

1750 Days of Turbulence

Screenplay

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

Director

Code Between Brothers 6

Director

Jun

Producer

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Screenplay

Twisted Sex

Director

Japanese Humanity and Justice

Screenplay

Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder

Screenplay

Yakuza Ladies: Revenge

Screenplay

Giant Rumble

Screenplay

True Osaka Grit

Screenplay

The Spying Sorceress

Director

The Spying Sorceress

Writer

Pilgrimage to Japanese Baths

Screenplay

Company Buggers

Director

A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers

Director

Showdown of Men

Screenplay

The Cross of Vengeance

Screenplay

Three Pretty Devils

Screenplay

Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves

Writer

The Tattooed Lord

Screenplay

Scoundrel Boss

Screenplay

Scoundrel Boss

Director

The Viper Brothers and the Young General

Director

The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13

Screenplay

The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13

Director

Takeda Shingen

Director

The Shogun Assassins

Screenplay

The Man Who Became The Don

Screenplay

間諜

Screenplay

天下を獲った男豊臣秀吉

Director

Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger

Director

Shadow Warriors

Director

Women of Osaka Castle

Women of Osaka Castle

Director