
Katsuo Nakamura
1979 1962The Ambitious Youth
The Ambitious Youth0/101962HDAs descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.
1957Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers7/101957HDIn a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to...
1972The Trail of Blood
The Trail of Blood6.3/101972HDCan a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after...
1998Bonds
Bonds5.2/101998HDTetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father....
1964Roadside Stone
Roadside Stone6.5/101964HDThe Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The...
1958Fearless Opposition
Fearless Opposition0/101958HDThis action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza.
1959Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda7.5/101959HDOda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a...
1963A Devil of a Gentleman
1992The River with No Bridge
The River with No Bridge6/101992HDA widow and her two sons, Seitaro and Koji, live in the small town of Komori, where Buraku people are forced to reside. The two boys are...
1961The Ako Retainers
The Ako Retainers5.2/101961HDToei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A famous story of the 47 loyal samurai. When...
1956The Rose on His Arm
The Rose on His Arm5.8/101956HDIgnoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.
1960Shinran
2019The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1960Unwieldy Brothers
Unwieldy Brothers0/101960HDTaisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of emotion and impulsive violence. The samurai brothers fight...
1961Tale of a Company Boss
2009Snow Prince
Snow Prince5.9/102009HD10-year-old Sota lives with his grandfather and a dog named Chibi in a small snowy village. They live in such a poverty that Sota cannot even afford...
1958The Traveling Ruffian
The Traveling Ruffian5/101958HDAdventures of Mori no Ishimatsu, a famous member of Jirocho gang. Ishimatsu is strong in righteousness weak to mercy, who falls in love at first...
1961The Shogun and the Fishmonger
The Shogun and the Fishmonger5.7/101961HDFishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu.
1961Tale of A Company Boss Pt.2
1964Raised in a Palace
Raised in a Palace6/101964HDSet in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a...
1962The Injured Boy
2004Hazan
1968Man of a Stormy Era
Man of a Stormy Era0/101968HDThe early years of the Showa period were turbulent times for Japan. The country suffered financial crisis and famine, women worked under intolerable...