Director
1934 - 2023
Sadao Nakajima
Togane, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki.
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Mifune: The Last Samurai
Steven Okazaki
2015
1h 21m
Nearly 20 years after his death and in the run-up to his centenary, Toshiro Mifune remains a true giant of Japanese cinema.
Uzumasa raimuraito
Ken Ochiai
2014
1h 44m
A moving, nostalgic portrait of the men behind the golden age of chanbara (sword-fighting dramas and films) that goes behind the scenes of the distinctive film genre for which Japan is most famous, with dominant performance by real-life kirare-yaku Seizo Fukumoto.
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