Sanae Nakahara — Actor (26)
Lady Snowblood (1973) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
修羅雪姫
8.1 (10 ratings) director: Toshiya Fujita actor: Meiko Kaji / Toshio Kurosawa
other title: Lady Snowblood: Blizzard from the Netherworld / 修羅雪姫
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
Pigs and Battleships (1961) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb
豚と軍艦
director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Hiroyuki Nagato / Jitsuko Yoshimura
other title: Porci, geishe e marinai / Porcos e Couraçados
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
Cops vs. Thugs (1975) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB WikiData Min reol IMDb Douban
県警対組織暴力
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Bunta Sugawara / Tatsuo Umemiya
other title: Police contre Syndicat du crime / 県警対組織暴力
When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumatsu Kuno to help him hijack the deal. With relations between the rival gangs at breaking point, it's not long before all-out war breaks out as the gangsters, police and local politicians battle for control of the city.
Smashing the 0-Line (1960) [Movie] TMDB
密航0ライン
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Hiroyuki Nagato / Yuji Odaka
other title: 密航0ライン
Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping with—to get a scoop. But what happens when an even more ruthless female gang boss kidnaps his sister?
Kanto Wanderer (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
関東無宿
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Akira Kobayashi / Chieko Matsubara
other title: 関東無宿 / Il vagabondo del Kanto
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic Tetsu to trick a schoolgirl he fancies, Hanako, into a type of bonded prostitution. Because of gang conflict, the Izu family (to whom Katsuta belongs) has their last gambling den taken over, and he seeks revenge. This brings him back into contact with a former lover who is also a card trickster - she is also Diamond Fuyu's sister, and is now married to Okaru-Hachi, who has mastered a clever card cheating trick called Okaru, which involves the deft use of mirrors.
Tokyo Mighty Guy (1960) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
東京の暴れん坊
other title: 東京の暴れん坊 / The Tokyo Mighty Guy
Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and dashing good looks bring in the women as well as unwanted trouble, while an explosive political scandal builds around his girlfriend’s business...
If You Were Young: Rage (1970) [Movie] TMDB
君が若者なら
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Tetsuo Ishidate / Gin Maeda
other title: 君が若者なら / Si tu étais jeune
If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to try. Then one hits upon a plane - to work together to save for a dump truck and thus become independent contractors and be their own bosses at last. Ultimately life presents obstacles: jail for one, violence at the hands of the police for another and a girlfriend and subsequent children for the third. An early Kinji Fukasaku gem that imports the freewheeling style of the French New Wave and the hip detachment of American noir.
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
赤穂城断絶
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Sonny Chiba
other title: A Queda do Castelo Ako / Last of the Ako Clan
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
Warrior of the Wind (1964) [Movie] TMDB
風の武士
director: Tai Katō actor: Hashizo Okawa / Hiroko Sakuramachi
other title: 風の武士
A suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and romance of Shinzo and a beautiful Princess who find themselves at the center of an intrigue surrounding the legendary land of Yasurai in the mountains of Kumano. Hidden gold, the love of a beautiful Princess, and the approaching evil sword all contribute in bringing you a Ninja action thriller that only the legendary actor Okawa Hashizo and the genius director Kato Tai could produce!
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban
仁義なき戦い 頂上作戦
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Bunta Sugawara / Tatsuo Umemiya
other title: The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 4: Police Tactics / 仁義なき戦い 頂上作戦
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.
Writhing Tongue (1980) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb
震える舌
director: Yoshitaro Nomura actor: Mayuko Wakamori / Tsunehiko Watase
other title: 震动的舌头 / 震える舌
Masako, a five-year-old girl living, gets a scratch on her finger. After that, she suffered horrible spasms. The doctor checks on her and arrives at the conclusion that she has tetanus. Her parents have to bear the sufferings of their child. The once peaceful family has changed completely.
Shogun's Samurai (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
柳生一族の陰謀
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Sonny Chiba
other title: Im Schatten des Shogun / Le Samourai et le Shogun
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
眠狂四郎炎情剣
director: Kenji Misumi actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Tamao Nakamura
other title: Kyoshiro Nemuri 5 Le sabreur et les pirates / 眠狂四郎炎情剣
Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being attacked on the road, he quickly finds himself entangled in a conspiracy involving a corrupt chamberlain, a wily merchant, the survivors of a pirate gang, and a missing treasure trove.
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
新仁義なき戦い 組長の首
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Bunta Sugawara / Meiko Kaji
other title: 新仁義なき戦い 組長の首 / Nouveau combat sans code d'honneur 2 : La Tête du boss
The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes matters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss (1976) [Movie] TMDB
新仁義なき戦い 組長最後の日
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Bunta Sugawara / Chieko Matsubara
other title: 新仁義なき戦い 組長最後の日 / Nouveau combat sans code d'honneur 3 : les Derniers Jours du boss
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.
I, the Executioner (1968) [Movie] Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
みな殺しの霊歌
director: Tai Katō actor: Makoto Satō / Chieko Baisho
other title: Requiem pour un massacre / Réquiem por una masacre
Police detectives investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.
I, the Executioner (1968) [Movie] NeoDB
みな殺しの霊歌
director: 加藤泰 actor: 倍赏千惠子 / 中原早苗
other title: 我的刽子手 / みな殺しの霊歌
A killer driven by revenge tracks down and murders the five women who sexually molested his mentally unstable best friend and drove him to suicide. All the while the police search the underworld for the killer, the press plays up the sensational sex killings, and the killer himself finds his resolve weakened by his budding romantic relationship with a pretty young shopgirl.
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
女囚さそり 701号怨み節
director: Yasuharu Hasebe actor: Meiko Kaji / Masakazu Tamura
other title: Sasori – Grudge Song / Mélodie de la rancune
Nami is once again on the run from the law but is saved by an old classmate who works at a strip club. Through a subsequent conversation they discover they both have a score to settle with a particular crooked cop. However, Nami has doubts about ever trusting a man.
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972) [Movie] TMDB
軍旗はためく下に
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Sachiko Hidari / Tetsuro Tamba
other title: Sotto la bandiera del Sol Levante / Unter dem Banner der aufgehenden Sonne
A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out four survivors of her husband's garrison. Each tells a dramatically different story about her husband's conduct, but she is determined to learn the truth.
Endless Desire (1958) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData Douban TMDB IMDb
果しなき欲望
director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Hiroyuki Nagato / Misako Watanabe
other title: Desiderio inappagato / Desejo Insaciável
Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.