Katsuo Nakamura Movies

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

The meeting of the two greatest legends in Japan - Magistrate Toyama, the crime-fighting official with the cherry blossom tattoo on his shoulder, and...

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned...

An all-star cast portraying the end of the Edo period as a commemorative film for the late Tsumasaburo Bando.

Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The...

Produced by Shochiku’s all-star cast as a commemorative film to mark the completion of the “Shochiku Kaikan” in Tsukiji, Tokyo,...

In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to...

The tale of Taira Kiyomori who started as a young inexperienced warrior who led the Heike into the battle against the brutal pirates on Setouchi.

Set at the end of the feudal period. A woman spends most of her early life in prison, incarcerated by political opponents of her father. When she is...

An anthology exploring the meaning of the Japanese greeting goaisatsu.

Army Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda (Nakamura Shido) has been fighting guerrilla warfare in the jungles of Lubang Island in the Philippines with his...

A biographical movie about Shinran

A ghost interrupts the journey of two young noblemen who are disguised as merchants.

The Fir Tree Remains | Yamamoto explores the life of Koi Harada, a man wrongfully branded a “traitor” in Japanese history. As the Date...

1962 Japanese movie

This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo...