Movies: Akira Nakamura

  • 1943
    Sanshiro Sugata

    Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

    Sanshiro Sugata

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    The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka....

    Sanshiro Sugata
  • 1966
    Evil Brain from Outer Space

    Evil Brain from Outer Space (1966)

    Evil Brain from Outer Space

    4.71966HD

    An evil brain from outer space unleashes monsters with deadly diseases on Earth with trying to conquer the universe. Superhero Starman must battle them all to save his planet....

    Evil Brain from Outer Space
  • 1960
    Jigoku

    Jigoku (1960)

    Jigoku

    6.41960HD

    A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell....

    Jigoku
  • 1957
    The Ghost of Kasane

    The Ghost of Kasane (1957)

    The Ghost of Kasane

    6.71957HD

    A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake an...

    The Ghost of Kasane
  • 1958
    Ghost in the Regiment

    Ghost in the Regiment (1958)

    Ghost in the Regiment

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    Desiring another officer’s new wife, a military police lieutenant fabricates evidence of treason that consigns the innocent man to torture and a firing squad. The lieutenant rapes the wife, but is haunted by bad dreams which after he is assigned to a...

    Ghost in the Regiment
  • 1957
    Snow Country

    Snow Country (1957)

    Snow Country

    6.71957HD

    It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the foster daughter of a local family, almost engaged to the fami...

    Snow Country
  • 1958
    Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

    Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War (1958)

    Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

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    Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
  • 1957
    Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

    Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)

    Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

    01957HD

    Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considere...

    Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
  • 1959
    The Lady Vampire

    The Lady Vampire (1959)

    The Lady Vampire

    4.91959HD

    Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she was just a baby. No one knows the first thing about the artist who painted it, but he goes by the name...

    The Lady Vampire
  • 1955
    Twilight Saloon

    Twilight Saloon (1955)

    Twilight Saloon

    81955HD

    Set in a tavern, director Tomu Uchida depicts the joys and sorrows of the people who gather there in an experimental style, weaving in a variety of music in this ambitious ensemble drama....

    Twilight Saloon
  • 1942
    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (1942)

    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

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    Japanese Navy air cadets train for the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the HMS Prince of Wales....

    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
  • 1954
    An Inn at Osaka

    An Inn at Osaka (1954)

    An Inn at Osaka

    7.31954HD

    An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. Notable for its exquisite framing ...

    An Inn at Osaka
  • 1953
    The Eagle of the Pacific

    The Eagle of the Pacific (1953)

    The Eagle of the Pacific

    7.71953HD

    Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to...

    The Eagle of the Pacific
  • 1956
    The Prosecutor and His Sister

    The Prosecutor and His Sister (1956)

    The Prosecutor and His Sister

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    The Prosecutor and His Sister
  • 1949
    Ghost Cat of Nabeshima

    Ghost Cat of Nabeshima (1949)

    Ghost Cat of Nabeshima

    6.51949HD

    Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He recommend Kinbei to offer it to his lord. Kinbei hesitates at first, since he knows the board has a mysterio...

    Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
  • 1958
    A Wicked Woman

    A Wicked Woman (1958)

    A Wicked Woman

    6.51958HD

    In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss....

    A Wicked Woman
  • 1958
    The Mother Tree

    The Mother Tree (1958)

    The Mother Tree

    51958HD

    A painter leaves his family to paint the homes of his rich clients. A lonely, ruthless samurai falls in love with the painter's wife and rapes her. He later murders the painter and his servants. From the afterlife, the painter's ghost seeks revenge o...

    The Mother Tree
  • 1958
    Flesh Pier

    Flesh Pier (1958)

    Flesh Pier

    51958HD

    Director Teruo Ishi's crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop working with a prostitution ring. It's done in an unique documentary style....

    Flesh Pier
  • 1956
    Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

    Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets (1956)

    Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

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    Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet....

    Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
  • 1960
    The Ghost Cat of Otama Pond

    The Ghost Cat of Otama Pond (1960)

    The Ghost Cat of Otama Pond

    81960HD

    Two lovers lost in the mountains. In what direction do not go, they find themselves in a mysterious forest pond, as if some kind of force does not want to let them go. Once upon a time, over a century ago, there had been a crime, whose shadow still h...

    The Ghost Cat of Otama Pond