Sadao Nakajima
Directing·August 8, 1934·† June 11, 2023 — 88 years old·Togane, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki.
Known For
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016·7.1
Shogun's Shadow
1989·6.8
The Kyoto Connection
1973·5.0
Uzumasa Limelight
2014·6.8
The Shogun Assassins
1979·5.4
Tokyo Bordello
1987·5.6
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
1973·6.2
Female Ninja Magic
1964·7.1
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
1976·7.5
Jeans Blues: No Future
1974·7.6
Love's Twisting Path
2019·6.9
The Seburi Story
1985·6.6
Filmography · 97
2019Love's Twisting PathDirector · Screenplay2016Mifune: The Last SamuraiSelf - Filmmaker2015Chambara: The Art of Japanese SwordplayDirector2014Uzumasa LimelightSadao Nakajima2009Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuzaHimself2000Yakuza Ladies: RevengeScreenplay1999Yakuza Ladies: Red MurderScreenplay1998No Mercy DogWriter1998Yakuza Ladies: DecisionDirector1996Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous GambleDirector1994The Man Who Shot the DonDirector1993天下を獲った男 豊臣秀吉Director1992Oda NobunagaDirector1991Yakuza WarfareDirector1991Yakuza Ladies RevisitedDirector1991The Man Who Became The DonScreenplay1991Takeda ShingenDirector19901750 Days of TurbulenceDirector · Screenplay1990She-ShogunDirector1989Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai GunslingerDirector1989Shogun's ShadowWriter1988The Boss' WifeScreenplay1987My Beloved Is My Husband's Boss?!Director1987Tokyo BordelloScreenplay1987Father AvengerDirector1987Countryside Accountant's Government ReformDirector1985The Seburi StoryDirector · Screenplay1984AppassionataDirector1983Theater Of LifeDirector · Screenplay1982DomineeringScreenplay · Director1981The Blazing ValiantScreenplay1981Kamikaze, the AdventurerWriter1980映画村殺人事件Screenplay · Director1980JunProducer1980Shadow WarriorsTVDirector1979The Shogun AssassinsDirector · Screenplay1979Down with The Big BossScreenplay · Director1978Japanese Godfather: ConclusionDirector1978ShagDirector1977Japanese Godfather: AmbitionDirector1977Japanese Humanity and JusticeDirector · Screenplay1977Japan's DonDirector1976The Three Ginza RascalsScreenplay · Director1976The Great Okinawa Yakuza WarDirector1976A Savage Beast Goes MadDirector · Screenplay1976Operation Plazma in OsakaDirector1975Scoundrel BossScreenplay · Director1975Company BuggersDirector1975Shimane Prison RiotDirector1975The Viper Brothers and the Young GeneralDirector1974The Rapacious JailbreakerDirector1974Violent FraternityDirector1974The Scoundler vs. The Viper BrothersScreenplay · Director1974The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza BrothersDirector1974Jeans Blues: No FutureDirector · Screenplay1974Bohachi Bushido: The VillainScreenplay1973Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug TriangleDirector · Screenplay1973Girl Boss: Escape From Reform SchoolDirector · Screenplay1973The Kyoto ConnectionDirector · Screenplay1973Aesthetics of a BulletDirector1973Queen of ErosDirector1972Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's BirthDirector1972The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion ThreatsDirector1972Withered Tree, the Adventures of MonjiroScreenplay · Director1972The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13Director · Screenplay1971A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood BrothersDirector1971Twisted SexDirector1971The Viper BrothersDirector1971Pilgrimage to Japanese BathsDirector · Screenplay1970The Revelation of a GeishaWriter · Director1970Three Pretty DevilsScreenplay1970Postwar SecretsScreenplay · Director1970Women of Osaka CastleTVDirector1969Memoir of Japanese AssassinationsDirector · Screenplay1969The Cross of VengeanceScreenplay1969Nippon '69: Sexual Curiosity Seeking ZoneDirector1968Nunnery ConfidentialDirector1967Code Between Brothers 6Director1967Shogun and His Mistress 2Director1967The Shogun and His MistressesDirector1967ClassmatesScreenplay · Director1967Isshin Tasuke: Edoites FestivalAdaptation · Original Story1967The Domain: White BladeWriter1966Judo vs. KarateScreenplay · Director1966Showdown of MenDirector · Screenplay1966Yakuza HooligansDirector · Screenplay1966Yakuza VassalScreenplay · Director1966Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea CavesWriter1965True Osaka GritScreenplay1965Three YakuzaScreenplay1965Irogotoshi harudanjiScreenplay1965The Tattooed LordScreenplay1964The Spying SorceressWriter · Director1964Female Ninja MagicDirector · Writer1964間諜Screenplay1964Giant RumbleScreenplay1964Edo Crime Book: Black ClawsWriter