Sadao Nakajima

Nakajima Sadao

  • Name: Nakajima Sadao
  • Native name: 中島貞夫
  • Also Known as: なかじま さだお
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: August 8, 1934
  • Died: June 11, 2023
Nakajima Sadao is a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki.

Born in Chiba Prefecture, he attended Hibiya High School and then the University of Tokyo before joining the Toei studio in 1959. Working at Toei's Kyoto studio, he served as an assistant director under such directors as Makino Masahiro, Imai Tadashi, and Tasaka Tomotaka. He made his directorial debut in 1964 Kunoichi Ninpo and won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1966 for Yakuza (893) Gurentai, the first gendaigeki shot at Toei's Kyoto studio. He directed such popular film series as Kogarashi Monjiro and Nihon no Don, and also worked on television. His 1985 film Seburi Monogatari was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. From 1987 to 2008 he served as a professor of the Osaka University of Arts. He has directed over 60 films in his career.

He died on June 11, 2023 at the age of 88 due to pneumonia.

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Screenwriter
Year Title Type Rating
1999 Gokudo no Onnatachi: Akai Satsui
Movie
0.0
1991 Don ni Natta Otoko
Movie
0.0
1989 Shogun's Shadow
Movie
7.5
1988 The Boss Wife
Movie
7.0
1987 Tokyo Bordello
Movie
7.0
1981 Burning Brave
Movie
2.0
1981 The Kamikaze Adventurers
Movie
6.0
1974 Saburai: Way of the Bohachi
Movie
7.0
1970 Kazerai Sensei
Drama
0.0
1970 Three Female Hornets
Movie
0.0
1969 Mito Komon
Drama
7.0
1965 Osaka Dokonjo Monogatari: Doeraiyatsu
Movie
0.0
Director
Year Title Type Rating
2016 Jidaigeki wa Shinazu: Chanbara Bigakukou
Movie
8.0
1998 Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Movie
0.0
1994 The Man who Shot the Don
Movie
0.0
1991 Gokudo Senso: Butoha
Movie
0.0
1990 Lady Kasuga
Movie
7.8
1984 Appassionata
Movie
0.0
1981 Police Department Murder Division
Drama
0.0
1980 Kage no Gundan
Drama
7.9
1978 Shag
Movie
0.0
1977 Yakuza Senso: Nihon no Don
Movie
7.1
1976 Terror of Yakuza
Movie
0.0
1976 Operation Plazma in Osaka
Movie
7.4
1975 The Violent Money Network
Movie
1.0
1975 Mamushi to Aodaisho
Movie
2.0
1975 Bodo Shimane Keimusho
Movie
4.0
1974 The Rapacious Jailbreaker
Movie
7.0
1974 Violent Fraternity
Movie
3.0
1973 Girl Boss: Escape from Reform School
Movie
0.0
1971 Gendai Yakuza: Chizakura San Kyodai
Movie
0.0
1969 Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Movie
0.0
1967 The Women Around the Shogun
Movie
9.0
1966 Showdown of Men
Movie
0.0
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2019 Love's Twisting Path
Movie
6.3
1990 Turbulent 1750 Days
Movie
5.0
1983 Theater of Life
Movie
0.0
1982 Seiha
Movie
5.0
1979 The Shogun Assassins
Movie
6.9
1979 Socho Nokubi
Movie
0.0
1977 Japanese Humanity and Justice
Movie
8.0
1974 Gokudo VS Mamushi
Movie
0.0
1974 Jeans Blues: No Future
Movie
5.9
1972 Kogarashi Monjiro
Movie
2.0
1967 Diaries Of The Kamikaze
Movie
0.0
Producer
Year Title Type Rating
1980 Jun
Movie
0.0
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
2019 Funeral Master
Japanese Movie, 2019,
[Boss] (Support Role)
[Boss]
Support Role
7.5
2016 Jidaigeki wa Shinazu: Chanbara Bigakukou
Japanese Movie, 2016,
(Bit part)
Bit part
8.0
2014 Uzumasa Limelight
Japanese Movie, 2014,
(Bit part)
Bit part
7.4
Director
Year Title Type Rating
1993 Tenka o Totta Otoko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Special
4.0
1991 Takeda Shingen
Special
7.0
1989 Sakamoto Ryoma
Special
8.0
1989 Sakamoto Ryoma
Special
8.0
1987 Yume zo Mishi
Special
0.0
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  • First Name: Sadao
  • Family Name: Nakajima
  • Native name: 中島貞夫
  • Also Known as: なかじま さだお
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: August 8, 1934
  • Died: June 11, 2023

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