Ryutaro Nagai Movies

Japanese horror movie from 1929.

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

Period film from 1934.

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

A man attacks the shogun, but does not succeed in his assassination attempt. He flees to the mountains and hides in a shed. There he finds an old man...

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.

Second movie in the Sakura Code series.

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

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...

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death...

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.

Japanese film.

The legendary ninja Kurama Tengu (Enoken) uses his superhuman powers to help free a band of street urchins from their Fagin-like master. The film's...