Sadao Nakajima

Directing · 1934–2023 · Togane, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki.

Known for

5.0

The Kyoto Connection

1973 · Director

5.4

The Shogun Assassins

1979 · Director

7.1

Female Ninja Magic

1964 · Director

6.2

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

1973 · Director

7.6

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War

1976 · Director

7.6

Jeans Blues: No Future

1974 · Director

7.3

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

1972 · Director

6.6

The Seburi Story

1985 · Director

6.9

A Savage Beast Goes Mad

1976 · Director

6.9

Love's Twisting Path

2019 · Director

6.0

Domineering

1982 · Director

6.2

Pilgrimage to Japanese Baths

1971 · Director

Directed71

6.9

Love's Twisting Path

2019 · Director

7.5

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

2015 · Director

7.5

Yakuza Ladies: Decision

1998 · Director

7.0

Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble

1996 · Director

9.0

The Man Who Shot the Don

1994 · Director

天下を獲った男豊臣秀吉

1993 · Director

8.0

Oda Nobunaga

1992 · Director

7.0

Yakuza Ladies Revisited

1991 · Director

10.0

Takeda Shingen

1991 · Director

7.5

Yakuza Warfare

1991 · Director

8.3

1750 Days of Turbulence

1990 · Director

7.5

She-Shogun

1990 · Director

Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger

1989 · Director

Countryside Accountant's Government Reform

1987 · Director

My Beloved Is My Husband's Boss?!

1987 · Director

Father Avenger

1987 · Director

6.6

The Seburi Story

1985 · Director

6.3

Appassionata

1984 · Director

Acting

7.5

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

2015

6.8

Uzumasa Limelight

2014 · Sadao Nakajima

Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger

1989