Katsuo Nakamura Movies

Japanese comedy film.

The Fir Tree Remains | Yamamoto explores the life of Koi Harada, a man wrongfully branded a “traitor” in Japanese history. As the Date...

1962 Japanese movie

Taisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of emotion and impulsive violence. The samurai brothers fight...

An all-star cast portraying the end of the Edo period as a commemorative film for the late Tsumasaburo Bando.

Tamiko (Ayumi Ito) lives happily with her husband Hideaki (Sho Aoyagi) and step-daughter Kotoyo (Hazuki Inoue). Tamiko married her deceased friend...

1962 Japanese movie

Biopic of ceramic artist Hazan Itaya (1872-1963).

A hard working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two children to visit his parents in his hometown for...

An anthology exploring the meaning of the Japanese greeting goaisatsu.

Adventures of Mori no Ishimatsu, a famous member of Jirocho gang. Ishimatsu is strong in righteousness weak to mercy, who falls in love at first...

A biographical movie about Shinran

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after...

Juzo Kimura is a wandering Ronin with a past. 15 years later, after winding up in Edo, he becomes a sword teacher to support his wife and daughter....

Remake of classic samurai film of 1932

A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside.