Acting

Nagamasa Yamada

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Known for

Ghost Story of Yotsuya poster
6.5

This horror tale adapts the Japanese legend about a man who faces the consequences of betraying his wife in order to acquire wealth and power.

Ghost Story of Yotsuya

1959

A Story of Floating Weeds poster
7.2

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.

A Story of Floating Weeds

1934

Mr. Thank You poster
7.1

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

Mr. Thank You

1936

Where's Paradise? poster
8.0

Japanese drama.

Where's Paradise?

1956

The Spider-Man poster
5.9

A spider-like man kidnaps young women and tortures them in his cellar. Adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo's novel.

The Spider-Man

1958

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal poster
8.0

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

1959

Film credits

1950s · 22 titles

Ghost Story of Yotsuya poster
6.5

This horror tale adapts the Japanese legend about a man who faces the consequences of betraying his wife in order to acquire wealth and power.

Ghost Story of Yotsuya

1959

Where's Paradise? poster
8.0

Japanese drama.

Where's Paradise?

1956

The Spider-Man poster
5.9

A spider-like man kidnaps young women and tortures them in his cellar. Adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo's novel.

The Spider-Man

1958

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal poster
8.0

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

1959

Where Chimneys Are Seen poster
6.6

Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial section of Tokyo.

Where Chimneys Are Seen

1953

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets poster
5.0

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

1956

Dimple of Tokyo poster
10.0

Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The new secretary, Nobuko, suggested her "shacho-san" (the president) run away from the job. Nobuko took Buntaro to her home and introduced him to her own family as friend, "Sachio-san"...

Dimple of Tokyo

1952

Nonki saiban poster
NR

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty, the crime of a terrifying wife, the crime of taking the wrong course, the crime of seducing, and the crime of killing with laughter.

Nonki saiban

1955

Ghost in the Regiment poster
8.0

Desiring another officer’s new wife, a military police lieutenant fabricates evidence of treason that consigns the innocent man to torture and a firing squad. The lieutenant rapes the wife, but is haunted by bad dreams which after he is assigned to a battalion with the victim’s brother.

Ghost in the Regiment

1958

Bloody History of Soldiers poster
NR

A historical film that portrays the fervent and violent actions of young Army and Navy officers, such as the February 26 and May 15 incidents, in a semi-documentary style.

Bloody History of Soldiers

1958

Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers poster
7.0

A 1956 alien invasion tokusatsu film directed by Shinichi Sekizawa, the screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to Toho's Godzilla series by providing the screenplays/stories for the majority of the original Showa films.

Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers

1956

東京シンデレラ娘 poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

東京シンデレラ娘

1954

Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity poster
7.0

The 5th Super Giant film. Super Giant pursues a Nazi-like army that operates on a huge satellite in space. The satellite is armed with weapons that could destroy whole cities on Earth from afar. (Part 1 of 2)

Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity

1957

Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle poster
6.5

The 3rd Super Giant film, in which he saves Earth from the threat of the reptile-like Kapia Aliens.

Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle

1957

The Ghosts of Kagami Pond poster
8.5

A store manager named Kinbei becomes enraged when the owners of the store decide to hand it down to an adopted son instead of him. He hatches a plot to murder them all, but as it turns out he has done this sort of thing before. As bodies pile up in the nearby Kagami Pond, a ghostly vengeance is about to be unleashed.

The Ghosts of Kagami Pond

1959

Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction poster
7.0

The 4th Super Giant film, in which he continues his fight against the Kapia Aliens (Part 2 of 2)

Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction

1957

No artwork available
NR

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.

The Fencing Collegian

1956

乾杯!女学生 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

乾杯!女学生

1954

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear Man poster
NR

This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear.

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear Man

1959

日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦 poster
NR

Japanese comedy film.

日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦

1957

Hibarigaoka Showdown poster
NR

Kyôko Yashiro's film debut for Shintoho.

Hibarigaoka Showdown

1957

坊ちゃんの特ダネ記者 poster
NR

Japanese comedy film.

坊ちゃんの特ダネ記者

1957

1930s · 8 titles

A Story of Floating Weeds poster
7.2

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.

A Story of Floating Weeds

1934

Mr. Thank You poster
7.1

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

Mr. Thank You

1936

Enoken’s Shrewd Period poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Enoken’s Shrewd Period

1939

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki poster
8.0

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki

1939

Rainbow Hill poster
7.0

A half brother and sister work at a hotel in Hakone respectively as a porter and a souvenir shop clerk. They are close. One day a woman named Hasegawa checks into the hotel in order to recuperate in a calm environment with fresh air. She is the mother of the store employee. The mother and daughter were separated due to the Kanto earthquake. The girl was practically raised by her older half brother.

Rainbow Hill

1938

Lady Doctor Kinuyo poster
5.5

Kinuyo is a daughter of doctor of Chinese medicine, and Yasuo is a son of surgeon. Their families always fight like cat and dog. This relationship is ancestral. Although Kinuyo and Yasuo love each other, they have different thoughts toward treatments.

Lady Doctor Kinuyo

1937

Japanese King Kong poster
4.7

A silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It was produced by Shochiku Studios (who released the original 1933 film in Japan on behalf of RKO). It is now considered to be a lost film.

Japanese King Kong

1933

No artwork available
NR

A 1937 Japanese film.

Renai muteki kantai

1937