Frank Nagai

Acting

Frank Nagai

Born 1932-03-18

Acting credits

Around the World in 80 Days poster
6.7

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

君恋し poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

君恋し

1962

Love Letter poster
9.0

A nightclub manager is in love with his pianist. However, she has a ranger boyfriend who's been permanently stationed in the mountain wilderness. Their only communication is by letter. As time passes the correspondence slows to a trickle. Then nothing. The manager persuades the girl to visit the boy. She does, but she's totally unprepared for her bizarre discovery.

Love Letter

1959

Kiriko's Tango poster
NR

A story of the conflicting friendship and love between two young men over a young girl from a working-class neighborhood.

Kiriko's Tango

1963

Nishi Ginza Station poster
5.5

This short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a popular song by the star of the film, Frank Nagai.

Nishi Ginza Station

1958

The Grave Tells All poster
NR

Yamazaki Ryotaro is an Olympics' athlete and an asset. He accepts two jobs and responsibilities that are thrust upon him. One involves a a painting and an advertising poster. The other is about coaching the hockey team. Simultaneously, however, he is head over heels for three gals, one is a hairdresser, one is a fashion model and of course the third is part of the cheering squad for the hockey team.

The Grave Tells All

1960

The Gion Tempest poster
NR

The story follows Keiko, a dancer in the "Maiko Odori" theater in Kyoto, who tries to climb the social ladder in a world driven by money and self-interest. She becomes involved with wealthy men to pursue her ambitions but faces betrayal, exploitation, and is even accused of embezzlement. As she struggles to survive, her close friend dies from a heart condition, and her plan to marry a rich man fails. In the end, Keiko realizes the harshness of reality and decides to keep dancing despite the sorrow.

The Gion Tempest

1958

Romance and Rhythm poster
7.0

Eri stars as a jazz-crazy waitress pursuing a singing career.

Romance and Rhythm

1958

Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon

1961

続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行 poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行

1961

No artwork available
NR

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo gozen sanji" by Frank Nagai.

東京午前三時

1958