Acting

Ryutaro Nagai

Born — Died

1903-03-08 — 1986-02-28

Known for

Acting

Credits

57 titles

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 23 titles

Hanazakari otoko ichidai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hanazakari otoko ichidai

1955

Mother poster
7.0

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

Mother

1952

Lovers poster
NR

Eisuke Narita, a painter, visits a hot spring town in Tohoku, and for some reason, he is reminded of the events of ten years ago.

Lovers

1956

The Bell of Love poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Bell of Love

1959

Eight Hours of Terror poster
7.5

A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.

Eight Hours of Terror

1957

Advance Patrol poster
6.0

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance troop was organized to penetrate into the supreme headquarter of Russia in Tieling Mountain of China to find out the enemy's situation...

Advance Patrol

1957

Hanran poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hanran

1954

Miki, the Swordman poster
5.0

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up as bodyguard to Shigezo of Sasagawa leading up to an epic battle.

Miki, the Swordman

1951

Five Sisters poster
8.0

The story of five sisters.

Five Sisters

1954

The Tattoo Murder Case poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Tattoo Murder Case

1953

Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku poster
NR

The 1st movie in the Kobushidake denki series.

Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku

1956

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

Gyakushû Orochimaru poster
6.0

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

Gyakushû Orochimaru

1955

No artwork available
NR

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

快傑耶茶坊

1956

Record of Loving Your Wife poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Record of Loving Your Wife

1959

東京シンデレラ娘 poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

東京シンデレラ娘

1954

The Tale of Jiro poster
7.5

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 of his mother.

The Tale of Jiro

1955

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf poster
8.0

In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf

1955

新遊侠伝 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

新遊侠伝

1951

No artwork available
NR

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

Kobushidake denki

1956

Ama Reef poster
NR

1958 Japanese movie

Ama Reef

1958

新遊侠伝 遊侠往来 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

新遊侠伝 遊侠往来

1951

Shimizu no Jirocho den poster
NR

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

Shimizu no Jirocho den

1952

1940s · 11 titles

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1) poster
5.0

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)

1941

Hyoroku's Dream Tale poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hyoroku's Dream Tale

1943

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima poster
6.5

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 recommend Kinbei to offer it to his lord. Kinbei hesitates at first, since he knows the board has a mysterious legend surrounding it; it's believed that for every game played on the board, one death is required.

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima

1949

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2) poster
6.0

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)

1941

World of Love poster
10.0

A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble with the police. She gets sent to an "institute" for young girls in the countryside. There the residents grow their own food, cook and clean for themselves, and are taught language, music, and sewing. While there the young girl slowly begins to form friendships and come out of her shell.

World of Love

1943

The Battle of Kawanakajima poster
7.0

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the main supply wagons and the supply troops to transport materiel to the Uesugi army. To this are added episodes involving an itinerant woman.

The Battle of Kawanakajima

1941

A Luxurious Ship for the Bridegroom poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Luxurious Ship for the Bridegroom

1947

The Sculpture of Master Choji poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Sculpture of Master Choji

1943

明朗五人男 poster
NR

1940 Japanese movie

明朗五人男

1940

Enoken’s Boxing Generation poster
NR

Near the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), Enokichi, a popular figure in the world of boxing entangled in the Yakuza business.

Enoken’s Boxing Generation

1949

Tatakau Otoko poster
NR

A narrative rakugo film depicting the struggles of people desperately living under wartime conditions.

Tatakau Otoko

1940

1930s · 13 titles

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

1932

The Woman Aiming for the Shogun poster
NR

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 and a girl. The latter is the daughter of Shogun's former wife and also has revenge on her mind. The former is also connected to the castle. Separately a girl lives at the shogun's castle and believes in god.

The Woman Aiming for the Shogun

1937

The Loyal 47 Ronin poster
NR

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As the first sound version of the classic narrative, the film was something of an event, and employed a stellar cast, who give a roster of memorable performances. Director Teinosuke Kinugasa was primarily a specialist in jidai-geki (period films), such as the internationally celebrated Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1953), and although he is now most famous as the maker of the avant-garde silent films A Page of Madness (Kurutta ichipeji, 1926) and Crossroads (Jujiro, 1928), Chushingura is in fact more typical of his output than those experimental works. The film ranked third in that year’s Kinema Junpo critics’ poll, and Joseph Anderson and Donald Richie noted that 'not only the sound but the quick cutting was admired by many critics.

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1932

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki poster
8.0

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki

1939

No artwork available
10.0

Japanese film.

Nangoku taiheiki

1937

Two Lanterns poster
7.0

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

Two Lanterns

1933

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen

1936

An Actor's Revenge poster
5.6

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

An Actor's Revenge

1935

No artwork available
7.0

Period film from 1934.

With a Single Sword Bale

1934

The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate poster
5.0

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder, but are too scared to report it to the police. In the meantime, an innocent man is arrested as the murderer and chaos ensues.

The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate

1935

The Fighting Firemen poster
NR

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of Jirokichi, a city firefighter from the Ha-gumi group, from a samurai who is trying to kidnap her. Oshimo has feelings for Kichigoro. At this moment, a fire warning bell sounds in the city...

The Fighting Firemen

1939

No artwork available
NR

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 incredible climax, when Enoken fends off dozens of men attacking with ladders and handcarts, brings to mind a slightly less dextrous Jackie Chan.

Enoken's Kurama Tengu

1939

Blizzard Ronin poster
NR

The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.

Blizzard Ronin

1939