Nana Okada

Acting

Nana Okada

Born

1959-02-12 (67)

Place of birth

Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

47 titles

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 6 titles

1980s · 19 titles

Legend of the Eight Samurai poster
5.9

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.

Legend of the Eight Samurai

1983

White Snake Enchantment poster
5.6

Uta married a priest who saved her when she tried to commit suicide at a waterfall. The love triangle between a lustful priest, his second wife and his son Masao.

White Snake Enchantment

1983

The Last True Yakuza poster
5.7

A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.

The Last True Yakuza

1985

Wind Whistle in Field, Demon Sword: Matsudaira Tadateru cutting the world poster
NR

Tadateru Matsudaira, the sixth son of Ieyasu Tokugawa, was exiled for not taking part in the attack on Osaka Castle. 10 years before his exile expired, he was attacked in a clandestine Yagyu operation believed to have been ordered by his older brother Hidetada. In order to correct his brother's true intentions, Tadateru broke the law and went all the way from Hida Province, where he was exiled, to Edo Castle. However, the Yagyu do not stop trying to kill Tadateru...

Wind Whistle in Field, Demon Sword: Matsudaira Tadateru cutting the world

1987

Ah! Nomugi Pass — Fresh Green Edition poster
8.0

In a factory that prioritizes profits amid economic downturns, a female worker criticized for her poor performance commits suicide, prompting her colleagues to strike and demand improved working conditions.

Ah! Nomugi Pass — Fresh Green Edition

1982

Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1 poster
5.8

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son.  Part 1 sets up the story and introduces the characters.  When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed to him, it sets off a series of events that bring him to cross swords with members of the shogun's inner circle. 

Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1

1981

Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2 poster
10.0

Brings Shingo face to face against Yagyu Tajima, the Shogun’s fencing instructor in a match that could save a domain near Osaka.  Meanwhile Shogun Yoshimune must face a painful decision whether or not he can finally see his son for the first time.

Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2

1982

Wandering Himeshiro poster
NR

Himeshiro is a wandering yakuza, his father was the best doctor in the eight provinces of the Kanto region, and Himeshiro took over the knowledge of medicine from his father. If he encounters a sick person on the way, he uses his right hand, wrapped in a rosary, to give medical attention, while if he sees a bad person, he draws his sword with his left hand and uses it to punish the evildoers. So he travels on the verge of life and death along the Nakasendo highway...

Wandering Himeshiro

1982

Okinawan Boys poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Okinawan Boys

1983

The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado poster
NR

Account magistrate Wakisaka Bizen Mamoru asks Yoshibei, the chief priest of Iriya and Myohoji Temple to explore the Sado Gold Mine. They suspect that large amounts of money are being diverted to somewhere else. Yoshibei, a former official secret-head accepts the job and recruits three skilled Karadogumi… Nanikiri, Hayashi, and Kumonryo. In Sado, where the four infiltrate, the magistrate Okubo Hitachi Mamoru who plans to overthrow the shogunate is trying to buy a large number of firearms from Russia.

The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado

1983

Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3 poster
8.0

The final part takes Shingo into a confrontation with his friend Yagyu Katsunoshin’s uncle in a duel that could change the destiny of Japan.

Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3

1982

Hometown poster
9.0

Deep in the mountains of Japan a dam is scheduled to be built, thus forcing a relocation of the farmers. One of them is 78-year-old Denzo, whose son and his wife consider him senile. Left alone, he befriends a young boy, Sentaro, who has heard that the old man was once a great angler. The unlikely pair spend lots of happy time together, until Denzo has a heart attack and dies far upstream. The dam is completed and the entire area is inundated. Everyone will move away, except Denzo.

Hometown

1983

Hizoban Higasa no onna poster
2.0

A shop girl is sold to a military officer as a mistress. She endures his cruelty until she meets an aspiring writer.

Hizoban Higasa no onna

1984

Graffiti Youth: Sneaker Blues poster
7.0

3 people are fresh and naive so they try to go from wandering around lonely to becoming a lively young bunch. Tanokin’s youthful energy explodes!

Graffiti Youth: Sneaker Blues

1981

Beauty with White Breasts poster
NR

Kogoro approaches the true face of a bloody clown who attacks beautiful women one after another! Based on the Edogawa Rampo story, "Hell's Clown."

Beauty with White Breasts

1981

Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties poster
NR

A vampire stalks a female editor as she pursues a case in Kofu that took place at the villa of a writer of bizarre novels in Karuizawa.

Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties

1982

Highschool Scramble poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Highschool Scramble

1982

Enchanted Beauty poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Enchanted Beauty

1980

Kaibyō Arima goten poster
NR

Japanese horror movie from 1983.

Kaibyō Arima goten

1983

Series credits

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

1977

Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka poster
NR

A maverick man arrives at Yūhigaoka School. The drama incorporates educational issues as well as family problems and adult romance, and can be enjoyed by the whole family.

Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka

1978

Ponytail Won't Look Back poster
NR

After her family breaks apart and she ends up behind bars, a defiant teen fights her way back into the world through rhythm and rebellion, driven by a dream to start a band and rewrite her life.

Ponytail Won't Look Back

1985

Stepsisters poster
NR

A moving story of intense love, hate, and reconciliation born out of a fateful encounter between the only daughter of a conglomerate leader and a girl from a poor family.

Stepsisters

1985

As Tears Go By poster
10.0

Eguchi Yosuke plays the character of Onishi Katsuo, a 35-year-old carpenter and former college football player who sees life almost in the same balance as a football game (guts and glory along with team spirit). One day he learns that his friend (a college football teammate) was killed when his house burned down. His friend's wife is in a coma and his four kids are now homeless, Eguchi has the children live with him (in his one room apartment) above his bosses home.

As Tears Go By

2000

School Wars poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

School Wars

1984

OUR HOUSE poster
NR

Our House is a British Entertainment television programme. Broadcast on UKTV Style, it is a show which more thoroughly follows the DIY show fad of the late 1990s. The object of the show is to take a dilapidated house and completely do it up into a "Dream" house. The shows claims to: bring together everything you need to know about creating your own dream home under one roof - expert advice, step-by-step DIY guides, tricks of the trade The show has a central presenter in Andrea McLean, and a series of experts, including: Harry Greene, Craig Phillips, Gavin Lowe, Steve Toms Fran McAteer, John Amabile and Tommy Walsh

OUR HOUSE

2016

No artwork available
NR

This drama revolves around four sisters whose father served as a warlord during the Sengoku period. It tells a tragic story of two lovers who are being held apart due to political conflicts between their clans.

Onna Furin Kazan

1986

Oretachi no Tabi poster
NR

A milestone in Japanese teen drama, representing the 1970s. It questions the meaning of life, worries, and joys.

Oretachi no Tabi

1975

新幹線物語'93夏 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

新幹線物語'93夏

1993

No artwork available
NR

To infiltrate a violent school campus an elite police officer puts his career on hold to go undercover as a teacher. With the help of his team on the inside, they fight to prevent crime and delinquency in this school-plus-detective drama. Of course, there is love and action to keep you entertained.

The School Cop

1988

No artwork available
NR

Shirota Shintaro lives with his wife Atsuko, his four children, Shitaro's father Fukuzo, and a dog. He is forced to make room for his sister Megumi and her children, as well as an unexpected lodger from Hungary.

Coming Home

1994

They Called Me a Bad Girl poster
NR

Shoko's life, marked by delinquency and a harsh upbringing, takes an unexpected turn when Tetsuya's devoted affection and the soulful strains of his "sho"—a traditional Japanese gagaku wind instrument—offer her a melody of hope and a chance for reform.

They Called Me a Bad Girl

1984

Hanayome Ishou wa Dare ga Kiru poster
NR

An orphaned girl strives to become a wedding dress maker.

Hanayome Ishou wa Dare ga Kiru

1986

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

女たちの名古屋城

1994

遠山の金さんⅡ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

遠山の金さんⅡ

1979