Yutaka Nakayama Movies

1961 Japanese movie

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and...

Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a...

A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a...

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.

Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.

Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to...

The third of four "The Surprising Legend of Jirocho" films.

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life,...

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

Comedy-fantasy about a salaryman (Tani) and his imaginary friends.

When a corrupt executive takes over his struggling company and violates his girlfriend, a young salaryman declares war, leaving his job to expose the...

Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has...

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a bodyguard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been...

Outspoken student Noriko stands up to bullies and befriends pitcher Mitsuo. As their bond deepens, she impulsively declares she wants to marry...

Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of...

Sankichi Matsutani, a poor young fisherman, falls in love with Kikue, the only daughter of fisher Shiimbei. As the star-crossed lovers come from...