Nakajima Sadao

Name: Nakajima Sadao
Native name: 中島貞夫
Also Known as: なかじまさだお
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: August 8, 1934
Died: June 11, 2023

Nakajima Sadao is a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki.

Born in Chiba Prefecture, he attended Hibiya High School and then the University of Tokyo before joining the Toei studio in 1959. Working at Toei's Kyoto studio, he served as an assistant director under such directors as Makino Masahiro, Imai Tadashi, and Tasaka Tomotaka. He made his directorial debut in 1964 Kunoichi Ninpo and won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1966 for Yakuza (893) Gurentai, the first gendaigeki shot at Toei's Kyoto studio. He directed such popular film series as Kogarashi Monjiro and Nihon no Don, and also worked on television. His 1985 film Seburi Monogatari was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. From 1987 to 2008 he served as a professor of the Osaka University of Arts. He has directed over 60 films in his career.

He died on June 11, 2023 at the age of 88 due to pneumonia.

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Year	Title	Type	Rating
1999	Gokudo no Onnatachi: Akai Satsui	Movie	0.0
1991	Don ni Natta Otoko	Movie	0.0
1989	Shogun's Shadow	Movie	7.5
1988	The Boss Wife	Movie	7.0
1987	Tokyo Bordello	Movie	7.1
1981	Burning Brave	Movie	2.0
1981	The Kamikaze Adventurers	Movie	6.0
1974	Saburai: Way of the Bohachi	Movie	7.0
1970	Kazerai Sensei	Drama	0.0
1970	Three Female Hornets	Movie	0.0
1969	Mito Komon	Drama	7.0
1965	Osaka Dokonjo Monogatari: Doeraiyatsu	Movie	0.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2016	Jidaigeki wa Shinazu: Chanbara Bigakukou	Movie	8.0
1998	Yakuza Ladies: Decision	Movie	0.0
1994	The Man who Shot the Don	Movie	0.0
1991	Gokudo Senso: Butoha	Movie	0.0
1990	Lady Kasuga	Movie	7.8
1984	Appassionata	Movie	0.0
1981	Police Department Murder Division	Drama	0.0
1980	Kage no Gundan	Drama	7.9
1978	Shag	Movie	0.0
1977	Yakuza Senso: Nihon no Don	Movie	7.1
1976	Terror of Yakuza	Movie	0.0
1976	Operation Plazma in Osaka	Movie	7.4
1975	The Violent Money Network	Movie	1.0
1975	Mamushi to Aodaisho	Movie	2.0
1975	Bodo Shimane Keimusho	Movie	4.0
1974	The Rapacious Jailbreaker	Movie	7.0
1974	Violent Fraternity	Movie	3.0
1973	Girl Boss: Escape from Reform School	Movie	0.0
1971	Gendai Yakuza: Chizakura San Kyodai	Movie	0.0
1969	Memoir of Japanese Assassinations	Movie	0.0
1967	The Women Around the Shogun	Movie	9.0
1966	Showdown of Men	Movie	0.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2019	Love's Twisting Path	Movie	6.3
1990	Turbulent 1750 Days	Movie	5.0
1983	Theater of Life	Movie	0.0
1982	Seiha	Movie	5.0
1979	The Shogun Assassins	Movie	6.9
1979	Socho Nokubi	Movie	0.0
1977	Japanese Humanity and Justice	Movie	8.0
1974	Gokudo VS Mamushi	Movie	0.0
1974	Jeans Blues: No Future	Movie	5.9
1972	Kogarashi Monjiro	Movie	2.0
1967	Diaries Of The Kamikaze	Movie	0.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1980	Jun	Movie	0.0

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2019	Funeral Master Japanese Movie, 2019, [Boss] (Support Role)	[Boss] Support Role	7.5
2016	Jidaigeki wa Shinazu: Chanbara Bigakukou Japanese Movie, 2016, (Bit part)	Bit part	8.0
2015	Mifune: The Last Samurai Japanese Movie, 2015, [Himself] (Main Role)	[Himself] Main Role	9.0
2014	Uzumasa Limelight Japanese Movie, 2014, (Bit part)	Bit part	7.4

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1993	Tenka o Totta Otoko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi	Special	4.0
1991	Takeda Shingen	Special	7.0
1989	Sakamoto Ryoma	Special	8.0
1989	Sakamoto Ryoma	Special	8.0
1987	Yume zo Mishi	Special	0.0