Koji Nakata

Koji Nakata

Born: February 15, 1920
Died: March 13, 1974
in Tokyo, Japan

Movies for Koji Nakata...

Stray Dog
Title: Stray Dog
Released: September 29, 1973
Type: Movie
When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly to trace the location of his pistol, ultimately clashing with a gang of youthful Okinawans.
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Miyamoto Musashi
Title: Miyamoto Musashi
Released: July 13, 1973
Type: Movie
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.
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The X from Outer Space
Title: The X from Outer Space
Released: March 25, 1967
Type: Movie
The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
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By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Title: By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Character: Sunaga
Released: March 23, 1966
Type: Movie
Also known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando) can stop them, as long as he gets rid of his silly peace-loving ideals.
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Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage
Title: Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage
Character: Akagi
Released: February 2, 1966
Type: Movie
After serving his sentence, Yakuza family member Toshin-gumi Umebayashi is released from prison. Toshin-gumi was already headed by the boss in the second generation of Shotaro, but Shotaro fell into a trap, he is manipulated by his sworn enemy Kanzaki-gumi. Kanzaki-gumi captures the Toshin-gumi oil fields mined by the first boss. Umebayashi explodes in anger and attacks Kanzaki-gumi, but...
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The Soundless Cry
Title: The Soundless Cry
Released: January 30, 1965
Type: Movie
Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works in a bar nearby. Then, one day, his mother dies after drinking the medicine that Shinichi himself gave her. It is discovered that the pills contained poison. He is apprehended on suspicion of murder and taken away for interrogation, unable to defend himself - being deaf and dumb - or even to proclaim his innocence.
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The Image of Mother
Title: The Image of Mother
Released: December 24, 1963
Type: Movie
A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.
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Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
Title: Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
Released: December 30, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Umineko ga tonde
Title: Umineko ga tonde
Released: December 5, 1962
Type: Movie
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A Country Boss
Title: A Country Boss
Released: January 25, 1962
Type: Movie
A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.
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Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki
Title: Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki
Released: January 15, 1961
Type: Movie
Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the only one in both series not directed by Seiichi Fukuda.
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Hunting Rifle
Title: Hunting Rifle
Released: January 3, 1961
Type: Movie
Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks on an affair with her cousin's husband, but a crisis threatens when she discovers that her ex-husband is about to remarry.
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命との対決
Title: 命との対決
Released: March 13, 1960
Type: Movie
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抱寝の長脇差
Title: 抱寝の長脇差
Released: January 26, 1960
Type: Movie
Tatsuo Osone movie
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Akagi no komori-uta
Title: Akagi no komori-uta
Released: December 10, 1957
Type: Movie
Film directed by Tadashi Ashihara
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元祿美少年記
Title: 元祿美少年記
Character: 菅谷三之丞
Released: December 21, 1955
Type: Movie
On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting his turn for seppuku at the Mizuno residence. When news of his lord, Asano Naganori, attacking Kira Yoshinaka in the palace reached Akō, Uemon no Shichi was sixteen. The family elder, Ōishi Kuranosuke, determined to avenge, gathered allies, but Uemon no Shichi's father, Chōsuke, being sickly and considered too young, was not included. Chōsuke committed suicide.
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荒木又右衛門
Title: 荒木又右衛門
Character: 可介
Released: September 21, 1955
Type: Movie
Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but they inevitably became enemies after Matagorō killed Kazuma's younger brother, Gentayū, and fled. Seeking assistance, Kazuma asked his brother-in-law, Araki Mataemon, for help, but Mataemon refused, saying that it was against the code for a brother to avenge another brother's death. On the other hand, the lord of the clan, Ikeda Tadao, ordered a search for Matagorō, who was found to be sheltered by the Hatamoto, including Andō Jiemon, in Edo. Tadao was furious but unable to act. Matagorō, in Edo, came to regret his birth as a samurai. He met and fell in love with Okō, a bathhouse maid. As the discord between the Hatamoto and the Ikeda clan deepened, Tadao died of illness. Seizing the opportunity to ease the conflict, the shogunate ordered the Ikeda clan to be succeeded by the young lord Katsugorō and to relocate to the Ikeda clan of Inshū Tottori. Meanwhile, Matagorō was exiled from Edo.
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振袖釼法
Title: 振袖釼法
Character: 小林平太
Released: July 26, 1955
Type: Movie
In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji, the most beautiful woman in the domain. However, due to a personal grudge held by Horikawa Gentazaemon, the swordsmanship instructor, Genbachi met an untimely and bitter death through foul means within the precincts of the Hachiman Shrine. Due to the domain's oppressive treatment of those of low status, Tsuji, now with her infant son Botaro, was dispossessed of her home and exiled.
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The Further Adventures of Genta
Title: The Further Adventures of Genta
Released: June 7, 1955
Type: Movie
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
Title: Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
Character: 下っ引亀公
Released: April 19, 1955
Type: Movie
In the town of Izu known for its hot springs, Den Shichi from Kuromon Town sets off for a healing trip with his companion, a bamboo craftsman with a nose like a lion's snout, at a time when the town is under a tight security network due to a nearby gunpowder depot explosion. Staying at Tsuruya, Den Shichi and his group are investigated by officials whose behavior seems somewhat odd. That night, a man looking like a craftsman is murdered, and gunpowder residue is found at the scene, prompting Den Shichi to suspect that something is amiss.
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Hana no shôgai
Title: Hana no shôgai
Character: 星野新蔵
Released: October 14, 1953
Type: Movie
In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His friend, the Kokugaku scholar Nagano Shuzen, introduced him to a captivating shamisen master named Murayama Taka. Naosuke became deeply infatuated with her, disregarding the jealousy of his consort Shizu and the warnings of his senior retainer, Gaiji. However, upon discovering Taka's relationship with Shuzen, Naosuke promptly ended his ties with her.
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お役者小僧
Title: お役者小僧
Character: 仙太
Released: April 15, 1953
Type: Movie
The phantom thief, known as the "Actor Kid", who was creating a stir in the Daimyo's mansion, especially in the inner chambers, was called Inaba Goutaro. He was the adopted son of a samurai, Inaba Buemon. An incident occurred where his foster father collided with the palanquin of the lord's concubine. In the subsequent altercation, Goutaro killed one of the attendants. Taking responsibility for the act, his foster father committed seppuku, and Goutaro was hunted down. Facing death, his foster father revealed to Goutaro that after the death of his biological father, Goutaro's real mother and his younger brother were forcibly made to serve a lord. This revelation ignited Goutaro's determination to infiltrate the Daimyo's mansion to meet his birth mother.
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
Title: Tsukigata Hanpeita
Released: May 29, 1952
Type: Movie
During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the alliance of these 2 clans and restoration of the emperor to full power. Based on the play that made Sawada Shojiro famous, this is the story of Tsukigata Hanpeita, a forward looking samurai from Choshu, who along with Katsura Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa worked to bring their dream of a new era in Japan.
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Weeping Doll
Title: Weeping Doll
Released: May 19, 1951
Type: Movie
A Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.
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Broken Drum
Title: Broken Drum
Character: Tailor
Released: December 1, 1949
Type: Movie
When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in order to regain financial stability.