Ganjirō Nakamura II Movies
- 1965
Kwaidan
Kwaidan7.71965HD
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...
- 1982
The Rape
The Rape41982HD
Yahagi Michiko is accosted and raped walking home one evening. From there she maneuvers the logistics of the police, hospital, and criminal justice...
- 1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs7.9631960HD
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...
- 1963
An Actor's Revenge
An Actor's Revenge6.5411963HD
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
- 1959
Floating Weeds
Floating Weeds7.4561959HD
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...
- 1957
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths7.0911957HD
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that...
- 1961
The End of Summer
The End of Summer7.5381961HD
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old...
- 1959
Odd Obsession
Odd Obsession6.3281959HD
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the...
- 1958
The Gay Masquerade
The Gay Masquerade01958HD
The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo...
- 1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director6.81975HD
In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...
- 1959
The Three Treasures
The Three Treasures5.41959HD
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the...
- 1966
Koto—The Lake of Tears
Koto—The Lake of Tears6.51966HD
A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen...
- 1958
Summer Clouds
Summer Clouds7.51958HD
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns...
- 1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
The Loyal 47 Ronin61958HD
Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the...
- 1958
Shogun's Holiday
Shogun's Holiday01958HD
During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo...
- 1958
Conflagration
Conflagration7.0691958HD
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological...
- 1966
The Pornographers
The Pornographers7.331966HD
Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady,...
- 1960
A Woman's Testament
A Woman's Testament5.81960HD
The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the...
- 1962
The Temple of Wild Geese
The Temple of Wild Geese6.31962HD
Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's...
- 1961
A Lustful Man
A Lustful Man5.91961HD
Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly...