Sadao Nakajima
August 8, 1934 – June 11, 2023 was a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki.
Sadao Nakajima
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- Name
- Sadao Nakajima
- Born
- 8 August 1934
- Birthplace
- Tōgane, Chiba, Empire of Japan
- Died
- 11 June 2023
- Place of death
- Kyoto City, Japan
- Occupation
- Film director
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Education
- University of Tokyo · Hibiya High School
- Honours
- Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award
- Languages
- Japanese
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August 8, 1934 – June 11, 2023 was a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki.
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• Name — Sadao Nakajima • Born — 8 August 1934 • Birthplace — Tōgane, Chiba, Empire of Japan • Died — 11 June 2023 • Place of death — Kyoto City, Japan • Occupation — Film director
Career
Career
Born in Tōgane, Chiba, 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 Masahiro Makino, Tadashi Imai, and Tomotaka Tasaka. He made his directorial debut in 1964 with Kunoichi Ninpō, 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 Monjirō and Nihon no Don, and also worked in 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 directed over 60 films in his career. Nakajima died from pneumonia on June 11, 2023, at the age of 88.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Female Ninja Magic • The Spying Sorceress • Yakuza (893) Gurentai • Memoir of Japanese Assassinations • Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro • Aesthetics of a Bullet • Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School • Tōkyō-Souru-Bankokku jitsuroku mayaku chitai • Jīnzu Buruusu Asu Naki Buraiha • Datsugoku Hiroshima Satsujin-shū • Bohachi Bushido: The Villain (screenplay) • Crazed Beast • The Japanese Godfather • The Japanese Godfather II: Ambition • The Japanese Godfather III: Conclusion • The Shogun Assassins • Conquest • Theater of Life - Co-directed with Kinji Fukasaku and Jun'ya Satō • Appassionata • The Seburi Story • Takeda Shingen - TV movie • Shōgun Iemitsu no ranshin: Gekitotsu (screenplay) • Jotei: Kasuga no tsubone • Yakuza Ladies Revisited • Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble • Nemuri Kyōshirō 3: The Man with No Tomorrow - TV movie • Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay - Documentary • Love's Twisting Path
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Sadao Nakajima is recorded as having received Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award.
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Sadao Nakajima died in 2023 at Kyoto.
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Chiba Prefecture.
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