Cast: Sanae Nakahara

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Sanae Nakahara. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Tetsurô Tanba · Sachiko Hidari · Shinjiro Ebara · Isao Natsuyagi

Synopsis Japanese auteur Kinji Fukasaku examines the trauma of World War II in his home country in the docu-drama UNDER THE FLAG OF THE RISING SUN (GUNKI HATAMEKU MOTONI). Taking his cue from HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR, Fukasaku combines a fictional drama...

7.2

193 votes

7.2

193 votes

Lady Snowblood

1973 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan

Direction Toshiya Fujita

Cast Meiko Kaji · Toshio Kurosawa · Masaaki Daimon · Miyoko Akaza

Synopsis Follows the story of the titular assassin seeking vengeance upon the bandits who raped her mother and murdered her father.

Max

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 4: Police Tactics

1974 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Bunta Sugawara · Akira Kobayashi · Tatsuo Umemiya · Toshio Kurosawa

Synopsis In what was originally intended to be the ultimate chapter in the crime film saga, citizen groups and the law begin fighting back against the Yakuza clans whose bloody rivalry is coming to a climax... a climax that could cost...

7.1

224 votes

7.1

224 votes

Cops vs. Thugs

1975 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Bunta Sugawara · Seizo Fukumoto · Reiko Ike · Nobuo Kaneko

Synopsis It is 1963, and the police of Kurashima City have spent the past seven years eradicating the Yakuza gangs which have caused so much strife in the city. The last two remaining gangs, Ohara and Kawade, are in tatters, with...

6.8

45 votes

6.8

45 votes

Hogs and Warships

1961 · Movie · 108 min. · Japan

Direction Shôhei Imamura

Cast Jitsuko Yoshimura · Yôko Minamida · Masao Mishima · Hiroyuki Nagato

Synopsis Teen hoodlum Kinta is excited to be given the plum job of supervising the pig pen at the local US base, for which he'll be responsible diverting the food scraps to the black market, and scoring a good income for...

6.6

156 votes

6.6

156 votes

Kanto Wanderer

1963 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

Direction Seijun Suzuki

Cast Akira Kobayashi · Chieko Matsubara · Daizaburo Hirata · Hiroko Ito

Synopsis Yakuza icon Akira Kobayashi ("Bloody Territories") is boss Izu's bodyguard Katsuta, who finds himself at the center of a violent power play by the greedy rival boss Yoshida. When Katsuta encounters a mysterious and beautiful femme fatale from his past,...

6.5

35 votes

6.5

35 votes

I, the Executioner

1968 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

6.4

27 votes

6.4

27 votes

The Full Moon Swordsman

1969 · Movie · 82 min. · Japan

Direction Kazuo Mori

Cast Hiroki Matsukata · Tomomi Satô · Sanae Nakahara · Machiko Hasegawa

Synopsis Nemuri Kyoshiro this time gets involved in a plot to replace the shogun successor.

Not rated

Not rated

Not rated

Not rated

Red Pier

1958 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Mie Kitahara · Masumi Okada · Sanae Nakahara

Synopsis 50s subculture icon Yujiro Ishihara (Crazed Fruit) stars in Masuda's Red Pier as "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent. Shortly after arriving in Kobe, he witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to...

Not rated

Not rated

Return of the Vagabond

1960 · Movie · 79 min. · Japan

Direction Buichi Saito

Cast Akira Kobayashi · Ruriko Asaoka · Jô Shishido · Tamio Kawaji

Synopsis The young rambler, Shinji Taki (Akira Kobayashi), with his guitar arrives in Sadogashima Island, Niigata, Japan. Of course, Shinji meets yet another beautiful girl named Noriko, who closely resembles the famous actress Ruriko Asaoka again.

Not rated

Not rated

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Bunta Sugawara · Isao Bitô · Takeo Chii · Takuya Fujioka

Synopsis Minor dispute between the family Sakamoto based in Osaka and Amagasaki Kawahara family becomes a conflict that leads to several deaths in both families. The incident comes just as the group has taken care Genryu with the intent of the...

Not rated

Not rated

Warrior of the Wind

1964 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Tai Kato

Cast Hashizo Okawa · Hiroko Sakuramachi · Naoko Kubo · Sanae Nakahara

Synopsis The film tells the story of the womenizing ninja named Nabari Shinzo (Hashizo Okawa) during the Tokugawa shogunate. Hired on a mission by the government, Shinzo soon finds himself in the centre of a multi-sided intrigue, surrounded by double agents...

Not rated

Not rated

Wolf

1955 · Movie · 127 min. · Japan

Not rated

Not rated

The Crab-Canning Ship

1953 · Movie · 112 min. · Japan

Direction Sô Yamamura

Cast Sô Yamamura · Masayuki Mori · Sumiko Hidaka · Akitake Kôno

Synopsis Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy.

Not rated

Not rated

Play It Cool

1970 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Mari Atsumi · Yusuke Kawazu · Akemi Negishi · Kô Nishimura

Synopsis Yumi (Mari Atsumi) is a 19-year-old enrolled in a dress-making school. Her mother (Negishi Akemi) has raised her by working in a bar. One day Yumi is raped by one of her mother's boyfriends. Yumi's mother finds out, kills him,...

Not rated

Not rated