Cinematography: Toru Nakajima

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Toru Nakajima. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


6.9

91 votes

The Shogun's Samurai

1978 · Movie · 130 min. · Japan

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura · Sonny Chiba · Hiroki Matsukata · Teruhiko Saigô

Synopsis Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his...

6.8

83 votes

6.8

83 votes

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Bunta Sugawara · Seizo Fukumoto · Meiko Kaji · Hideo Murota

Synopsis The Owada clan sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers...

6.6

29 votes

6.6

29 votes

Hokuriku Proxy War

1977 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Hiroki Matsukata · Yumiko Nogawa · Mikio Narita · Yôko Takahashi

Synopsis In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows the battles among yakuza who value land over tradition in this unconventional, 'violence'...

6.6

33 votes

6.6

33 votes

Shogun's Ninja

1980 · Movie · 117 min. · Japan

Direction Norifumi Suzuki

Cast Hiroyuki Sanada · Sonny Chiba · Etsuko Shihomi · Yuki Ninagawa

Synopsis In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key...

5.0

21 votes

5.0

21 votes

Message from Space

1978 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Sonny Chiba · Vic Morrow · Philip Casnoff · Etsuko Shihomi

Synopsis In this Star Wars take-off, the peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother (played a comic actor in drag) rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight...

4.7

112 votes

4.7

112 votes

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...

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Manji

1983 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroto Yokoyama

Cast Yoshio Harada · Kanako Higuchi · Haruna Takase

Synopsis A married kleptomaniac (Sonoko) and a younger woman (Mitsuko) begin an unusual love affair which develops fast into a kinky sexual love triangle when Sonoko's husband gets involved.

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The Gate of Youth

1981 · Movie · 140 min. · Japan

Direction Kinji Fukasaku · Koreyoshi Kurahara

Cast Bunta Sugawara · Keiko Matsuzaka · Koichi Sato · Kaoru Sugita

Synopsis The story of Shinsuke ranging from his infanthood to his mid-teens, he's a young man who lives through a stormy life coming from a poverty-stricken coal-mining family.

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Doberman Cop

1977 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Sonny Chiba · Hiroki Matsukata · Janet Hatta · Eiko Matsuda

Synopsis Joji Kano (Sonny Chiba) is a small town detective from Okinawa who has been hired by a woman who wants him to find her daughter Yuna who disappeared five years ago. When a prostitute's body is burned beyond recognition in...

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