Cinematography: Toru Nakajima
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Toru Nakajima. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Titles found: 12
Yakuza Graveyard
1976 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan
Direction Kinji Fukasaku
Cast Tetsuya Watari · Meiko Kaji · Seizo Fukumoto · Takuzo Kawatani
6.9
91 votes
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
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Boss's Head
1975 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan
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
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Last Days
1976 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan
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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Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan
Direction Kinji Fukasaku
Cast Tsunehiko Watase · Miki Sugimoto · Hideo Murota · Takuzo Kawatani
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Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979 · Movie · 128 min. · Japan
Direction Eiichi Kudo
Cast Ryudo Uzaki · Mieko Harada · Shigeru Matsuzaki · Jinpachi Nezu
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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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