Sadao Nakajima

Biography

Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki.

Birthday

Aug 8, 1934

Place of birth

Togane, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Deathday

Jun 11, 2023

Also known as

中岛贞夫

Credited in

As cast

Mifune: The Last Samurai
As Self - Filmmaker
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
As Himself
Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay
As
Uzumasa Limelight
As Sadao Nakajima

As crew

Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival
Role: Adaptation
Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival
Role: Original Story
Semi-Document: Eros No Joô
Role: Director
Three Yakuza
Role: Screenplay
No Mercy Dog
Role: Writer
Jeans Blues: No Future
Role: Director
Yakuza Vassal
Role: Director
Yakuza Vassal
Role: Screenplay
The Kyoto Connection
Role: Director
Shogun's Shadow
Role: Writer
Aesthetics of a Bullet
Role: Director
The Shogun Assassins
Role: Director
映画村殺人事件
No picture available
Role: Screenplay
映画村殺人事件
No picture available
Role: Director
She-Shogun
Role: Director
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Role: Director
The Revelation of a Geisha
Role: Director
The Revelation of a Geisha
Role: Writer
Pilgrimage to Japanese Baths
Role: Director
The Domain: White Blade
Role: Writer
Nunnery Confidential
Role: Director
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Role: Director
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
Role: Screenplay
Tokyo Bordello
Role: Screenplay
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Role: Director
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
Role: Director
The Man Who Shot the Don
Role: Director
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Role: Director
The Seburi Story
Role: Director
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Role: Screenplay
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
Role: Director
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
Role: Director
The Boss' Wife
Role: Screenplay
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
Role: Director
Shag
Role: Director
1750 Days of Turbulence
Role: Director
Classmates
Role: Screenplay
Classmates
Role: Director
Yakuza Hooligans
Role: Director
Nippon '69 Sexual Curiosity Seeking Zone
Role: Director
Appassionata
Role: Director
Domineering
Role: Director
Domineering
Role: Screenplay
Oda Nobunaga
Role: Director
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
Role: Director
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
Role: Screenplay
Yakuza Warfare
Role: Director
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
Role: Director
A Savage Beast Goes Mad
Role: Director
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Role: Director
Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble
Role: Director
Yakuza Ladies Revisited
Role: Director
The Viper Brothers
Role: Director
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
Role: Director
My Beloved Is My Husband's Boss?!
No picture available
Role: Director
Violent Fraternity
Role: Director
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
Role: Director
Countryside Accountant's Government Reform
No picture available
Role: Director
Father Avenger
Role: Director
Down with The Big Boss
Role: Director
Down with The Big Boss
Role: Screenplay
Theater Of Life
Role: Director
Theater Of Life
Role: Screenplay
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
Role: Writer
Female Ninja Magic
Role: Director
Female Ninja Magic
Role: Writer
Shimane Prison Riot
Role: Director
Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
Role: Screenplay
Jeans Blues: No Future
Role: Screenplay
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
Role: Screenplay
The Blazing Valiant
Role: Screenplay
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Role: Director
Yakuza Hooligans
Role: Screenplay
A Savage Beast Goes Mad
Role: Screenplay
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
Role: Writer
Showdown of Men
Role: Director
The Seburi Story
Role: Screenplay
The Kyoto Connection
Role: Screenplay
Judo vs. Karate
Role: Director
Judo vs. Karate
Role: Screenplay
Japanese Humanity and Justice
Role: Director
The Shogun and His Mistresses
Role: Director
Operation Plazma in Osaka
Role: Director
Love's Twisting Path
Role: Director
Love's Twisting Path
Role: Screenplay
Japan's Don
Role: Director
The Three Ginza Rascals
Role: Director
The Three Ginza Rascals
Role: Screenplay
Postwar Secrets
Role: Director
Postwar Secrets
Role: Screenplay
1750 Days of Turbulence
Role: Screenplay
Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay
Role: Director
Code Between Brothers 6
Role: Director
Jun
Role: Producer
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Role: Screenplay
Twisted Sex
Role: Director
Japanese Humanity and Justice
Role: Screenplay
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
Role: Screenplay
Yakuza Ladies: Revenge
Role: Screenplay
Giant Rumble
Role: Screenplay
True Osaka Grit
Role: Screenplay
The Spying Sorceress
Role: Director
The Spying Sorceress
Role: Writer
Pilgrimage to Japanese Baths
Role: Screenplay
Company Buggers
Role: Director
A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
Role: Director
Showdown of Men
Role: Screenplay
The Cross of Vengeance
Role: Screenplay
Three Pretty Devils
Role: Screenplay
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
Role: Writer
The Tattooed Lord
Role: Screenplay
Scoundrel Boss
Role: Director
Scoundrel Boss
Role: Screenplay
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
Role: Director
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
Role: Director
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
Role: Screenplay
Takeda Shingen
Role: Director
The Shogun Assassins
Role: Screenplay
The Man Who Became The Don
Role: Screenplay
間諜
Role: Screenplay
天下を獲った男豊臣秀吉
Role: Director