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Sadao Nakajima

Sadao Nakajima (中島なかじま貞夫さだお, Nakajima Sadao, August 8, 1934 – June 11, 2023) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki.

Sadao Nakajima
Sadao Nakajima in 1967
Born(1934-08-08)August 8, 1934
Tōgane, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
DiedJune 11, 2023(2023-06-11) (aged 88)
Kyoto City, Japan
OccupationFilm director

Career

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Born in Tōgane, Chiba Prefecture, he attended Hibiya High School and then the University of Tokyo before joining the Tōei studio in 1959.[1] Working at Tōei's Kyoto studio, he served as an assistant director under such directors as Masahiro Makino, Tadashi Imai, and Tomotaka Tasaka.[2] He made his directorial debut in 1964 Kunoichi ninpō and won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1966 for Yakuza (893) gurentai, the first gendaigeki shot at Tōei's Kyoto studio.[3][4] He directed such popular film series as Kogarashi Monjirō and Nihon no don, and also worked on television.[1] His 1985 film Seburi monogatari was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival.[5] From 1987 to 2008 he served as a professor of the Osaka University of Arts.[4] He has directed over 60 films in his career.

Nakajima died from pneumonia on June 11, 2023, at the age of 88.[6]

Selected filmography

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  • Kunoichi ninpō (くノ一いち忍法にんぽう) (1964)
  • Kunoichi Keshō (くノ一いち化粧けしょう) (1964)
  • Yakuza (893) gurentai (893愚連隊ぐれんたい) (1966)
  • Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (日本にっぽん暗殺あんさつ秘録ひろく, Nihon ansatsu hiroku) (1969)
  • Kogarashi Monjirō (1972)
  • Aesthetics of a Bullet (鉄砲玉てっぽうだまの美学びがく, Teppōdama no bigaku) (1973)
  • Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School (女おんな番長ばんちょう 感化院かんかいん脱走だっそう, Sukeban: Kankain Dassô) (1973)
  • Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle (1973)
  • Bohachi Bushido Saburai (1974) -Script
  • Crazed Beast (狂くるった野獣やじゅう, Kurutta yajû) (1976)
  • Yakuza sensō: Nihon no Don (やくざ戦争せんそう 日本にっぽんの首領しゅりょう) (1977)
  • Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku (1979)
  • Conquest (1982)
  • Theater of Life (人生じんせい劇場げきじょう, Jinsei gekijō) (1983) co-directed with Kinji Fukasaku and Jun'ya Satō
  • Appassionata (序じょの舞まい, Jo no mai) (1984)
  • Seburi monogatari (1985)
  • Takeda Shingen (武田たけだ信玄しんげん) (1988) (TV Movie)
  • Shogun's Shadow (1989) (Screenplay)
  • Nemuri Kyoshiro: The Man with No Tomorrow (1996) (TV Movie)
  • Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay (2015)
  • Love's Twisting Path (2019)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nakajima Sadao". Nihon jinmei daijiten + Plus (in Japanese). Kōdansha. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Eiga kantoku Nakajima Sadao intabyū". Bunka kaigi (in Japanese). 19 October 2006. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Eiga kantoku Nakajima Sadao ga kōen". Keiji jānaru (in Japanese). Leaf. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Berlinale: 1985 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  6. ^ "Sadao Nakajima, Japanese Director of 'Gokudo no Onna-tachi' Film Series, Dead at 88". THE JAPAN NEWS. 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2023-06-15.

Bibliography

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  • Nakajima, Sadao (2004). Shingo Kōno (ed.). Yūgeki no bigaku: eiga kantoku Nakajima Sadao (in Japanese). Tokyo: Waizu Shuppan. ISBN 4-89830-173-8.
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