Sadao Nakajima
Togane, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

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

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Crew

Love's Twisting Path (2019)
Director | Screenplay
Yakuza Ladies 10 (2000)
Screenplay
Yakuza Ladies 8 (1999)
Screenplay
No Mercy Dog (1998)
Writer
Yakuza Ladies: Decision (1998)
Director
Yakuza Ladies Revisited 5 (1996)
Director
The Man Who Shot the Don (1994)
Director
Oda Nobunaga (1992)
Director
Yakuza Warfare (1991)
Director
Yakuza Ladies Revisited (1991)
Director
1750 Days of Turbulence (1990)
Director | Screenplay
She-Shogun (1990)
Director
Shogun's Shadow (1989)
Writer
The Boss' Wife (1988)
Screenplay
Tokyo Bordello (1987)
Screenplay
The Seburi Story (1985)
Director | Screenplay
Appassionata (1984)
Director
Theater Of Life (1983)
Director | Screenplay
Domineering (1982)
Director | Screenplay
The Blazing Valiant (1981)
Screenplay
Kamikaze, the Adventurer (1981)
Writer
映画村殺人事件 (1980)
Screenplay | Director
Jun (1980)
Producer
The Shogun Assassins (1979)
Director | Writer
Down with The Big Boss (1979)
Director | Screenplay
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion (1978)
Director
Dog Whistle (1978)
Director
Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)
Director
Japanese Humanity and Justice (1977)
Director | Screenplay
Japan's Don (1977)
Director
The Three Ginza Rascals (1976)
Director | Screenplay
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War (1976)
Director
A Savage Beast Goes Mad (1976)
Director | Screenplay
Operation Plazma in Osaka (1976)
Director
Scoundrel Boss (1975)
Director | Screenplay
Company Buggers (1975)
Director
Shimane Prison Riot (1975)
Director | Writer
The Viper Brothers and the Young General (1975)
Director
The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974)
Director
Violent Fraternity (1974)
Director
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers (1974)
Director | Screenplay
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers (1974)
Director
Jeans Blues: No Future (1974)
Director | Screenplay
Bohachi Bushido: The Villain (1974)
Screenplay
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle (1973)
Director | Screenplay
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School (1973)
Director | Screenplay
The Kyoto Connection (1973)
Director | Writer
Aesthetics of a Bullet (1973)
Director
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth (1972)
Director
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats (1972)
Director
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro (1972)
Director | Screenplay
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 (1972)
Director | Screenplay
A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers (1971)
Director
Twisted Sex (1971)
Director
The Viper Brothers (1971)
Director
The Revelation of a Geisha (1970)
Director | Writer
Three Pretty Devils (1970)
Screenplay
Postwar Secrets (1970)
Director | Screenplay
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)
Director | Screenplay
The Cross of Vengeance (1969)
Screenplay
Nunnery Confidential (1968)
Director
Code Between Brothers 6 (1967)
Director
Shogun and His Mistress 2 (1967)
Director
The Shogun and His Mistresses (1967)
Director
Classmates (1967)
Screenplay | Director
Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival (1967)
Adaptation | Original Story
The Domain: White Blade (1967)
Writer
Judo vs. Karate (1966)
Director | Screenplay
Showdown of Men (1966)
Director | Screenplay
Yakuza Hooligans (1966)
Director | Screenplay
Yakuza Vassal (1966)
Director | Screenplay
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves (1966)
Writer
True Osaka Grit (1965)
Screenplay
Three Yakuza (1965)
Screenplay
The Tattooed Lord (1965)
Screenplay
The Spying Sorceress (1964)
Director | Writer
Female Ninja Magic (1964)
Director | Writer
The Great Duel (1964)
Screenplay