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Masaichi Nagata is a Actor, Writer, Producer and Thanks Japonais born on 21 january 1906 at Kyoto (Japon)

Masaichi Nagata

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Nationality Japon
Birth 21 january 1906 at Kyoto (Japon)
Death 24 october 1985 (at 79 years)

Masaichi Nagata (永田 雅一, Nagata Masaichi, 21 January 1906 – 24 October 1985) was a Japanese film producer and baseball executive.

Biography

Masaichi Nagata entre à la Nikkatsu, en tant que guide des studios, en 1924. Après avoir occupé des postes importants dans cette compagnie, il démissionne de celle-ci, en désaccord avec des pratiques qu'il juge « féodales ». Il crée alors sa propre société, la Daiichi Eiga, en 1934. Il produit notamment plusieurs films de Kenji Mizoguchi : La Cigogne en papier (折鶴お千, Orizuru Osen, 1935) mais, surtout, L'Élégie d'Osaka (浪華悲歌, Naniwa erejii) et Les Sœurs de Gion (祇園の姉妹, Gion no shimai) en 1936. Bien que la critique ait salué Les Sœurs de Gion et L'Élégie d'Osaka classés respectivement 1 et 3e au classement des dix meilleurs films japonais de l'année 1936 établi par la revue Kinema Junpō en 1937, leur exploitation en salle a été modeste car à cette époque, la Nikkatsu et la Shōchiku contrôlent la diffusion et l'exploitation des films et il est difficile pour une société indépendante comme Daiichi Eiga de faire sa place. La société fait faillite en 1936.

Masaichi Nagata devient président de la compagnie Shinkō Kinema et directeur des studios de Kyoto, en 1936. En 1942, le gouvernement militaire japonais impose le regroupement de trois sociétés (Shinkō Kinema, Daito et Nikkatsu) en une seule, avec à sa direction, Masaichi Nagata. Au sortir de la guerre, la société devient la Daiei, produisant de nombreux films de prestige. On doit à Masaichi Nagata la découverte d'actrices comme Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao ou Fujiko Yamamoto.

En 1953, il est à l'initiative de l'« accord des cinq compagnies » pour empêcher la Nikkatsu concurrente de développer sa production de films. Il sera, en outre, le producteur attitré des œuvres ultimes de Kenji Mizoguchi entre 1953 et 1956. Producteur d'environ 140 films, Nagata survivra à la faillite de la Daiei en 1971 en reconstituant une compagnie de distribution des anciens films.

Usually with

Kazuo Miyagawa
Kazuo Miyagawa
(17 films)
Machiko Kyō
Machiko Kyō
(16 films)
Saburo Date
Saburo Date
(16 films)
Kon Ichikawa
Kon Ichikawa
(10 films)
Ayako Wakao
Ayako Wakao
(14 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Masaichi Nagata (65 films)

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Gate of Hell, 1h29
Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Théâtre, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Films based on plays
Actors Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyō, Isao Yamagata, Yatarō Kurokawa, Koreya Senda, Masao Shimizu
Roles Ecrivain
Rating70% 3.5478353.5478353.5478353.5478353.547835
During a rebellion in 1159 the samurai Morito desires the lady-in-waiting Kesa but she's already married to Wataru. Morito decides to get rid of his rival. He makes Kesa explain to him how he can kill her husband while he sleeps. Kesa provides very precise instructions, yet when Morito follows through on her plan it is Kesa herself who gets killed. Morito understands that Kesa has sacrificed herself because she was determined to save Waturu's life and her honour.

Producer

Gamera: Super Monster, 1h41
Directed by Noriaki Yuasa
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Mise en scène d'une tortue, Giant monster films, Gamera, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Reptile, Disaster films
Roles Executive Producer
Rating36% 1.8483351.8483351.8483351.8483351.848335
When the evil alien Zanon comes to enslave earth, all hope seems lost. The Earth's resident superheroes, the Spacewomen, are powerless to stop him. They must enlist the help of a young boy who has a special connection with the giant turtle Gamera. The Friend of All Children then battles Gyaos (a huge flying vampiric bat/pterosaur), Zigra (an alien shark), Viras (a space squid), Jiger (a giant phehistoric dinosaur), Guiron (a knife-headed extraterrestrial demon beast) and finally Barugon (a enormous lizard whose tongue sprays a freezing liquid that can freeze things solid and a massive back which emits a powerful rainbow energy ray that can melt or dissolve any hard solids). Gamera self-destructs in the end to destroy Zanon once and for all and protect the earth.
Manhunt
Manhunt (1976)
, 2h31
Directed by Jun'ya Satō
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Ken Takakura, Yoshio Harada, Ryō Ikebe, Kunie Tanaka, Kō Nishimura, Hideji Ōtaki
Roles Producer
Rating67% 3.386143.386143.386143.386143.38614
Un procureur de Tokyo, accusé de vols, s'échappe pour blanchir sa réputation. Un policier part à sa poursuite.
Gamera vs. Jiger, 1h23
Directed by Noriaki Yuasa
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Mise en scène d'une tortue, Giant monster films, Gamera, Reptile, Disaster films
Actors Tatsuya Fuji
Roles Executive Producer
Rating53% 2.663452.663452.663452.663452.66345
In Gamera vs. Jiger, Gamera has his hands full right from the very beginning. Japan is preparing for the 1970 World's Fair, to be held in Osaka. Construction of the various buildings and pavilions is well under way. On Wester Island in the Pacific Ocean, a large statue of mysterious origin (called the Devil's Whistle) is located by scientists. Workers from the Expo are interested in returning the statue for display, and try to remove it for transport by ship. The removal of the statue is hampered first by a tribal member of the Wester Island people, then by the unexpected arrival of Gamera, who aggressively attempts to prevent the removal of the statue, only to be shot at by the crew instead. The statue is removed from the island successfully after a volcano erupts. Shortly after departing the island, members of the ship's crew begin to fall ill. The statue appears to be the source of the outbreak, as it makes a continuous piercing sound, driving many of the crew members insane. Later analysis reveals the presence of a central shaft that runs nearly the length of the statue top-to-bottom. The position of the opening on the statue is creating the high-pitched 'squeal', as air passes through it.
Blind Beast, 1h24
Directed by Yasuzō Masumura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Noriko Sengoku, Eiji Funakoshi, Mako Midori
Roles Executive Producer
Rating69% 3.4933253.4933253.4933253.4933253.493325
Un sculpteur aveugle enlève et séquestre dans son atelier un modèle pour la soumettre à l'empire des sens afin qu'elle devienne une statue idéale. Comprenant après plusieurs vaines tentatives qu'elle ne pourra fuir ce cauchemar, la victime est peu à peu attendrie et envoûtée par son bourreau...
Gamera vs. Guiron, 1h22
Directed by Noriaki Yuasa
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Mise en scène d'une tortue, Giant monster films, Musical films, Gamera, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Reptile, Disaster films
Actors Eiji Funakoshi
Roles Executive Producer
Rating43% 2.170322.170322.170322.170322.17032
While scanning the skies through their telescope, two young boys, Akio and Tom, spy a spaceship descending into a nearby field. Stunned, bewildered, and bemused, they tell Akio's mother what they have seen, but she dismisses their story as childish nonsense. The next day, the two boys—with Akio's younger sister, Tomoko, in tow—bicycle to the site to investigate. Enthralled, Akio and Tom manage to steal into the spaceship. But then, without warning, the ship takes off, leaving Tomoko behind. It soars into outer space toward a field of asteroids, which sends the boys into panic. However, Gamera (obviously aware of the boys' plight) appears and clears a path for the ship through the asteroids. The spaceship, flying near the speed of light, leaves Gamera behind and transports the boys to an unknown planet, where it lands on the outskirts of an alien city. Suddenly, a silver "Space" Gyaos appears, menacing the ship and the two young boys. Just before the creature attacks, a second, bizarre monster—whose head resembles a ginzu knife—emerges from an underground lair and attacks the Space Gyaos. The Gyaos emits a beam that reflects off the new creature's blade-shaped head and cuts off its own leg. After a short battle, the knife-headed creature lunges and chops off one, then the other, of the Gyaos' wings. The creature cuts the helpless Gyaos' head off and brutally cuts the body into smaller pieces and then retreats back to its lair.
Gamera vs. Viras, 1h12
Directed by Noriaki Yuasa
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Mise en scène d'une tortue, Giant monster films, Gamera, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Reptile, Disaster films
Actors Genzō Wakayama
Roles Executive Producer
Rating46% 2.3295052.3295052.3295052.3295052.329505
A deadly alien force approaches Earth. Gamera intervenes and destroys the alien vessel; but before the ship is destroyed, the aliens broadcast a warning to their world stating Gamera is their enemy.
Zatoichi and the Fugitives, 1h22
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Yakuza films, Films about disabilities, Gangster films
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Takashi Shimura
Roles Executive Producer
Rating72% 3.639133.639133.639133.639133.63913
Zatoichi comes to a village which is the local hub of family farms in a silk growing region. The most prominent villager is Matsugoro who apparently will stop at nothing to bring all under his control. The small village does have a kind doctor, Dr. Junan, who lives with his daughter Oshizu.
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Themes Children's films
Roles Producer
Rating64% 3.245033.245033.245033.245033.24503
The film opens in the ruins of the Babylonian city of Ur, with a narration detailing a local legend pertaining to a great monster known as Daimon, who lays dormant in the rubble of the city. Four thousand years later, the ruins are disturbed by treasure hunters, and the monster Daimon (Chikara Hashimoto) is roused and proceeds to kill the intruders by causing a landslide. Following his release, Daimon decides to fly directly to Japan. There, he encounters a Samurai known as Lord Hyogo Isobe (Takashi Kanda), whom he kills and whose blood he consumes. Following this vampiric act, Daimon assumes the form of Isobe and makes his way to the Lord's house. There he is met by Isobe's daughter, Lady Chie (Akane Kawasaki), and fellow Samurai Shinpachiro Mayama (Yoshihiko Aoyama). After killing the family dog for barking at him, Daimon proceeds to tear down all altars in the house and orders his servants to have them burned. In his frenzy, he throws out an ornament which falls into a pond outside, rousing a Kappa (Gen Kuroki). The Kappa decides to investigate the ruckus and happens to see Daimon (as Isobe) drinking the blood of Isobe's steward, Saheiji Kawano (Gen Kimura). When Saheiji also displays Daimon's mannerisms and orders the altars burned, the Kappa becomes suspicious and attacks Daimon fruitlessly. Defeated and hurt, the Kappa goes to the woods to seek out other Yōkai to help him fight back Daimon. The forest is home to the one-legged Kasa-obake, the frightening Futakuchi-onna (Keiko Yukitomo), the long-necked Rokurokubi (Ikuko Mori), the clay monster Nuppeppō, and the wise Abura-sumashi. The Yōkai don't believe the Kappa's story, as they insist such a monster has never been found in Japan.
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka, 1h40
Directed by Yasuzō Masumura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Ayako Wakao, Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Hideko Takamine, Yūnosuke Itō, Saburo Date, Misako Watanabe
Roles Producer
Rating73% 3.696493.696493.696493.696493.69649
Japon, vers 1785. La jolie Kaé épouse par procuration Unpei Hanaoka, le fils du fanfaron médecin de campagne Naomichi et de la belle Otsugi, parti faire des études de médecine à Kyoto. Elle s'installe donc chez ses beaux-parents où elle est bien accueillie durant les trois années que dure l'attente du retour du fils. Mais tout change lorsque le jeune médecin Unpei revient enfin vivre et exercer dans la maison familiale, une rivalité s'installe entre Otsugi et Kaé, l'épouse de son fils.
Zatoichi's Cane Sword, 1h33
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Yakuza films, Films about disabilities, Gangster films
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Shiho Fujimura, Eijirō Tōno, Masumi Harukawa, Makoto Fujita, Ryūji Kita
Roles Executive Producer
Rating73% 3.690123.690123.690123.690123.69012
In a town dominated by yakuza, Zatoichi (Katsu) encounters a master swordsmith named Senzo (Tōno) who identifies Zatoichi's cane sword as the work of his late mentor. Senzo also spots a crack in the blade and warns that it will snap after one more kill.
Zatoichi the Outlaw, 1h36
Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Yakuza films, Films about disabilities, Gangster films
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Rentarō Mikuni, Kō Nishimura, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Mizuho Suzuki, Saburo Date
Roles Executive Producer
Rating69% 3.48923.48923.48923.48923.4892
In a rural village, Zatoichi (Katsu) encounters Shushi Ohara (Suzuki; modeled after 18th-century agriculturalist Yagaku Ohara) a sword-less ronin who defends himself against multiple attackers without killing them. Ohara leads a peasant movement advocating the abstention from gambling, drinking, and whoring.
Zatoichi Challenged, 1h27
Directed by Kenji Misumi
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Yakuza films, Films about disabilities, Gangster films
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Miwa Takada, Yukiji Asaoka, Asao Koike, Eitarō Ozawa, Tatsuo Matsumura
Roles Executive Producer
Rating73% 3.686953.686953.686953.686953.68695
Zatoichi (Katsu) checks into an inn where he shares a room with an ill woman and her young son named Ryota. Before the woman dies, she requests that Zatoichi take her son to his father, an artist living in the nearby town of Maebara.
Wrath of Daimajin, 1h19
Directed by Kenji Misumi, Kazuo Mori
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Toru Abe, Tanie Kitabayashi, Shiho Fujimura
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.1972153.1972153.1972153.1972153.197215
Après avoir pris le contrôle d'un village et de ses habitants, un diabolique seigneur de la guerre décide d'en conquérir un second. Il kidnappe leur chef, Katsushige Nakoshi et impose un ultimatum aux villageois, leur livrer leur champion, Lord Juro en échange de Katsuhige. Mais les villageois et son champion décident de se battre. Après avoir perdu leur combat et leurs espérances, ils ne leur restent plus qu'à prier un sauveur. Majin leur apparaît.