Isao Natsuyagi Filmography

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Warm Water Under A Red Bridge

Actors: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho

Synopsis: In 1998, Japanese auteur Shohei Imamura announced his retirement with his wild and wooly war drama Kanzo Sensei. His announcement clearly proved to be premature, as exhibited by this bizarre romantic drama about the power of really good sex, based on a book by Henmi Yo. Koji Yakusho -- who starred Read More

5/3/02
Desert Moon

Actors: Hiroshi Mikami, Isao Natsuyagi

Synopsis: Following up on his epic masterpiece Eureka, director Shinji Aoyama creates this mediation on spiritual and economic malaise in contemporary Japanese society. Nagai (Hiroshi Mikami) is an American-educated businessman desperately trying to keep his cutting edge software company afloat amid Read More

2001
Heaven and Earth

Actors: Takaaki Enoki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Atsuko Asano, Tsunehiko Watase, Naomi Zaizen

Synopsis: Japan's answer to Don Simpson -- a flamboyant and brash producer drawn to make flamboyant and brash films -- Haruki Kadokawa takes a turn at the director's chair with this sprawling historical epic featuring a massive budget: a record-breaking five billion yen, and thousands of extras comprising Read More

2/6/91
Tidal Wave

Synopsis: This is a badly re-edited and "Americanized" version of a popular Japanese disaster movie, The Submersion of Japan (1973). The trouble begins when scientists learn that Japan's islands are sinking and must be evacuated within two years. The story chronicles the ways in which various people react Read More

1975
The Wolves

Synopsis: Wolves is set in Japan in the 1920s. The disintegration of the ancient samurai traditions is paralleled with the rise of the Yakuza, Japan's equivalent of the Mafia. Three gangsters try to keep themselves from getting killed, not only by their higher-ups but by those who perceive them as a threat Read More

1972
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

Synopsis: The quest of a war-widow for the truth about her husband's death during World War II serves as the backbone for this film, which portrays the Japanese militarism of that time and the attitudes which gave rise to it. Though the government labelled her husband as a deserter, his widow does not Read More

1972
Goyokin

Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsuro Tamba, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Isao Natsuyagi, Yoko Tsukasa

Synopsis: In this samurai movie, an evil warrior violates his samurai codes of ethics by stealing some gold to pay an unfair government tax and then murdering the fishermen who witnessed the robbery. His actions are derided by his brother-in-law. In anger, the samurai casts his sister's husband out of the Read More

1969