Movies by Yasuko Nakata
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
Vagabonds from Badgerville
A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.
Yotsuya Ghost Story
In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…