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    Masaichi Nagata (永田 雅一, Nagata Masaichi, 21 January 1906 – 24 October 1985) was a Japanese businessman and served as president of Daiei Film. The self-proclaimed...
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  • government plan to combine all the film studios into two companies, Masaichi Nagata, an executive at Shinkō Kinema, pressed hard for an alternative plan...
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  • success of The Birds and Toho's Godzilla films influenced studio head Masaichi Nagata to produce a similar film. In 1964, Daiei attempted to produce Nezura...
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  • original idea for Gamera was developed by Yonejiro Saito, Masaichi Nagata, Hidemasa Nagata, Niisan Takahashi, and Noriaki Yuasa. The character was created...
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  • pathologist Masaichi Kaneda (金田 正一, 1933–2019), Japanese baseball player Masaichi Kondō (近藤 政市, born 1917), Japanese World War II flying ace Masaichi Nagata (永田...
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    Rashomon (category Films produced by Masaichi Nagata)
    Rashomon (Japanese: 羅生門, Hepburn: Rashōmon) is a 1950 Jidaigeki drama film directed and written by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with...
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  • Linda Nagata (born 1960), American science fiction author Masaichi Nagata (1906–1985), Japanese film producer and baseball executive Masayoshi Nagata (1927–2008)...
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  • directed by Kenji Misumi, written by Teinosuke Kinugasa, and produced by Masaichi Nagata. The film stars Raizō Ichikawa as samurai Ryunosuke Tsukue, alongside...
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    Ugetsu (category Films produced by Masaichi Nagata)
    Oharu (1952), Mizoguchi was offered to make a film by his old friend Masaichi Nagata at Daiei Film studios. The deal promised Mizoguchi complete artistic...
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  • (1966) Director Kimiyoshi Yasuda Kenji Misumi Kazuo Mori Producer(s) Masaichi Nagata Screenplay Tetsuro Yoshida Composer(s) Akira Ifukube Director of photography...
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    joined Daiei Film and was given the stage name Itami Ichizō (伊丹 一三) by Masaichi Nagata. In May 1960, Itami married Kazuko Kawakita, the daughter of film producer...
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    season, the JBL team owners reorganized into the NPB; Daiei Stars owner Masaichi Nagata promoted a two-league system, which became the Pacific League (initially...
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    Osaka Elegy (category Films produced by Masaichi Nagata)
    for years to come. After the film's success, Mizoguchi and producer Masaichi Nagata planned two films to be set in Kyōto and Kōbe, of which only the former...
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    stake in the team, with control being given to Daiei Film president Masaichi Nagata. In 1964 they became the Tokyo Orions, and the Lotte Orions in 1969...
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    Sansho the Bailiff (category Films produced by Masaichi Nagata)
    Yoshikata Yoda Based on "Sansho the Bailiff" by Mori Ōgai Produced by Masaichi Nagata Starring Kinuyo Tanaka Yoshiaki Hanayagi Kyōko Kagawa Eitarō Shindō...
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    Nichiren is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Noboru Nakamura. Produced by Masaichi Nagata and based on Matsutarō Kawaguchi's novel. The film is known for mentioning...
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  • Floating Weeds (category Films produced by Masaichi Nagata)
    Directed by Yasujirō Ozu Written by Kogo Noda Yasujirō Ozu Produced by Masaichi Nagata Starring Machiko Kyō Hiroshi Kawaguchi Hitomi Nozoe Ayako Wakao Nakamura...
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  • (the name changing to its current form in 1980). Daiei Stars owner Masaichi Nagata was the first president of the Pacific League. The league began with...
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  • Daimajin (film) (category Films produced by Masaichi Nagata)
    Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda Screenplay by Tetsuro Yoshida Produced by Masaichi Nagata Starring Miwa Takada Yoshihiko Aoyama Jun Fujimaki Ryutaro Gomi Cinematography...
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  • Actor We All Loved Each Other So Much Four Flies on Grey Velvet 24 Masaichi Nagata 79 Japan Producer Rashomon Gamera, the Giant Monster 28 William Bramley...
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  • Gamera vs. Barugon (category Films produced by Masaichi Nagata)
    Due to the success of Gamera, the Giant Monster, studio president Masaichi Nagata pushed a sequel into production. Yunosaburo Saito was commissioned...
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  • ten film companies that had formed by 1941 to consolidate into two. Masaichi Nagata, founder of Daiei Film and a former Nikkatsu employee, counter-proposed...
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    married, but her romantic relationship with Daiei Film's president Masaichi Nagata was well-publicized in Japan. Kyō died from heart failure at her home...
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  • The Phantom Horse (category Films produced by Masaichi Nagata)
    cut short not long after winning the Tokyo Yushun and was owned by Masaichi Nagata. Bontarō Miyake as Yasuke Shiraishi Ayako Wakao as Yuki Shiraishi Yukihiro...
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    Street of Shame (category Films produced by Masaichi Nagata)
    by Masashige Narusawa (writer) Yoshiko Shibaki (novel) Produced by Masaichi Nagata Starring Machiko Kyō Ayako Wakao Aiko Mimasu Michiyo Kogure Hiroko...
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  • Due to the underperformance of Gamera vs. Barugon, Daiei president Masaichi Nagata assigned Noriaki Yuasa as the director and special effects director...
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  • Odd Obsession (category Films produced by Masaichi Nagata)
    novel) 1956 novel by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Produced by Hiroaki Fujii Masaichi Nagata Starring Machiko Kyō Tatsuya Nakadai Nakamura Ganjirō II Jun Hamamura...
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  • Gamera: Super Monster (category Films produced by Masaichi Nagata)
    Gamera: Super Monster (宇宙怪獣ガメラ, Uchū Kaijū Gamera, lit. 'Space Monster Gamera') is a 1980 Japanese kaiju film directed by Noriaki Yuasa and produced by...
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  • Kuroda - assistant director Nichiren, The film was also produced by Masaichi Nagata in 1979. (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1958/ch004150.htm accessed...
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  • An Actor's Revenge (category Films produced by Masaichi Nagata)
    by Kon Ichikawa Written by Natto Wada Otokichi Mikami Produced by Masaichi Nagata Starring Kazuo Hasegawa Fujiko Yamamoto Cinematography Setsuo Kobayashi...
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