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Sadao Yamanaka

Japanese film director (1909–1938)

1.46body-of-work score · ranked #656 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
November 7, 1909 · Kyoto
Died
September 17, 1938 · Manchuria
Nationality
Empire of Japan
Work
film director, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Sadao Yamanaka
キネマ旬報社 撮影者不明 · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    The Village Tattooed Man街の入墨者

    1935 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1935 #2

    0.631 citation
  2. 2
    Humanity and Paper Balloons

    1937 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1937 #7

    0.331 citation
  3. 3
    Iso No Gentas Sword磯の源太 抱寝の長脇差

    1932 · Japan · silent

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1932 #8

    0.321 citation
  4. 4
    The Million Ryo Pot丹下左膳余話 百萬両の壺

    1935 · Japan

    Kurosawa's 100 favorite films

    0.181 citation

Complete filmography

All 8 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.