Masaichi Nagata

Masaichi Nagata was born on January 21, 1906, in Kyoto City, Japan, He was the original founder and president of Daiei, and also executed The Five-Company Agreement (Gosha Kyotei), which consolidated the 10 major Japanese film studios into only five.

Besides Chushingura, he produced almost 140 films, including Rashomon, Ugetsu, Sansho the Bailiff, Fires on the Plain, Floating Weeds, Revenge of a Kabuki Actor, Shinobi no Mono 2&3, eight Zatoichi films, and six Gamera films. —AnimEigo