- Born
- DiedOctober 24, 1985 (pneumonia)
- Nickname
- Nagata The trumpet
- Masaichi Nagata was born on January 21, 1906 in Kyoto City, Japan. He was a producer and writer, known for Rashomon (1950), Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) and Nichiro senso shori no hishi: Tekichu odan sanbyaku-ri (1957). He died on October 24, 1985.
- He was intimate and social with the local Kyoto Yakuza boss. The local yakuza often did work on the set Of Daiei films.
- His Daiei Studio went broke in 1971, but made a come-back later.
- He would purchase and own the Daiei Stars baseball team named after his film studio.
- He was a gambler and partook in horse race gambling.
- He was a political wheeler and dealer supporting the establishment party LDP and Kono Ichiro.
- I have nothing in common with today's movie men. I am the last of the old school. We really loved cinema.
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