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{{short description|Japanese film producer}}
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| name = Masaichi Nagata
| caption = Nagata at the [[27th Academy Awards]]
| name = Masaichi Nagata
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|1|21}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1906|1|21}}
| birth_place = [[Kyoto City]], [[Japan]]
| birth_place = [[Kyoto]], Japan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|10|24|1906|1|21}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1985|10|24|1906|1|21}}
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| death_place = Tokyo, Japan
| occupation = Film producer, baseball executive
| occupation = Daiei president, film producer, baseball executive
| yearsactive = 1925–1980
| yearsactive = 1925–1980
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{{Nihongo|'''Masaichi Nagata'''|永田 雅一|Nagata Masaichi|21 January 1906 &ndash; 24 October 1985}} was a Japanese [[film producer]] and baseball executive.
{{Nihongo|'''Masaichi Nagata'''|永田 雅一|Nagata Masaichi|21 January 1906 &ndash; 24 October 1985}} was a Japanese businessman and served as president of [[Daiei Film]]. The self-proclaimed creator of [[Gamera]], he produced the kaiju's second film ''[[Gamera vs. Barugon]]'', with the remainder of the [[Gamera#Films|Showa ''Gamera'' films]] produced instead by his son [[Hidemasa Nagata]].


==Film career==
==Film career==
Born in Kyoto, Nagata attended the Ōkura Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō (now [[Tokyo Keizai University]]), but left before graduating.<ref name=Jabira>{{cite web|title=Nagata Masaichi|url=http://www.jabira.net/retsuden/na/nagata.htm|work=Keizai ketsubutsu retsuden|publisher=Jabira|accessdate=21 September 2011}}</ref> He joined the [[Nikkatsu]] studio in 1925 and, after working as a location manager, rose to become head of production at the Kyoto studio.<ref name=Daiei>{{cite web|last=Hirukawa|first=Kōtarō|title=Daiei shi|url=http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~mtt20017/zemiron7.htm|work=Daiei Kyōto Satsueijo to sono chiiki|accessdate=21 September 2011}}</ref> Experiencing conflicts with the Nikkatsu president, he left the company in 1934, taking many Nikkatsu stars with him, to form [[Daiichi Eiga]].<ref name=Daiei /> While short-lived, that studio created such masterpieces as [[Kenji Mizoguchi]]'s ''[[Sisters of the Gion]]'' (1936) and ''[[Osaka Elegy]]'' (1936). When Daiichi Eiga folded, Nagata became head of the Kyoto studio of [[Shinkō Kinema]] until the government reorganized the industry during World War Two. Against a government plan to combine the fiction film companies into two studios, Nagata fought hard for the alternative option of creating a third studio.<ref name=Shoemaker>{{cite web|last=Shoemaker|first=Greg|title=Daiei: A History of the Greater Japan Motion Picture Company|url=http://www.historyvortex.org/HistoryDaiei.html|work=The History Vortex|accessdate=24 September 2011}}</ref> His efforts resulted in the creation of the [[Daiei Motion Picture Company]], where he first served as an executive.<ref name=Daiei /> He rose to become president in 1947 and, apart from a brief period when he was purged by [[Occupation of Japan|Occupation]] authorities, remained in that position until 1971.<ref name=Jabira />
Born in Kyoto, Nagata attended the Ōkura Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō (now [[Tokyo Keizai University]]), but left before graduating.<ref name=Jabira>{{cite web|title=Nagata Masaichi|url=http://www.jabira.net/retsuden/na/nagata.htm|work=Keizai ketsubutsu retsuden|publisher=Jabira|access-date=21 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402174949/http://www.jabira.net/retsuden/na/nagata.htm|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He joined the [[Nikkatsu]] studio in 1925 and, after working as a location manager, rose to become head of production at the Kyoto studio.<ref name=Daiei>{{cite web|last=Hirukawa|first=Kōtarō|title=Daiei shi|url=http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~mtt20017/zemiron7.htm|work=Daiei Kyōto Satsueijo to sono chiiki|access-date=21 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324083307/http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~mtt20017/zemiron7.htm|archive-date=24 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Experiencing conflicts with the Nikkatsu president, he left the company in 1934, taking many Nikkatsu stars with him, to form [[Daiichi Eiga]].<ref name=Daiei /> While short-lived, that studio created such masterpieces as [[Kenji Mizoguchi]]'s ''[[Sisters of the Gion]]'' (1936) and ''[[Osaka Elegy]]'' (1936). When Daiichi Eiga folded, Nagata became head of the Kyoto studio of [[Shinkō Kinema]] until the government reorganized the industry during World War Two. Against a government plan to combine the fiction film companies into two studios, Nagata fought hard for the alternative option of creating a third studio.<ref name=Shoemaker>{{cite web|last=Shoemaker|first=Greg|title=Daiei: A History of the Greater Japan Motion Picture Company|url=http://www.historyvortex.org/HistoryDaiei.html|work=The History Vortex|access-date=24 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720033529/http://www.historyvortex.org/HistoryDaiei.html|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> His efforts resulted in the creation of the [[Daiei Motion Picture Company]], where he first served as an executive.<ref name=Daiei /> He rose to become president in 1947 and, apart from a brief period when he was purged by [[Occupation of Japan|Occupation]] authorities, remained in that position until 1971.<ref name=Jabira />


Under his reign, Daiei produced [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s ''[[Rashomon (film)|Rashomon]]'' (1950) and entered it in the [[Venice Film Festival]], where it won the grand prize and became the first Japanese film to win an international award,<ref>{{cite news|title=Master director dies|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/165594.stm|accessdate=22 September 2011|newspaper=BBC News|date=6 September 1998}}</ref> thus introducing Japanese cinema to the world. Nagata also spurred the production of [[Teinosuke Kinugasa]]'s ''[[Gate of Hell (film)|Gate of Hell]]'' (1953), the first Japanese color film to be shown abroad, earning both an honorary [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]<ref>{{cite web|title=1954: Best Foreign-Language Film|url=http://www.britannica.com/oscar/article-9397589|work=All about Oscar|publisher=Brittanica|accessdate=22 September 2011}}</ref> and the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Awards 1954|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/awardCompetition.html|publisher=Festival de Cannes|accessdate=22 September 2011}}</ref> Nagata also produced such renowned films as Mizoguchi's ''[[Ugetsu]]'' (1953) and ''[[Sansho the Bailiff]]'' (1954), as well as ''[[Jokyo (film)|Jokyo]]'' (which was entered into the [[10th Berlin International Film Festival]]<ref name="imdb">{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054482/awards |title=IMDB.com: Awards for Jokyo |accessdate=2010-01-17 |work=imdb.com}}</ref>). On the popular front, Nagata's Daiei was also known for such successful film series as the [[Zatoichi]] films starring [[Shintaro Katsu]], the [[Sleepy Eyes of Death]] series featuring [[Raizō Ichikawa]], and the [[Gamera]] movies.
Under his reign, Daiei produced [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s ''[[Rashomon (film)|Rashomon]]'' (1950) and entered it in the [[Venice Film Festival]], where it won the grand prize and became the first Japanese film to win an international award,<ref>{{cite news|title=Master director dies|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/165594.stm|access-date=22 September 2011|newspaper=BBC News|date=6 September 1998}}</ref> thus introducing Japanese cinema to the world. Nagata also spurred the production of [[Teinosuke Kinugasa]]'s ''[[Gate of Hell (film)|Gate of Hell]]'' (1953), the first Japanese color film to be shown abroad, earning both an honorary [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=1954: Best Foreign-Language Film|url=http://www.britannica.com/oscar/article-9397589|encyclopedia=All about Oscar|publisher=Britannica|access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref> and the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Awards 1954|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/awardCompetition.html|publisher=Festival de Cannes|access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref> Nagata also produced such renowned films as Mizoguchi's ''[[Ugetsu]]'' (1953) and ''[[Sansho the Bailiff]]'' (1954), as well as ''[[Jokyo (film)|Jokyo]]'' (which was entered into the [[10th Berlin International Film Festival]]<ref name="imdb">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054482/awards |title=IMDB.com: Awards for Jokyo |access-date=17 January 2010 |work=imdb.com}}</ref>). On the popular front, Nagata's Daiei was also known for such successful film series as the [[Zatoichi]] films starring [[Shintaro Katsu]], the [[Sleepy Eyes of Death]] series featuring [[Raizō Ichikawa]], and the [[Gamera]] movies.


Due to the decline of the film industry, and Nagata's extravagant expenditures, Daiei went bankrupt in 1971,<ref name=Jabira /> but he continued as an independent producer for some years after that. He produced more than 160 films during his career.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nagata Masaichi|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0041730.htm|work=Japanese Movie Database|accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref>
Due to the decline of the film industry, and Nagata's extravagant expenditures, Daiei went bankrupt in 1971,<ref name=Jabira /> but he continued as an independent producer for some years after that. He produced more than 160 films during his career.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nagata Masaichi|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0041730.htm|work=Japanese Movie Database|access-date=25 September 2011}}</ref>


==Baseball==
==Baseball==
During the age when many Japanese film studios owned professional baseball teams, Nagata served as owner first of the [[Daiei Stars]], and then of the [[Daimai Orions]] when the Stars merged with the Mainichi Orions in 1958.<ref name=Jabira /> He promoted the two-league system, helped build [[Tokyo Stadium (1962)|Tokyo Stadium]], and became the first president of the [[Pacific League]] in Japan.<ref name=Fame>{{cite web|title=Nagata, Masaichi|url=http://english.baseball-museum.or.jp/baseball_hallo/detail/detail_092.html|work=Hall of Famers List|publisher=The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|accessdate=24 September 2011}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1988.<ref name=Fame />
During the age when many Japanese film studios owned professional baseball teams, Nagata served as owner first of the [[Daiei Stars]], and then of the [[Daimai Orions]] when the Stars merged with the Mainichi Orions in 1958.<ref name=Jabira /> He promoted the two-league system, helped build [[Tokyo Stadium (1962)|Tokyo Stadium]], and became the first president of the [[Pacific League]] in Japan.<ref name=Fame>{{cite web|title=Nagata, Masaichi|url=http://english.baseball-museum.or.jp/baseball_hallo/detail/detail_092.html|work=Hall of Famers List|publisher=The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|access-date=24 September 2011|archive-date=1 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101194402/http://english.baseball-museum.or.jp/baseball_hallo/detail/detail_092.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1988.<ref name=Fame />

==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Sisters of the Gion]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Sisters of the Gion]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Osaka Elegy]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Osaka Elegy]]'' (1936)
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* ''[[Rashomon (film)|Rashomon]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Miss Oyu]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Miss Oyu]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Tetsu no tsume]]'' (1951) aka ''Claws of Steel''
* ''[[The Tale of Genji (1951 film)|The Tale of Genji]]'' (1951)
* ''[[The Tale of Genji (1951 film)|The Tale of Genji]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Ugetsu]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Ugetsu]]'' (1953) aka ''Tales of Ugetsu''
* ''[[Gate of Hell (film)|Gate of Hell]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Gate of Hell (film)|Gate of Hell]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Sansho the Bailiff]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Sansho the Bailiff]]'' (1954)
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* ''[[The Hoodlum Soldier]]'' (1965)
* ''[[The Hoodlum Soldier]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Shiroi Kyotō]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Shiroi Kyotō]]'' (1966)
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* ''[[Daimajin (1966 film)|Daimajin]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Gamera vs. Barugon]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Gamera vs. Barugon]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Zatoichi the Outlaw]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Zatoichi the Outlaw]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Gamera vs. Viras]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Nichiren (film)|Nichiren]]'' (1979)
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* ''[[Gamera vs. Guiron]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Gamera vs. Jiger]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Gamera: Super Monster]]'' (1980)
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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Latest revision as of 09:23, 9 March 2024

Masaichi Nagata
Nagata at the 27th Academy Awards
Born(1906-01-21)21 January 1906
Kyoto, Japan
Died24 October 1985(1985-10-24) (aged 79)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)Daiei president, film producer, baseball executive
Years active1925–1980
Children2[1]
Baseball career
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1988

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 creator of Gamera, he produced the kaiju's second film Gamera vs. Barugon, with the remainder of the Showa Gamera films produced instead by his son Hidemasa Nagata.

Film career[edit]

Born in Kyoto, Nagata attended the Ōkura Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō (now Tokyo Keizai University), but left before graduating.[2] He joined the Nikkatsu studio in 1925 and, after working as a location manager, rose to become head of production at the Kyoto studio.[3] Experiencing conflicts with the Nikkatsu president, he left the company in 1934, taking many Nikkatsu stars with him, to form Daiichi Eiga.[3] While short-lived, that studio created such masterpieces as Kenji Mizoguchi's Sisters of the Gion (1936) and Osaka Elegy (1936). When Daiichi Eiga folded, Nagata became head of the Kyoto studio of Shinkō Kinema until the government reorganized the industry during World War Two. Against a government plan to combine the fiction film companies into two studios, Nagata fought hard for the alternative option of creating a third studio.[4] His efforts resulted in the creation of the Daiei Motion Picture Company, where he first served as an executive.[3] He rose to become president in 1947 and, apart from a brief period when he was purged by Occupation authorities, remained in that position until 1971.[2]

Under his reign, Daiei produced Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950) and entered it in the Venice Film Festival, where it won the grand prize and became the first Japanese film to win an international award,[5] thus introducing Japanese cinema to the world. Nagata also spurred the production of Teinosuke Kinugasa's Gate of Hell (1953), the first Japanese color film to be shown abroad, earning both an honorary Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film[6] and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.[7] Nagata also produced such renowned films as Mizoguchi's Ugetsu (1953) and Sansho the Bailiff (1954), as well as Jokyo (which was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival[8]). On the popular front, Nagata's Daiei was also known for such successful film series as the Zatoichi films starring Shintaro Katsu, the Sleepy Eyes of Death series featuring Raizō Ichikawa, and the Gamera movies.

Due to the decline of the film industry, and Nagata's extravagant expenditures, Daiei went bankrupt in 1971,[2] but he continued as an independent producer for some years after that. He produced more than 160 films during his career.[9]

Baseball[edit]

During the age when many Japanese film studios owned professional baseball teams, Nagata served as owner first of the Daiei Stars, and then of the Daimai Orions when the Stars merged with the Mainichi Orions in 1958.[2] He promoted the two-league system, helped build Tokyo Stadium, and became the first president of the Pacific League in Japan.[10] He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988.[10]

Selected filmography[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Nagata, Masaichi (1953). Eigadō masshigura. Tokyo: Surugadai Shobō.
  • Nagata, Masaichi (1957). Eiga jigakyō. Tokyo: Heibon Shuppan.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2018年11月23日2019年3月14日 (23 November 2018). "永田雅一の息子は永田秀雅。孫はいたの？晩年や養女の有無について。 | 芸能人の息子まとめ". xn--o9jl2cn5979an1pggi321e5id.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d "Nagata Masaichi". Keizai ketsubutsu retsuden. Jabira. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Hirukawa, Kōtarō. "Daiei shi". Daiei Kyōto Satsueijo to sono chiiki. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  4. ^ Shoemaker, Greg. "Daiei: A History of the Greater Japan Motion Picture Company". The History Vortex. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Master director dies". BBC News. 6 September 1998. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  6. ^ "1954: Best Foreign-Language Film". All about Oscar. Britannica. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Awards 1954". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  8. ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Jokyo". imdb.com. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  9. ^ "Nagata Masaichi". Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  10. ^ a b "Nagata, Masaichi". Hall of Famers List. The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2011.

External links[edit]

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