Noboru Nakamura

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-08-04 (68 years old)

Deathday

1981-05-20

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Noboru Nakamura

Biography

Noboru Nakamura (中村登, Nakamura Noboru, 4 August 1913 – 20 May 1981) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After graduating from the Tokyo Imperial University Faculty of Letters in 1936, Nakamura joined the Shochiku film studios, working as an assistant director for Torajirō Saitō and Yasujirō Shimazu. He debuted as director in 1941 with Life and Rhythm, and finally received recognition with his 1951 film Home Sweet Home. His most noted works include the Yasunari Kawabata adaptation Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963), The Kii River (1966) and Portrait of Chieko (1967). Both Twin Sisters of Kyoto and Portrait of Chieko were nominated for t...

Acting

1953

Zoku jūdai no seiten

as Tateuo Ueda

Production

1967

Three Faces of Love

as Screenplay

1979

Nichiren

as Screenplay

1963

1967

1942

Otoko no iki

as Director

1942

Otoko no iki

as Writer

1964

1952

The Waves

as Director

1961

Women of Tokyo

as Director

1951

Home Sweet Home

as Director

1954

Edo no yubae

as Director

1955

1962

Kyūjin ryokō

as Director

1964

1962

A Roaring Trade

as Director

1961

The Estuary

as Director

1953

Dreaming People

as Director

1960

Irohanihoheto

as Director

1967

1979

Nichiren

as Director

1953

Dreaming People

as Screenplay

1962

1962

1971

Love and Death

as Director

1964

Our Happiness Alone

as Screenplay

1967

Portrait of Chieko

as Screenplay

1957

1960

Towering Waves

as Director

1974

Sanbaba

as Director

1966

The Kii River

as Director

1968

My Destiny

as Director

1963

Double Wedding

as Director

1955

A Woman's Life

as Director

1953

Ganpeki

as Director

1957

Shūkin ryokō

as Director

1970

Journey of Love

as Director

1958

Hibi no haishin

as Director

1969

Kekkon shimasu

as Director

1969

Kekkon shimasu

as Screenplay

1965

Zettai tasū

as Director

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