Nobuo Nakagawa
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-04-18 (79 years old)
Deathday
1984-06-17
Place of Birth
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Also known As
Nakagawa Nobuo
노부오 나카가와
나카가와 노부오
Nobuo Nakagawa
Biography
Nobuo Nakagawa (中川 信夫, Nakagawa Nobuo, April 18, 1905 – June 17, 1984) was a Japanese film director, most famous for the stylized, folk tale-influenced horror films he made in the 1950s and 1960s. Born in Kyoto, Nakagawa was early on influenced by proletarian literature and wrote amateur film reviews for the Kinema Junpō film magazine. He joined Makino Film Productions in 1929 as an assistant director and worked under Masahiro Makino. When that studio went bankrupt in 1932, he switched to Utaemon Ichikawa's production company and made his debut as a director in 1934 with Yumiya Hachiman Ken. He later moved to Toho, where he made comedies sta...
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