Noboru Nakamura
Born: 1913-08-04 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 1981-05-20
Known For: Directing
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 the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nakamura was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class.
Filmography
1979
- Nichiren ... (Screenplay)
1974
- Sanbaba ... (Director)
1973
- Love Stopped the Runaway Train ... (Director)
- Omoi Bashi ... (Director)
1971
- Love and Death ... (Director)
- The Earth is Born Again ... (Director)
1970
- Journey of Love ... (Director)
1969
- Kekkon shimasu ... (Director)
1968
- My Destiny ... (Director)
1967
- Three Faces of Love ... (Screenplay)
- Portrait of Chieko ... (Director)
1966
- The Kii River ... (Director)
1965
- Zettai tasū ... (Director)
1964
- Our Happiness Alone ... (Director)
- The Shape of Night ... (Director)
1963
- Twin Sisters of Kyoto ... (Director)
- Double Wedding ... (Director)
1962
- Kyūjin ryokō ... (Director)
- A Roaring Trade ... (Director)
- Flower in a Storm ... (Director)
- Zoku aizen katsura ... (Director)
1961
- The Estuary ... (Director)
- Women of Tokyo ... (Director)
1960
- Towering Waves ... (Director)
- Irohanihoheto ... (Director)
1959
- People Waiting for Spring ... (Director)
1958
- Hibi no haishin ... (Director)
1957
- When It Rains, It Pours ... (Director)
- Shūkin ryokō ... (Director)
1955
- The Mask and Destiny ... (Director)
- A Woman's Life ... (Director)
1954
- Edo no yubae ... (Director)
1953
- Ganpeki ... (Director)
- Zoku jūdai no seiten as Tateuo Ueda
- Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido ... (Director)
- Dreaming People ... (Director)
1952
- The Waves ... (Director)
1951
- Home Sweet Home ... (Director)
1942
- Otoko no iki ... (Director)