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
- Omoi Bashi ... (Director)
- Love Stopped the Runaway Train ... (Director)
1971
- The Earth is Born Again ... (Director)
- Love and Death ... (Director)
1970
- Journey of Love ... (Director)
1969
- Kekkon shimasu ... (Director)
- The Song from My Heart ... (Director)
- Through Days and Months ... (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
- The Shape of Night ... (Director)
- Our Happiness Alone ... (Director)
1963
- Twin Sisters of Kyoto ... (Director)
- Double Wedding ... (Director)
1962
- Zoku aizen katsura ... (Director)
- Flower in a Storm ... (Director)
- A Roaring Trade ... (Director)
- Kyūjin ryokō ... (Director)
1961
- Women of Tokyo ... (Director)
- The Estuary ... (Director)
- Onna no hashi ... (Director)
1960
- Irohanihoheto ... (Director)
- Towering Waves ... (Director)
1959
- People Waiting for Spring ... (Director)
- Vagabond Lovers ... (Director)
1958
- Hibi no haishin ... (Director)
1957
- Shūkin ryokō ... (Director)
- When It Rains, It Pours ... (Director)
1956
- The Lady Was Pawn ... (Director)
1955
- A Woman's Life ... (Director)
- The Mask and Destiny ... (Director)
- Youth ... (Director)
1954
- Edo no yubae ... (Director)
1953
- Zoku jūdai no seiten as Tateuo Ueda
- Dreaming People ... (Director)
- Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido ... (Director)
- Ganpeki ... (Director)
1952
- The Waves ... (Director)
1951
- Home Sweet Home ... (Director)
1946
- Kigeki wa owarinu ... (Screenplay)
1942
- Otoko no iki ... (Director)