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)
1976
- 遺書 白い少女 ... (Director)
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
- The Song from My Heart ... (Director)
- Through Days and Months ... (Director)
- Kekkon shimasu ... (Director)
1968
- My Destiny ... (Director)
- Sôshun ... (Director)
1967
- Three Faces of Love ... (Screenplay)
- Portrait of Chieko ... (Director)
1966
- The Kii River ... (Director)
1965
- Danshun ... (Director)
- Zettai tasū ... (Director)
1964
- The Shape of Night ... (Director)
- Our Happiness Alone ... (Director)
1963
- Twin Sisters of Kyoto ... (Director)
- Kagami no naka no razō ... (Director)
- Double Wedding ... (Director)
1962
- Kyūjin ryokō ... (Director)
- Zoku aizen katsura ... (Director)
- A Roaring Trade ... (Director)
- Flower in a Storm ... (Director)
1961
- Women of Tokyo ... (Director)
- The Estuary ... (Director)
- Onna no hashi ... (Director)
1960
- Towering Waves ... (Director)
- Irohanihoheto ... (Director)
1959
- People Waiting for Spring ... (Director)
- Vagabond Lovers ... (Director)
1958
- Hibi no haishin ... (Director)
1957
- When It Rains, It Pours ... (Director)
- Shūkin ryokō ... (Director)
1956
- The Lady Was Pawn ... (Director)
1955
- The Mask and Destiny ... (Director)
- A Woman's Life ... (Director)
- Youth ... (Director)
1954
- Edo no yubae ... (Director)
1953
- Zoku jūdai no seiten as Tateuo Ueda
- Ganpeki ... (Director)
- Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido ... (Director)
- Dreaming People ... (Director)
1952
- The Waves ... (Director)
1951
- Home Sweet Home ... (Director)
- The Love Letter Trial ... (Director)
1946
- Kigeki wa owarinu ... (Screenplay)
1942
- Otoko no iki ... (Director)