Directing
Noboru Nakamura
JA, EN cinema · 50 credits
Born
4 August 1913
Died
20 May 1981 (aged 67)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as Нобору Накамура
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.
Known for
Filmography
Nichiren
Screenplay, Director
Sanbaba
Director
Love and Death
Director
Journey of Love
Director
Kekkon shimasu
Director, Screenplay
My Destiny
Director
Sôshun
Director, Screenplay
Three Faces of Love
Screenplay, Director
Portrait of Chieko
Director, Screenplay
The Kii River
Director
Zettai tasū
Director
Danshun
Director, Screenplay
The Shape of Night
Director
Our Happiness Alone
Director, Screenplay
Double Wedding
Director
Kyūjin ryokō
Director
Women of Tokyo
Director
The Estuary
Director
Onna no hashi
Director
Irohanihoheto
Director
Towering Waves
Director
When It Rains, It Pours
Director, Screenplay
Shūkin ryokō
Director
A Woman's Life
Director
Youth
Director
Edo no yubae
Director
Zoku jūdai no seiten
as Tateuo Ueda
Dreaming People
Director, Screenplay
Ganpeki
Director
The Waves
Director
Home Sweet Home
Director
Otoko no iki
Director, Writer