Noboru Nakamura

Known for: Directing
Born: August 4, 1913, Tokyo, Japan
Died: May 20, 1981
Movies: 50

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.5

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

1963

6.8

The Shape of Night

1964

6.8

Home Sweet Home

1951

5.5

The Waves

1952

2.7

Towering Waves

1960

7.5

Portrait of Chieko

1967

7.5

The Kii River

1966

9.5

Love Stopped the Runaway Train

1973

7.0

Nichiren

1979

9.0

Three Faces of Love

1967

Filmography

1953

Zoku jūdai no seiten

Tateuo Ueda

Directing, Writing & Producing

1979	Nichiren	Screenplay, Director
1976	遺書白い少女	Director
1974	Sanbaba	Director
1973	Love Stopped the Runaway Train	Director
1971	Love and Death	Director
1971	The Earth is Born Again	Director
1970	Journey of Love	Director
1969	The Song from My Heart	Director
1969	Through Days and Months	Director
1969	Kekkon shimasu	Director, Screenplay
1968	My Destiny	Director
1968	Sôshun	Director, Screenplay
1967	Portrait of Chieko	Director, Screenplay
1967	Three Faces of Love	Screenplay, Director
1966	The Kii River	Director
1965	Danshun	Director, Screenplay
1965	Zettai tasū	Director
1964	The Shape of Night	Director
1964	Our Happiness Alone	Director, Screenplay
1963	Kagami no naka no razō	Director
1963	Double Wedding	Director
1963	Twin Sisters of Kyoto	Director
1962	Zoku aizen katsura	Director
1962	Kyūjin ryokō	Director
1962	Flower in a Storm	Director
1962	A Roaring Trade	Director
1961	The Estuary	Director
1961	Onna no hashi	Director
1961	Women of Tokyo	Director
1960	Towering Waves	Director
1960	Irohanihoheto	Director
1959	Vagabond Lovers	Director
1959	People Waiting for Spring	Director
1958	Hibi no haishin	Director
1957	Shūkin ryokō	Director
1957	When It Rains, It Pours	Director, Screenplay
1956	The Lady Was Pawn	Director
1955	Youth	Director
1955	The Mask and Destiny	Director
1955	A Woman's Life	Director
1954	Edo no yubae	Director
1953	Dreaming People	Director, Screenplay
1953	Ganpeki	Director
1953	Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido	Director
1952	The Waves	Director
1951	The Love Letter Trial	Director
1951	Home Sweet Home	Director
1946	Kigeki wa owarinu	Screenplay
1942	Otoko no iki	Writer, Director

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