Noboru Nakamura

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.

Directed

1. Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963) — Director
2. The Shape of Night (1964) — Director
3. Home Sweet Home (1951) — Director
4. The Waves (1952) — Director
5. Portrait of Chieko (1967) — Director
6. Towering Waves (1960) — Director
7. The Kii River (1966) — Director
8. Love Stopped the Runaway Train (1973) — Director
9. When It Rains, It Pours (1957) — Director
10. The Mask and Destiny (1955) — Director
11. Three Faces of Love (1967) — Director
12. Nichiren (1979) — Director
13. Sanbaba (1974) — Director
14. My Destiny (1968) — Director
15. Journey of Love (1970) — Director
16. Zettai tasū (1965) — Director
17. The Song from My Heart (1969) — Director
18. Through Days and Months (1969) — Director
19. Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido (1953) — Director
20. Otoko no iki (1942) — Director
21. Women of Tokyo (1961) — Director
22. Edo no yubae (1954) — Director
23. Kyūjin ryokō (1962) — Director
24. Our Happiness Alone (1964) — Director
25. A Roaring Trade (1962) — Director
26. The Estuary (1961) — Director
27. Dreaming People (1953) — Director
28. Irohanihoheto (1960) — Director
29. Flower in a Storm (1962) — Director
30. Zoku aizen katsura (1962) — Director
31. Love and Death (1971) — Director
32. The Earth is Born Again (1971) — Director
33. Double Wedding (1963) — Director
34. A Woman's Life (1955) — Director
35. Ganpeki (1953) — Director
36. Shūkin ryokō (1957) — Director
37. Hibi no haishin (1958) — Director
38. Kekkon shimasu (1969) — Director
39. People Waiting for Spring (1959) — Director
40. The Lady Was Pawn (1956) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Zoku jūdai no seiten (1953) — Tateuo Ueda