Noboru Nakamura
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.
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Movies (50)
Nichiren
1979 · Screenplay, Director
Isho: Shiroi shōjo
1976 · Director
Sanbaba
1974 · Director
Love Stopped the Runaway Train
1973 · Director
Love and Death
1971 · Director
The Earth is Born Again
1971 · Director
Journey of Love
1970 · Director
The Song from My Heart
1969 · Director
Through Days and Months
1969 · Director
Kekkon shimasu
1969 · Director, Screenplay
My Destiny
1968 · Director
Sôshun
1968 · Director, Screenplay
Portrait of Chieko
1967 · Director, Screenplay
Three Faces of Love
1967 · Screenplay, Director
The Kii River
1966 · Director
Danshun
1965 · Director, Screenplay
Zettai tasū
1965 · Director
The Shape of Night
1964 · Director
Our Happiness Alone
1964 · Director, Screenplay
Kagami no naka no razō
1963 · Director
Double Wedding
1963 · Director
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963 · Director
Zoku aizen katsura
1962 · Director
Kyūjin ryokō
1962 · Director
Flower in a Storm
1962 · Director
A Roaring Trade
1962 · Director
The Estuary
1961 · Director
Onna no hashi
1961 · Director
Women of Tokyo
1961 · Director
Towering Waves
1960 · Director
Irohanihoheto
1960 · Director
Vagabond Lovers
1959 · Director
People Waiting for Spring
1959 · Director
Hibi no haishin
1958 · Director
Shūkin ryokō
1957 · Director
When It Rains, It Pours
1957 · Director, Screenplay
The Lady Was Pawn
1956 · Director
Youth
1955 · Director
The Mask and Destiny
1955 · Director
A Woman's Life
1955 · Director
Edo no yubae
1954 · Director
Dreaming People
1953 · Director, Screenplay
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953 · Tateuo Ueda
Ganpeki
1953 · Director
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953 · Director
The Waves
1952 · Director
The Love Letter Trial
1951 · Director
Home Sweet Home
1951 · Director
Kigeki wa owarinu
1946 · Screenplay
Otoko no iki
1942 · Director, Writer
