Noboru Nakamura
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 4, 1913
- Died
- May 20, 1981
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
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
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
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
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
as 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
Kigeki wa owarinu 1946
Screenplay
Otoko no iki 1942
Director, Writer
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