Noboru Nakamura
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 4, 1913
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- May 20, 1981
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.
Movies with Noboru Nakamura
- Zoku jūdai no seiten 1953
Movies directed by Noboru Nakamura
- Twin Sisters of Kyoto 1963 · ★ 6.5
- The Shape of Night 1964 · ★ 6.8
- Home Sweet Home 1951 · ★ 6.8
- The Waves 1952 · ★ 5.5
- Towering Waves 1960 · ★ 2.7
- Portrait of Chieko 1967 · ★ 7.5
- The Kii River 1966 · ★ 7.5
- Love Stopped the Runaway Train 1973 · ★ 9.5
- When It Rains, It Pours 1957 · ★ 6.0
- The Mask and Destiny 1955 · ★ 7.0
- Three Faces of Love 1967 · ★ 9.0
- Nichiren 1979 · ★ 7.0
- Sanbaba 1974 · ★ 9.0
- My Destiny 1968 · ★ 9.0
- Journey of Love 1970 · ★ 8.0
- Zettai tasū 1965 · ★ 7.0
- The Song from My Heart 1969 · ★ 7.0
- Through Days and Months 1969 · ★ 8.0
- Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido 1953
- Otoko no iki 1942
- Women of Tokyo 1961
- Edo no yubae 1954
- Kyūjin ryokō 1962
- Our Happiness Alone 1964
- A Roaring Trade 1962
- The Estuary 1961
- Dreaming People 1953
- Irohanihoheto 1960
- Flower in a Storm 1962
- Zoku aizen katsura 1962
- Love and Death 1971
- The Earth is Born Again 1971
- Double Wedding 1963
- A Woman's Life 1955
- Ganpeki 1953
- Shūkin ryokō 1957
- Hibi no haishin 1958
- Kekkon shimasu 1969
- People Waiting for Spring 1959
- The Lady Was Pawn 1956