Director
Noboru Nakamura
Born 1913 · 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.
Directed
Love Stopped the Runaway Train
Director · 1973
Three Faces of Love
Director · 1967
My Destiny
Director · 1968
Sanbaba
Director · 1974
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Director · 1963
Portrait of Chieko
Director · 1967
Journey of Love
Director · 1970
Through Days and Months
Director · 1969
The Kii River
Director · 1966
Home Sweet Home
Director · 1951
The Shape of Night
Director · 1964
Nichiren
Director · 1979
The Mask and Destiny
Director · 1955
Zettai tasū
Director · 1965
The Song from My Heart
Director · 1969
The Waves
Director · 1952
When It Rains, It Pours
Director · 1957
Towering Waves
Director · 1960
