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Noboru Nakamura
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…
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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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1979
Nichiren
Movie Screenplay
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1976
遺書 白い少女
Movie Director
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1974
Sanbaba
Movie Director
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1973
Love Stopped the Runaway Train
Movie Director
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1973
Omoi Bashi
TV show Director
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1971
Love and Death
Movie Director
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1971
The Earth is Born Again
Movie Director
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1970
Journey of Love
Movie Director
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1969
The Song from My Heart
Movie Director
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1969
Through Days and Months
Movie Director
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1969
Kekkon shimasu
Movie Director
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1968
My Destiny
Movie Director
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1968
Sôshun
Movie Director
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1967
Portrait of Chieko
Movie Director
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1967
Three Faces of Love
Movie Screenplay
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1966
The Kii River
Movie Director
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1965
Danshun
Movie Director
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1965
Zettai tasū
Movie Director
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1964
The Shape of Night
Movie Director
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1964
Our Happiness Alone
Movie Director
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1963
Kagami no naka no razō
Movie Director
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1963
Double Wedding
Movie Director
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1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Movie Director
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1962
Zoku aizen katsura
Movie Director
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1962
Kyūjin ryokō
Movie Director
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1962
Flower in a Storm
Movie Director
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1962
A Roaring Trade
Movie Director
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1961
The Estuary
Movie Director
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1961
Onna no hashi
Movie Director
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1961
Women of Tokyo
Movie Director
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1960
Towering Waves
Movie Director
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1960
Irohanihoheto
Movie Director
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1959
Vagabond Lovers
Movie Director
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1959
People Waiting for Spring
Movie Director
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1958
Hibi no haishin
Movie Director
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1957
Shūkin ryokō
Movie Director
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1957
When It Rains, It Pours
Movie Director
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1956
The Lady Was Pawn
Movie Director
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1955
Youth
Movie Director
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1955
The Mask and Destiny
Movie Director
