Kogo Noda
Kōgo Noda | |
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 Kōgo Noda in 1941 | |
| Born | November 19, 1893 |
| Died | September 23, 1968 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Known for | Tokyo Story |
Kogo Noda (野田 高梧, Noda Kōgo, November 19, 1893 – September 23, 1968, Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan) was a Japanese screenwriter most famous for collaborating with Yasujirō Ozu on many of the director's films.
Born in Hakodate, Noda was the son of the head of the tax bureau and younger brother to Kyūho, a Nihonga painter.[1] He moved to Nagoya after completing elementary school and later went to Waseda University.[1][2] After graduating, he worked for the city of Tokyo while also serving as a reporter for Katsudō kurabu (using the pen name Harunosuke Midoriyama), one of the major film magazines.[1] On the recommendation of a friend from junior high, Takashi Oda, he joined the script department at Shōchiku after the Great Kanto Earthquake.[1][2] He soon became one of the studio's central screenwriters, penning Aizen katsura (1936), one of its biggest prewar hits.[1]
He is most known for his collaborations with Ozu, which began with Noda supplying the script for the director's first feature Sword of Penitence (1927) as well as for postwar masterpieces like Tokyo Story (1953). He co-wrote thirteen of Ozu's fifteen postwar films.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Noda Kōgo". Hakodate jinbutsushi (in Japanese). City of Hakodate. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Noda Kōgo". Nihon jinmei daijiten (in Japanese). Kōdansha. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
External links
- Noda Kōgo's grave, Rekishi ga nemuru Tama Reien Template:Ja
- Kogo Noda at IMDb
- Kogo Noda at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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