Nakagawa Nobuo

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Production meeting for the film Raiden 1959. Nakagawa Nobuo is in the back center.

Nakagawa Nobuo ( Japanese 中 川 信 夫 ) (born April 18, 1905 in Kyoto , † June 17, 1984 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese director who was best known for his horror films in the 50s and 60s.

life and career

Nakagawa Nobuo was born in Kyoto on April 18, 1905. Prior to his career in film, he wrote reviews for the Japanese film magazine Kinema Junpō . From 1929 he worked as an assistant director for Makino Film Productions under Masahiro Makino . After the bankruptcy of Makino Film Productions in 1932, he moved to Utaemon Ichikawa's Production Company where he made his directorial debut in 1934 with the film Yumiya Hachiman Ken . He later moved to the Japanese film and theater production company Tōhō , where he turned some comedies with Enomoto Ken'ichi . During wartime he made some war documentaries. After the war he moved to the Shintoho film studio where he became known in Europe in 1959 with the horror film Tōkaidō Yotsuya kaidan (The Ghost of Yotsuya). Jigoku followed in 1960 and was released on DVD in 2006 by the American company The Criterion Collection . Nakagawa Nobuo died in Tokyo on June 17, 1984.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1934: Yumiya Hachiman Ken
  • 1938: Gekka no Wakamusha
  • 1939: Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no Maki
  • 1949: Rinchi
  • 1950: Wakasama Samurai Torimonocho: Nazo no Nomen Yashiki
  • 1952: Kyo wa Kaisha no Getsuyobi
  • 1953: Kinsan Torimonocho: Nazo no Ningyoshi
  • 1953: Shishun no Izumi
  • 1954: Horafuki Tanji
  • 1954: Wakaki Hi no Takuboku: Kumo wa Tensai de aru
  • 1955: Natsume Soseki no Sanshiro
  • 1956: Ningyo Sashichi Torimonocho Yoen Roku Shibijin
  • 1956: Kaii Utsunomiya Tsuritenjo
  • 1956: Koi sugata kitsune goten
  • 1956: Vampire Moth ( Kyuketsuki-ga ) (1956)
  • 1957: Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi (also The Depths or The Ghost of Kasane Swamp )
  • 1958: Borei Kaibyo Yashiki (also Black Cat Mansion )
  • 1958: Dokufu Takahashi Oden
  • 1958: Kenpei to yurei
  • 1958: Kyōen Kobanzame zenpen
  • 1959: Kyōen Kobanzame kōhen
  • 1959: Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan (also The Ghost of Yotsuya )
  • 1959: Nippon Romansu Kyuko
  • 1959: Onna Kyuketsuki (also Woman Vampire or Lady Vampire )
  • 1960: Jigoku (film) | Jigoku (also Hell or Sinners of Hell )
  • 1961: Hatamoto Kenka Taka (1961)
  • 1961: Nendo no Omen Yori: Kaachan
  • 1962: Inazuma to Uge no Ketto
  • 1968: Kaidan Hebi-onna (also Ghost of the Snake Woman )
  • 1969: Yoen Dokufuden: Hitokiri Okatsu
  • 1969: Yoen Documentaries: Okatsu Kyojo Tabi
  • 1982: Kaidan: Ikiteiru Koheiji

Web links

Commons : Nobuo Nakagawa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Tatsuhiko Shigeno: Nakagawa Nobuo . In: Nihon eiga jinmei jiten: Kantokuhe . Kinema Junpō, Tokyo 1997, ISBN 4-87376-208-1 , pp. 560-561.
  2. ↑ a b Nakagawa Nobuo article on kotobank.jp. Retrieved June 27, 2020 (Japanese)
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Nakagawa is the family name, Nobuo the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Nakagawa, Nobuo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nobuo Nakagawa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese director
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Kyoto
DATE OF DEATH 17th June 1984
Place of death Tokyo