Noboru Nakamura

This article is about the Japanese director and screenwriter. For the furniture designer, see Noboru Nakamura (furniture designer)

Noboru Nakamura ( Japanese 中 村 登 , Nakamura Noboru ; born August 4, 1913 in Tokyo , † May 20, 1981 ) was a Japanese director and screenwriter .

life and career

Noboru Nakamura's film Twin Sisters of Kyoto (Koto) in 1964 and the film Portrait of Chieko (Chieko-sho) 1968 for the Oscar nominated (Academy Award) in the category for best foreign language film. His film Three Faces of Love or Lost Spring (Sekishun) was shown at the 17th International Film Festival in Berlin in 1967  . His early work Nami was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1952 under the title Vagues .

Filmography (selection)

• 1950: Eden no umi
• 1951: Nami (波)
• 1951: Home Sweet Home (我 が 家 は 楽 し Waga ya wa tanoshi)
• 1953: Adventure of Natsuko (夏 子 の 冒 険 Natsuko no bôken)
• 1954: Aizen katsura (愛 染 か つ ら)
• 1954: Kazoku kaigi: Tôkyô-hen, Ôsaka-hen
• 1955: The Mask and Destiny (Shuzenji monagatari)
• 1957: Cloudburst or Hard Rain (土砂 降 り Doshaburi)
• 1960: Towering Waves (年 / 松竹 大船 Nami no tô)
• 1960: I-Ro-Ha-Ni-Ho-He-To (い ろ は に ほ へ と)
• 1962: Zoku aizen katsura (愛 染 か つ ら)
• 1963: Twin Sisters of Kyoto (古都 Koto)
• 1964: Girl in the Shadow (夜 の 片 鱗 Yoru no henrin)
• 1966: The River Kino (紀 ノ 川 、 Kinokawa)
• 1966: Danshun (also screenplay)
• 1967: Three Faces of Love ( 惜春 Sekishun , also screenplay)
• 1967: Portrait of Chieko ( 智 恵 子 抄 Chieko-sho , also screenplay)
• 1968: Waga toso
• 1968: Sôshun
• 1969: Through Days and Months (日 も 月 も Hi mo tsuki mo)
• 1969: The Song from My Heart ( Waga koi waga uta , also screenplay)
• 1970: Journey of Love (Kaze no bojo)
• 1971: Ai to shi
• 1974: Three Old Ladies (三 婆 Sanbaba)
• 1977: Shiokari Pass (遺書 白 い 少女)
• 1979: Nichiren (日 蓮)

Web links

• Noboru Nakamura in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Full filmography on citwf.com
• Filmography on ofdb.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1964 Oscar nomination and 1968 Oscar nomination at oscars.org, accessed November 30, 2012.
2. ↑ Section: The 1960s  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at knowledgr.de, accessed on November 30, 2012.  
3. ↑ Cannes Film Festival 1952 on imdb.com or NAMI ( Memento of the original March 5, 2012 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on festival-cannes.fr, accessed November 30, 2012.