Yoshitarō Nomura
Yoshitarō Nomura ( Japanese 野村 芳 太郎 ; born April 23, 1919 in Asakusa , Tokyo , † April 8, 2005 in Shinjuku , Tokyo) was a Japanese film director.
Nomura began his career as an assistant director on Akira Kurosawa's film adaptation of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot . In 1952 he began directing himself and made over 89 films over the course of his career, of which the thriller Suna no utsuwa (1974) is considered by many critics to be his best.
Web links
- Yoshitarō Nomura in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Guardian Obituary
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| SURNAME | Nomura, Yoshitarō |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Asakusa , Tokyo |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 2005 |
| Place of death | Shinjuku , Tokyo |