Noboru Nakamura
An image from The Kii River, one of the productions that also features Noboru Nakamura.
Noboru Nakamura

Noboru Nakamura

August 4, 1913 — 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 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.

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

1963

The Shape of Night

The Shape of Night

1964

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

1951

The Waves

The Waves

1952

Love Stopped the Runaway Train

Love Stopped the Runaway Train

1973

The Kii River

The Kii River

1966

Towering Waves

Towering Waves

1960

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

1953