Nobuo Nakagawa

Nakagawa Nobuo

  • Name: Nakagawa Nobuo
  • Native name: 中川信夫
  • Also Known as: Ise Tsugio, Sarusawa Josuke
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: April 18, 1905
  • Died: June 17, 1984
Born in Kyoto, Nakagawa was early on influenced by proletarian literature and wrote amateur film reviews to the Kinema Junpō film magazine. He joined Makino Film Productions in 1929 as an assistant director and worked under Masahiro Makino. When that studio went bankrupt in 1932, he switched to Utaemon Ichikawa's production company and made his debut as a director in 1934 with Yumiya Hachiman Ken. He later moved to Toho, where he made comedies starring Enoken and even documentaries during the war. It was at Shintoho after the war that he became known for his cinematic adaptations of Japanese kaidan, especially his masterful version of Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan in 1959.

To Western audiences, his most famous film is Jigoku (1960), which he also co-wrote. The film was released on DVD by the Criterion Collection in 2006.

He also filmed many kaidan for television. His last film was 1982's Kaidan: Ikiteiru Koheiji.

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Director
Year Title Type Rating
2019 Nichiyo Kyofu Series: Best Selection
Movie
0.0
1978 Nichiyo Kyofu Series
Drama
0.0
1974 Yaburegasa Toshu Akunin Gari
Drama
4.0
1973 The Water Margin
Drama
7.8
1972 Kaidan
Drama
7.0
1972 Tetsudo 100-nen Oinaru Tabiji
Drama
0.0
1970 Ranpo Edogawa Series: Kogoro Akechi
Drama
6.0
1967 Comet-san
Drama
7.7
1964 Itsuka Aozora
Drama
0.0
1962 Maboroshi Tengu
Movie
0.0
1962 Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni
Movie
0.0
1961 "Clay Mask" from Mom
Movie
6.0
1960 Death Row Woman
Movie
7.1
1959 The Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Movie
7.2
1959 Kageboshi Torimonocho
Movie
0.0
1959 Nakagawa Nobuo: The Lady Vampire
Movie
6.4
1958 Ghost in the Regiment
Movie
6.0
1958 Black Cat Mansion
Movie
6.6
1958 A Wicked Woman
Movie
7.0
1957 Hibari ga Oka no Taiketsu
Movie
0.0
1957 The Ghost of Kasane Swamp
Movie
6.6
1956 The Ceiling at Utsunomiya
Movie
0.0
1955 Diary of School Ma'am
Movie
4.0
1954 Horafuki Niji
Movie
3.0
1954 Young Takuboku: Clouds are Genius
Movie
4.0
1951 Kogen no Eki yo Sayonara
Movie
2.0
1949 Enoken no Tobisuke Boken Ryoko
Movie
0.0
1948 Basha Monogatari
Movie
0.0
1948 Kaigi no Mochi Ho
Movie
0.0
1941 Poppy Field
Movie
0.0
1940 Dengeki Musuko
Movie
0.0
1940 Enoken no Homare no Dohyoiri
Movie
0.0
1939 Enoken no Mori no Ishimatsu
Movie
0.0
1938 Gekka no Wakamusha
Movie
0.0
1935 Tokai no Kaoyaku
Movie
0.0
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
1982 The Living Koheiji
Movie
8.0
1968 Snake Woman’s Curse
Movie
7.0
1962 The Warrior from Kishu
Movie
0.0
1960 The Sinners of Hell
Movie
6.8
1936 Akutaro Jishi
Movie
0.0
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  • First Name: Nobuo
  • Family Name: Nakagawa
  • Native name: 中川信夫
  • Also Known as: Ise Tsugio, Sarusawa Josuke
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: April 18, 1905
  • Died: June 17, 1984

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