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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
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0.0
1978
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1974
Drama
4.0
1973
Drama
7.8
1972
Kaidan
Kaidan
Drama
7.0
1972
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1970
Drama
6.0
1967
Comet-san
Comet-san
Drama
7.7
1964
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1962
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0.0
1962
Movie
0.0
1961
Movie
6.0
1960
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7.1
1959
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7.2
1959
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1959
Movie
6.4
1958
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6.0
1958
Movie
6.5
1958
Movie
7.0
1957
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0.0
1957
Movie
6.6
1956
Movie
0.0
1955
Movie
4.0
1954
Movie
3.0
1954
Movie
4.0
1951
Movie
2.0
1949
Movie
0.0
1948
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0.0
1948
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0.0
1941
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0.0
1940
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1940
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1939
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1938
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1935
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Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
1982
Movie
8.0
1968
Movie
7.0
1962
Movie
0.0
1960
Movie
6.7
1936
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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