Noboru Nakamura
Known for Directing
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Birthday: August 04, 1913
Deathday: May 20, 1981
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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.
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