Directing · b. 1905 · Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Nobuo Nakagawa

Biography

Nobuo Nakagawa (中川 信夫, Nakagawa Nobuo, April 18, 1905 – June 17, 1984) was a Japanese film director, most famous for the stylized, folk tale-influenced horror films he made in the 1950s and 1960s. Born in Kyoto, Nakagawa was early on influenced by proletarian literature and wrote amateur film reviews for 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. ...

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The Living Koheiji 1982 Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber 1979 Sea of Wonders 1978 Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1 1971 Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2 1971 Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike 1971 Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 4 - The Yokai Blood-stained Comb 1971 Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter Special - Ghost Story of Tragic Love: Dance of the Folding Fan 1971 Quick-draw Okatsu 1969 Okatsu the Fugitive 1969 Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai 1969 Snake Woman's Curse 1968 This Is Japan 1963 男の嵐 1963 Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni 1962 The Phantom Goblin 1962 Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion 1962 Showdown at Lightning Pass 1962 The Warrior from Kishu 1962 Kaachan 1961 Samurai Hawk 1961 The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku 1961 Jigoku 1960 Death Row Woman 1960 The Ghost of Yotsuya 1959 The Lady Vampire 1959 Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger 1959 Black Cat Mansion 1958 A Wicked Woman 1958 Ghost in the Regiment 1958 Kyōen Kobanzame 1958 The Ghost of Kasane 1957 Hibarigaoka Showdown 1957 Storming Osaka Castle: The Sanada Ten Braves 1957 Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Ox of Edo 1957 The Ceiling at Utsunomiya 1956 The Vampire Moth 1956 Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties 1956 In Love with a Heavenly Fox 1956 The Three Swordsmen of Ashura 1956 Chutaro of Banba 1955 Stray Sheep 1955 An Edoite Judge 1953 Shishun no izumi 1953 Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker 1953 Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth 1952 Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido 1952 Today is Payday 1952 Sunset Over Mount Fuji 1952 Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain 1951 Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf 1951 Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown 1951 Farewell to the Highland Station 1951 Amakara chindōchū 1950 Late Night Confession 1949 The Adventures of Tobisuke 1949 Rinchi 1949 The Poppy 1941 Enoken's Bow-Wow General 1940 Enoken Enters the Ring 1940 Rivals 1939 Enoken's Yaji and Kita 1939 Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu 1939 Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki 1939 Itahachi shima 1938
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