Nobuo Nakagawa

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1905-04-18

Deathday 1984-06-17 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As Nakagawa Nobuo, 노부오 나카가와, 나카가와 노부오

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. 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.

Known For

Director

1982
The Living Koheiji

as Director

1978
Sea of Wonders

as Director

1974
Ultraman Leo

as Director

1969
Quick-draw Okatsu

as Director

1969
1969
1969
Playgirl

as Director

1968
1963
This Is Japan

as Director

1962
The Phantom Goblin

as Director

1962
1961
Kaachan

as Director

1961
Samurai Hawk

as Director

1960
Jigoku

as Director

1960
Death Row Woman

as Director

1959
1959
The Lady Vampire

as Director

1959
The Shadow Avenger

as Director

1958
Black Cat Mansion

as Director

1958
A Wicked Woman

as Director

1958
1958
Kyōen Kobanzame

as Director

1957
1956
The Vampire Moth

as Director

1955
Chutaro of Banba

as Director

1955
Stray Sheep

as Director

1953
An Edoite Judge

as Director

1953
Shishun no izumi

as Director

1952
Today is Payday

as Director

1952
1950
1949
1949
Rinchi

as Director

1941
The Poppy

as Director

1940
1940
1939
Rivals

as Director

1939
1938
Itahachi shima

as Director

Writer

1982
1968
1962
1962
1960
Jigoku

as Screenplay

1938
Itahachi shima

as Screenplay