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.
Filmography
all 60
Director 60
Movies 57
TV Shows 3
The Living Koheiji (1982)
Japanese Masterpiece Ghost Story Theatre (1979)
Ultraman Leo (1974)
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter Special - Ghost Story of Tragic Love: Dance of the Folding Fan (1971)
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2 (1971)
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 4 - The Yokai Blood-stained Comb (1971)
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike (1971)
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1 (1971)
Okatsu the Fugitive (1969)
Quick-draw Okatsu (1969)
Playgirl (1969)
さくら盃 義兄弟 (1969)
Snake Woman's Curse (1968)
This Is Japan (1963)
Showdown at Lightning Pass (1962)
The Warrior from Kishu (1962)
The Phantom Goblin (1962)
Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni (1962)
Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki (1962)
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku (1961)
Kaachan (1961)
Samurai Hawk (1961)
Jigoku (1960)
Death Row Woman (1960)
The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)
影法師捕物帖 (1959)
The Lady Vampire (1959)
Kyōen Kobanzame (1958)
Ghost in the Regiment (1958)
Black Cat Mansion (1958)
A Wicked Woman (1958)
Hibari ga oka no taiketsu (1957)
The Ghost of Kasane (1957)
Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: 6 Famous Beauties (1956)
The Ceiling at Utsunomiya (1956)
The Vampire Moth (1956)
Stray Sheep (1955)
Chutaro of Banba (1955)
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker (1953)
Shishun no izumi (1953)
An Edoite Judge (1953)
Sunset Over Mount Fuji (1952)
Today is Payday (1952)
Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido (1952)
Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth (1952)
Farewell to the Highland Station (1951)
Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain (1951)
右門捕物帖 片眼狼 (1951)
Amakara chindōchū (1950)
Rinchi (1949)
The Adventures of Tobisuke (1949)
Late Night Confession (1949)
The Poppy (1941)
Enoken's Bow-Wow General (1940)
Enoken Enters the Ring (1940)
Enoken's Yaji and Kita (1939)
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki (1939)
Rivals (1939)
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu (1939)
Itahachi shima (1938)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1905-04-18
Deathday1984-06-17 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceKyoto, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As中川信夫, Nakagawa Nobuo, 노부오 나카가와, 나카가와 노부오
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