Nobuo Nakagawa
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 18, 1905
- Died
- June 17, 1984 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
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
Filmography
Sunday Horror Series Best Selection
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The Living Koheiji
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Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber
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Japanese Masterpiece Ghost Story Theatre
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The Sea of Mystery
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Ultraman Leo
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 4 - The Yokai Blood-stained Comb
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter Special - Ghost Story of Tragic Love: Dance of the Folding Fan
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Nihon Kaidan Gekijō: The Peony Lantern — Onibi no Maki / Hotarubi no Maki
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Quick-draw Okatsu
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Okatsu the Fugitive
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Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai
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Playgirl
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Snake Woman's Curse
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This Is Japan
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男の嵐
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Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni
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The Phantom Goblin
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Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion
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Showdown at Lightning Pass
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The Warrior from Kishu
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Kaachan
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Samurai Hawk
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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
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Jigoku
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Death Row Woman
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Ghost Story of Yotsuya
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The Lady Vampire
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Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger
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Black Cat Mansion
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A Wicked Woman
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Ghost in the Regiment
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Kyōen Kobanzame
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The Ghost of Kasane
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Hibarigaoka Showdown
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Storming Osaka Castle: The Sanada Ten Braves
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Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Ox of Edo
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The Ceiling at Utsunomiya
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Vampire Moth
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Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
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In Love with a Heavenly Fox
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The Three Swordsmen of Ashura
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Chutaro of Banba
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Stray Sheep
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An Edoite Judge
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Shishun no izumi
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Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
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Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth
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Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
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Today is Payday
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Sunset Over Mount Fuji
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Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain
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Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf
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Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown
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Farewell to the Highland Station
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Amakara chindōchū
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Late Night Confession
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The Adventures of Tobisuke
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Rinchi
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The Poppy
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Enoken's Bow-Wow General
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Enoken Enters the Ring
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Rivals
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Enoken's Yaji and Kita
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Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
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Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
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Itahachi shima
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