Nobuo Nakagawa
Directing
Born 1905-04-18
Died 1984-06-17
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
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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.
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Filmography
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Directing
60 credits
Ultraman Leo
Playgirl
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Japanese Masterpiece Ghost Story Theatre
Jigoku
Black Cat Mansion
Showdown at Lightning Pass
Snake Woman's Curse
Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger
The Ghost of Kasane
The Vampire Moth
Okatsu the Fugitive
The Ceiling at Utsunomiya
The Lady Vampire
Storming Osaka Castle: The Sanada Ten Braves
The Living Koheiji
Rinchi
Amakara chindōchū
The Phantom Goblin
The Adventures of Tobisuke
Quick-draw Okatsu
This Is Japan
Ghost in the Regiment
Samurai Hawk
Sunset Over Mount Fuji
A Wicked Woman
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
Farewell to the Highland Station
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
Death Row Woman
The Three Swordsmen of Ashura
Hibarigaoka Showdown
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter Special - Ghost Story of Tragic Love: Dance of the Folding Fan
Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai
Shishun no izumi
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2
Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth
Stray Sheep
Chutaro of Banba
Late Night Confession
Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf
Kyōen Kobanzame
Kaachan
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1
Rivals
Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Ox of Edo
Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike
Sunday Horror Series Best Selection
An Edoite Judge
男の嵐
The Poppy
Enoken's Yaji and Kita
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Sea of Wonders
Writing
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Jigoku
Showdown at Lightning Pass
Snake Woman's Curse
The Living Koheiji
Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain
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