credits of
Nobuo Nakagawa
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.
Release Date | Title | Job | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
September 4th, 1982 | The Living Koheiji | Director | 6.6 | |
June 27th, 1979 | Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber | Director | TBD | |
September 3rd, 1978 | Sea of Wonders | Director | TBD | |
August 15th, 1971 | Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter Special - Ghost Story of Tragic Love: Dance of the Folding Fan | Director | TBD | |
August 1st, 1971 | Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2 | Director | TBD | |
July 25th, 1971 | Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 4 - The Yokai Blood-stained Comb | Director | TBD | |
July 4th, 1971 | Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1 | Director | TBD | |
July 4th, 1971 | Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike | Director | TBD | |
October 1st, 1969 | Okatsu the Fugitive | Director | 6.4 | |
April 10th, 1969 | Quick-draw Okatsu | Director | 6.2 | |
March 29th, 1969 | Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai | Director | TBD | |
July 12th, 1968 | Snake Woman's Curse | Director | 6 | |
August 28th, 1963 | 男の嵐 | Director | TBD | |
June 22nd, 1963 | This Is Japan | Director | TBD | |
October 27th, 1962 | Showdown at Lightning Pass | Director | 10 | |
September 1st, 1962 | The Warrior from Kishu | Director | TBD | |
August 12th, 1962 | The Phantom Goblin | Director | 6 | |
June 2nd, 1962 | Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni | Director | TBD | |
January 23rd, 1962 | Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion | Director | TBD | |
September 13th, 1961 | The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku | Director | TBD | |
March 15th, 1961 | Kaachan | Director | 10 | |
March 5th, 1961 | Samurai Hawk | Director | 6.2 | |
July 30th, 1960 | Jigoku | Director | 6.4 | |
March 13th, 1960 | Death Row Woman | Director | 6 | |
July 11th, 1959 | The Ghost of Yotsuya | Director | 6.5 | |
April 29th, 1959 | Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger | Director | 10 | |
March 7th, 1959 | The Lady Vampire | Director | 5.4 | |
November 8th, 1958 | Kyōen Kobanzame | Director | TBD | |
August 9th, 1958 | Ghost in the Regiment | Director | 8 | |
July 13th, 1958 | Black Cat Mansion | Director | 6.5 | |
February 25th, 1958 | A Wicked Woman | Director | 7.7 | |
October 15th, 1957 | Hibarigaoka Showdown | Director | TBD | |
July 10th, 1957 | The Ghost of Kasane | Director | 7.3 | |
April 17th, 1957 | Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Ox of Edo | Director | TBD | |
February 27th, 1957 | Storming Osaka Castle: The Sanada Ten Braves | Director | TBD | |
December 11th, 1956 | Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties | Director | TBD | |
September 19th, 1956 | The Ceiling at Utsunomiya | Director | 6.2 | |
July 20th, 1956 | The Three Swordsmen of Ashura | Director | TBD | |
May 17th, 1956 | In Love with a Heavenly Fox | Director | TBD | |
April 11th, 1956 | The Vampire Moth | Director | 4.7 | |
August 31st, 1955 | Stray Sheep | Director | 7 | |
March 29th, 1955 | Chutaro of Banba | Director | 5 | |
July 29th, 1953 | Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker | Director | 10 | |
July 5th, 1953 | Shishun no izumi | Director | 7 | |
February 5th, 1953 | An Edoite Judge | Director | TBD | |
November 10th, 1952 | Sunset Over Mount Fuji | Director | TBD | |
October 2nd, 1952 | Today is Payday | Director | 9 | |
May 8th, 1952 | Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido | Director | TBD | |
January 3rd, 1952 | Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth | Director | TBD | |
October 5th, 1951 | Farewell to the Highland Station | Director | TBD | |
September 7th, 1951 | Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown | Director | TBD | |
February 11th, 1951 | Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain | Director | TBD | |
January 8th, 1951 | Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf | Director | TBD | |
November 11th, 1950 | Amakara chindōchū | Director | TBD | |
December 20th, 1949 | Rinchi | Director | TBD | |
September 27th, 1949 | The Adventures of Tobisuke | Director | TBD | |
June 21st, 1949 | Late Night Confession | Director | 7 | |
June 18th, 1941 | The Poppy | Director | TBD | |
July 16th, 1940 | Enoken's Bow-Wow General | Director | TBD | |
May 15th, 1940 | Enoken Enters the Ring | Director | TBD | |
December 29th, 1939 | Enoken's Yaji and Kita | Director | TBD | |
December 20th, 1939 | Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki | Director | 8 | |
September 19th, 1939 | Rivals | Director | TBD | |
August 10th, 1939 | Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu | Director | TBD | |
July 3rd, 1938 | Itahachi shima | Director | 9 |