Director
Nobuo Nakagawa
1905Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan52 Films3 TV Episodes
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.
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6.5
The Living Koheiji
1982
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber
1979
Sea of Wonders
1978
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2
1971
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 4 - The Yokai Blood-stained Comb
1971
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1
1971
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike
1971
6.1
Okatsu the Fugitive
1969
5.9
Quick-draw Okatsu
1969
Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai
1969
5.5
Snake Woman's Curse
1968
男の嵐
1963
Showdown at Lightning Pass
1962
The Warrior from Kishu
1962
6.0
The Phantom Goblin
1962
Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni
1962
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion
1962
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961
6.3
Jigoku
1960
6.0
Death Row Woman
1960
6.5
The Ghost of Yotsuya
1959
10.0
Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger
1959
4.9
The Lady Vampire
1959
Ghost in the Regiment
1958
6.3
Black Cat Mansion
1958
6.5
A Wicked Woman
1958
Hibarigaoka Showdown
1957
7.1
The Ghost of Kasane
1957
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Ox of Edo
1957
Storming Osaka Castle: The Sanada Ten Braves
1957
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
1956
5.8
The Ceiling at Utsunomiya
1956
The Three Swordsmen of Ashura
1956
In Love with a Heavenly Fox
1956
4.0
The Vampire Moth
1956
5.0
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
Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown
1951
Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain
1951
Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf
1951
Rinchi
1949
The Adventures of Tobisuke
1949
Enoken's Bow-Wow General
1940
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939
Rivals
1939Television
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