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Yoshitarō Nomura

Yoshitarō Nomura

Yoshitarō Nomura

1919-04-23

Kyoto, Japan

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Biography

Yoshitarō Nomura was a prolific Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His first accredited film, Pigeon, was released in 1953; his last, Kikenna Onna-tachi, in 1985. He has received several awards during his career, including the Japanese Academy Award for "Best Director" for his 1978 film The Demon.

Best known for:

The Castle of Sand

The Demon

Stakeout

Zero Focus

Amagi Pass

Mount Hakkoda

Miyamoto Musashi

The Shadow Within

Village of Eight Gravestones

Suspicion

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

The Three Undelivered Letters

Call from Darkness

The Wicked

The Scarlet Camellia

Writhing Tongue

The Strangers Upstairs

The Incident

Tokyo Bay

The Instant Services Bureau

Theater Of Life

Flower and Dragon

The Perennial Weed

The Pigeon

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha

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Filmography:

The Pigeon (1952)
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Director
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha (1953)
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Director
Dancing Girls of Izu (1954)
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Director
慶安水滸傳 (1954)
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Director
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido (1954)
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Director
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass (1954)
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Director
The Refugee (1955)
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Director
Subarashiki shōtai (1955)
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Screenplay

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Stakeout (1958)
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Director
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen (1958)
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Director, Screenplay
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi (1958)
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Director, Screenplay
Donto ikōze (1959)
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Director, Screenplay
Yellow Cherries (1960)
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Director, Screenplay
観賞用男性 (1960)
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Director
Zero Focus (1961)
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Writer, Director
The Strangers Upstairs (1961)
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Screenplay

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Haitoku no mesu (1961)
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Director
Koi no gashū (1961)
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Director, Screenplay
Tokyo Bay (1962)
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Director
Haru no sanmyaku (1962)
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Director, Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge (1962)
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Screenplay, Director
At the Side of the Bridge 2 (1962)
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Screenplay, Director
To Your Majesty, The Emperor (1963)
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Director, Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge 3 (1963)
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Director, Screenplay
At the Side of the Bridge 4 (1963)
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Director, Screenplay
The Scarlet Camellia (1964)
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Director
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 (1964)
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Director, Screenplay
Dear Mr. Prime Minister (1964)
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Director, Screenplay, Music
The Betrayers Out! (1966)
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Director
Warm Current (1966)
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Director, Writer
Inochi hateru hi made (1966)
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Director
Ohana han (1966)
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Director
Ohana han: Dai ni bu (1966)
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Director
Scorpion (1967)
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Screenplay
Onna no issho (1967)
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Director, Screenplay
女たちの庭 (1967)
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Director
Rainbow Over the Pacific (1968)
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Screenplay, Director
Angel's Lover (1968)
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Director
In Broad Daylight (1968)
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Director, Screenplay
An Angel's Temptation (1968)
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Screenplay
One Two Punch (1969)
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Director, Screenplay
The Street Car Game (1969)
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Screenplay, Director
Big, Big Fellow (1969)
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Director, Screenplay
The Shadow Within (1970)
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Director
Life is a Battle (1970)
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Director
Nani ga nandemo Tamegorō (1970)
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Director, Screenplay
やるぞみておれ為五郎 (1971)
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Director, Screenplay
花も実もある為五郎 (1971)
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Director, Screenplay
Theater Of Life (1972)
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Writer
The Witty Samurai (1972)
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Screenplay, Director
Miyamoto Musashi (1973)
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Writer
Flower and Dragon (1973)
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Writer
The Shinano River (1973)
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Director, Writer
Daddy on a Rocking Boat (1973)
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Director, Writer
The Castle of Sand (1974)
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Director, Writer
Tokyo do mannaka (1974)
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Director
The Perennial Weed (1975)
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Director
Village of Eight Gravestones (1977)
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Director, Executive Producer
Mount Hakkoda (1977)
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Producer
The Demon (1978)
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Director, Producer
The Incident (1978)
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Director
The Three Undelivered Letters (1979)
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Director
Writhing Tongue (1980)
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Producer, Director
Nukata no Ōkimi (1980)
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Story Supervisor
The Wicked (1980)
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Director
Call from Darkness (1981)
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Director, Executive Producer
Suspicion (1982)
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Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenplay
Amagi Pass (1983)
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Producer
The Politicians (1983)
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Director, Writer
Kitsune (1983)
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Producer
Nezumi Kozō kaitō den (1984)
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Executive Producer, Screenplay, Director
The Street of Desire (1984)
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Writer
Dangerous Women (1985)
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Director
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)
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Producer

Yoshitarō Nomura - Profile - Filmography