Nobuo Nakagawa

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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. …

  • Directing
  • Born 18 April 1905
  • Died 17 June 1984 (age 79)
  • Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
  • 68 credits

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Most-watched Nobuo Nakagawa films currently: The Vampire Moth (1956), Jigoku (1960), Black Cat Mansion (1958), The Phantom Goblin (1962), Stray Sheep (1955).

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Selected TV credits: Ultraman Leo (1974), Playgirl (1969), Japanese Masterpiece Ghost Story Theatre (1979).

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