Yoshitarō Nomura
April 23, 1919 · 107 years old
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…
Known For
7 titles
The Castle of Sand
Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.
The Demon
After a married man stops providing for his mistress, she abandons their three young children with him and his wrathful wife.
Village of Eight Gravestones
The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors.
Furueru shita
A five-year-old girl gets a tiny scratch on her finger while playing with mud in a marsh. After that, she suffers all kinds of horrible spasms including biting her tongue.
The Three Undelivered Letters
A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional household, and gets entangled in a sinister plot of murder.
The Wicked
A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction.
Miyamoto Musashi
A darker, deconstructionist depiction of the legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto.