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Nobuo Nakagawa

Director · 66 credits · 4 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku (1961)

Directed movies (66 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

    1961

    Drama

    1

  2. A Wicked Woman

    1958 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    2

  3. Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties

    1956

    Mystery

    3

  4. Snake Woman's Curse

    1968 · ★ 5.5 (8 votes)

    Horror

    4

  5. The Ceiling at Utsunomiya

    1956 · ★ 5.8 (5 votes)

    Action, Horror

    5

  6. The Ghost of Kasane

    1957 · ★ 6.7 (7 votes)

    Horror

    6

  7. Samurai Hawk

    1961 · ★ 5.2 (4 votes)

    History, Drama

    7

  8. Ghost in the Regiment

    1958

    Horror, Crime, War

    8

  9. Jigoku

    1960 · ★ 6.4 (108 votes)

    Horror, Drama

    9

  10. Death Row Woman

    1960

    Drama, Crime, Mystery

    10

  11. Ghost Story of Yotsuya

    1959 · ★ 6.5 (61 votes)

    Horror

    11

  12. Chutaro of Banba

    1955 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Drama, Action, Adventure

    12

  13. The Lady Vampire

    1959 · ★ 4.9 (8 votes)

    Horror

    13

  14. The Vampire Moth

    1956 · ★ 4.0 (6 votes)

    Horror, Mystery

    14

  15. Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki

    1939

    History, Action

    15

  16. The Phantom Goblin

    1962 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    16

  17. Kaachan

    1961

    Drama

    17

  18. Okatsu the Fugitive

    1969 · ★ 6.1 (7 votes)

    Crime, Action

    18

  19. Black Cat Mansion

    1958 · ★ 6.5 (19 votes)

    Drama, Horror

    19

  20. Rinchi

    1949

    Action, Drama, Crime

    20

  21. Farewell to the Highland Station

    1951

    Drama

    21

  22. Showdown at Lightning Pass

    1962 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    22

  23. Quick-draw Okatsu

    1969 · ★ 6.2 (14 votes)

    Crime, Action

    23

  24. Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger

    1959 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Action, History

    24

  25. The Living Koheiji

    1982 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)

    Drama, Horror

    25

  26. Late Night Confession

    1949

    Mystery, Thriller

    26

  27. 男の嵐

    1963

    27

  28. The Adventures of Tobisuke

    1949

    Comedy

    28

  29. In Love with a Heavenly Fox

    1956

    29

  30. Shishun no izumi

    1953

    Comedy, Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.