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Yoshitarō Nomura

Director · 61 credits · 6 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Castle of Sand (1974)

Directed movies (61 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Castle of Sand

    1974 · ★ 7.4 (53 votes)

    Crime, Mystery, Drama

    1

  2. The Demon

    1978 · ★ 6.4 (37 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    2

  3. Stakeout

    1958 · ★ 6.9 (18 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Mystery

    3

  4. The Wicked

    1980 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Mystery

    4

  5. Zero Focus

    1961 · ★ 6.6 (17 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Mystery

    5

  6. Dancing Girls of Izu

    1954

    Drama, Romance

    6

  7. Daddy on a Rocking Boat

    1973

    Comedy

    7

  8. The Three Undelivered Letters

    1979 · ★ 6.0 (6 votes)

    Drama, Mystery

    8

  9. To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

    1964

    Comedy, War

    9

  10. The Shinano River

    1973

    Drama

    10

  11. Call from Darkness

    1981 · ★ 5.7 (6 votes)

    Thriller, Drama, Mystery

    11

  12. Village of Eight Gravestones

    1977 · ★ 7.0 (10 votes)

    Thriller, Horror, Mystery

    12

  13. Writhing Tongue

    1980 · ★ 6.2 (4 votes)

    Drama, Horror

    13

  14. Dangerous Women

    1985

    Mystery, Thriller

    14

  15. The Politicians

    1983

    Crime, Drama, Mystery

    15

  16. The Incident

    1978 · ★ 7.2 (4 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Mystery

    16

  17. The Perennial Weed

    1975 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    17

  18. Suspicion

    1982 · ★ 7.0 (9 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Mystery

    18

  19. Tokyo Bay

    1962 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Mystery, Drama

    19

  20. The Scarlet Camellia

    1964 · ★ 5.2 (6 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    20

  21. The Instant Services Bureau

    1971 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    21

  22. In Broad Daylight

    1968 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Crime

    22

  23. To Your Majesty, The Emperor

    1963

    Comedy, War

    23

  24. The Last Trump Card

    1960

    Drama, Crime

    24

  25. Dear Mr. Prime Minister

    1964

    Comedy

    25

  26. The Shadow Within

    1970 · ★ 5.3 (10 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    26

  27. Haitoku no mesu

    1961

    Drama, Mystery

    27

  28. The Refugee

    1955

    Drama

    28

  29. 鑑賞用男性

    1960

    Comedy, Drama

    29

  30. ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩

    1969

    30

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