Takashi Nomura (野村孝) (February 18, 1927 – May 5, 2015) was a Japanese film director for studios including Nikkatsu. The Criterion Collection described him as a "prominent, stylistically daring director".
In 1955, he joined Nikkatsu Film company and he made his director debut with Tokusōhan Gogō in 1960. Nomura directed such films as Itsudemo Yume wo and Quick Draw Joe (1961).
He is perhaps best known for A Colt Is My Passport (1967), influenced by French New Wave filmmakers such as Jean-Pierre Melville, and by Sergio Leone-style Westerns. Nomura's use of still shots in the opening sequence has been compared to manga art techniques.
Partial filmography TitleRomanizationRelease dateNotesTokusō han 5-gō1960Bakuha meirei1960Matenrō no otoko1960Urban Sky BouncerTokai no sora no yōjimbō1960Quick Draw JoeHayauchi Yarō1961Tokai no sora no hijō-sen1961Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu1961The Black ScarKuroi kizu ato no burūsu1961A Torrent of LoveGekiryū ni ikiru otoko1962https://jfdb.jp/title/7379Harukanaru kuni no uta1962Tomorrow's BrideAsu no hanayome1962https://jfdb.jp/title/7379Itusdemo yume wo1963Foggy Night BluesYogiri no burūsu1963Punishment of a Lawless VillainBurai muhō no to-sabū1964Miseinen - Zoku cupola no aru machi1965Do or DieYaruka yarareruka1966Wandering SongSasurai no uta1966A Colt Is My PassportCoruto wa ore no pasupōto1967Burning CloudsMoeru kumo1967Gambling Lifeblood a.k.a. The Broken VowSenketsu no toba1968Showdown at Nagasaki a.k.a. Lineage of Showa Yakuza-Profile of NagasakiShowa yakuza keizu - Nagasaki no kao1969100 GamblersBakuto hyakunin1969100 Gamblers - Chivalrous Path a.k.a. Chivalrous PrideBakuto hyakunin - ninkyodo1969Document of Blood a.k.a. Records of BloodshedSenketsu no kiroku1970Women Smell of NightNeon keisatsu onna wa yoru no nioi1970Blood VendettaGyakuen mitsusakazuki1971Chijo saikyo no karate1976Ame no Meguriai1977
Television Sengoku Rock Hagurekiba (1973) (episodes 1 and 6) Akai Unmei (1976) Akai Kizuna (1977) Hokkaido satsujin ryokou: Watashi no konyaku nikki () (1981) Ryōjin nikki (1983) Haha ni sasageru hanzai: Utsukushii onna souzokunin (1983) Matsumoto Seichô no Takadai no ie (1985) Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 10 (1987) Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 11 (1987) Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 12 (1987) Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 13 (1988) Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 14 (1989) Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 20 (1991) Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 24 (1993) Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 25 (1994) Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 26 (1994) Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 28 (1995) Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 29 (1996) Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 30 (1996) Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 32 (1998) Kyōtarō Nishimura's Travel Mystery 33 (1999) Takahashi Hideki's Captain Series (1988–2002)
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