The Castle of Sand
1975
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Yoshitarō Nomura (野村 芳太郎, Nomura Yoshitarō, 23 April 1919 – 8 April 2005) was a prolific Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His first accredited film, Pigeon ( 鳩 , Hato ) , was released in 1952; his last, Kikenna Onna-tachi ( 危険な女たち ) , in 1985.
Jul 9, 2017 · The Castle of Sand The twenty-first century has seen a slight uptick in Western interest in Nomura—two of his titles were released on Region 1 DVD just before the director’s death in 2005, and a mini-retrospective of the Matsumoto-derived thrillers toured the UK in 2014—but it’s no mystery why he remains largely unknown outside his native country.
Yoshitarô Nomura. Director: The Castle of Sand. Yoshitarô Nomura was born on 23 April 1919 in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for The Castle of Sand (1974), Suspicion (1982) and The Incident (1978).
- Director, Writer, Producer
- April 23, 1919
- Yoshitarô Nomura
- April 8, 2005
Zero Focus (1961) Journeys are often at the heart of Nomura’s films. Many of his films open with characters in transit: Stakeout begins with a train journey by two cops from Tokyo to the southwestern island of Kyushu. In the opening scene of Zero Focus, a newlywed businessman departs Tokyo for Kanazawa to wind up his business concerns there.
Apr 9, 2005 · April 9, 2005. TOKYO, April 8 - The director Yoshitaro Nomura, whose 1974 suspense thriller "Castle of Sand" has been ranked by critics as one of Japan's best films, died here on Friday. He was 85 ...
Apr 8, 2005 · Producer. 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 1978 film The Demon.
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Jan 18, 2014 · Between 1961 and 1984, Nomura produced seven more films based on Matsumoto novels including Zero Focus, The Shadow Within, Castle Of Sand, The Demon, and Suspicion. Although previous adaptations of Matsumoto’s work had already appeared (including Voice Without A Shadow by the wild man of Japanese cinema, director Seijun Suzuki), his work ...
