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Kō Nakahira(1926-1978)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Kō Nakahira was born on 3 January 1926 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Yami no naka no chimimoryo (1971), Ore no senaka ni hi ga ataru (1963) and Te jing 009 (1967). He died on 11 September 1978.
BornJanuary 3, 1926
DiedSeptember 11, 1978(52)
BornJanuary 3, 1926
DiedSeptember 11, 1978(52)
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Yami no naka no chimimoryo (1971)
Yami no naka no chimimoryo
6.5
  • Director(as Kô Nakahira)
  • 1971
Ore no senaka ni hi ga ataru
5.8
  • Director(as Kô Nakahira)
  • 1963
Te jing 009 (1967)
Te jing 009
6.2
  • Director(as Yang Shu Hsi)
  • 1967
Tōru Abe, Shinsuke Ashida, and Jun Hamamura in The Jungle Block (1960)
The Jungle Block
6.6
  • Director(as Kô Nakahira)
  • 1960

Credits

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Director

  • Hensôkyoku (1976)
    Hensôkyoku
    6.5
    • Director (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1976
  • Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer (1973)
    Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
    5.9
    • Director (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1973
  • Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl (1972)
    Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
    6.2
    • Director (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1972
  • Yami no naka no chimimoryo (1971)
    Yami no naka no chimimoryo
    6.5
    • Director (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1971
  • Lie ren (1969)
    Lie ren
    6.0
    • Director (as Yang Shu Hsi)
    • 1969
  • Kuang lian shi (1968)
    Kuang lian shi
    5.3
    • Director (as Yang Shu Hsi)
    • 1968
  • The spiders no dai-shingeki
    4.6
    • Director (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1968
  • Fei tian nu lang (1967)
    Fei tian nu lang
    7.5
    • Director (as Yang Shu Hsi)
    • 1967
  • Roberto Barbon in Kigeki Furoshiki (1967)
    Kigeki Furoshiki
    • Director (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1967
  • Te jing 009 (1967)
    Te jing 009
    6.2
    • Director (as Yang Shu Hsi)
    • 1967
  • Akai glass (1966)
    Akai glass
    4.1
    • Director (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1966
  • Kuroi tobakushi: Akuma no hidarite (1966)
    Kuroi tobakushi: Akuma no hidarite
    6.2
    • Director (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1966
  • Gendai akutô jingi
    6.5
    • Director (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1965
  • Kekkon sôdan (1965)
    Kekkon sôdan
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Yarô ni kokkyô wa nai (1965)
    Yarô ni kokkyô wa nai
    7.1
    • Director (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1965

Writer

  • Hensôkyoku (1976)
    Hensôkyoku
    6.5
    • screenplay (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1976
  • A Crash Landing of Youth
    • screenplay
    • 1974
  • Lie ren (1969)
    Lie ren
    6.0
    • screenplay (as Yang Shu Hsi)
    • 1969
  • Kuang lian shi (1968)
    Kuang lian shi
    5.3
    • writer (as Yang Shu Hsi)
    • 1968
  • Fei tian nu lang (1967)
    Fei tian nu lang
    7.5
    • Writer (as Yang Shu Hsi)
    • 1967
  • Te jing 009 (1967)
    Te jing 009
    6.2
    • Writer (as Yang Shu Hsi)
    • 1967
  • Suna no ue no shokubutsu-gun (1964)
    Suna no ue no shokubutsu-gun
    6.5
    • Writer (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1964
  • Ore no senaka ni hi ga ataru
    5.8
    • screenplay (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1963
  • Arabu no arashi (1961)
    Arabu no arashi
    5.8
    • screenplay
    • story (as Kô Nakahira, as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1961
  • Aitsu to watashi (1961)
    Aitsu to watashi
    7.4
    • Writer (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1961
  • Ashita hareru ka (1960)
    Ashita hareru ka
    6.6
    • Writer
    • 1960
  • Tōru Abe, Shinsuke Ashida, and Jun Hamamura in The Jungle Block (1960)
    The Jungle Block
    6.6
    • screenplay (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1960
  • Sono onna o nogasu na (1958)
    Sono onna o nogasu na
    • screenplay (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1958
  • Gyûnyû ya Furankî (1956)
    Gyûnyû ya Furankî
    6.7
    • Writer (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1956
  • Haru no yo no dekigoto
    • Writer (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1955

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Jigoku no kengô Hirate Miki
    • assistant director (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1954
  • The Path of Sincerity
    • assistant director (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1954
  • Ojosan shacho (1953)
    Ojosan shacho
    6.6
    • assistant director (as Kô Nakahira)
    • 1953

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Yang Shu Hsi
  • Born
    • January 3, 1926
    • Tokyo, Japan
  • Died
    • September 11, 1978

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