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Noboru Tanaka(1937-2006)

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Department
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Noboru Tanaka was born on 15 August 1937 in Nagano, Japan. He was a director and assistant director, known for Yojimbo (1961), Pink Salon: Five Lewd Women (1978) and The Watcher in the Attic (1976). He died on 4 October 2006 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornAugust 15, 1937
DiedOctober 4, 2006(69)
BornAugust 15, 1937
DiedOctober 4, 2006(69)
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  • Awards
    • 2 nominations total

Known for

Toshirō Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo (1961)
Yojimbo
8.2
  • Production Department
  • 1961
Pink Salon: Five Lewd Women
6.6
  • Director
  • 1978
The Watcher in the Attic (1976)
The Watcher in the Attic
5.9
  • Director
  • 1976
Rape and Death of a Housewife (1978)
Rape and Death of a Housewife
6.2
  • Director
  • 1978

Credits

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Director

  • Kichiku (2002)
    Kichiku
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Yuki no furu yoru: Chizome no yûjô
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Youjo densetsu '88 (1988)
    Youjo densetsu '88
    4.5
    • Director
    • 1988
  • Spectacle of Buds (1986)
    Spectacle of Buds
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Village of Doom (1983)
    Village of Doom
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Kayô sasupensu gekijô (1981)
    Kayô sasupensu gekijô
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1981
  • Love Me Strong... Love Me Hard
    • Director
    • 1981
  • Hard Scandal: Sex Drifter (1980)
    Hard Scandal: Sex Drifter
    4.9
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Aiyoku no Hyoteki
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Target of Lust
    5.2
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Angel Guts: Nami (1979)
    Angel Guts: Nami
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Pink Salon: Five Lewd Women
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Rape and Death of a Housewife (1978)
    Rape and Death of a Housewife
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Female Teacher (1977)
    Female Teacher
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture! (1977)
    Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture!
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1977

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Love Hunter: Hot Skin (1972)
    Love Hunter: Hot Skin
    4.8
    • assistant director
    • 1972
  • Office Lady Diary: Scent of a She-Cat (1972)
    Office Lady Diary: Scent of a She-Cat
    • assistant director
    • 1972
  • Joshi gakuen: Otona no asobi (1971)
    Joshi gakuen: Otona no asobi
    6.6
    • assistant director
    • 1971
  • Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal (1970)
    Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal
    6.3
    • assistant director
    • 1970
  • Ex Convict: Sword Storm (1969)
    Ex Convict: Sword Storm
    • assistant director
    • 1969
  • The Pornographers (1966)
    The Pornographers
    7.2
    • assistant director
    • 1966

Production Department

  • Toshirō Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo (1961)
    Yojimbo
    8.2
    • production assistant
    • 1961

Personal details

  • Born
    • August 15, 1937
    • Nagano, Japan
  • Died
    • October 4, 2006
    • Tokyo, Japan(acute artery dissection)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Literary Roots: Before becoming a filmmaker, Tanaka aspired to be a novelist and later a poet, which influenced his later use of poetic imagery and visual metaphors in film.

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