
Known for
Directing
Born
November 13, 1880
Birthplace
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Died
August 23, 1934 (aged 53)
Hôtei Nomura (November 13, 1880 – August 23, 1934) was a film director, screenwriter and producer who lived during the Taisho period and early Showa period. He is one of the individuals responsible for laying the groundwork of the Japanese film industry.
Nomura's father was in the business of making scenery and signs for theaters in Kyoto. The nature of his father's business meant that he had a connection to Kyoto's theatre industry from a young age, and he was close friends with Shochiku founders Matsujiro Shirai and Takejiro Otani. In 1897, he served as the projectionist's assistant for the French engineer François-Constant Girel, in Japan's first-ever show of the Lumiere brothers' cinema...
1934
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1934
1934
1934
Director
1933
Director
1933
Director
1933
Director
1933
Director
1933
Director
1932
Director
1932
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1932
Director
1931
Director, Screenplay
1929
Director
1929
Director, Story
1928
Director
1926
Screenplay, Director
1924
Writer
1924
Director
1924
Director
1923
Director
1922
Director