Nobuo Aoyagi

Nobuo Aoyagi (青柳信雄, Aoyagi Nobuo) (27 March 1903 - 17 May 1976[1]) was a Japanese film director and film producer. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, he attended Meiji University but left before graduating.[1] He worked at the Zenshinza theater troupe before joining the Toho studio in 1937.[1] He debuted as a director in 1940 and was known for a series of live action films starring the manga character Sazae-san.[1] He also helped produce the Mito Komon series on television.[1]

Nobuo Aoyagi

Filmography
  • 1938: Producer of Makiba monogatari (牧場物語), "Tale of a Pasture"[2]
  • 1943: World of Love (Ai no sekai: Yamaneko Tomi no hanashi)
  • 1956: Sazae-san
  • 1957: Ikiteiru koheiji
  • 1957: Sazae's Youth (Sazae-san no seishun)

References
  1. "Aoyagi Nobuo". Nihon jinmei daijiten (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  2. Cultural Nippon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Nov. 1938), pl. IX-X, S. iii-iv



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