Directing
Hôtei Nomura
Born — Died
1880-11-13 — 1934-08-23
Place of birth
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
24 titles
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…
Known for
A hard-working new employee at a trading company is promoted through the company president's business. However, he quarrels with his wife over something trivial, and her wife runs away from home, causing a fuss, but she returns to normal. Selected by Kinema Junpo as the 5th-best Japanese movie of 1926.
Useless Button
1926
10.0A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The Romance of Yushima.
The Genealogy of Women
1934
Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to marry a wealthy banker’s son. Heartbroken, Kan’ichi becomes a moneylender, and years later their paths cross again under changed circumstances. Adapted from a popular serialized novel of the same name.
The Golden Demon
1932
The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.
Mother
1929
A film by Hôtei Nomura.
Tokyo ondo
1933
Japanese film from 1934, based on a novel by Itsuma Maki (real name Kaitarō Hasegawa).
Constellations on Earth, Part 2: Constellations
1934
Behind the camera
A hard-working new employee at a trading company is promoted through the company president's business. However, he quarrels with his wife over something trivial, and her wife runs away from home, causing a fuss, but she returns to normal. Selected by Kinema Junpo as the 5th-best Japanese movie of 1926.
Useless Button
1926
A hard-working new employee at a trading company is promoted through the company president's business. However, he quarrels with his wife over something trivial, and her wife runs away from home, causing a fuss, but she returns to normal. Selected by Kinema Junpo as the 5th-best Japanese movie of 1926.
Useless Button
1926
10.0A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The Romance of Yushima.
The Genealogy of Women
1934
Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to marry a wealthy banker’s son. Heartbroken, Kan’ichi becomes a moneylender, and years later their paths cross again under changed circumstances. Adapted from a popular serialized novel of the same name.
The Golden Demon
1932
The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.
Mother
1929
A film by Hôtei Nomura.
Tokyo ondo
1933
Japanese film from 1934, based on a novel by Itsuma Maki (real name Kaitarō Hasegawa).
Constellations on Earth, Part 2: Constellations
1934
NRJapanese film from 1933, adapted from Masao Kume's serialized newspaper novel.
Daphne
1933
Japanese silent film from 1929.
The Village Where the Skylark Sings
1929
Japanese film from 1934, based on a novel by Itsuma Maki (real name Kaitarō Hasegawa).
Constellations on Earth, Part One: Earth Chapter
1934
No synopsis available yet.
The Woman and the Pirate
1923
Japanese film from 1933, adapted from a story serialized in the entertainment magazine "Fuji."
Clear and Cloudy
1933
NRJapanese silent film.
Island Girl
1933
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Shin Yotsuya Ghost Story
1932
No synopsis available yet.
天龍下れば
1933
No synopsis available yet.
Umi no yôbigôe
1922
Lost Japanese silent film from 1931.
Woman of Suffering
1931
Lost Japanese silent film from 1931.
Woman of Suffering
1931
Japanese silent film from 1928.
Symphony of Youth
1928
A film by Hôtei Nomura.
Chikyodai
1932
Japanese movie from 1934. The final film of director Hôtei Nomura, who died from a stroke suffered at a screening of this film.
Storm in the City
1934
No synopsis available yet.
Kanji no yoi eiga shû 'Neko'
1924
7.0Japanese film from 1924.
Village Pasture
1924
Japanese film from 1924.
A Woman from the Genroku Era
1924