(1926-1978) was a Japanese

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. He joined

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film company as an assistant director in 1949. In 1954, he moved to

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film company and made his director debut with the film '' Kurutta kajitsu'' in 1956. Born in 1926 in Tokyo, Nakahira directed 34 films between 1956 and 1975. His 1971 film ''

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'' (A Soul to Devil) was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography as assistant director

* ''

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'', lit. "Madame Company President" (1953)

Filmography

List of films as director. * '' Kurutta kajitsu'' (1956) * '' Gyūnyū-ya furanki'' (1956) * '' Bitoku no yoromeki'' (1957) * '' Kurenai no tsubasa'' (1958) * '' Sono kabe o kudake'' (1959) * '' Aitsu to watashi'' (1961) * '' Arabu no arashi'' (1961) * ''

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'' (Ala defat el Nil) (1963) * '' Dorodarake no junjō'' (1963) * '' Hikaru umi'' (1963) * '' Onna no uzu to fuchi to nagare'' (1964) * '' Getsuyōbi no Yuka'' (1964) * '' Suna no ue no shokubutsu-gun'' (1964) * '' Ryojin nikki'' (1964) * '' Yarō ni kokkyô wa nai'' (1965) * '' Akai gurasu'' (1966) * 1967 '' Te jing 009'' *'' The spiders no daishin-geki'' (1968) * 1968 '' Summer Heat'' * 1969 '' Lie ren'' * 1971 ''

Personal life

Nakahira was originally named Koh Nakahira. Nakahira's Chinese name was Yeung Shu-Hei (楊樹希). On September 11, 1978, Nakahira died.

References

External links

* https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620008/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakahira, Ko 1926 births 1978 deaths Japanese film directors