Takashi Nomura (???) (February 18, 1927 – May 5, 2015) is a Japanese film director for studios including Nikkatsu.
The Criterion Collection described him as a "prominent, stylistically daring director".While on contract with Nikkatsu, Nomura directed films such as The Quick Draw Kid (1961).He is perhaps best known for A Colt Is My Passport (1967), influenced by French New Wave filmmakers such as Jean-Pierre Melville, and by Sergio Leone-style Westerns.
Nomura's use of still shots in the opening sequence has been compared to manga art techniques.Other films directed by Nomura include:
Women Smell of Night (1970);
Blood Vendetta (1971).
Takahashi Hideki's Captain Series 10 - Murderous Intent in the Pacific (1998)