Kōgo Noda

Writer · 1893–1968 · Hakodate, Japon

Biography

Kōgo Noda (野田高梧, November 19, 1893 – September 23, 1968) was a legendary Japanese screenwriter best known for his long-standing collaboration with director Yasujirō Ozu. Together, they co-wrote some of the most critically acclaimed masterpieces in world cinema history, including "Tokyo Story" (1953), "Late Spring" (1949), "Early Summer" (1951), and "An Autumn Afternoon" (1962). Noda also served as the inaugural president of the Japan Screenwriters Guild.

Wrote 64

2020s

2023
Ozu
Original Film Writer

2000s

2003
Musume no kekkon
Original Film Writer
An Autumn Afternoon
Screenplay

1960s

1965
The Radish and the Carrot
Story
1962
An Autumn Afternoon
Screenplay
85
Zoku aizen katsura
Screenplay
A Roaring Trade
Screenplay
1961
The End of Summer
Screenplay
83
1960
Late Autumn
Screenplay
84

1950s

1959
Floating Weeds
Screenplay
83
Good Morning
Screenplay
83
Kaze no uchi so to
Screenplay
1958
Equinox Flower
Screenplay
81
1957
Tokyo Twilight
Screenplay
85
1956
Early Spring
Screenplay
83
1953
Tokyo Story
Screenplay
89
A Song of Little Men
Original Story
Dreaming People
Screenplay
1952
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Screenplay
81
1951
Early Summer
Screenplay
87
The Good Fairy
Screenplay
1950
Phoenix
Screenplay
The Munekata Sisters
Screenplay
72

1940s

1949
Late Spring
Screenplay
88
Flame of My Love
Novel
1946
Victory of Women
Screenplay
1944
Field Army Orchestra
Writer
You Are the Next Eagle
Story, Screenplay
1943
Dancing with a Mask
Writer
1942
Dance of the Capital
Writer
1941
Let's Go in Good Spirits
Writer
1940
The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi
Screenplay

1930s

1939
Haha o tataeru uta
Screenplay
Zoku aizen katsura
Screenplay
1938
Kokumin no chikai
Writer
The Tree of Love
Writer
Queen of the Wind
Writer
1937
A Man's Recompense: Part 2
Screenplay
A Man's Recompense: Part 1
Screenplay
Song of the Flower Basket
Screenplay
1936
The New Road: Ryota
Screenplay
The New Road: Akemi
Screenplay
1935
An Innocent Maid
Writer
1934
A Mother Should Be Loved
Screenplay
1933
Woman of Tokyo
Writer
1932
No Blood Relation
Writer
Until the Day We Meet Again
Writer
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Screenplay
68
Shine, Japanese Women
Screenplay
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
Screenplay
1931
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
Screenplay
Tokyo Chorus
Story, Screenplay
70
1930
The Tale of Kinuyo
Screenplay
The Luck Which Touched the Leg
Writer
The Revengeful Spirit of Eros
Writer
That Night's Wife
Writer
Where Do Women Go?
Screenplay
Marching On
Writer
A Primer on Marriage
Writer

1920s

1929
The Life of an Office Worker
Writer
Fighting Friends
Screenplay
1928
King of the Land
Screenplay
The Eternal Heart
Screenplay
1927
Sword of Penitence
Writer

Appearances1

2020s

2025
The Ozu Diaries
Self (archive footage)