---
name: "Kōgo Noda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kogo-noda"
fi1m_id: "kogo-noda"
imdb_id: "nm0633792"
tmdb_id: 131010
wikidata_id: "Q2004317"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 November 1893"
died: "23 September 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-26T14:25:07.410334+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kōgo Noda

## Identity

Kōgo Noda

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kogo-noda
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kogo-noda
- **IMDb ID:** nm0633792
- **TMDB ID:** 131010
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2004317
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogo_Noda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2004317, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633792/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131010

Writer. Born 19 November 1893 in Hakodate, Japon. Died 23 September 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 November 1893, Hakodate, Japon
- **Died:** 23 September 1968
- **Active:** 1949–1962
- **Also known as:** Кого Нода, 野田 高梧
- **Frequently works with:** [Yasujirō Ozu](https://film.one/person/yasujiro-ozu.md), [Chishū Ryū](https://film.one/person/chishu-ryu.md), [Haruko Sugimura](https://film.one/person/haruko-sugimura.md), [Setsuko Hara](https://film.one/person/setsuko-hara.md), [Takeshi Yamamoto](https://film.one/person/takeshi-yamamoto.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 92 (1), 1950s 88 (2), 1960s 86 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 88 to 84 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogo_Noda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2004317, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633792/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131010

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Tokyo Story*](https://film.one/film/tokyo-story.md) (92), [*Late Spring*](https://film.one/film/late-spring.md) (92), [*An Autumn Afternoon*](https://film.one/film/an-autumn-afternoon.md) (86), [*Floating Weeds*](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md) (84)

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## Biography

Kōgo Noda (野田高梧) was a Japanese screenwriter. Born on 19 November 1893 in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, he died on 23 September 1968.

He is best known for his long collaboration with director Yasujirō Ozu. They co-wrote the screenplays for many of Ozu’s films, including *Sword of Penitence* (1927), *Late Spring* (1949), *Early Summer* (1951), *Tokyo Story* (1953), *Equinox Flower* (1958), *Floating Weeds* (1959), *Late Autumn* (1960), *The End of Summer* (1961) and *An Autumn Afternoon* (1962). Noda co-wrote thirteen of Ozu’s fifteen postwar films.

After joining the script department at Shōchiku following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, he became one of the studio’s central screenwriters. When the Writers Association of Japan was formed in 1950, Noda served as its first chair.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *An Autumn Afternoon* (1962), Fi1m 86, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/an-autumn-afternoon.md)
- *Floating Weeds* (1959), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md)
- *Tokyo Story* (1953), Fi1m 92, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/tokyo-story.md)
- *Late Spring* (1949), Fi1m 92, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/late-spring.md)

## Complete filmography (77)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ozu* (2023), series, Original Film Writer
- *Lil’ Tokyo Story* (2016), Writer
- *Musume no kekkon* (2003), Original Film Writer
- *An Autumn Afternoon* (2003), Screenplay
- *The Radish and the Carrot* (1965), Story
- *An Autumn Afternoon* (1962), Screenplay — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/an-autumn-afternoon.md)
- *Zoku aizen katsura* (1962), Screenplay
- *A Roaring Trade* (1962), Screenplay
- *The End of Summer* (1961), Screenplay
- *Late Autumn* (1960), Screenplay
- *Floating Weeds* (1959), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md)
- *Good Morning* (1959), Screenplay
- *Kaze no uchi so to* (1959), Screenplay
- *Equinox Flower* (1958), Screenplay
- *Tokyo Twilight* (1957), Screenplay
- *Early Spring* (1956), Screenplay
- *Tokyo Story* (1953), Screenplay — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/tokyo-story.md)
- *A Song of Little Men* (1953), Original Story
- *Dreaming People* (1953), Screenplay
- *The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice* (1952), Screenplay
- *Early Summer* (1951), Screenplay
- *The Good Fairy* (1951), Screenplay
- *Phoenix* (1950), Screenplay
- *The Munekata Sisters* (1950), Screenplay
- *Late Spring* (1949), Screenplay — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/late-spring.md)
- *Flame of My Love* (1949), Novel
- *Victory of Women* (1946), Screenplay
- *Field Army Orchestra* (1944), Writer
- *You Are the Next Eagle* (1944), Story, Screenplay
- *Dancing with a Mask* (1943), Writer
- *Dance of the Capital* (1942), Writer
- *Let's Go in Good Spirits* (1941), Writer
- *The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi* (1940), Screenplay
- *Haha o tataeru uta* (1939), Screenplay
- *Zoku aizen katsura* (1939), Screenplay
- *Kokumin no chikai* (1938), Writer
- *The Tree of Love* (1938), Writer
- *Queen of the Wind* (1938), Writer
- *A Man's Recompense: Part 2* (1937), Screenplay
- *A Man's Recompense: Part 1* (1937), Screenplay
- *Song of the Flower Basket* (1937), Screenplay
- *The New Road: Ryota* (1936), Screenplay
- *The New Road: Akemi* (1936), Screenplay
- *An Innocent Maid* (1935), Writer
- *Honeymoon* (1934), Screenplay, Story
- *A Mother Should Be Loved* (1934), Screenplay
- *The Cheerleading Captain's Love* (1933), Screenplay
- *Woman of Tokyo* (1933), Writer
- *No Blood Relation* (1932), Writer
- *Until the Day We Meet Again* (1932), Writer
- *Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?* (1932), Screenplay
- *Shine, Japanese Women* (1932), Screenplay
- *Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter* (1932), Screenplay
- *Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter* (1931), Screenplay
- *Tokyo Chorus* (1931), Story, Screenplay
- *The Tramp and His Daughter* (1931), Screenplay, Story
- *The Tale of Kinuyo* (1930), Screenplay
- *The Luck Which Touched the Leg* (1930), Writer
- *The Revengeful Spirit of Eros* (1930), Writer
- *The Big City: Explosion* (1930), Screenplay, Story
- *That Night's Wife* (1930), Writer
- *Where Do Women Go?* (1930), Screenplay
- *Marching On* (1930), Writer
- *The Beating* (1930), Screenplay
- *A Primer on Marriage* (1930), Writer
- *The Life of an Office Worker* (1929), Writer
- *Cheerful Song* (1929), Screenplay
- *Fighting Friends* (1929), Screenplay
- *The Model of New Women* (1929), Screenplay
- *The Village Where the Skylark Sings* (1929), Screenplay
- *King of the Land* (1928), Screenplay
- *The Face of Humanity* (1928), Screenplay
- *The Eternal Heart* (1928), Screenplay
- *Sword of Penitence* (1927), Writer
- *Honoo no sora* (1927), Writer
- *The Basement* (1927), Screenplay
- *Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu*, Adaptation

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay 1950: Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Late Spring*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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