# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nobuo-aoyagi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:02:28.899Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nobuo-aoyagi"
name: "Nobuo Aoyagi"
slug: "nobuo-aoyagi"
description: "Nobuo Aoyagi  was a Japanese film director and film producer. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, he attended Meiji University but left before graduating. He worked at the Zenshinza theater troupe before joining the Toho studio in 1937. He debuted as a director in 1940 and was known for a series of live action films starring the manga character Sazae-san. He also helped produce the Mito Komon series on television."
tagline: "Japanese film director/producer (1903–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nobuo_Aoyagi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1903-03-27"
deathDate: "1976-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.476494666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0031875/"
    handle:    "nm0031875"
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%A2%D8%A6%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "نوبو آئویاگی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%89"
    title: "نوبو اوياجى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Aoyagi"
    title: "Nobuo Aoyagi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%88_%D8%A2%D8%A4%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "نوبوو آؤیاگی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Aoyagi"
    title: "Nobuo Aoyagi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E6%9F%B3%E4%BF%A1%E9%9B%84"
    title: "青柳信雄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1279806"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump