Takashi Nomura (野村孝) (February 18, 1927 – May 5, 2015) was a Japanese film director for studios including Nikkatsu.
[2] In 1955, he joined Nikkatsu Film company and he made his director debut with Tokusōhan Gogō in 1960.
[3] Nomura directed such films as Itsudemo Yume wo and Quick Draw Joe (1961).
[4][1] 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.
[5][6] Nomura's use of still shots in the opening sequence has been compared to manga art techniques.