Takashi Shimura
Nollen's 2019 book, "Takashi Shimura: Chameleon of Japanese Cinema", was praised by journalist Jordan R. Young as "likely to stand as the definitive study of this versatile character actor." Jordan wrote that Nollen "is to be commended not only for his research but his erudite discourse on Japanese cinema...and Shimura’s role in it—something few Westerners could hope to attempt with such intelligent results."