Nobuo Nakamura (中村伸郎 Nakamura Nobuo, September 14, 1908–July 5, 1991 ) was a Japanese actor, who made notable appearances in the films of Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps his most famous roles were those of the callous deputy mayor in Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952), and the hairdresser's henpecked husband in Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953).
Nobuo Nakamura (中村伸郎 Nakamura Nobuo, September 14, 1908–July 5, 1991 ) was a Japanese actor, who made notable appearances in the films of Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps his most famous roles were those of the callous deputy mayor in Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952), and the hairdresser's henpecked husband in Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953).
Nakamura is famous for many notable performances in theatre. In 1937, he founded the Bungakuza company along with Haruko Sugimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, and Masayuki Mori. Nakamura played Polonius in Hamlet, Herod in Wilde's Salome, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Serebryakov in Chekov's Uncle Vanya, and Krapp in Krapp's Last Tape. He also appeared in Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, and The Cherry Orchard . In the 1950s and 1960s, he played major roles in Yukio Mishima's plays such as Rokumeikan, My Friend Hitler, and so on. In 1963, Nakamura left Bungakuza company and founded the NLT company with Mishima. His most famous and successful role is considered to be The Professor in Ionesco's The Lesson. He performed The Lesson for the first time in 1972 and had played The Professor every Friday night at a small theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo until 1983.
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Filmography (Movies)
No Life King
Character:
Release Date:16/12/1989
BU・SU
Character:Customer
Release Date:29/10/1987
Tampopo
Character:Old Gentleman
Release Date:23/11/1985
I Lived, But...
Character:Self
Release Date:29/10/1983
The Tale of Saikaido
Character:
Release Date:30/09/1983
Golden Partners
Character:Watsuji
Release Date:28/04/1979
Lullaby to Kill
Character:Hôan Tatara
Release Date:02/04/1977
A Portrait of Shunkin
Character:Harumatsu(春松検校)
Release Date:25/12/1976
The Last Song
Character:
Release Date:20/12/1975
Tidal Wave
Character:Japanese Ambassador
Release Date:28/05/1975
Submersion of Japan
Character:Japanese Ambassador
Release Date:29/12/1973
Internal Sleuth
Character:
Release Date:21/04/1973
The Twilight Years
Character:Fujieda (attorney at law)
Release Date:15/01/1973
Cross-Currents
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Release Date:09/09/1972
君は海を見たか
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Release Date:05/05/1971
幻の殺意
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Release Date:15/04/1971
The Militarists
Character:Koichi Kido
Release Date:11/09/1970
The Creature Called Man
Character:Head of N-Bussan
Release Date:04/04/1970
Sky Scraper!
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Release Date:14/05/1969
Futari no Koibito
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Release Date:12/04/1969
The Night of the Seagull
Character:
Release Date:23/10/1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Character:Fujikawa
Release Date:24/02/1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Character:Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
Release Date:14/01/1968
Two in the Shadow
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Release Date:18/11/1967
Sodachi zakari
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Release Date:30/09/1967
Japan's Longest Day
Character:Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Release Date:03/08/1967
Thirst for Love
Character:Father-in-Law
Release Date:18/02/1967
3 Raccoon Dogs
Character:Ryūtarō Ōsato
Release Date:31/08/1966
The War of the Gargantuas
Character:Professor Kita
Release Date:31/07/1966
That Complicated Guy
Character:
Release Date:22/06/1966
Five Gents on the Spot
Character:Nobuo Tomioka
Release Date:25/02/1966
The White Rose of Hong Kong
Character:Kazumasa Nagahara
Release Date:25/08/1965
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Character:Dr. Suga
Release Date:08/08/1965
The Radish and the Carrot
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1965
Female
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Release Date:21/11/1964
Dogora
Character:Doctor Matakata
Release Date:11/08/1964
The Naked Executive
Character:Serizawa, executive
Release Date:01/07/1964
3 Gents in the Snow Country
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Release Date:29/02/1964
High and Low
Character:Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Release Date:01/03/1963
An Autumn Afternoon
Character:Shuzo Kawai
Release Date:18/11/1962
A Night to Remember
Character:
Release Date:30/09/1962
Mount Hakone
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Release Date:15/09/1962
Ai no uzu shio
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Release Date:22/05/1962
Structure of Hate
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Release Date:12/11/1961
Okoto and Sasuke
Character:Shunsho Kengyo
Release Date:14/10/1961
City
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Release Date:14/10/1961
The Last War
Character:Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
Release Date:08/10/1961
The Other Woman
Character:Kimura
Release Date:30/05/1961
Blind Devotion
Character:Wataru Kamogawa
Release Date:08/03/1961
Late Autumn
Character:Shuzo Taguchi
Release Date:13/11/1960
The False Student
Character:Jiro Takagi
Release Date:08/10/1960
The Bad Sleep Well
Character:Legal Adviser
Release Date:19/09/1960
The Twilight Story
Character:
Release Date:28/08/1960
The Lost Alibi
Character:Takeda
Release Date:13/03/1960
The Rokumeikan
Character:
Release Date:09/07/1959
The Beast Shall Die
Character:Professor Sugimura
Release Date:09/06/1959
Vagabond Employee: Revenge Version
Character:Executive Watanabe
Release Date:02/06/1959
The Cast-Off
Character:Kuga
Release Date:13/05/1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Character:Honsha Buchô
Release Date:15/01/1959
The Days of Evil Women
Character:
Release Date:30/11/1958
Equinox Flower
Character:Toshihiko Kawai
Release Date:07/09/1958
Flower's Yearning
Character:Hishikawa Kao
Release Date:05/08/1958
Little Peach
Character:
Release Date:13/05/1958
Advance Patrol
Character:
Release Date:28/12/1957
Secret of Naruto
Character:
Release Date:29/09/1957
The Shadow Daughter
Character:
Release Date:05/06/1957
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Character:Prof. Tanaka
Release Date:17/05/1957
Tokyo Twilight
Character:Sakae Aiba
Release Date:30/04/1957
Night Butterflies
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1957
Throne of Blood
Character:Phantom samurai
Release Date:15/01/1957
Flowing
Character:Doctor
Release Date:20/11/1956
Engagement Ring
Character:Yasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
Release Date:20/11/1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Character:
Release Date:05/07/1956
Punishment Room
Character:
Release Date:28/06/1956
Farewell to Dream
Character:Seiji's father, Haruo
Release Date:17/04/1956
Early Spring
Character:Arakawa
Release Date:29/01/1956
I Live in Fear
Character:Psychologist
Release Date:22/11/1955
The Romance of Yushima
Character:
Release Date:28/09/1955
Beast Man Snow Man
Character:Professor Koizumi
Release Date:14/08/1955
Yukiko
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Release Date:03/08/1955
Tomoshibi
Character:
Release Date:22/06/1954
Itsuko to sono haha
Character:Nomura, Chairman
Release Date:17/02/1954
An Inlet of Muddy Water
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Release Date:23/11/1953
Tokyo Story
Character:Kurazo Kaneko
Release Date:03/11/1953
The Blue Revolution
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Release Date:10/06/1953
Sunflower Girl
Character:
Release Date:26/03/1953
Ikiru
Character:Deputy Mayor
Release Date:09/10/1952
Doctor's Day Off
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1952
Freedom School
Character:
Release Date:05/05/1951
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Character:
Release Date:28/03/1946
Television Appearances
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