Nobuo Nakamura
Acting
Born: September 14, 1908 · Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Died: July 5, 1991 (aged 82)
Highest Rated
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nobuo Nakamura, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Ikiru
1952
Tokyo Story
1953
High and Low
1963
Throne of Blood
1957
Tampopo
1985
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Late Autumn
1960
Equinox Flower
1958
Tokyo Twilight
1957
I Live in Fear
1955
Photos (1)
Movies (103)
Ikiru
Deputy Mayor
High and Low
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Tokyo Story
Kurazo Kaneko
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Honsha Buchô
Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
Tampopo
Old Gentleman
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Dr. Suga
An Autumn Afternoon
Shuzo Kawai
Late Autumn
Shuzo Taguchi
Symphony of Love
1958
The Bad Sleep Well
Legal Adviser
The War of the Gargantuas
Professor Kita
Equinox Flower
Toshihiko Kawai
Two in the Shadow
1967
Submersion of Japan
Japanese Ambassador
I Live in Fear
Psychologist
Tokyo Twilight
Sakae Aiba
Early Spring
Arakawa
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Prof. Tanaka
Beast Man Snow Man
Professor Koizumi
Internal Sleuth
1973
Spark
1956
Punishment Room
1956
Lullaby to Kill
Hôan Tatara
The Beast Shall Die
Professor Sugimura
A Night to Remember
1962
The Legendary Hell
Masabumi Gotō
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Japan's Longest Day
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Dogora
Doctor Matakata
The Last War
Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
The Creature Called Man
Head of N-Bussan
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Hahabue kobue
1955
Inhibited Love
1955
The Last Song
1975
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
The Militarists
Koichi Kido
Night Butterflies
1957
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
Little Peach
1958
BU・SU
Customer
Gendai no yokubô
1956
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Thirst for Love
Father-in-Law
The Romance of Yushima
1955
Tomoshibi
1954
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Fujikawa
Just Barely
1960
Secret of Naruto
1957
The Cast-Off
Kuga
A Portrait of Shunkin
Harumatsu(春松検校)
The Lost Alibi
Takeda
The Naked Executive
Serizawa, executive
The Twilight Story
1960
One Night of Love
Koizumi
Sodachi zakari
1967
Yukiko
1955
Flowing
Doctor
Sunflower Girl
1953
Pilgrimage at Night
Father
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
Freedom School
1951
The Twilight Years
Fujieda (attorney at law)
The Other Woman
Kimura
The False Student
Jiro Takagi
Mount Hakone
1962
Whirlpool of Love
1962
Tidal Wave
Japanese Ambassador
Itsuko to sono haha
Nomura, Chairman
A Woman's Heart
1959
Flower's Yearning
Hishikawa Kao
The Shadow Daughter
Yamagishi
No Life King
1989
You Can If You Try
1965
3 Raccoon Dogs
Ryūtarō Ōsato
The White Rose of Hong Kong
Kazumasa Nagahara
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Farewell to Dream
Seiji's father, Haruo
Cross-Currents
1972
Five Gents on the Spot
Nobuo Tomioka
Structure of Hate
1961
Advance Patrol
1957
City
1961
Engagement Ring
Yasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
Leader of the Bomb Girls
1959
Blind Devotion
Wataru Kamogawa
Sky Scraper!
1969
Young Guy in Rio
1968
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Futari no Koibito
1969
That Complicated Guy
Kensaku Suga
君は海を見たか
1971
Golden Partners
Watsuji
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
The Blue Revolution
1953
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
Executive Watanabe
The Night of the Seagull
1968
Female
1964
The Tale of Saikaido
1983
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
Okoto and Sasuke
Shunsho Kengyo
