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 (99)
High and Low
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Ikiru
Deputy Mayor
Tokyo Story
Kurazo Kaneko
Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
Tampopo
Old Gentleman
An Autumn Afternoon
Shuzo Kawai
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Honsha Buchô
The Bad Sleep Well
Legal Adviser
Early Spring
Arakawa
Tokyo Twilight
Sakae Aiba
Submersion of Japan
Japanese Ambassador
The War of the Gargantuas
Professor Kita
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Prof. Tanaka
Late Autumn
Shuzo Taguchi
I Live in Fear
Psychologist
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Dr. Suga
Equinox Flower
Toshihiko Kawai
Japan's Longest Day
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Tidal Wave
Japanese Ambassador
Golden Partners
Watsuji
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Two in the Shadow
1967
Blind Devotion
Wataru Kamogawa
The Last War
Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
BU・SU
Customer
Dogora
Doctor Matakata
City
1961
The Militarists
Koichi Kido
Secret of Naruto
1957
You Can If You Try
1965
Thirst for Love
Father-in-Law
Sky Scraper!
1969
Flowing
Doctor
The Beast Shall Die
Professor Sugimura
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
No Life King
1989
The Other Woman
Kimura
Freedom School
1951
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Lullaby to Kill
Hôan Tatara
Gendai no yokubô
1956
The Lost Alibi
Takeda
The Naked Executive
Serizawa, executive
Beast Man Snow Man
Professor Koizumi
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Fujikawa
A Night to Remember
1962
Yukiko
1955
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
The Last Song
1975
Punishment Room
1956
Engagement Ring
Yasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
The Romance of Yushima
1955
That Complicated Guy
Kensaku Suga
Little Peach
1958
The Tale of Saikaido
1983
The White Rose of Hong Kong
Kazumasa Nagahara
Itsuko to sono haha
Nomura, Chairman
The Creature Called Man
Head of N-Bussan
Internal Sleuth
1973
Advance Patrol
1957
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
A Portrait of Shunkin
Harumatsu(春松検校)
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
The Twilight Story
1960
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Cross-Currents
1972
Pilgrimage at Night
Father
A Woman's Heart
1959
Sunflower Girl
1953
Flower's Yearning
Hishikawa Kao
Farewell to Dream
Seiji's father, Haruo
The Legendary Hell
Masabumi Gotō
3 Raccoon Dogs
Ryūtarō Ōsato
Whirlpool of Love
1962
The False Student
Jiro Takagi
Leader of the Bomb Girls
1959
Tomoshibi
1954
The Shadow Daughter
Yamagishi
The Cast-Off
Kuga
Futari no Koibito
1969
Just Barely
1960
One Night of Love
Koizumi
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
Young Guy in Rio
1968
君は海を見たか
1971
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Five Gents on the Spot
Nobuo Tomioka
Night Butterflies
1957
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
Executive Watanabe
Structure of Hate
1961
Sodachi zakari
1967
The Twilight Years
Fujieda (attorney at law)
Mount Hakone
1962
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
Female
1964
The Night of the Seagull
1968
Okoto and Sasuke
Shunsho Kengyo
The Blue Revolution
1953
