Nobuo Nakamura
Known for Acting · 101 credits
- Born
- 1908-09-14
- Died
- 1991-07-05
- Place of birth
- Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
- Also known as
- Нобуо Накамура
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (97)
Ikiru
1952
as Deputy Mayor
High and Low
1963
as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Tokyo Story
1953
as Kurazo Kaneko
Throne of Blood
1957
as Phantom samurai
Blind Devotion
1961
as Wataru Kamogawa
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Sky Scraper!
1969
Tampopo
1985
as Old Gentleman
Golden Partners
1979
as Watsuji
The Days of Evil Women
1958
I Live in Fear
1955
as Psychologist
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Honsha Buchô
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Legal Adviser
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Shuzo Kawai
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957
as Prof. Tanaka
Submersion of Japan
1973
as Japanese Ambassador
Dogora
1964
as Doctor Matakata
Just Barely
1960
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Sakae Aiba
The War of the Gargantuas
1966
as Professor Kita
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
The Legendary Hell
1960
as Masabumi Gotō
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
The Blue Revolution
1953
Equinox Flower
1958
as Toshihiko Kawai
Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965
as Dr. Suga
Gendai no yokubô
1956
Two in the Shadow
1967
Engagement Ring
1956
as Yasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
Lullaby to Kill
1977
as Hôan Tatara
The Last War
1961
as Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
Late Autumn
1960
as Shuzo Taguchi
Mount Hakone
1962
Early Spring
1956
as Arakawa
Female
1964
Flowing
1956
as Doctor
Thirst for Love
1967
as Father-in-Law
One Night of Love
1954
as Koizumi
The Creature Called Man
1970
as Head of N-Bussan
Little Peach
1958
Beast Man Snow Man
1955
as Professor Koizumi
BU・SU
1987
as Customer
I Lived, But...
1983
as Self
The Militarists
1970
as Koichi Kido
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
No Life King
1989
Punishment Room
1956
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
1959
as Executive Watanabe
Tidal Wave
1975
as Japanese Ambassador
Yukiko
1955
Internal Sleuth
1973
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976
as Harumatsu(春松検校)
The False Student
1960
as Jiro Takagi
The Last Song
1975
The Shadow Daughter
1957
The Other Woman
1961
as Kimura
Flower's Yearning
1958
as Hishikawa Kao
Okoto and Sasuke
1961
as Shunsho Kengyo
A Night to Remember
1962
Young Guy in Rio
1968
Sunflower Girl
1953
The Twilight Story
1960
Night Butterflies
1957
The Romance of Yushima
1955
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
Cross-Currents
1972
Tomoshibi
1954
The Twilight Years
1973
as Fujieda (attorney at law)
The Lost Alibi
1960
as Takeda
That Complicated Guy
1966
as Kensaku Suga
Futari no Koibito
1969
3 Raccoon Dogs
1966
as Ryūtarō Ōsato
City
1961
The Rokumeikan
1959
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
as Fujikawa
Advance Patrol
1957
The White Rose of Hong Kong
1965
as Kazumasa Nagahara
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
Farewell to Dream
1956
as Seiji's father, Haruo
Secret of Naruto
1957
The Tale of Saikaido
1983
The Beast Shall Die
1959
as Professor Sugimura
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
as Nomura, Chairman
Whirlpool of Love
1962
Structure of Hate
1961
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
as Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
Freedom School
1951
The Naked Executive
1964
as Serizawa, executive
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
as Nobuo Tomioka
君は海を見たか
1971
The Cast-Off
1959
as Kuga
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
Sodachi zakari
1967
The Night of the Seagull
1968
About Nobuo Nakamura
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 Poloni… With 101 credits spanning from 1946 to 1989, Nobuo Nakamura has appeared in 97 films and 4 TV shows.
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- Ikiru (1952) — as Deputy Mayor
- High and Low (1963) — as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
- Tokyo Story (1953) — as Kurazo Kaneko
- Throne of Blood (1957) — as Phantom samurai
- Blind Devotion (1961) — as Wataru Kamogawa
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