Nobuo Nakamura
Known for Acting · 99 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 (3)
Movies (96)
High and Low
1963
as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Ikiru
1952
as Deputy Mayor
Tokyo Story
1953
as Kurazo Kaneko
Throne of Blood
1957
as Phantom samurai
Tampopo
1985
as Old Gentleman
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Honsha Buchô
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Legal Adviser
Submersion of Japan
1973
as Japanese Ambassador
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Shuzo Kawai
Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965
as Dr. Suga
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957
as Prof. Tanaka
Dogora
1964
as Doctor Matakata
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
The War of the Gargantuas
1966
as Professor Kita
Late Autumn
1960
as Shuzo Taguchi
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Sakae Aiba
I Live in Fear
1955
as Psychologist
Equinox Flower
1958
as Toshihiko Kawai
The Lost Alibi
1960
as Takeda
Two in the Shadow
1967
Early Spring
1956
as Arakawa
Sodachi zakari
1967
Lullaby to Kill
1977
as Hôan Tatara
The Militarists
1970
as Koichi Kido
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Flowing
1956
as Doctor
Internal Sleuth
1973
The Other Woman
1961
as Kimura
Beast Man Snow Man
1955
as Professor Koizumi
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
as Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
BU・SU
1987
as Customer
Yukiko
1955
Advance Patrol
1957
I Lived, But...
1983
as Self
The Twilight Story
1960
Thirst for Love
1967
as Father-in-Law
Cross-Currents
1972
Little Peach
1958
The White Rose of Hong Kong
1965
as Kazumasa Nagahara
Sunflower Girl
1953
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976
as Harumatsu(春松検校)
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
The Naked Executive
1964
as Serizawa, executive
Tidal Wave
1975
as Japanese Ambassador
The False Student
1960
as Jiro Takagi
Punishment Room
1956
The Cast-Off
1959
as Kuga
Farewell to Dream
1956
as Seiji's father, Haruo
The Romance of Yushima
1955
The Last Song
1975
The Tale of Saikaido
1983
Night Butterflies
1957
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
The Beast Shall Die
1959
as Professor Sugimura
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
as Nobuo Tomioka
No Life King
1989
Structure of Hate
1961
Secret of Naruto
1957
Futari no Koibito
1969
君は海を見たか
1971
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
as Nomura, Chairman
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Whirlpool of Love
1962
Tomoshibi
1954
Sky Scraper!
1969
The Night of the Seagull
1968
Flower's Yearning
1958
as Hishikawa Kao
The Last War
1961
as Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
The Creature Called Man
1970
as Head of N-Bussan
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
That Complicated Guy
1966
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Freedom School
1951
The Blue Revolution
1953
City
1961
A Night to Remember
1962
3 Raccoon Dogs
1966
as Ryūtarō Ōsato
Mount Hakone
1962
The Twilight Years
1973
as Fujieda (attorney at law)
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Golden Partners
1979
as Watsuji
Blind Devotion
1961
as Wataru Kamogawa
The Rokumeikan
1959
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
1959
as Executive Watanabe
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
as Fujikawa
Young Guy in Rio
1968
Female
1964
Okoto and Sasuke
1961
as Shunsho Kengyo
Engagement Ring
1956
as Yasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
Gendai no yokubô
1956
One Night of Love
1954
as Koizumi
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
The Legendary Hell
1960
as Masabumi Gotō
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 99 credits spanning from 1946 to 1989, Nobuo Nakamura has appeared in 96 films and 3 TV shows.
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- High and Low (1963) — as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
- Ikiru (1952) — as Deputy Mayor
- Tokyo Story (1953) — as Kurazo Kaneko
- Throne of Blood (1957) — as Phantom samurai
- Tampopo (1985) — as Old Gentleman
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