Nobuo Nakamura
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 14, 1908
- Died
- July 5, 1991 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
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
Filmography
No Life King
Movie
BU・SU
Movie · as Customer
Tampopo
Movie · as Old Gentleman
The Tale of Saikaido
Movie
I Lived, But...
Movie · as Self
Kemono Michi
TV · 3 eps
The Trading Company
TV · as Mikio Hamashima · 4 eps
Golden Partners
Movie · as Watsuji
The White Tower
TV · as 東貞蔵 · 31 eps
Lullaby to Kill
Movie · as Hôan Tatara
A Portrait of Shunkin
Movie · as Harumatsu(春松検校)
The Last Song
Movie
Tidal Wave
Movie · as Japanese Ambassador
Internal Sleuth
Movie
The Twilight Years
Movie · as Fujieda (attorney at law)
Submersion of Japan
Movie · as Japanese Ambassador
Cross-Currents
Movie
君は海を見たか
Movie
Maboroshi no Satsui
Movie
The Creature Called Man
Movie · as Head of N-Bussan
The Militarists
Movie · as Koichi Kido
Futari no Koibito
Movie
Sky Scraper!
Movie
The Night of the Seagull
Movie
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Movie · as Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Movie · as Fujikawa
Young Guy in Rio
Movie
Thirst for Love
Movie · as Father-in-Law
Sodachi zakari
Movie
Two in the Shadow
Movie
Japan's Longest Day
Movie · as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
The War of the Gargantuas
Movie · as Professor Kita
That Complicated Guy
Movie · as Kensaku Suga
Five Gents on the Spot
Movie · as Nobuo Tomioka
3 Raccoon Dogs
Movie · as Ryūtarō Ōsato
NET Playhouse
TV · as Dr. Baba · 1 ep
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Movie · as Dr. Suga
The Radish and the Carrot
Movie
The White Rose of Hong Kong
Movie · as Kazumasa Nagahara
You Can If You Try
Movie
Dogora
Movie · as Doctor Matakata
Female
Movie
The Naked Executive
Movie · as Serizawa, executive
3 Gents in the Snow Country
Movie
High and Low
Movie · as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Whirlpool of Love
Movie
Mount Hakone
Movie
A Night to Remember
Movie
An Autumn Afternoon
Movie · as Shuzo Kawai
The Last War
Movie · as Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
The Other Woman
Movie · as Kimura
Okoto and Sasuke
Movie · as Shunsho Kengyo
Blind Devotion
Movie · as Wataru Kamogawa
City
Movie
Structure of Hate
Movie
Adorable Schemers
Movie
Late Autumn
Movie · as Shuzo Taguchi
The Bad Sleep Well
Movie · as Legal Adviser
The Twilight Story
Movie
The Lost Alibi
Movie · as Takeda
The False Student
Movie · as Jiro Takagi
The Legendary Hell
Movie · as Masabumi Gotō
Just Barely
Movie
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Movie · as Honsha Buchô
The Cast-Off
Movie · as Kuga
The Rokumeikan
Movie
The Beast Shall Die
Movie · as Professor Sugimura
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
Movie · as Executive Watanabe
A Woman's Heart
Movie
Pilgrimage at Night
Movie · as Father
Leader of the Bomb Girls
Movie
Little Peach
Movie
Equinox Flower
Movie · as Toshihiko Kawai
The Days of Evil Women
Movie
Flower's Yearning
Movie · as Hishikawa Kao
Symphony of Love
Movie
Tokyo Twilight
Movie · as Sakae Aiba
Throne of Blood
Movie · as Phantom samurai
Advance Patrol
Movie
Night Butterflies
Movie
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Movie · as Prof. Tanaka
Secret of Naruto
Movie
The Shadow Daughter
Movie · as Yamagishi
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Movie
Flowing
Movie · as Doctor
Punishment Room
Movie
Farewell to Dream
Movie · as Seiji's father, Haruo
Early Spring
Movie · as Arakawa
Engagement Ring
Movie · as Yasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
Gendai no yokubô
Movie
The Lady Was Pawn
Movie
Spark
Movie
Beast Man Snow Man
Movie · as Professor Koizumi
The Romance of Yushima
Movie
Yukiko
Movie
I Live in Fear
Movie · as Psychologist
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
Movie
Inhibited Love
Movie
Hahabue kobue
Movie
Itsuko to sono haha
Movie · as Nomura, Chairman
Tomoshibi
Movie
One Night of Love
Movie · as Koizumi
Tokyo Story
Movie · as Kurazo Kaneko
Sunflower Girl
Movie
The Blue Revolution
Movie
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Movie
Ikiru
Movie · as Deputy Mayor
Doctor's Day Off
Movie
Freedom School
Movie
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Movie