Nobuo Nakamura
Acting
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
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movieBU・SU
1987
Customer
movieTampopo
1985
Old Gentleman
tvThe Trading Company
1980
Mikio Hamashima
movieGolden Partners
1979
Watsuji
movieLullaby to Kill
1977
Hôan Tatara
movieA Portrait of Shunkin
1976
Harumatsu(春松検校)
movieTidal Wave
1975
Japanese Ambassador
movieSubmersion of Japan
1973
Japanese Ambassador
movieThe Twilight Years
1973
Fujieda (attorney at law)
movieThe Militarists
1970
Koichi Kido
movieThe Creature Called Man
1970
Head of N-Bussan
movieFive Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
movieJapan's Longest Day
1967
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
movieThirst for Love
1967
Father-in-Law
tvNET Playhouse
1966
Dr. Baba
movie3 Raccoon Dogs
1966
Ryūtarō Ōsato
movieThe War of the Gargantuas
1966
Professor Kita
movieThat Complicated Guy
1966
Kensaku Suga
movieFive Gents on the Spot
1966
Nobuo Tomioka
movieThe White Rose of Hong Kong
1965
Kazumasa Nagahara
movieDogora
1964
Doctor Matakata
movieThe Naked Executive
1964
Serizawa, executive
movieHigh and Low
1963
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
movieAn Autumn Afternoon
1962
Shuzo Kawai
movieOkoto and Sasuke
1961
Shunsho Kengyo
movieThe Last War
1961
Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
movieThe Other Woman
1961
Kimura
movieBlind Devotion
1961
Wataru Kamogawa
movieThe Legendary Hell
1960
Masabumi Gotō
movieLate Autumn
1960
Shuzo Taguchi
movieThe False Student
1960
Jiro Takagi
movieThe Bad Sleep Well
1960
Legal Adviser
movieThe Lost Alibi
1960
Takeda
movieThe Beast Shall Die
1959
Professor Sugimura
movieVagabond Employee: Revenge
1959
Executive Watanabe
movieThe Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Honsha Buchô
movieEquinox Flower
1958
Toshihiko Kawai
movieFlower's Yearning
1958
Hishikawa Kao
movieTokyo Twilight
1957
Sakae Aiba
movieThrone of Blood
1957
Phantom samurai
movieFlowing
1956
Doctor
movieEngagement Ring
1956
Yasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
movieFarewell to Dream
1956
Seiji's father, Haruo
movieEarly Spring
1956
Arakawa
movieI Live in Fear
1955
Psychologist
movieBeast Man Snow Man
1955
Professor Koizumi
movieItsuko to sono haha
1954
Nomura, Chairman
movieOne Night of Love
1954
Koizumi
movieTokyo Story
1953
Kurazo Kaneko
movieIkiru
1952
Deputy Mayor
