Nobuo Nakamura
Known for: Acting
Born: September 14, 1908
Died: July 5, 1991
Place of birth: Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
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.
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Filmography
101 movies · 4 TV shows, newest first
9.0
No Life King
1989
6.2
BU・SU
1987
7.8
Tampopo
1985
6.8
I Lived, But...
1983
NR
The Tale of Saikaido
1983
NR
Kemono Michi
1982
10.0
The Trading Company
1980
7.0
Golden Partners
1979
10.0
The White Tower
1978
6.6
Lullaby to Kill
1977
7.8
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976
7.4
The Last Song
1975
NR
Tidal Wave
1975
7.0
Submersion of Japan
1973
7.5
Internal Sleuth
1973
7.5
The Twilight Years
1973
6.3
Cross-Currents
1972
NR
君は海を見たか
1971
NR
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
7.5
The Militarists
1970
7.5
The Creature Called Man
1970
7.0
Sky Scraper!
1969
7.0
Futari no Koibito
1969
7.0
The Night of the Seagull
1968
6.0
Young Guy in Rio
1968
7.0
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
9.0
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
7.8
Two in the Shadow
1967
10.0
Sodachi zakari
1967
7.3
Japan's Longest Day
1967
7.0
Thirst for Love
1967
7.3
NET Playhouse
1966
5.0
3 Raccoon Dogs
1966
6.3
The War of the Gargantuas
1966
NR
That Complicated Guy
1966
7.0
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
7.0
The White Rose of Hong Kong
1965
6.7
Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965
NR
You Can If You Try
1965
9.0
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
NR
Female
1964
6.7
Dogora
1964
9.0
The Naked Executive
1964
10.0
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
8.4
High and Low
1963
7.9
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
7.5
A Night to Remember
1962
7.0
Mount Hakone
1962
NR
Whirlpool of Love
1962
7.0
Structure of Hate
1961
8.0
Okoto and Sasuke
1961
7.0
City
1961
6.8
The Last War
1961
6.3
The Other Woman
1961
9.0
Blind Devotion
1961
NR
The Legendary Hell
1960
7.7
Late Autumn
1960
6.7
The False Student
1960
7.7
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
8.5
The Twilight Story
1960
NR
Just Barely
1960
5.0
The Lost Alibi
1960
NR
Leader of the Bomb Girls
1959
NR
Pilgrimage at Night
1959NR
The Rokumeikan
1959
6.2
The Beast Shall Die
1959
NR
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
1959
8.0
The Cast-Off
1959
NR
A Woman's Heart
1959
8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
7.0
The Days of Evil Women
1958
7.4
Equinox Flower
1958
7.0
Flower's Yearning
1958
6.1
Little Peach
1958
6.0
Advance Patrol
1957
7.0
Secret of Naruto
1957
8.0
The Shadow Daughter
1957
3.5
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957
7.7
Tokyo Twilight
1957
6.5
Night Butterflies
1957
7.9
Throne of Blood
1957
7.2
Flowing
1956
NR
Engagement Ring
1956
9.0
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
6.9
Punishment Room
1956
NR
Gendai no yokubô
1956
NR
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
7.1
Farewell to Dream
1956
7.5
Early Spring
1956
7.3
I Live in Fear
1955
8.0
The Romance of Yushima
1955
4.9
Beast Man Snow Man
1955
NR
Yukiko
1955
NR
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
7.0
Tomoshibi
1954
8.0
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
NR
One Night of Love
1954
6.3
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
8.2
Tokyo Story
1953
8.0
The Blue Revolution
1953
10.0
Sunflower Girl
1953
8.3
Ikiru
1952
6.8
Doctor's Day Off
1952
7.0
Freedom School
1951
7.5
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946