Nobuo Nakamura
Born
September 14, 1908
Died
July 5, 1991 (82 years old)
Known For
Acting
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.
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No Life King
1989
BU・SU
Customer
1987
Tampopo
Old Gentleman
1985
I Lived, But...
Self
1983
The Tale of Saikaido
1983
Kemono Michi
(3 episodes)
1982
The Trading Company
Mikio Hamashima · (4 episodes)
1980
Golden Partners
Watsuji
1979
The White Tower
東貞蔵 · (31 episodes)
1978
Lullaby to Kill
Hôan Tatara
1977
A Portrait of Shunkin
Harumatsu(春松検校)
1976
The Last Song
1975
Tidal Wave
Japanese Ambassador
1975
Submersion of Japan
Japanese Ambassador
1973
Internal Sleuth
1973
The Twilight Years
Fujieda (attorney at law)
1973
Cross-Currents
1972
君は海を見たか
1971
幻の殺意
1971
The Militarists
Koichi Kido
1970
The Creature Called Man
Head of N-Bussan
1970
Sky Scraper!
1969
Futari no Koibito
1969
The Night of the Seagull
1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Fujikawa
1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
1968
Two in the Shadow
1967
Sodachi zakari
1967
Japan's Longest Day
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
1967
Thirst for Love
Father-in-Law
1967
The War of the Gargantuas
Professor Kita
1966
That Complicated Guy
1966
Five Gents on the Spot
Nobuo Tomioka
1966
The White Rose of Hong Kong
Kazumasa Nagahara
1965
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Dr. Suga
1965
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Female
1964
Dogora
Doctor Matakata
1964
The Naked Executive
Serizawa, executive
1964
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
High and Low
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
1963
An Autumn Afternoon
Shuzo Kawai
1962
A Night to Remember
1962
Mount Hakone
1962
Ai no uzu shio
1962
Okoto and Sasuke
Shunsho Kengyo
1961
City
1961
The Last War
Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
1961
The Other Woman
Kimura
1961
Blind Devotion
Wataru Kamogawa
1961
Late Autumn
Shuzo Taguchi
1960
The False Student
Jiro Takagi
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
Legal Adviser
1960
The Twilight Story
1960
The Lost Alibi
Takeda
1960
The Rokumeikan
1959
The Beast Shall Die
Professor Sugimura
1959
The Cast-Off
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Honsha Buchô
1959
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Prof. Tanaka
1958
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Equinox Flower
Toshihiko Kawai
1958
Little Peach
1958
Advance Patrol
1957
Secret of Naruto
1957
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Tokyo Twilight
Sakae Aiba
1957
Night Butterflies
1957
Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
1957
Flowing
Doctor
1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
Punishment Room
1956
Farewell to Dream
Seiji's father, Haruo
1956
Early Spring
Arakawa
1956
I Live in Fear
Psychologist
1955
The Romance of Yushima
1955
Half Human
Professor Koizumi
1955
Yukiko
1955
Tomoshibi
1954
Itsuko to sono haha
Nomura, Chairman
1954
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Tokyo Story
Kurazo Kaneko
1953
The Blue Revolution
1953
Sunflower Girl
1953
Ikiru
Deputy Mayor
1952
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Freedom School
1951
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946