Nobuo Nakamura
104 movies · 4 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 14, 1908
- Died
- Jul 5, 1991 (age 82)
- 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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Nobuo Nakamura: movies and TV shows
Acting (108)
- 1989
- 1987 BU・SU
as Customer
- 1985 Tampopo
as Old Gentleman
- 1983
- 1982
- 1980
- 1979 Golden Partners
as Watsuji
- 1978
- 1977 Lullaby to Kill
as Hôan Tatara
- 1976 A Portrait of Shunkin
as Harumatsu(春松検校)
- 1975
- 1975 Tidal Wave
as Japanese Ambassador
- 1973 Submersion of Japan
as Japanese Ambassador
- 1973
- 1973 The Twilight Years
as Fujieda (attorney at law)
- 1972
- 1971
- 1971
- 1970 The Militarists
as Koichi Kido
- 1970 The Creature Called Man
as Head of N-Bussan
- 1969
- 1969
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
as Fujikawa
- 1968 Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
as Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967 Japan's Longest Day
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
- 1967 Thirst for Love
as Father-in-Law
- 1966
- 1966 3 Raccoon Dogs
as Ryūtarō Ōsato
- 1966 The War of the Gargantuas
as Professor Kita
- 1966 That Complicated Guy
as Kensaku Suga
- 1966 Five Gents on the Spot
as Nobuo Tomioka
- 1965 The White Rose of Hong Kong
as Kazumasa Nagahara
- 1965 Frankenstein Conquers the World
as Dr. Suga
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964 Dogora
as Doctor Matakata
- 1964 The Naked Executive
as Serizawa, executive
- 1964
- 1963 High and Low
as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
- 1962 An Autumn Afternoon
as Shuzo Kawai
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961 Okoto and Sasuke
as Shunsho Kengyo
- 1961
- 1961 The Last War
as Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
- 1961 The Other Woman
as Kimura
- 1961 Blind Devotion
as Wataru Kamogawa
- 1960 The Legendary Hell
as Masabumi Gotō
- 1960 Late Autumn
as Shuzo Taguchi
- 1960 The False Student
as Jiro Takagi
- 1960 The Bad Sleep Well
as Legal Adviser
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 The Lost Alibi
as Takeda
- 1959
- 1959 Pilgrimage at Night
as Father
- 1959
- 1959 The Beast Shall Die
as Professor Sugimura
- 1959 Vagabond Employee: Revenge
as Executive Watanabe
- 1959 The Cast-Off
as Kuga
- 1959
- 1959 The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Honsha Buchô
- 1958
- 1958 Equinox Flower
as Toshihiko Kawai
- 1958 Flower's Yearning
as Hishikawa Kao
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 The Shadow Daughter
as Yamagishi
- 1957 Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as Prof. Tanaka
- 1957 Tokyo Twilight
as Sakae Aiba
- 1957 Throne of Blood
as Phantom samurai
- 1956 Flowing
as Doctor
- 1956 Engagement Ring
as Yasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 Farewell to Dream
as Seiji's father, Haruo
- 1956 Early Spring
as Arakawa
- 1955 I Live in Fear
as Psychologist
- 1955
- 1955 Beast Man Snow Man
as Professor Koizumi
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1954
- 1954 Itsuko to sono haha
as Nomura, Chairman
- 1954 One Night of Love
as Koizumi
- 1953
- 1953 Tokyo Story
as Kurazo Kaneko
- 1953
- 1953
- 1952 Ikiru
as Deputy Mayor
- 1952
- 1951
- 1946
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1983