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Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Actor

Born September 14, 1908 in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan

Died July 5, 1991

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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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Year

No raifu kingu Poster

No raifu kingu Feature Film1991

Bu su Feature Film1987Customer

Tampopo Feature Film1985Intended victim of con man

I Lived, But... Poster

I Lived, But... Documentary1983Self

Kemonomichi Poster

Kemonomichi TV Series1982Sawasugi

Shin jiken: Doctor stop TV Series1982Judge Tani

Shin Tôkyô monogatari TV Series1982

Shin jiken: Waga uta wa hana ichimonme TV Series1981Judge Tani

Zoku zoku jiken: Tsuki no keshiki Poster

Zoku zoku jiken: Tsuki no keshiki TV Series1980Judge Tani

Kaze no hayato TV Series1979

Akuma no temari-uta Poster

Akuma no temari-uta Feature Film1977Hôan Tatara

Shunkinsho Poster

Shunkinsho Feature Film1976Harumatsu

The Last Song Poster

The Last Song Feature Film1975

The Family Poster

The Family Feature Film1974Matsudaira

Fuyô no Hito Mini-Series1973

Kôkotsu no hito Poster

Kôkotsu no hito Feature Film1973Fujieda, lawyer

Lone Wolf and Cub Poster

Lone Wolf and Cub TV Series19731 episode, 1973

Submersion of Japan Poster

Submersion of Japan Feature Film1973Japanese Ambassador to Australia

Kuro no honryu Poster

Kuro no honryu Feature Film1972Daizo Kitagawa

Maboroshi no satsui Poster

Maboroshi no satsui Feature Film1971

The Creature Called Man Poster

The Creature Called Man Feature Film1970Head of N-Bussan

The Militarists Poster

The Militarists Feature Film1970Koichi

Futari no koibito Poster

Futari no koibito Feature Film1969Ryôhei Kôno

Rio no wakadaishô Feature Film1968

Shachô hanjôki Poster

Shachô hanjôki Feature Film1968

Suna no kaori Poster

Suna no kaori Feature Film1968Chief judge

Zoku shacho hanjôki Poster

Zoku shacho hanjôki Feature Film1968

Japan's Longest Day Poster

Japan's Longest Day Feature Film1967Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido

Scattered Clouds Poster

Scattered Clouds Feature Film1967

Sodachi zakari Poster

Sodachi zakari Feature Film1967Shingo Nakayu

Tokyo Story Mini-Series1967

Five Gents on the Spot Poster

Five Gents on the Spot Feature Film1966

Fukuzatsu na kare Poster

Fukuzatsu na kare Feature Film1966

The War of the Gargantuas Poster

The War of the Gargantuas Feature Film1966Dr. Kita

Thirst for Love Poster

Thirst for Love Feature Film1966Yakichi Sugimoto

Frankenstein vs. Baragon Poster

Frankenstein vs. Baragon Feature Film1965Skeptical Museum Chief

Honkon no shiroibara Poster

Honkon no shiroibara Feature Film1965Nagahara

Radishes and Carrots Poster

Radishes and Carrots Feature Film1965

Dogora Feature Film1964Dr. Munakata

Female Feature Film1964Eitaro Shudo

Geisha gakkô Feature Film1964

Hadaka no jûyaku Poster

Hadaka no jûyaku Feature Film1964Serizawa, executive

NET Playhouse Poster

NET Playhouse TV Series1964Dr. Baba

Zoku shachô shinshiroku Poster

Zoku shachô shinshiroku Feature Film1964

High and Low Poster

High and Low Feature Film1963Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

A Night to Remember Poster

A Night to Remember Feature Film1962Taneda

An Autumn Afternoon Poster

An Autumn Afternoon Feature Film1962Shuzo Kawai

Hakai TV Movie1961

Machi Feature Film1961Public Prosecutor

Midaregami Poster

Midaregami Feature Film1961Wataru Kamogawa

Okoto to Sasuke Poster

Okoto to Sasuke Feature Film1961

Onna no tsurihashi Poster

Onna no tsurihashi Feature Film1961Shinkichi Haurno

Poignant Story Poster

Poignant Story Feature Film1961Kimura

The Last War Poster

The Last War Feature Film1961Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa

Tôkyô yawa Poster

Tôkyô yawa Feature Film1961Kyosuke Kamiko

A False Student Poster

A False Student Feature Film1960Takagi

Late Autumn Poster

Late Autumn Feature Film1960Shûzô Taguchi

Oden jigoku Poster

Oden jigoku Feature Film1960Masabumi Gotô

The Bad Sleep Well Poster

The Bad Sleep Well Feature Film1960Legal Adviser

The Lost Alibi Poster

The Lost Alibi Feature Film1960

The Twilight Story Poster

The Twilight Story Feature Film1960Sanji

Anyakôro Poster

Anyakôro Feature Film1959Kensaku's father

Hanran Feature Film1959Kuga

Kaoyaku to bakudan musume Feature Film1959Koda

Onna gokoro Feature Film1959Tsujinoto

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Poster

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Feature Film1959Honsha Buchô

This Is the Truth TV Series1959

Yajû shisubeshi Poster

Yajû shisubeshi Feature Film1959Professor Sugimura

Akujo no kisetsu Poster

Akujo no kisetsu Feature Film1958Dr. Mizutani

Anzukko Feature Film1958

Equinox Flower Poster

Equinox Flower Feature Film1958Toshihiko Kawai

Half Human Poster

Half Human Feature Film1958Prof. Tanaka

Haru kôrô no hana no en Poster

Haru kôrô no hana no en Feature Film1958Shuntarô Tanaka

The Flower Poster

The Flower Feature Film1958Kaô Hishikawa

The Rickshaw Man Poster

The Rickshaw Man Feature Film1958Yoshiko's brother

Hikage no musume Poster

Hikage no musume Feature Film1957

Nichiro senso shori no hishi: Tekichu odan sanbyaku-ri Poster

Nichiro senso shori no hishi: Tekichu odan sanbyaku-ri Feature Film1957

Night Butterflies Poster

Night Butterflies Feature Film1957Customer

Sono yoru no himegoto Poster

Sono yoru no himegoto Feature Film1957Ryusaku Endo

Throne of Blood Poster

Throne of Blood Feature Film1957Phantom samurai

Tokyo Twilight Poster

Tokyo Twilight Feature Film1957Sakae Aiba

A Will o' the Wisp Poster

A Will o' the Wisp Feature Film1956

Early Spring Poster

Early Spring Feature Film1956Arakawa, chief executive

Farewell to Dream Poster

Farewell to Dream Feature Film1956Seiji's father, Haruo

Flowing Feature Film1956

Gendai no yokubô Poster

Gendai no yokubô Feature Film1956Takamatsu

Konyaku yubiwa-engeeji ringu Poster

Konyaku yubiwa-engeeji ringu Feature Film1956

Punishment Room Poster

Punishment Room Feature Film1956Professor

Sparks Feature Film1956Takayama

White Devilfish Feature Film1956

I Live in Fear Poster

I Live in Fear Feature Film1955Psychologist

Jû jin yuki otoko Poster

Jû jin yuki otoko Feature Film1955Professor Koizumi

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made Feature Film1955

Musume no endan Feature Film1955

Shichinin no ani imôto Feature Film1955Yukichi Kitahara

Itsuko to sono haha Poster

Itsuko to sono haha Feature Film1954Nomura, Chairman

Koyoi hito yo o Feature Film1954

Tomoshibi Poster

Tomoshibi Feature Film1954Keizo Kawamura

An Inlet of Muddy Water Poster

An Inlet of Muddy Water Feature Film1953Yasubee

Senkan Yamato Poster

Senkan Yamato Feature Film1953

The Blue Revolution Poster

The Blue Revolution Feature Film1953Professor Hisamatsu

Tokyo Story Poster

Tokyo Story Feature Film1953Kurazo Kaneko

Zoku Jûdai no seiten Feature Film1953Tateuo Ueda

Adventure in Tokyo Poster

Adventure in Tokyo Feature Film1952Take-san

Ikiru Feature Film1952Deputy Mayor

Jiyû gakkô Poster

Jiyû gakkô Feature Film1951

The Descendants of Taro Urashima Poster

The Descendants of Taro Urashima Feature Film1946

Haha no chizu Feature Film1942Hideo

Hanataba no yume Feature Film1938

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