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Nobuo Nakamura

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Nobuo Nakamura

Born September 14, 1908 in Otaru, Hokkaido, JapanDied July 5, 1991103 films

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).

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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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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Ikiru poster8.3Ikiru1952Tokyo Story poster8.1Tokyo Story1953Throne of Blood poster7.9Throne of Blood1957Tampopo poster7.8Tampopo1985The Human Condition I: No Greater Love poster8.1The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959An Autumn Afternoon poster7.9An Autumn Afternoon1962The Bad Sleep Well poster7.7The Bad Sleep Well1960Late Autumn poster7.7Late Autumn1960

Filmography

103 films as actor
  1. 1989No Life King
  2. 1987BU・SUCustomer
  3. 1985TampopoOld Gentleman
  4. 1983The Tale of Saikaido
  5. 1979Golden PartnersWatsuji
  6. 1977Lullaby to KillHôan Tatara
  7. 1976A Portrait of ShunkinHarumatsu(春松検校)
  8. 1975The Last Song
  9. 1975Tidal WaveJapanese Ambassador
  10. 1973Submersion of JapanJapanese Ambassador
  11. 1973Internal Sleuth
  12. 1973The Twilight YearsFujieda (attorney at law)
  13. 1972Cross-Currents
  14. 1971君は海を見たか
  15. 1971Maboroshi no Satsui
  16. 1970The MilitaristsKoichi Kido
  17. 1970The Creature Called ManHead of N-Bussan
  18. 1969Sky Scraper!
  19. 1969Futari no Koibito
  20. 1968The Night of the Seagull
  21. 1968Young Guy in Rio
  22. 1968Five Gents and a Chinese MerchantFujikawa
  23. 1968Five Gents and Karate GrandpaFujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
  24. 1967Two in the Shadow
  25. 1967Sodachi zakari
  26. 1967Japan's Longest DayLord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
  27. 1967Thirst for LoveFather-in-Law
  28. 19663 Raccoon DogsRyūtarō Ōsato
  29. 1966The War of the GargantuasProfessor Kita
  30. 1966That Complicated GuyKensaku Suga
  31. 1966Five Gents on the SpotNobuo Tomioka
  32. 1965The White Rose of Hong KongKazumasa Nagahara
  33. 1965Frankenstein Conquers the WorldDr. Suga
  34. 1965You Can If You Try
  35. 1965The Radish and the Carrot
  36. 1964Female
  37. 1964DogoraDoctor Matakata
  38. 1964The Naked ExecutiveSerizawa, executive
  39. 19643 Gents in the Snow Country
  40. 1963High and LowIshimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
  41. 1962An Autumn AfternoonShuzo Kawai
  42. 1962A Night to Remember
  43. 1962Mount Hakone
  44. 1962Whirlpool of Love
  45. 1961Structure of Hate
  46. 1961Okoto and SasukeShunsho Kengyo
  47. 1961City
  48. 1961The Last WarChief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
  49. 1961The Other WomanKimura
  50. 1961Blind DevotionWataru Kamogawa
  51. 1960The Legendary HellMasabumi Gotō
  52. 1960Late AutumnShuzo Taguchi
  53. 1960The False StudentJiro Takagi
  54. 1960The Bad Sleep WellLegal Adviser
  55. 1960The Twilight Story
  56. 1960Just Barely
  57. 1960The Lost AlibiTakeda
  58. 1959Leader of the Bomb Girls
  59. 1959Pilgrimage at NightFather
  60. 1959The Rokumeikan
  61. 1959The Beast Shall DieProfessor Sugimura
  62. 1959Vagabond Employee: RevengeExecutive Watanabe
  63. 1959The Cast-OffKuga
  64. 1959A Woman's Heart
  65. 1959The Human Condition I: No Greater LoveHonsha Buchô
  66. 1958The Days of Evil Women
  67. 1958Equinox FlowerToshihiko Kawai
  68. 1958Flower's YearningHishikawa Kao
  69. 1958Little Peach
  70. 1957Advance Patrol
  71. 1957Secret of Naruto
  72. 1957Night Butterflies
  73. 1957The Shadow DaughterYamagishi
  74. 1957Half Human: The Story of the Abominable SnowmanProf. Tanaka
  75. 1957Tokyo TwilightSakae Aiba
  76. 1957Throne of BloodPhantom samurai
  77. 1956FlowingDoctor
  78. 1956Engagement RingYasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
  79. 1956Will-o'-the-Wisp
  80. 1956Punishment Room
  81. 1956Gendai no yokubô
  82. 1956The Lady Was Pawn
  83. 1956Spark
  84. 1956Farewell to DreamSeiji's father, Haruo
  85. 1956Early SpringArakawa
  86. 1955I Live in FearPsychologist
  87. 1955The Romance of Yushima
  88. 1955Beast Man Snow ManProfessor Koizumi
  89. 1955Yukiko
  90. 1955Hahabue kobue
  91. 1955Inhibited Love
  92. 1955Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
  93. 1954Tomoshibi
  94. 1954Itsuko to sono hahaNomura, Chairman
  95. 1954One Night of LoveKoizumi
  96. 1953An Inlet of Muddy Water
  97. 1953Tokyo StoryKurazo Kaneko
  98. 1953The Blue Revolution
  99. 1953Sunflower Girl
  100. 1952IkiruDeputy Mayor
  101. 1952Doctor's Day Off
  102. 1951Freedom School
  103. 1946A Descendant of Urashima Taro