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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nobuo Nakamura, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted in 108
1980s
- 1989
No Life King
Movie
- 1987
BU・SU
Customer
- 1985
- 1983
The Tale of Saikaido
Movie
- 1982
Kemono Michi
TV
- 1980
The Trading Company
Mikio Hamashima · 4 episodes
1970s
- 1979
Golden Partners
Watsuji
- 1978
The White Tower
東貞蔵 · 31 episodes
- 1977
Lullaby to Kill
Hôan Tatara
- 1976
A Portrait of Shunkin
Harumatsu(春松検校)
- 1975
The Last Song
Movie
Tidal Wave
Japanese Ambassador
- 1973
The Twilight Years
Fujieda (attorney at law)
- 1972
- 1971
君は海を見たか
Movie
Maboroshi no Satsui
Movie
- 1970
The Militarists
Koichi Kido
The Creature Called Man
Head of N-Bussan
1960s
- 1969
Sky Scraper!
Movie
- 1968
The Night of the Seagull
Movie
Young Guy in Rio
Movie
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
- 1967
Sodachi zakari
Movie
Japan's Longest Day
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
- 1966
3 Raccoon Dogs
Ryūtarō Ōsato
That Complicated Guy
Kensaku Suga
Five Gents on the Spot
Nobuo Tomioka
- 1965
The White Rose of Hong Kong
Kazumasa Nagahara
You Can If You Try
Movie
The Radish and the Carrot
Movie
- 1964
Female
Movie
Dogora
Doctor Matakata
The Naked Executive
Serizawa, executive
3 Gents in the Snow Country
Movie
- 1963
- 1962
A Night to Remember
Movie
Mount Hakone
Movie
Whirlpool of Love
Movie
- 1961
Structure of Hate
Movie
City
Movie
The Last War
Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
The Other Woman
Kimura
Adorable Schemers
Movie
- 1960
The Legendary Hell
Masabumi Gotō
The Twilight Story
Movie
Just Barely
Movie
The Lost Alibi
Takeda
1950s
- 1959
Leader of the Bomb Girls
Movie
Pilgrimage at Night
Father
The Beast Shall Die
Professor Sugimura
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
Executive Watanabe
A Woman's Heart
Movie
- 1958
The Days of Evil Women
Movie
Flower's Yearning
Hishikawa Kao
Little Peach
Movie
- 1957
Advance Patrol
Movie
The Shadow Daughter
Yamagishi
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Prof. Tanaka
- 1956
Flowing
Doctor
Engagement Ring
Yasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Movie
Gendai no yokubô
Movie
Spark
Movie
Farewell to Dream
Seiji's father, Haruo
- 1955
The Romance of Yushima
Movie
Beast Man Snow Man
Professor Koizumi
Yukiko
Movie
Hahabue kobue
Movie
Inhibited Love
Movie
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
Movie
- 1954
Tomoshibi
Movie
Itsuko to sono haha
Nomura, Chairman
One Night of Love
Koizumi
- 1953
The Blue Revolution
Movie
Sunflower Girl
Movie
- 1952
- 1951
Freedom School
Movie
1940s
- 1946
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Movie
Appearances1
1980s
- 1983
I Lived, But...
Self