- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 14, 1908
- Place of Birth
- Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
- Died
- July 5, 1991
Nobuo Nakamura
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 …
Filmography
movieNo Life King
1989
movieBU・SU
1987 · Customer
movieTampopo
1985 · Old Gentleman
movieI Lived, But...
1983 · Self
movieThe Tale of Saikaido
1983
tvKemono Michi
1982
tvThe Trading Company
1980 · Mikio Hamashima
movieGolden Partners
1979 · Watsuji
tvThe White Tower
1978 · 東貞蔵
movieLullaby to Kill
1977 · Hôan Tatara
movieA Portrait of Shunkin
1976 · Harumatsu(春松検校)
movieThe Last Song
1975
movieTidal Wave
1975 · Japanese Ambassador
movieSubmersion of Japan
1973 · Japanese Ambassador
movieInternal Sleuth
1973
movieThe Twilight Years
1973 · Fujieda (attorney at law)
movieCross-Currents
1972
movie君は海を見たか
1971
movieMaboroshi no Satsui
1971
movieThe Militarists
1970 · Koichi Kido
movieThe Creature Called Man
1970 · Head of N-Bussan
movieSky Scraper!
1969
movieFutari no Koibito
1969
movieThe Night of the Seagull
1968
movieYoung Guy in Rio
1968
movieFive Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968 · Fujikawa
movieFive Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968 · Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
movieTwo in the Shadow
1967
movieSodachi zakari
1967
movieJapan's Longest Day
1967 · Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
movieThirst for Love
1967 · Father-in-Law
tvNET Playhouse
1966 · Dr. Baba
movie3 Raccoon Dogs
1966 · Ryūtarō Ōsato
movieThe War of the Gargantuas
1966 · Professor Kita
movieThat Complicated Guy
1966 · Kensaku Suga
movieFive Gents on the Spot
1966 · Nobuo Tomioka
movieThe White Rose of Hong Kong
1965 · Kazumasa Nagahara
movieFrankenstein Conquers the World
1965 · Dr. Suga
movieThe Radish and the Carrot
1965
movieFemale
1964
movieDogora
1964 · Doctor Matakata
movieThe Naked Executive
1964 · Serizawa, executive
movie3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
movieHigh and Low
1963 · Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
movieAn Autumn Afternoon
1962 · Shuzo Kawai
movieA Night to Remember
1962
movieMount Hakone
1962
movieWhirlpool of Love
1962
movieStructure of Hate
1961
movieOkoto and Sasuke
1961 · Shunsho Kengyo
movieCity
1961
movieThe Last War
1961 · Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
movieThe Other Woman
1961 · Kimura
movieBlind Devotion
1961 · Wataru Kamogawa
movieThe Legendary Hell
1960 · Masabumi Gotō
movieLate Autumn
1960 · Shuzo Taguchi
movieThe False Student
1960 · Jiro Takagi
movieThe Bad Sleep Well
1960 · Legal Adviser
movieThe Twilight Story
1960
movieJust Barely
1960
movieThe Lost Alibi
1960 · Takeda
The Rokumeikan
movieThe Rokumeikan
1959
movieThe Beast Shall Die
1959 · Professor Sugimura
movieVagabond Employee: Revenge
1959 · Executive Watanabe
movieThe Cast-Off
1959 · Kuga
movieThe Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · Honsha Buchô
movieThe Days of Evil Women
1958
movieEquinox Flower
1958 · Toshihiko Kawai
movieFlower's Yearning
1958 · Hishikawa Kao
movieLittle Peach
1958
movieAdvance Patrol
1957
movieSecret of Naruto
1957
movieThe Shadow Daughter
1957
movieHalf Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957 · Prof. Tanaka
movieTokyo Twilight
1957 · Sakae Aiba
movieNight Butterflies
1957
movieThrone of Blood
1957 · Phantom samurai
movieFlowing
1956 · Doctor
movieEngagement Ring
1956 · Yasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
movieWill-o'-the-Wisp
1956
moviePunishment Room
1956
movieGendai no yokubô
1956
movieThe Lady Was Pawn
1956
movieFarewell to Dream
1956 · Seiji's father, Haruo
movieEarly Spring
1956 · Arakawa
movieI Live in Fear
1955 · Psychologist
movieThe Romance of Yushima
1955
movieBeast Man Snow Man
1955 · Professor Koizumi
movieYukiko
1955
movieKokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
movieTomoshibi
1954
movieItsuko to sono haha
1954 · Nomura, Chairman
movieOne Night of Love
1954 · Koizumi
movieAn Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
movieTokyo Story
1953 · Kurazo Kaneko
movieThe Blue Revolution
1953
movieSunflower Girl
1953
movieIkiru
1952 · Deputy Mayor
movieDoctor's Day Off
1952
movieFreedom School
1951
movieA Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946