Nobuo Nakamura
Acteur
14 september 1908 — 5 juli 1991 (82 years)
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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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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Known For
Cinematografie
| 1989 | |
| 1987 | Bu su · as Customer |
| 1985 | Tampopo · as Old Gentleman |
| 1982 | |
| 1980 | The Trading Company · as Mikio Hamashima |
| 1977 | Akuma no temari-uta · as Hôan Tatara |
| 1976 | Shunkinsho · as Harumatsu(春松検校) |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Tidal Wave · as Japanese Ambassador |
| 1975 | Genroku Taiheiki · as Cast |
| 1974 | The Family · as Matsudaira |
| 1974 | Katsu Kaishû · as Tokô Ichirôzaemon |
| 1973 | Submersion of Japan · as Japanese Ambassador |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | Lone Wolf and Cub · as Cast |
| 1973 | Kôkotsu no hito · as Fujieda (attorney At Law) |
| 1972 | |
| 1970 | The Militarists · as Koichi Kido |
| 1968 | Rio no wakadaishô · as Cast |
| 1968 | Zoku shacho hanjôki · as Fujikawa |
| 1968 | Shachô hanjôki · as Fujikawa (atlas Motors President) |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Japan's Longest Day · as Lord Keeper Of The Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido |
| 1966 | Thirst for Love · as Father-In-Law |
| 1966 | The War of the Gargantuas · as Professor Kita |
| 1965 | Frankenstein vs. Baragon · as Dr. Suga |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse · as Dr. Baba |
| 1964 | Dogora · as Doctor Matakata |
| 1964 | |
| 1963 | High and Low · as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department DirectorOp Plex |
| 1962 | An Autumn Afternoon · as Shuzo KawaiOp Plex |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | The Last War · as Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa |
| 1961 | Poignant Story · as Kimura |
| 1960 | Late Autumn · as Shuzo Taguchi |
| 1960 | A False Student · as Jiro Takagi |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well · as Legal Adviser |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | The Lost Alibi · as Takeda |
| 1959 | The Beast Shall Die · as Professor Sugimura |
| 1959 | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love · as Honsha Buchô |
| 1958 | Equinox Flower · as Toshihiko KawaiOp Plex |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | The Rickshaw Man · as Yoshiko's Brother |
| 1958 | Half Human · as Prof. Tanaka |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Tokyo Twilight · as Sakae AibaOp Plex |
| 1957 | Throne of Blood · as Phantom SamuraiOp Plex |
| 1956 | Flowing · as Doctor |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | Farewell to Dream · as Seiji's Father, Haruo |
| 1956 | Early Spring · as ArakawaOp Plex |
| 1955 | I Live in Fear · as Psychologist |
| 1955 | Jû jin yuki otoko · as Professor Koizumi |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | Tokyo Story · as Kurazo KanekoOp Plex |
| 1952 | Ikiru · as Deputy Mayor |
| 1952 | |
| 1946 |
| 1983 | I Lived, But... · as Self |