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Nobuo Nakamura

Actor
Died July 5, 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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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Tokyo Story
  • Throne of Blood
  • An Autumn Afternoon
  • Tokyo Twilight
  • Equinox Flower
  • Early Spring
  • The War of the Gargantuas
Known For
  • Tokyo Story
  • An Autumn Afternoon
  • The War of the Gargantuas
  • Late Autumn
  • Frankenstein vs. Baragon
  • Thirst for Love
  • Dogora
  • The Rickshaw Man
  • Submersion of Japan
  • Farewell to Dream
  • Punishment Room
  • An Inlet of Muddy Water
  • The Lost Alibi
  • The Last Song
  • The Beast Shall Die
  • Shunkinsho
  • Kuro no honryu

Filmography

1987
Bu su · as Customer
1985
Tampopo · as Old Gentleman
1982
Kemonomichi (TV Series)
1977
Akuma no temari-uta · as Hôan Tatara
1976
Shunkinsho · as Harumatsu(春松検校)
1975
1974
The Family · as Matsudaira
1973
Submersion of Japan · as Japanese Ambassador
1973
Lone Wolf and Cub (TV Series) · as Cast
1973
1972
1970
The Militarists · as Koichi Kido
1969
1968
1968
Shachô hanjôki · as Cast
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
1965
1964
NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Dr. Baba
1964
Dogora · as Doctor Matakata
1964
1963
High and Low · as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
1962
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
1958
Half Human · as Prof. Tanaka
1958
Equinox Flower · as Toshihiko Kawai
1958
1958
The Rickshaw Man · as Yoshiko's Brother
1957
1957
1957
Tokyo Twilight · as Sakae Aiba
1957
Throne of Blood · as Phantom Samurai
1956
Flowing · as Doctor
1956
1956
Farewell to Dream · as Seiji's Father, Haruo
1956
Early Spring · as Arakawa
1955
I Live in Fear · as Psychologist
1955
Jû jin yuki otoko · as Professor Koizumi
1953
1953
Tokyo Story · as Kurazo Kaneko
1952
Ikiru · as Deputy Mayor
1952

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