Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Known for: Acting

Born: September 13, 1908 in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan - Died: July 4, 1991

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.

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Frankenstein Conquers the World

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Frankenstein Conquers the World

Dr. Suga

1965 Horror
Ikiru

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Ikiru

Deputy Mayor

1952 Drama
Late Autumn

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Late Autumn

Shuzo Taguchi

1960 Drama
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Honsha Buchô

1959 War
The Bad Sleep Well

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The Bad Sleep Well

Legal Adviser

1960 Crime
Tampopo

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Tampopo

Old Gentleman

1985 Comedy
High and Low

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High and Low

Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

1963 Drama
Dogora

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Dogora

Doctor Matakata

1964 Sci-Fi
Tokyo Story

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Tokyo Story

Kurazo Kaneko

1953 Drama
Female

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Female

1964 Drama
Tokyo Twilight

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Tokyo Twilight

Sakae Aiba

1957 Drama
The Naked Executive

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The Naked Executive

Serizawa, executive

1964 Drama
Futari no Koibito

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Futari no Koibito

1969 Drama
Thirst for Love

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Thirst for Love

Father-in-Law

1967 Drama
The Last War

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The Last War

Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa

1961 Drama
君は海を見たか

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君は海を見たか

1971 Drama
No Life King

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No Life King

1989 Drama
Lullaby to Kill

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Lullaby to Kill

Hôan Tatara

1977 Mystery
The Tale of Saikaido

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The Tale of Saikaido

1983 Drama
A Portrait of Shunkin

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A Portrait of Shunkin

Harumatsu(春松検校)

1976 Drama
Beast Man Snow Man

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Beast Man Snow Man

Professor Koizumi

1955 Sci-Fi
Whirlpool of Love

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Whirlpool of Love

1962 Drama
Sodachi zakari

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Sodachi zakari

1967 Drama
The Creature Called Man

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The Creature Called Man

Head of N-Bussan

1970 Action