Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Date of Birth:

Sep 14, 1908

Place of Birth:

Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan

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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filmography:

Secret of Naruto Secret of Naruto

1957

Sunflower Girl Sunflower Girl

1953

Early Spring Early Spring

1956

Doctor's Day Off Doctor's Day Off

1952

The Blue Revolution The Blue Revolution

1953

Japan's Longest Day Japan's Longest Day

1967

An Inlet of Muddy Water An Inlet of Muddy Water

1953

Tomoshibi Tomoshibi

1954

Itsuko to sono haha Itsuko to sono haha

1954

Submersion of Japan Submersion of Japan

1973

The Radish and the Carrot The Radish and the Carrot

1965

Cross-Currents Cross-Currents

1972

The Beast Shall Die The Beast Shall Die

1959

A Descendant of Urashima Taro A Descendant of Urashima Taro

1946

Farewell to Dream Farewell to Dream

1956

Golden Partners Golden Partners

1979

The War of the Gargantuas The War of the Gargantuas

1966

An Autumn Afternoon An Autumn Afternoon

1962

City City

1961

Female Female

1964

Mount Hakone Mount Hakone

1962

Sodachi zakari Sodachi zakari

1967

Ai no uzu shio Ai no uzu shio

1962

The Militarists The Militarists

1970

Yukiko Yukiko

1955

The Rokumeikan The Rokumeikan

1959

Will-o'-the-Wisp Will-o'-the-Wisp

1956

Freedom School Freedom School

1951

君は海を見たか 君は海を見たか

1971

Futari no Koibito Futari no Koibito

1969

The Tale of Saikaido The Tale of Saikaido

1983

A Portrait of Shunkin A Portrait of Shunkin

1976

The Naked Executive The Naked Executive

1964

The Romance of Yushima The Romance of Yushima

1955

幻の殺意 幻の殺意

1971

Zoku shachō shinshiroku Zoku shachō shinshiroku

1964

The Cast-Off The Cast-Off

1959

Sky Scraper! Sky Scraper!

1969

The False Student The False Student

1960

The Days of Evil Women The Days of Evil Women

1958

Lullaby to Kill Lullaby to Kill

1977

No Life King No Life King

1989

The Last War The Last War

1961

I Live in Fear I Live in Fear

1955

Half Human Half Human

1955

Throne of Blood Throne of Blood

1957

BU・SU BU・SU

1987

The Creature Called Man The Creature Called Man

1970

Thirst for Love Thirst for Love

1967

Tokyo Twilight Tokyo Twilight

1957

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

Late Autumn Late Autumn

1960

Ikiru Ikiru

1952

The Bad Sleep Well The Bad Sleep Well

1960

Tampopo Tampopo

1985

Tokyo Story Tokyo Story

1953

Dogora Dogora

1964

High and Low High and Low

1963

Advance Patrol Advance Patrol

1957

Flowing Flowing

1956

The Night of the Seagull The Night of the Seagull

1968

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

1958

Two in the Shadow Two in the Shadow

1967

Internal Sleuth Internal Sleuth

1973

Okoto and Sasuke Okoto and Sasuke

1961

The Twilight Years The Twilight Years

1973

I Lived, But... I Lived, But...

1983

Blind Devotion Blind Devotion

1961

Punishment Room Punishment Room

1956

Equinox Flower Equinox Flower

1958

Hiroshima Heartache Hiroshima Heartache

1962

Night Butterflies Night Butterflies

1957

Little Peach Little Peach

1958

The Last Song The Last Song

1975

The Twilight Story The Twilight Story

1960

The Lost Alibi The Lost Alibi

1960

The Other Woman The Other Woman

1961

Frankenstein Conquers the World Frankenstein Conquers the World

1965

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