Nobuo Nakamura
Acting
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,…
Filmography
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No Life King
1989
BU・SU
1987
Tampopo
1985
The Tale of Saikaido
1983
Kemono Michi
1982
The Trading Company
1980
Golden Partners
1979
The White Tower
1978
Lullaby to Kill
1977
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976
The Last Song
1975
Tidal Wave
1975
Submersion of Japan
1973
Internal Sleuth
1973
The Twilight Years
1973
Cross-Currents
1972
君は海を見たか
1971
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
The Militarists
1970
The Creature Called Man
1970
Sky Scraper!
1969
Futari no Koibito
1969
The Night of the Seagull
1968
Young Guy in Rio
1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
Two in the Shadow
1967
Sodachi zakari
1967
Japan's Longest Day
1967
Thirst for Love
1967
NET Playhouse
1966
3 Raccoon Dogs
1966
The War of the Gargantuas
1966
That Complicated Guy
1966
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
The White Rose of Hong Kong
1965
Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Female
1964
Dogora
1964
The Naked Executive
1964
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
High and Low
1963
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
A Night to Remember
1962
Mount Hakone
1962
Whirlpool of Love
1962
Structure of Hate
1961
Okoto and Sasuke
1961
City
1961
The Last War
1961
The Other Woman
1961
Blind Devotion
1961
The Legendary Hell
1960
Late Autumn
1960
The False Student
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
The Twilight Story
1960
Just Barely
1960
The Lost Alibi
1960
The Rokumeikan
The Rokumeikan
1959
The Beast Shall Die
1959
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
1959
The Cast-Off
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Equinox Flower
1958
Flower's Yearning
1958
Little Peach
1958
Advance Patrol
1957
Secret of Naruto
1957
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Night Butterflies
1957
Throne of Blood
1957
Flowing
1956
Engagement Ring
1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
Punishment Room
1956