Nobuo Nakamura

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

93

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-09-14

Day of death

1991-07-05 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan

Nobuo Nakamura

Biography

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.

Known For

  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

  • High and Low

    High and Low

  • BU・SU

    BU・SU

  • Ikiru

    Ikiru

  • The War of the Gargantuas

    The War of the Gargantuas

  • Frankenstein Conquers the World

    Frankenstein Conquers the World

  • Tokyo Story

    Tokyo Story

  • Tampopo

    Tampopo

  • Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

  • An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon

  • Tokyo Twilight

    Tokyo Twilight

  • Dogora

    Dogora

  • The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

  • Early Spring

    Early Spring

  • Late Autumn

    Late Autumn

  • The Lost Alibi

    The Lost Alibi

  • I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear

  • Submersion of Japan

    Submersion of Japan

  • The Last Song

    The Last Song

  • Lullaby to Kill

    Lullaby to Kill

  • Blind Devotion

    Blind Devotion

  • Flowing

    Flowing

  • Little Peach

    Little Peach

  • The False Student

    The False Student

  • Two in the Shadow

    Two in the Shadow

  • I Lived, But...

    I Lived, But...

  • The Last War

    The Last War

  • Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

  • A Portrait of Shunkin

    A Portrait of Shunkin

  • An Inlet of Muddy Water

    An Inlet of Muddy Water

  • Female

    Female

  • Doctor's Day Off

    Doctor's Day Off

  • Okoto and Sasuke

    Okoto and Sasuke

  • The Militarists

    The Militarists

  • Thirst for Love

    Thirst for Love

  • The Other Woman

    The Other Woman

  • Farewell to Dream

    Farewell to Dream

  • The White Tower

    The White Tower

  • Advance Patrol

    Advance Patrol

  • Golden Partners

    Golden Partners

  • Freedom School

    Freedom School

  • The Cast-Off

    The Cast-Off

  • Punishment Room

    Punishment Room

  • The Radish and the Carrot

    The Radish and the Carrot

  • Mount Hakone

    Mount Hakone

  • The Naked Executive

    The Naked Executive

  • Itsuko to sono haha

    Itsuko to sono haha

  • Futari no Koibito

    Futari no Koibito

  • Night Butterflies

    Night Butterflies

  • The Twilight Story

    The Twilight Story

  • Ai no uzu shio

    Ai no uzu shio

  • Engagement Ring

    Engagement Ring

  • The Romance of Yushima

    The Romance of Yushima

  • A Descendant of Urashima Taro

    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

  • Sunflower Girl

    Sunflower Girl

  • Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

    Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

  • Secret of Naruto

    Secret of Naruto

  • 君は海を見たか

    君は海を見たか

  • The Creature Called Man

    The Creature Called Man

  • Sky Scraper!

    Sky Scraper!

  • The Beast Shall Die

    The Beast Shall Die

  • The Twilight Years

    The Twilight Years

  • Cross-Currents

    Cross-Currents

  • 幻の殺意

    幻の殺意

  • The Days of Evil Women

    The Days of Evil Women

  • The Shadow Daughter

    The Shadow Daughter

  • City

    City

  • Beast Man Snow Man

    Beast Man Snow Man

  • Yukiko

    Yukiko

  • The Night of the Seagull

    The Night of the Seagull

  • Structure of Hate

    Structure of Hate

  • The Rokumeikan

    The Rokumeikan

  • The Blue Revolution

    The Blue Revolution

  • Five Gents on the Spot

    Five Gents on the Spot

  • Sodachi zakari

    Sodachi zakari

  • Vagabond Employee: Revenge Version

    Vagabond Employee: Revenge Version

  • The Tale of Saikaido

    The Tale of Saikaido

  • A Night to Remember

    A Night to Remember

  • Tomoshibi

    Tomoshibi

  • Will-o'-the-Wisp

    Will-o'-the-Wisp

  • The White Rose of Hong Kong

    The White Rose of Hong Kong

  • 3 Raccoon Dogs

    3 Raccoon Dogs

  • Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

    Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

  • That Complicated Guy

    That Complicated Guy

  • No Life King

    No Life King

  • Internal Sleuth

    Internal Sleuth

  • 3 Gents in the Snow Country

    3 Gents in the Snow Country

  • Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

    Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

  • The Trading Company

    The Trading Company

  • Equinox Flower

    Equinox Flower

  • Kemono Michi

    Kemono Michi

  • Flower's Yearning

    Flower's Yearning

  • Tidal Wave

    Tidal Wave