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

  • High and Low

    High and Low

  • Tampopo

    Tampopo

  • Ikiru

    Ikiru

  • Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

  • The Shadow Daughter

    The Shadow Daughter

  • Late Autumn

    Late Autumn

  • Tokyo Story

    Tokyo Story

  • The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

  • Vagabond Employee: Revenge Version

    Vagabond Employee: Revenge Version

  • Equinox Flower

    Equinox Flower

  • Tokyo Twilight

    Tokyo Twilight

  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

  • Sodachi zakari

    Sodachi zakari

  • Structure of Hate

    Structure of Hate

  • Lullaby to Kill

    Lullaby to Kill

  • Two in the Shadow

    Two in the Shadow

  • Submersion of Japan

    Submersion of Japan

  • The Twilight Years

    The Twilight Years

  • Golden Partners

    Golden Partners

  • Early Spring

    Early Spring

  • A Portrait of Shunkin

    A Portrait of Shunkin

  • The Creature Called Man

    The Creature Called Man

  • Doctor's Day Off

    Doctor's Day Off

  • Frankenstein Conquers the World

    Frankenstein Conquers the World

  • Blind Devotion

    Blind Devotion

  • Futari no Koibito

    Futari no Koibito

  • Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

    Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

  • Five Gents on the Spot

    Five Gents on the Spot

  • Itsuko to sono haha

    Itsuko to sono haha

  • I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear

  • That Complicated Guy

    That Complicated Guy

  • The Night of the Seagull

    The Night of the Seagull

  • I Lived, But...

    I Lived, But...

  • A Descendant of Urashima Taro

    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

  • The Blue Revolution

    The Blue Revolution

  • Punishment Room

    Punishment Room

  • No Life King

    No Life King

  • Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

    Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

  • The Cast-Off

    The Cast-Off

  • Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

  • City

    City

  • The Romance of Yushima

    The Romance of Yushima

  • A Night to Remember

    A Night to Remember

  • 3 Raccoon Dogs

    3 Raccoon Dogs

  • Tomoshibi

    Tomoshibi

  • 3 Gents in the Snow Country

    3 Gents in the Snow Country

  • Okoto and Sasuke

    Okoto and Sasuke

  • Beast Man Snow Man

    Beast Man Snow Man

  • Flowing

    Flowing

  • 君は海を見たか

    君は海を見たか

  • An Inlet of Muddy Water

    An Inlet of Muddy Water

  • The Rokumeikan

    The Rokumeikan

  • Mount Hakone

    Mount Hakone

  • The Days of Evil Women

    The Days of Evil Women

  • The Lost Alibi

    The Lost Alibi

  • Freedom School

    Freedom School

  • Female

    Female

  • The False Student

    The False Student

  • 幻の殺意

    幻の殺意

  • Farewell to Dream

    Farewell to Dream

  • The Tale of Saikaido

    The Tale of Saikaido

  • The Other Woman

    The Other Woman

  • Will-o'-the-Wisp

    Will-o'-the-Wisp

  • The Last Song

    The Last Song

  • Dogora

    Dogora

  • The White Rose of Hong Kong

    The White Rose of Hong Kong

  • The Beast Shall Die

    The Beast Shall Die

  • Ai no uzu shio

    Ai no uzu shio

  • The Naked Executive

    The Naked Executive

  • Thirst for Love

    Thirst for Love

  • Sunflower Girl

    Sunflower Girl

  • Cross-Currents

    Cross-Currents

  • Sky Scraper!

    Sky Scraper!

  • Yukiko

    Yukiko

  • Secret of Naruto

    Secret of Naruto

  • Advance Patrol

    Advance Patrol

  • Little Peach

    Little Peach

  • The Twilight Story

    The Twilight Story

  • The Radish and the Carrot

    The Radish and the Carrot

  • The Militarists

    The Militarists

  • Internal Sleuth

    Internal Sleuth

  • The Last War

    The Last War

  • Night Butterflies

    Night Butterflies

  • Tidal Wave

    Tidal Wave

  • The Human Condition

    The Human Condition

  • The White Tower

    The White Tower

  • BU・SU

    BU・SU

  • An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon

  • The Trading Company

    The Trading Company

  • Kemono Michi

    Kemono Michi

  • Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

    Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

  • The War of the Gargantuas

    The War of the Gargantuas

  • Flower's Yearning

    Flower's Yearning