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

  • Ikiru

    Ikiru

  • Blind Devotion

    Blind Devotion

  • Tampopo

    Tampopo

  • Tokyo Story

    Tokyo Story

  • Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

  • The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

  • 3 Raccoon Dogs

    3 Raccoon Dogs

  • Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

  • Sky Scraper!

    Sky Scraper!

  • Frankenstein Conquers the World

    Frankenstein Conquers the World

  • Late Autumn

    Late Autumn

  • The White Tower

    The White Tower

  • The Militarists

    The Militarists

  • Tokyo Twilight

    Tokyo Twilight

  • Dogora

    Dogora

  • An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon

  • Equinox Flower

    Equinox Flower

  • I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear

  • The War of the Gargantuas

    The War of the Gargantuas

  • Early Spring

    Early Spring

  • Submersion of Japan

    Submersion of Japan

  • 幻の殺意

    幻の殺意

  • The Trading Company

    The Trading Company

  • Lullaby to Kill

    Lullaby to Kill

  • Female

    Female

  • Beast Man Snow Man

    Beast Man Snow Man

  • Engagement Ring

    Engagement Ring

  • The Romance of Yushima

    The Romance of Yushima

  • Two in the Shadow

    Two in the Shadow

  • An Inlet of Muddy Water

    An Inlet of Muddy Water

  • Flowing

    Flowing

  • The Last War

    The Last War

  • Kemono Michi

    Kemono Michi

  • Little Peach

    Little Peach

  • Advance Patrol

    Advance Patrol

  • Thirst for Love

    Thirst for Love

  • A Portrait of Shunkin

    A Portrait of Shunkin

  • The Beast Shall Die

    The Beast Shall Die

  • Structure of Hate

    Structure of Hate

  • Ai no uzu shio

    Ai no uzu shio

  • The White Rose of Hong Kong

    The White Rose of Hong Kong

  • Yukiko

    Yukiko

  • I Lived, But...

    I Lived, But...

  • Punishment Room

    Punishment Room

  • The Other Woman

    The Other Woman

  • Sodachi zakari

    Sodachi zakari

  • The Twilight Story

    The Twilight Story

  • The Lost Alibi

    The Lost Alibi

  • A Descendant of Urashima Taro

    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

  • BU・SU

    BU・SU

  • Night Butterflies

    Night Butterflies

  • Cross-Currents

    Cross-Currents

  • Tomoshibi

    Tomoshibi

  • Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

    Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

  • Doctor's Day Off

    Doctor's Day Off

  • The Last Song

    The Last Song

  • Internal Sleuth

    Internal Sleuth

  • Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

    Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

  • The Naked Executive

    The Naked Executive

  • The Radish and the Carrot

    The Radish and the Carrot

  • Tidal Wave

    Tidal Wave

  • 君は海を見たか

    君は海を見たか

  • 3 Gents in the Snow Country

    3 Gents in the Snow Country

  • The Cast-Off

    The Cast-Off

  • A Night to Remember

    A Night to Remember

  • Will-o'-the-Wisp

    Will-o'-the-Wisp

  • Itsuko to sono haha

    Itsuko to sono haha

  • The Creature Called Man

    The Creature Called Man

  • The Tale of Saikaido

    The Tale of Saikaido

  • Sunflower Girl

    Sunflower Girl

  • Vagabond Employee: Revenge Version

    Vagabond Employee: Revenge Version

  • Secret of Naruto

    Secret of Naruto

  • Okoto and Sasuke

    Okoto and Sasuke

  • The False Student

    The False Student

  • Futari no Koibito

    Futari no Koibito

  • The Night of the Seagull

    The Night of the Seagull

  • Golden Partners

    Golden Partners

  • That Complicated Guy

    That Complicated Guy

  • Farewell to Dream

    Farewell to Dream

  • Freedom School

    Freedom School

  • Mount Hakone

    Mount Hakone

  • Flower's Yearning

    Flower's Yearning

  • Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

    Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

  • The Twilight Years

    The Twilight Years

  • Five Gents on the Spot

    Five Gents on the Spot

  • The Shadow Daughter

    The Shadow Daughter

  • City

    City

  • The Rokumeikan

    The Rokumeikan

  • The Blue Revolution

    The Blue Revolution

  • No Life King

    No Life King

  • The Days of Evil Women

    The Days of Evil Women