Nobuo Nakamura
Actor
Born September 14, 1908 in 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.
Filmography
No Life King
BU・SU
Customer
Tampopo
Old Gentleman
I Lived, But...
Self
The Tale of Saikaido
Kemono Michi
The Trading Company
Mikio Hamashima
Golden Partners
Watsuji
The White Tower
東貞蔵
Lullaby to Kill
Hôan Tatara
A Portrait of Shunkin
Harumatsu(春松検校)
The Last Song
Tidal Wave
Japanese Ambassador
Submersion of Japan
Japanese Ambassador
Internal Sleuth
The Twilight Years
Fujieda (attorney at law)
Cross-Currents
君は海を見たか
Maboroshi no Satsui
The Militarists
Koichi Kido
The Creature Called Man
Head of N-Bussan
Sky Scraper!
Futari no Koibito
The Night of the Seagull
Young Guy in Rio
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Fujikawa
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
Two in the Shadow
Sodachi zakari
Japan's Longest Day
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Thirst for Love
Father-in-Law
NET Playhouse
Dr. Baba
3 Raccoon Dogs
Ryūtarō Ōsato
The War of the Gargantuas
Professor Kita
That Complicated Guy
Kensaku Suga
Five Gents on the Spot
Nobuo Tomioka
The White Rose of Hong Kong
Kazumasa Nagahara
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Dr. Suga
The Radish and the Carrot
Female
Dogora
Doctor Matakata
The Naked Executive
Serizawa, executive
3 Gents in the Snow Country
High and Low
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
An Autumn Afternoon
Shuzo Kawai
A Night to Remember
Mount Hakone
Whirlpool of Love
Structure of Hate
Okoto and Sasuke
Shunsho Kengyo
City
The Last War
Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
The Other Woman
Kimura
Blind Devotion
Wataru Kamogawa
The Legendary Hell
Masabumi Gotō
Late Autumn
Shuzo Taguchi
The False Student
Jiro Takagi
The Bad Sleep Well
Legal Adviser
The Twilight Story
Just Barely
The Lost Alibi
Takeda
The Beast Shall Die
Professor Sugimura
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
Executive Watanabe
The Cast-Off
Kuga
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Honsha Buchô
The Days of Evil Women
Equinox Flower
Toshihiko Kawai
Flower's Yearning
Hishikawa Kao
Little Peach
Advance Patrol
Secret of Naruto
The Shadow Daughter
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Prof. Tanaka
Tokyo Twilight
Sakae Aiba
Night Butterflies
Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
Flowing
Doctor
Engagement Ring
Yasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Punishment Room
Gendai no yokubô
The Lady Was Pawn
Farewell to Dream
Seiji's father, Haruo
Early Spring
Arakawa
I Live in Fear
Psychologist
The Romance of Yushima
Beast Man Snow Man
Professor Koizumi
Yukiko
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
Tomoshibi
Itsuko to sono haha
Nomura, Chairman
One Night of Love
Koizumi
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Tokyo Story
Kurazo Kaneko
The Blue Revolution
Sunflower Girl
Ikiru
Deputy Mayor
Doctor's Day Off
Freedom School
A Descendant of Urashima Taro