Nobuo Nakamura
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.
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Acting
Movie
Ikiru
as Deputy Mayor
1952
Movie
Tokyo Story
as Kurazo Kaneko
1953
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High and Low
as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
1963
Movie
Throne of Blood
as Phantom samurai
1957
Movie
Tampopo
as Old Gentleman
1985
Movie
An Autumn Afternoon
as Shuzo Kawai
1962
Movie
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Honsha Buchô
1959
Movie
The Bad Sleep Well
as Legal Adviser
1960
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Late Autumn
as Shuzo Taguchi
1960
Movie
Equinox Flower
as Toshihiko Kawai
1958
Movie
Tokyo Twilight
as Sakae Aiba
1957
Movie
I Live in Fear
as Psychologist
1955
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The War of the Gargantuas
as Professor Kita
1966
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Early Spring
as Arakawa
1956
Movie
Frankenstein Conquers the World
as Dr. Suga
1965
Movie
Two in the Shadow
1967
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Dogora
as Doctor Matakata
1964
Movie
Flowing
as Doctor
1956
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Japan's Longest Day
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
1967
Movie
Secret of Naruto
1957
Movie
Submersion of Japan
as Japanese Ambassador
1973
Movie
Thirst for Love
as Father-in-Law
1967
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Beast Man Snow Man
as Professor Koizumi
1955
Movie
Lullaby to Kill
as Hôan Tatara
1977