Nobuo Nakamura

Where to watch Nobuo Nakamura

• High and LowMovie · 1963
• IkiruMovie · 1952

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.

Filmography

1. 1989No Life King
2. 1987BU・SUas Customer
3. 1985Tampopoas Old Gentleman
4. 1983I Lived, But...as Self
5. 1978The White Toweras 東貞蔵 · 31 episodes
6. 1977Lullaby to Killas Hôan Tatara
7. 1976A Portrait of Shunkinas Harumatsu(春松検校)
8. 1975The Last Song
9. 1973Submersion of Japanas Japanese Ambassador
10. 1973Internal Sleuth
11. 1973The Twilight Yearsas Fujieda (attorney at law)
12. 1972Cross-Currents
13. 1970The Militaristsas Koichi Kido
14. 1970The Creature Called Manas Head of N-Bussan
15. 1969Sky Scraper!
16. 1969Futari no Koibito
17. 1967Two in the Shadow
18. 1967Sodachi zakari
19. 1967Japan's Longest Dayas Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
20. 1967Thirst for Loveas Father-in-Law
21. 1966NET Playhouseas Dr. Baba · 1 episode
22. 1966The War of the Gargantuasas Professor Kita
23. 1965Frankenstein Conquers the Worldas Dr. Suga
24. 1965The Radish and the Carrot
25. 1964Dogoraas Doctor Matakata
26. 1964The Naked Executiveas Serizawa, executive
27. 1963High and Lowas Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
28. 1962An Autumn Afternoonas Shuzo Kawai
29. 1962A Night to Remember
30. 1962Mount Hakone
31. 1961The Last Waras Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
32. 1961The Other Womanas Kimura
33. 1960Late Autumnas Shuzo Taguchi
34. 1960The False Studentas Jiro Takagi
35. 1960The Bad Sleep Wellas Legal Adviser
36. 1960The Twilight Story
37. 1960The Lost Alibias Takeda
38. 1959The Beast Shall Dieas Professor Sugimura
39. 1959The Cast-Offas Kuga
40. 1959The Human Condition I: No Greater Loveas Honsha Buchô
41. 1958Equinox Floweras Toshihiko Kawai
42. 1958Little Peach
43. 1957Advance Patrol
44. 1957Secret of Naruto
45. 1957Night Butterflies
46. 1957Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowmanas Prof. Tanaka
47. 1957Tokyo Twilightas Sakae Aiba
48. 1957Throne of Bloodas Phantom samurai
49. 1956Flowingas Doctor
50. 1956Punishment Room
51. 1956Farewell to Dreamas Seiji's father, Haruo
52. 1956Early Springas Arakawa
53. 1955I Live in Fearas Psychologist
54. 1955The Romance of Yushima
55. 1955Beast Man Snow Manas Professor Koizumi
56. 1953An Inlet of Muddy Water
57. 1953Tokyo Storyas Kurazo Kaneko
58. 1952Ikiruas Deputy Mayor
59. 1952Doctor's Day Off
60. 1946A Descendant of Urashima Taro