Nobuo Nakamura
Acting
Born September 14, 1908 · Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Ikiru
High and Low
NET Playhouse
Tokyo Story
The White Tower
Throne of Blood
Tampopo
Blind Devotion
The Bad Sleep Well
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Maboroshi no Satsui
Sky Scraper!
An Autumn Afternoon
Golden Partners
The Days of Evil Women
Kemono Michi
The Trading Company
Tokyo Twilight
The War of the Gargantuas
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Japan's Longest Day
Submersion of Japan
I Live in Fear
Early Spring
The Legendary Hell
Dogora
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Mount Hakone
Night Butterflies
Lullaby to Kill
One Night of Love
Late Autumn
Equinox Flower
BU・SU
The Lady Was Pawn
Tidal Wave
Flowing
Engagement Ring
The Blue Revolution
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