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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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Filmography
all 86
Movies 82
TV Shows 4
self 1
Director 1

BU・SU (1987)

Tampopo (1985)

The Trading Company (1980)

Zoku zoku jiken (1980)

Golden Partners (1979)

Lullaby to Kill (1977)

A Portrait of Shunkin (1976)

Tidal Wave (1975)

Submersion of Japan (1973)

The Twilight Years (1973)

The Militarists (1970)

The Creature Called Man (1970)

Japan's Longest Day (1967)

Thirst for Love (1967)

The War of the Gargantuas (1966)

The White Rose of Hong Kong (1965)

Dogora (1964)

The Naked Executive (1964)

High and Low (1963)

An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

Okoto and Sasuke (1961)

The Last War (1961)

Blind Devotion (1961)

Late Autumn (1960)

The False Student (1960)

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

The Beast Shall Die (1959)

Equinox Flower (1958)

The Rickshaw Man (1958)

Tokyo Twilight (1957)

Throne of Blood (1957)

Flowing (1956)

Farewell to Dream (1956)

Early Spring (1956)

I Live in Fear (1955)

Half Human (1955)

Itsuko to sono haha (1954)

Tokyo Story (1953)

Ikiru (1952)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1908-09-14
Deathday1991-07-05 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceOtaru, Japan
ChildrenMinako Ide, Mariko Nakamura
CitizenshipsEmpire of Japan, Japan
Also Known AsНобуо Накамура
AwardsMedal with Purple Ribbon
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