Nobuo Nakamura
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
No Life King
1989
BU・SU
1987
as Customer
Tampopo
1985
as Old Gentleman
The Tale of Saikaido
1983
I Lived, But...
1983
as Self
Kemono Michi
1982
The Trading Company
1980
as Mikio Hamashima
Golden Partners
1979
as Watsuji
The White Tower
1978
as 東貞蔵
Lullaby to Kill
1977
as Hôan Tatara
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976
as Harumatsu(春松検校)
The Last Song
1975
Tidal Wave
1975
as Japanese Ambassador
Internal Sleuth
1973
The Twilight Years
1973
as Fujieda (attorney at law)
Submersion of Japan
1973
as Japanese Ambassador
Cross-Currents
1972
君は海を見たか
1971
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
The Creature Called Man
1970
as Head of N-Bussan
The Militarists
1970
as Koichi Kido
Futari no Koibito
1969
Sky Scraper!
1969
The Night of the Seagull
1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
as Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
as Fujikawa
Young Guy in Rio
1968
Thirst for Love
1967
as Father-in-Law
Sodachi zakari
1967
Two in the Shadow
1967
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
The War of the Gargantuas
1966
as Professor Kita
That Complicated Guy
1966
as Kensaku Suga
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
as Nobuo Tomioka
3 Raccoon Dogs
1966
as Ryūtarō Ōsato
NET Playhouse
1966
as Dr. Baba
Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965
as Dr. Suga
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
The White Rose of Hong Kong
1965
as Kazumasa Nagahara
You Can If You Try
1965
Dogora
1964
as Doctor Matakata
Female
1964
The Naked Executive
1964
as Serizawa, executive
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
High and Low
1963
as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Whirlpool of Love
1962
Mount Hakone
1962
A Night to Remember
1962
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Shuzo Kawai
The Last War
1961
as Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
The Other Woman
1961
as Kimura
Okoto and Sasuke
1961
as Shunsho Kengyo
Blind Devotion
1961
as Wataru Kamogawa
City
1961
Structure of Hate
1961
Late Autumn
1960
as Shuzo Taguchi
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Legal Adviser
The Twilight Story
1960
The Lost Alibi
1960
as Takeda
The False Student
1960
as Jiro Takagi
The Legendary Hell
1960
as Masabumi Gotō
Just Barely
1960
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Honsha Buchô
The Cast-Off
1959
as Kuga
The Rokumeikan
1959
The Beast Shall Die
1959
as Professor Sugimura
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
1959
as Executive Watanabe
A Woman's Heart
1959
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
as Father
Leader of the Bomb Girls
1959
Little Peach
1958
Equinox Flower
1958
as Toshihiko Kawai
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Flower's Yearning
1958
as Hishikawa Kao
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Sakae Aiba
Throne of Blood
1957
as Phantom samurai
Advance Patrol
1957
Night Butterflies
1957
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957
as Prof. Tanaka
Secret of Naruto
1957
The Shadow Daughter
1957
as Yamagishi
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
Flowing
1956
as Doctor
Punishment Room
1956
Farewell to Dream
1956
as Seiji's father, Haruo
Early Spring
1956
as Arakawa
Engagement Ring
1956
as Yasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
Gendai no yokubô
1956
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
Spark
1956
Beast Man Snow Man
1955
as Professor Koizumi
The Romance of Yushima
1955
Yukiko
1955
I Live in Fear
1955
as Psychologist
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
Inhibited Love
1955
Hahabue kobue
1955
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
as Nomura, Chairman
Tomoshibi
1954
One Night of Love
1954
as Koizumi
Tokyo Story
1953
as Kurazo Kaneko
Sunflower Girl
1953
The Blue Revolution
1953
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Ikiru
1952
as Deputy Mayor
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Freedom School
1951
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946