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Nobuo Nakamura
Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
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 1…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nobuo Nakamura, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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1989
No Life King
Movie
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1987
BU・SU
Movie Customer
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1985
Tampopo
Movie Old Gentleman
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1983
I Lived, But...
Movie Self
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1983
The Tale of Saikaido
Movie
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1982
Kemono Michi
TV show
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1980
The Trading Company
TV show Mikio Hamashima
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1979
Golden Partners
Movie Watsuji
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1978
The White Tower
TV show 東貞蔵
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1977
Lullaby to Kill
Movie Hôan Tatara
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1976
A Portrait of Shunkin
Movie Harumatsu(春松検校)
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1975
The Last Song
Movie
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1975
Tidal Wave
Movie Japanese Ambassador
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1973
Submersion of Japan
Movie Japanese Ambassador
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1973
Internal Sleuth
Movie
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1973
The Twilight Years
Movie Fujieda (attorney at law)
More credits
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1972
Cross-Currents
Movie
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1971
君は海を見たか
Movie
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1971
Maboroshi no Satsui
Movie
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1970
The Militarists
Movie Koichi Kido
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1970
The Creature Called Man
Movie Head of N-Bussan
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1969
Sky Scraper!
Movie
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1969
Futari no Koibito
Movie
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1968
The Night of the Seagull
Movie
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1968
Young Guy in Rio
Movie
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1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Movie Fujikawa
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1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Movie Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
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1967
Two in the Shadow
Movie
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1967
Sodachi zakari
Movie
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1967
Japan's Longest Day
Movie Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
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1967
Thirst for Love
Movie Father-in-Law
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1966
NET Playhouse
TV show Dr. Baba
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1966
3 Raccoon Dogs
Movie Ryūtarō Ōsato
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1966
The War of the Gargantuas
Movie Professor Kita
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1966
That Complicated Guy
Movie Kensaku Suga
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1966
Five Gents on the Spot
Movie Nobuo Tomioka
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1965
The White Rose of Hong Kong
Movie Kazumasa Nagahara
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1965
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Movie Dr. Suga
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1965
You Can If You Try
Movie
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