Nobuo Nakamura
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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.6032 |
| Birthday | 1908-09-14 |
| Place of Birth | Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Also Known As | Нобуо Накамура, |
1965
Frankenstein Conquers the World
6.7/69
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a...
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Frankenstein Conquers the World
1952
Ikiru
8.308/1309
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Ikiru
1960
Late Autumn
7.7/171
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
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1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
8.116/275
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
7.7/275
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The Bad Sleep Well
1985
Tampopo
7.8/415
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Tampopo
1963
High and Low
8.4/1090
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High and Low
1964
Dogora
6.75/44
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Dogora
1953
Tokyo Story
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Tokyo Story
1964
Female
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1957
Tokyo Twilight
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Tokyo Twilight
1964
The Naked Executive
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1969
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1967
Thirst for Love
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Thirst for Love
1961
The Last War
6.273/11
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The Last War
1971
君は海を見たか
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1989
No Life King
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1977
Lullaby to Kill
6.4/14
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Lullaby to Kill
1983
The Tale of Saikaido
0/0
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The Tale of Saikaido
1976
A Portrait of Shunkin
7.3/3
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A Portrait of Shunkin
1955
Beast Man Snow Man
4.563/16
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Beast Man Snow Man
1962
Ai no uzu shio
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1962 Japanese movie
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Ai no uzu shio
1967
Sodachi zakari
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Japanese movie released on September 30 , 1967 . Produced and distributed by Toho . Color , Toho scope . Running time is 88 minutes.
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Sodachi zakari
1970
The Creature Called Man
6/1
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The Creature Called Man
1970
The Militarists
8/1
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The Militarists
1962
Mount Hakone
0/0
Japanese drama.
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Mount Hakone
1955
The Romance of Yushima
6/1
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The Romance of Yushima
1955
Yukiko
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Yukiko
1971
Maboroshi no Satsui
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Maboroshi no Satsui
1969
Sky Scraper!
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A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
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Sky Scraper!
1959
The Cast-Off
6/0
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BU・SU
5.9/12
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BU・SU
1951
Freedom School
0/0
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Freedom School
1964
3 Gents in the Snow Country
0/0
Shûe Matsubayashi movie
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3 Gents in the Snow Country
1955
I Live in Fear
7.298/119
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I Live in Fear
1957
Throne of Blood
7.917/960
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Throne of Blood
1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp
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Will-o'-the-Wisp
1957
Advance Patrol
5/3
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Advance Patrol
1956
Flowing
7.176/34
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Flowing
1958
Little Peach
5.9/14
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Little Peach
1959
The Rokumeikan
0/0
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The Rokumeikan
1957
Night Butterflies
6.3/3
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Night Butterflies
1962
A Night to Remember
6/1
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1975
The Last Song
6.8/4
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The Last Song
1960
The Twilight Story
8/1
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The Twilight Story
1961
The Other Woman
6.3/7
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1960
The Lost Alibi
4.6/7
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The Lost Alibi
1958
Equinox Flower
7.444/162
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Equinox Flower
1956
Punishment Room
6.9/6
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Punishment Room
1967
Two in the Shadow
7.7/46
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Two in the Shadow
1957
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
3/12
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Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1968
The Night of the Seagull
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The Night of the Seagull
1973
Internal Sleuth
7.5/4
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Internal Sleuth
1961
Okoto and Sasuke
0/0
One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.
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Okoto and Sasuke
1961
Blind Devotion
0/0
Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.
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Blind Devotion
1983
I Lived, But...
6.5/8
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both i...
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I Lived, But...
1973
The Twilight Years
6/1
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The Twilight Years
1958
The Days of Evil Women
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The Days of Evil Women
1960
The False Student
6.5/6
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The False Student
1959
The Beast Shall Die
5.6/8
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The Beast Shall Die
1972
Cross-Currents
6/2
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Cross-Currents
1946
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
6/1
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A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1965
The Radish and the Carrot
10/1
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The Radish and the Carrot
1956
Farewell to Dream
6.9/8
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Farewell to Dream
1962
An Autumn Afternoon
7.9/314
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest...
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An Autumn Afternoon
1966
The War of the Gargantuas
6.371/105
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The War of the Gargantuas
1979
Golden Partners
0/0
A motorcycle cop and a freelance photographer, having learned the location of 1 billion yen's worth of the Imperial Navy's gold, team up to salvage it...
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Golden Partners
1973
Submersion of Japan
6.881/21
A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic erupt...
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Submersion of Japan
1954
Itsuko to sono haha
0/0
An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.
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Itsuko to sono haha
1956
Early Spring
7.5/92
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
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Early Spring
1953
Sunflower Girl
0/0
Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that...
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Sunflower Girl
1957
Secret of Naruto
6.9/26
From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the...
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Secret of Naruto
1952
Doctor's Day Off
6/3
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Doctor's Day Off
1953
The Blue Revolution
0/0
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The Blue Revolution
1954
Tomoshibi
0/0
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Tomoshibi
1953
An Inlet of Muddy Water
6.1/7
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An Inlet of Muddy Water
1967
Japan's Longest Day
7.15/30
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies...
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Japan's Longest Day
1961
City
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City
1966
That Complicated Guy
0/0
Melodrama based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.
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That Complicated Guy
1975
Tidal Wave
0/0
Two hundred million years ago, Earth had a single continent. As the millennia progressed, the single continent slowly split off into smaller continent...
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Tidal Wave
1965
The White Rose of Hong Kong
0/0
Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong Kong, where personal ties and painful secrets unra...
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The White Rose of Hong Kong
1966
Five Gents on the Spot
0/0
As his fashion company rides a wave of post-recession success, President Kurihara seeks to expand into women’s apparel through a deepening partnership...
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Five Gents on the Spot
1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
0/0
"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company.
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Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
0/0
An aging company president pushes a youth-focused corporate fitness campaign but struggles to keep up himself.
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Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1957
The Shadow Daughter
0/0
Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreaks. After an unexpected pregnancy, she has an abort...
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The Shadow Daughter
1961
Structure of Hate
0/0
Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.
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Structure of Hate
1959
Vagabond Employee: Revenge Version
0/0
Caught in a corporate power struggle, a man uses betrayal and strategy to expose corruption and settle personal scores—only to find true support where...
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Vagabond Employee: Revenge Version
1966
3 Raccoon Dogs
0/0
A conman team swindles through jewel scams, marriage fraud, and fake school admissions. Their schemes bring quick riches but collapse before escape, l...
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3 Raccoon Dogs
1958
Flower's Yearning
0/0
Domoto Kozue, a gifted young ikebana artist, shoulders the legacy of her late father’s school while navigating the pressures of family expectation and...
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Flower's Yearning
1956
Engagement Ring
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A wealthy young man, engaged through family arrangement, meets a humble shop girl after she finds his lost ring. Their growing affection challenges cl...
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Engagement Ring
1956
Gendai no yokubô
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Gendai no yokubô
1968
Young Guy in Rio
6/1
Yuzo Kayama is captain of the Fencing team and visits Brazil to work in the shipyards with his professor. There he meets his beautiful daughter (Mie N...
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