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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nobuo Nakamura, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Tokyo Story
as Kurazo KanekoThe elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village...
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Throne of Blood
as Phantom samuraiReturning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who...
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High and Low
as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department DirectorA shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when...
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Ikiru
as Deputy MayorKanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position...
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An Autumn Afternoon
as Shuzo KawaiShuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that...
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The War of the Gargantuas
as Dr. KitaGaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks...
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Tampopo
as Old GentlemanIn this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit...
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Late Autumn
as Shuzo TaguchiA woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry,...
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Frankenstein Conquers the World
as Dr. SugaDuring WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to...
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I Live in Fear
as PsychologistKiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an...
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The Bad Sleep Well
as Legal AdviserIn this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position...
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Honsha BuchôAfter handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post...
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Tokyo Twilight
as Sakae AibaTwo sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the...
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Early Spring
as ArakawaA young salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship...
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Submersion of Japan
as Japanese AmbassadorA team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands...
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A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of...
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Equinox Flower
as Toshihiko KawaiWataru Hirayama outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter...
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Lullaby to Kill
as Hôan TataraKôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police...
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Japan's Longest Day
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi KidoFollowing the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military...
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Two in the Shadow
as uncreditedA man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him...
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The Beast Shall Die
as Professor SugimuraA promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following...
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The Last War
as Chief Cabinet Secretary FujikawaA Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the...
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Half Human
as Professor KoizumiThree competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as...
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I Lived, But...
as SelfAn extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination...
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Flowing
as uncreditedOtsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter...
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Thirst for Love
as Father-in-LawA young wealthy widow becomes sexually involved with her father-in-law, while harboring a...
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Okoto and Sasuke
as Shunsho KengyoOne of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.
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BU・SU
as CustomerMugiko, an 18-year-old attempts to escape her unhappiness with village life by going to Tokyo to...
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The Last Song
as uncreditedJunkichi is the son of a rich landlord, while Koyuki is the daughter of a poor lumber worker....
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A Portrait of Shunkin
as Harumatsu(春松検校)Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is...
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Doctor's Day Off
as uncreditedHaving completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day...
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Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as Prof. TanakaAn American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in...
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Night Butterflies
as uncreditedA traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
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The Lost Alibi
as TakedaSuspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised...
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Little Peach
as uncreditedAnzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her...
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The Radish and the Carrot
as uncreditedOne day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled...
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The Naked Executive
as Serizawa, executiveThe executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work",...
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Golden Partners
as WatsujiA motorcycle cop and a freelance photographer, having learned the location of 1 billion yen's...
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An Inlet of Muddy Water
as uncreditedA Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each...
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Hiroshima Heartache
as uncreditedSeventeen years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a newspaper reporter looks for...
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The Other Woman
as KimuraIn "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have...
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Advance Patrol
as uncreditedIn 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive...
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Sodachi zakari
as uncreditedJapanese movie released on September 30 , 1967 . Produced and distributed by Toho . Color , Toho...
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Sky Scraper!
as uncreditedA film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
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Cross-Currents
as uncreditedA ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager...
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Freedom School
as uncreditedMinamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is...
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Secret of Naruto
as uncreditedFrom the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima...
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The Cast-Off
as uncreditedThe inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high...
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Internal Sleuth
as uncreditedWhen 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective...
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Blind Devotion
as Wataru KamogawaLate romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.
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Punishment Room
as uncreditedShimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his...
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The Twilight Years
as Fujieda (attorney at law)A woman looks after her father in law.
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The Days of Evil Women
as uncreditedThe common-law wife and daughter of a wealthy old man plot to murder him and steal his fortune,...
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Farewell to Dream
as Seiji's father, HaruoA coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi...
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Itsuko to sono haha
as Nomura, ChairmanAn elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.
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The Tale of Saikaido
as uncreditedSet in the Kyushu area of the Edo period. This is a large-length bizarre story that incorporates...
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The False Student
as Jiro TakagiA youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
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The Night of the Seagull
as uncreditedA woman has a brief, intense affair with a younger man while awaiting her trial for the murder...
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Tomoshibi
as uncreditedStudents in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr Matsukuma...
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The Twilight Story
as uncreditedIn this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing...
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The Romance of Yushima
as uncreditedHayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much...
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Sunflower Girl
as uncreditedYoung Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei...
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The Creature Called Man
as Head of N-BussanA top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator,...
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No Life King
as uncreditedVia the New York Times: "The solemn, intent faces of the Japanese schoolboys playing video...
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The White Tower
as 東貞蔵The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors...
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Kemono Michi
as uncreditedThe drama sheds light on the dark side of Japan connected to the political and financial world...
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The Trading Company
as Mikio HamashimaAn economic drama depicting the struggle and collapse of a Japanese general trading company. The...
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