Nobuo Nakamura
Born September 14, 1908 (Age: 117)
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Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
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 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.
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.
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Filmography
Tidal Wave
1975
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as Japanese Ambassador
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Age: 66
Submersion of Japan
1973
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as Japanese Ambassador
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Age: 65
君は海を見たか
1971
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as
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Age: 62
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
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as
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Age: 62
Sky Scraper!
1969
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as
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Age: 60
Futari no Koibito
1969
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as
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Age: 60
Young Guy in Rio
1968
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as
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Age: 59
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
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as Fujikawa
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Age: 59
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
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as Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
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Age: 59
3 Raccoon Dogs
1966
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as Ryūtarō Ōsato
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Age: 57
That Complicated Guy
1966
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as
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Age: 57
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
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as Nobuo Tomioka
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Age: 57
The White Rose of Hong Kong
1965
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as Kazumasa Nagahara
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Age: 56
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
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as
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Age: 55
Ai no uzu shio
1962
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as
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Age: 53
Structure of Hate
1961
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as
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Age: 53
City
1961
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as
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Age: 53
Okoto and Sasuke
1961
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as Shunsho Kengyo
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Age: 53
The Last War
1961
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as Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
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Age: 53
The Other Woman
1961
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as Kimura
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Age: 52
Blind Devotion
1961
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as Wataru Kamogawa
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Age: 52
The Twilight Story
1960
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as
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Age: 51
The Lost Alibi
1960
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as Takeda
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Age: 51
No Image
The Rokumeikan
1959
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as
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Age: 50
The Beast Shall Die
1959
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as Professor Sugimura
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Age: 50
Vagabond Employee: Revenge Version
1959
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as Executive Watanabe
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Age: 50
The Cast-Off
1959
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as Kuga
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Age: 50
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
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as Honsha Buchô
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Age: 50
The Days of Evil Women
1958
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as
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Age: 50
Flower's Yearning
1958
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as Hishikawa Kao
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Age: 49
Engagement Ring
1956
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as Yasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
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Age: 48
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
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as
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Age: 47
Gendai no yokubô
1956
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Age: 47
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
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Age: 47
The Romance of Yushima
1955
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Age: 47
Yukiko
1955
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as
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Age: 46