Nobuo Nakamura
Born in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan — Sep 14 1908• Died Jul 05 1991
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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 Ha…
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Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Ikiru
Deputy Mayor
Tokyo Story
Kurazo Kaneko
Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
Tampopo
Old Gentleman
The Bad Sleep Well
Legal Adviser
Lullaby to Kill
Hôan Tatara
The War of the Gargantuas
Professor Kita
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Honsha Buchô
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Dr. Suga
The White Tower
東貞蔵
Kemono Michi
Japan's Longest Day
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
I Live in Fear
Psychologist
Early Spring
Arakawa
Tokyo Twilight
Sakae Aiba
Late Autumn
Shuzo Taguchi
The Trading Company
Mikio Hamashima
Submersion of Japan
Japanese Ambassador
Equinox Flower
Toshihiko Kawai
Two in the Shadow
The Militarists
Koichi Kido
An Autumn Afternoon
Shuzo Kawai
Internal Sleuth
A Portrait of Shunkin
Harumatsu(春松検校)
Little Peach
The Last War
Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
Flowing
Doctor
The Radish and the Carrot
The Other Woman
Kimura
Advance Patrol
The Beast Shall Die
Professor Sugimura
Doctor's Day Off
Beast Man Snow Man
Professor Koizumi
Sunflower Girl
The Lost Alibi
Takeda
Dogora
Doctor Matakata
The Twilight Story
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Secret of Naruto
The Romance of Yushima
Ai no uzu shio
I Lived, But...
Self
The Tale of Saikaido
The Night of the Seagull
The White Rose of Hong Kong
Kazumasa Nagahara
Tomoshibi
Yukiko
Five Gents on the Spot
Nobuo Tomioka
The Last Song
A Night to Remember
Cross-Currents
Night Butterflies
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Fujikawa
Freedom School
The Naked Executive
Serizawa, executive
The Cast-Off
Kuga
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Sky Scraper!
The Creature Called Man
Head of N-Bussan
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
Executive Watanabe
BU・SU
Customer
Structure of Hate
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Prof. Tanaka
The False Student
Jiro Takagi
Flower's Yearning
Hishikawa Kao
Itsuko to sono haha
Nomura, Chairman
Blind Devotion
Wataru Kamogawa
Punishment Room
The Shadow Daughter
Golden Partners
Watsuji
Farewell to Dream
Seiji's father, Haruo
Tidal Wave
Japanese Ambassador
Mount Hakone
Thirst for Love
Father-in-Law
No Life King
The Rokumeikan
The Twilight Years
Fujieda (attorney at law)
Okoto and Sasuke
Shunsho Kengyo
That Complicated Guy
3 Gents in the Snow Country
Futari no Koibito
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
君は海を見たか
City
3 Raccoon Dogs
Ryūtarō Ōsato
The Days of Evil Women
Sodachi zakari
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Maboroshi no Satsui
Young Guy in Rio
The Blue Revolution
Female
Gendai no yokubô
Engagement Ring
Yasuyuki Kawaguchi (Tokio’s father)
The Lady Was Pawn