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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…
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- NET Playhouse (1966) as Dr. Baba
- High and Low (1963) as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
- Ikiru (1952) as Deputy Mayor
- Tokyo Story (1953) as Kurazo Kaneko
- Throne of Blood (1957) as Phantom samurai
- The White Tower (1978) as 東貞蔵
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) as Honsha Buchô
- Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) as Dr. Suga
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Legal Adviser
- Tampopo (1985) as Old Gentleman
- An Autumn Afternoon (1962) as Shuzo Kawai
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) as Sakae Aiba
- I Live in Fear (1955) as Psychologist
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966) as Professor Kita
- Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1957) as Prof. Tanaka
- Equinox Flower (1958) as Toshihiko Kawai
- Late Autumn (1960) as Shuzo Taguchi
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
- Early Spring (1956) as Arakawa
- Lullaby to Kill (1977) as Hôan Tatara
- Kemono Michi (1982) Cast
- Submersion of Japan (1973) as Japanese Ambassador
- Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant (1968) as Fujikawa
- BU・SU (1987) as Customer
- The Trading Company (1980) as Mikio Hamashima
- Secret of Naruto (1957) Cast
- Inhibited Love (1955) Cast
- The Last War (1961) as Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
- Golden Partners (1979) as Watsuji
- Dogora (1964) as Doctor Matakata
- Blind Devotion (1961) as Wataru Kamogawa
- Tidal Wave (1975) as Japanese Ambassador
- Five Gents and Karate Grandpa (1968) as Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
- Mount Hakone (1962) Cast
- Thirst for Love (1967) as Father-in-Law
- Five Gents on the Spot (1966) as Nobuo Tomioka
- Leader of the Bomb Girls (1959) Cast
- The Naked Executive (1964) as Serizawa, executive
- Maboroshi no Satsui (1971) Cast
- The Days of Evil Women (1958) Cast
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Most-watched Nobuo Nakamura films currently: High and Low (1963), Ikiru (1952), Tokyo Story (1953), Throne of Blood (1957), The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959).
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Selected TV credits: NET Playhouse (1966), The White Tower (1978), Kemono Michi (1982), The Trading Company (1980).
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