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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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- 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 Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Legal Adviser
- Tampopo (1985) as Old Gentleman
- The White Tower (1978) as 東貞蔵
- Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) as Dr. Suga
- The Trading Company (1980) as Mikio Hamashima
- An Autumn Afternoon (1962) as Shuzo Kawai
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) as Honsha Buchô
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966) as Professor Kita
- Late Autumn (1960) as Shuzo Taguchi
- Futari no Koibito (1969) Cast
- Dogora (1964) as Doctor Matakata
- Early Spring (1956) as Arakawa
- NET Playhouse (1966) as Dr. Baba
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) as Sakae Aiba
- Submersion of Japan (1973) as Japanese Ambassador
- Kemono Michi (1982) Cast
- I Live in Fear (1955) as Psychologist
- Equinox Flower (1958) as Toshihiko Kawai
- Two in the Shadow (1967) Cast
- The Lost Alibi (1960) as Takeda
- A Portrait of Shunkin (1976) as Harumatsu(春松検校)
- Flowing (1956) as Doctor
- The Militarists (1970) as Koichi Kido
- BU・SU (1987) as Customer
- Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1957) as Prof. Tanaka
- The White Rose of Hong Kong (1965) as Kazumasa Nagahara
- Beast Man Snow Man (1955) as Professor Koizumi
- Lullaby to Kill (1977) as Hôan Tatara
- Punishment Room (1956) Cast
- An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) Cast
- The Beast Shall Die (1959) as Professor Sugimura
- The Last War (1961) as Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
- Secret of Naruto (1957) Cast
- Internal Sleuth (1973) Cast
- The Radish and the Carrot (1965) 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 Bad Sleep Well (1960).
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Selected TV credits: The White Tower (1978), The Trading Company (1980), NET Playhouse (1966), Kemono Michi (1982).
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