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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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- Ikiru (1952) as Deputy Mayor
- High and Low (1963) as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
- Tokyo Story (1953) as Kurazo Kaneko
- Tampopo (1985) as Old Gentleman
- Throne of Blood (1957) as Phantom samurai
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Legal Adviser
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) as Honsha Buchô
- Two in the Shadow (1967) Cast
- Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) as Dr. Suga
- The White Tower (1978) as 東貞蔵
- The Trading Company (1980) as Mikio Hamashima
- I Live in Fear (1955) as Psychologist
- Submersion of Japan (1973) as Japanese Ambassador
- Early Spring (1956) as Arakawa
- An Autumn Afternoon (1962) as Shuzo Kawai
- The Militarists (1970) as Koichi Kido
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966) as Professor Kita
- Equinox Flower (1958) as Toshihiko Kawai
- Sunflower Girl (1953) Cast
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) as Sakae Aiba
- Beast Man Snow Man (1955) as Professor Koizumi
- Little Peach (1958) Cast
- The Naked Executive (1964) as Serizawa, executive
- Dogora (1964) as Doctor Matakata
- The Romance of Yushima (1955) Cast
- Late Autumn (1960) as Shuzo Taguchi
- The Radish and the Carrot (1965) Cast
- The White Rose of Hong Kong (1965) as Kazumasa Nagahara
- The Beast Shall Die (1959) as Professor Sugimura
- BU・SU (1987) as Customer
- Tidal Wave (1975) as Japanese Ambassador
- An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) Cast
- Lullaby to Kill (1977) as Hôan Tatara
- The Twilight Story (1960) Cast
- The Other Woman (1961) as Kimura
- Night Butterflies (1957) Cast
- Flowing (1956) as Doctor
- The Lost Alibi (1960) as Takeda
- Structure of Hate (1961) Cast
- Five Gents and Karate Grandpa (1968) as Fujikawa (Atlas Motors President)
- A Portrait of Shunkin (1976) as Harumatsu(春松検校)
- Punishment Room (1956) Cast
- Internal Sleuth (1973) Cast
- Advance Patrol (1957) Cast
- Yukiko (1955) Cast
- Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant (1968) as Fujikawa
- 3 Gents in the Snow Country (1964) Cast
- The Last War (1961) as Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
- Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1957) as Prof. Tanaka
- I Lived, But... (1983) as Self
- Will-o'-the-Wisp (1956) Cast
- The False Student (1960) as Jiro Takagi
- A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946) Cast
- City (1961) Cast
- The Twilight Years (1973) as Fujieda (attorney at law)
- Thirst for Love (1967) as Father-in-Law
- The Last Song (1975) Cast
- Cross-Currents (1972) Cast
- Itsuko to sono haha (1954) as Nomura, Chairman
- Whirlpool of Love (1962) Cast
- The Creature Called Man (1970) as Head of N-Bussan
- Young Guy in Rio (1968) Cast
- The Cast-Off (1959) as Kuga
- Futari no Koibito (1969) Cast
- The Blue Revolution (1953) Cast
- Five Gents on the Spot (1966) as Nobuo Tomioka
- A Night to Remember (1962) Cast
- Sky Scraper! (1969) Cast
- Secret of Naruto (1957) Cast
- Vagabond Employee: Revenge (1959) as Executive Watanabe
- Doctor's Day Off (1952) Cast
- Freedom School (1951) Cast
- The Night of the Seagull (1968) Cast
- Mount Hakone (1962) Cast
- Sodachi zakari (1967) Cast
- Farewell to Dream (1956) as Seiji's father, Haruo
- That Complicated Guy (1966) Cast
- Flower's Yearning (1958) as Hishikawa Kao
- No Life King (1989) Cast
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Most-watched Nobuo Nakamura films currently: Ikiru (1952), High and Low (1963), Japan's Longest Day (1967), Tokyo Story (1953), Tampopo (1985).
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Selected TV credits: The White Tower (1978), The Trading Company (1980), Kemono Michi (1982).
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