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 Kurosawas Ikiru (1952), and the hairdressers henpecked husband in Ozus 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 Wildes Salome, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Serebryakov in Chekovs Uncle Vanya, and Krapp in Krapps 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 Mishimas 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 Ionescos 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.
Dr. Suga
Film 1965
Deputy Mayor
Film 1952
Shuzo Taguchi
Film 1960
Honsha Buchô
Film 1959
Legal Adviser
Film 1960
Old Gentleman
Film 1985
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Film 1963
Doctor Matakata
Film 1964
Kurazo Kaneko
Film 1953
Film 1964
Sakae Aiba
Film 1957
Serizawa, executive
Film 1964
Film 1969
Father-in-Law
Film 1967
Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
Film 1961
Film 1971
Film 1989
Hôan Tatara
Film 1977
Film 1983
Harumatsu(春松検校)
Film 1976
Professor Koizumi
Film 1955
Film 1962
Film 1967
Head of N-Bussan
Film 1970
Film 1962
Film 1955
Film 1955
Film 1971
Film 1969
Film 1959
Customer
Film 1987
Film 1951
Film 1964
Psychologist
Film 1955
Phantom samurai
Film 1957
Film 1956
Film 1957
Doctor
Film 1956
Film 1958
Film 1959
Film 1957
Film 1962
Film 1975
Film 1960
Kimura
Film 1961
Takeda
Film 1960
Toshihiko Kawai
Film 1958
Film 1956
Film 1967
Prof. Tanaka
Film 1958
Film 1968
Film 1973
Shunsho Kengyo
Film 1961
Wataru Kamogawa
Film 1961
Self
Film 1983
Fujieda (attorney at law)
Film 1973
Film 1958
Jiro Takagi
Film 1960
Professor Sugimura
Film 1959
Film 1972
Film 1946
Film 1965
Seiji's father, Haruo
Film 1956
Shuzo Kawai
Film 1962
Dr. Kita
Film 1966
Watsuji
Film 1979
Japanese Ambassador
Film 1973
Nomura, Chairman
Film 1954
Arakawa
Film 1956
Film 1953
Film 1957
Film 1952
Film 1953
Film 1954
Film 1953
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Film 1967
Film 1961
Film 1966
Mikio Hamashima
Tv 1980
東貞蔵
Tv 1978
Tv 1982