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