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Nobuo Nakamura was a Japanese actor, who made notable appearances in the films of Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirō Ozu in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps his most famous roles in the West were those of the callous deputy mayor in Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952), and the hairdresser's henpecked husband in Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953).
Born
Monday, 14 September 1908
Died
Friday, 05 July 1991
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Dr. Kita | 2007 |
| No raifu kingu | 1989 | |
| Bu su | Customer | 1987 |
| Tampopo | Intended victim of con man / Old Gentleman | 1985 |
| I Lived, But... | Self | 1983 |
| Golden Partners | Watsuji | 1979 |
| Akuma no temari-uta | Hôan Tatara | 1977 |
| Shunkinsho | Harumatsu | 1976 |
| The Last Song | 1975 | |
| Submersion of Japan | Japanese Ambassador to Australia / Japanese Ambassador | 1973 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Dr. Kita | 2007 |
| No raifu kingu | 1989 | |
| Bu su | Customer | 1987 |
| Tampopo | Intended victim of con man / Old Gentleman | 1985 |
| I Lived, But... | Self | 1983 |
| Golden Partners | Watsuji | 1979 |
| Akuma no temari-uta | Hôan Tatara | 1977 |
| Shunkinsho | Harumatsu | 1976 |
| The Last Song | 1975 | |
| Submersion of Japan | Japanese Ambassador to Australia / Japanese Ambassador | 1973 |
| Kôkotsu no hito | Fujieda, lawyer | 1973 |
| Kuro no honryu | Daizo Kitagawa | 1972 |
| Maboroshi no satsui | 1971 | |
| The Militarists | Koichi / Koichi Kido | 1970 |
| The Creature Called Man | Head of N-Bussan | 1970 |
| Futari no koibito | Ryôhei Kôno | 1969 |
| Suna no kaori | Chief Judge | 1968 |
| Rio no wakadaishô | 1968 | |
| Shachô hanjôki | 1968 | |
| Scattered Clouds | 1967 | |
| Japan's Longest Day | Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido | 1967 |
| Thirst for Love | Yakichi Sugimoto / Father-in-Law | 1967 |
| NET Playhouse | Dr. Baba | 1966 |
| The War of the Gargantuas | Dr. Kita | 1966 |
| Honkon no shiroibara | Nagahara | 1965 |
| Frankenstein vs. Baragon | Skeptical Museum Chief | 1965 |
| Radishes and Carrots | 1965 | |
| Dogora | Dr. Munakata / Doctor Matakata | 1964 |
| Hadaka no jûyaku | Serizawa, executive | 1964 |
| Zoku shachô shinshiroku | 1964 | |
| High and Low | Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director | 1963 |
| An Autumn Afternoon | Shuzo Kawai | 1962 |
| A Night to Remember | Taneda | 1962 |
| Okoto to Sasuke | Shunsho Kengyo | 1961 |
| The Last War | Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa | 1961 |
| Poignant Story | Kimura | 1961 |
| Tôkyô yawa | Kyosuke Kamiko | 1961 |
| Late Autumn | Shuzo Taguchi | 1960 |
| A False Student | Takagi | 1960 |
| The Bad Sleep Well | Legal Adviser | 1960 |
| The Twilight Story | Sanji | 1960 |
| The Lost Alibi | Takeda | 1960 |
| Kaoyaku to bakudan musume | Kôda | 1959 |
| Hanran | Kuga | 1959 |
| The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | Honsha Buchô | 1959 |
| Akujo no kisetsu | Dr. Mizutani | 1958 |
| Equinox Flower | Toshihiko Kawai | 1958 |
| Little Peach | 1958 | |
| The Rickshaw Man | Yoshiko's brother | 1958 |
| Haru kôrô no hana no en | Shuntarô Tanaka | 1958 |
| Night Butterflies | Customer | 1957 |
| Hikage no musume | 1957 | |
| Tokyo Twilight | Sakae Aiba | 1957 |
| Throne of Blood | Phantom samurai | 1957 |
| Konyaku yubiwa-engeeji ringu | 1956 | |
| Flowing | 1956 | |
| Punishment Room | Professor | 1956 |
| Gendai no yokubô | Takamatsu | 1956 |
| White Devilfish | 1956 | |
| Farewell to Dream | Seiji's father, Haruo | 1956 |
| Early Spring | Arakawa, chief executive | 1956 |
| I Live in Fear | Psychologist | 1955 |
| Shichinin no ani imôto | Yukichi Kitahara | 1955 |
| Jû jin yuki otoko | Professor Koizumi | 1955 |
| Yukiko | 1955 | |
| Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman | Prof. Tanaka | 1955 |
| Itsuko to sono haha | Nomura, Chairman | 1954 |
| An Inlet of Muddy Water | Yasubee (Story 2) | 1953 |
| Tokyo Story | Kurazo Kaneko | 1953 |
| The Blue Revolution | Professor Hisamatsu | 1953 |
| Sunflower Girl | 1953 | |
| Zoku Judai No Seiten | Tateuo Ueda | 1953 |
| Ikiru | Deputy Mayor | 1952 |
| Adventure in Tokyo | Take-san | 1952 |
| The Descendants of Taro Urashima | 1946 | |
| Haha no chizu | Hideo | 1942 |
| Hanataba no yume | 1938 |
