Nobuo Nakamura

was a Japanese stage and film actor, who appeared in many films by Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu and Mikio Naruse.

Biography A graduate from Tokyo Kaisei Junior High School, Nakamura studied at the Kawabata School of Painting. to become a founding member of the Geikan NLT theatre group in 1964, which staged many of Mishima's plays. He later joined the theatre groups Roman Theatre and En Theatre Group. Notable works in his filmography include Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru and High and Low, Yasujirō Ozu's Tokyo Story and Late Autumn, and Mikio Naruse's Flowing.

Selected filmography Films

1942: Haha no chizu – Hideo 1946: Urashima Tarō no kōei 1951: Jiyū gakkō 1952: Honjitsu kyūshin – Take-san 1952: Ikiru – Deputy Mayor 1953: Zoku Jūdai no seiten – Tateuo Ueda 1953: Aoiro kakumei – Professor Hisamatsu 1953: Senkan Yamato 1953: Tokyo Story – Kurazo Kaneko 1953: An Inlet of Muddy Water – Yasubee (Story 2) 1954: Itsuko to sono haha – Nomura, Chairman 1954: Tomoshibi – Keizo Kawamura 1955: Jū jin yuki otoko – Professor Koizumi 1955: Shichinin no ani imōto – Yukichi Kitahara 1955: I Live in Fear – Psychologist 1956: Early Spring – Arakawa, chief executive 1956: Farewell to Dream – Seiji's father, Haruo 1956: Shiroi magyo 1956: Gendai no yokubō – Takamatsu 1956: Punishment Room – Professor 1956: Onibi 1956: Konyaku yubiwa-engeeji ringu 1956: Flowing 1956: Hibana – Takayama 1957: Throne of Blood – Phantom samurai 1957: Tokyo Twilight – Sakae Aiba 1957: Hikage no musume 1957: Yoru no chō – Customer 1957: Sono yoru no himegoto – Ryusaku Endo 1957: Nichiro sensō shōri no hishi: Tekichū ōdan sanbyaku-ri 1958: Rickshaw Man – Yoshiko's brother 1958: Anzukko 1958: Hana no bojō – Kaō Hishikawa 1958: Equinox Flower – Toshihiko Kawai 1958: Akujo no kisetsu – Dr. Mizutani 1958: Haru kōrō no hana no en – Shuntarō Tanaka 1958: Half Human – Prof. Tanaka (uncredited) 1959: The Human Condition – Honsha Buchō 1959: Onna gokoro – Tsujinoto 1959: Hanran – Kuga 1959: Yajū shisubeshi – Professor Sugimura 1959: Anyakōro – Kensaku's father 1959: Kaoyaku to bakudan musume – Kōda 1960: Kuroi gashū: Aru sarariman no shōgen 1960: The Twilight Story – Sanji 1960: The Bad Sleep Well – Legal Adviser 1960: A False Student – Takagi 1960: Late Autumn – Shuzo Taguchi 1960: Oden jigoku – Masabumi Gotō 1961: Midaregami – Wataru Kamogawa 1961: Tōkyō yawa – Kyosuke Kamiko 1961: As a Wife, As a Woman – Kimura 1961: The Last War 1961: Machi – Public prosecutor 1961: Onna no tsurihashi – Shinkichi Haurno (Episode 2) 1961: Okoto to Sasuke 1962: Sono yo wa wasurenai – Taneda 1962: An Autumn Afternoon – Shuzo Kawai 1963: High and Low – Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director 1964: Zoku shachō shinshiroku 1964: Geisha gakkō 1964: Hadaka no jūyaku – Serizawa, executive 1964: Dogara, the Space Monster – Dr. Munakata 1964: Mesu – Eitaro Shudo 1965: Daikon to ninjin 1965: Frankenstein Conquers the World – Skeptical Museum Chief 1965: Honkon no shiroibara – Nagahara 1966: Zoku shachō gyōjōki 1966: Fukuzatsu na kare 1966: The War of the Gargantuas – Dr. Kita 1966: Thirst for Love – Yakichi Sugimoto 1967: Japan's Longest Day – Kōichi Kido 1967: Sodachi zakari – Shingo Nakayu 1967: Scattered Clouds 1968: Shachō hanjōki 1968: Zoku shacho hanjōki 1968: Rio no wakadaishō 1968: Suna no kaori – Chief Judge 1969: Futari no koibito – Ryōhei Kōno 1970: Jaga wa hashitta – Head of N-Bussan 1970: The Militarists – Kōichi Kido (uncredited) 1971: Maboroshi no satsui 1972: Kuro no honryu – Daizo Kitagawa 1973: Tidal Wave – Japanese Ambassador to Australia 1973: Kōkotsu no hito – Fujieda, lawyer 1974: Karei-naru ichizoku – Matsudaira 1975: Zesshō 1976: Shunkinsho – Harumatsu 1977: Akuma no temari-uta- Hōan Tatara 1985: Tampopo – Intended victim of con man 1987: Bu su – Customer 1989: No raifu kingu – (final film role)

Television 1969: Ten to Chi to - Amari Torayasu 1972: Shin Heike Monogatari - Toba Sōjō 1978: Shiroi Kyotō - Professor Azuma

Honours Medal with Purple Ribbon (1976)