Nobuo Nakamura — Actor (25)
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Tokyo Story (1953) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban
東京物語
director: Yasujirō Ozu actor: Chishū Ryū / Chieko Higashiyama …
other title: Viaggio a Tokyo / Viagem a Tóquio …
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
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Throne of Blood (1957) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData
蜘蛛巣城
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Isuzu Yamada …
other title: Il trono di sangue / Blodets trone …
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
1950s drama japan jidaigeki kurosawaakira
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
人間の條件　第１部純愛篇／第２部激怒篇
director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Michiyo Aratama …
other title: La Condizione Umana: Parte I – Nessun amore è più grande / Guerra e Humanidade I: Não Há Amor Maior …
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
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The Bad Sleep Well (1960) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Masayuki Mori …
other title: I cattivi dormono in pace / O Mal Dorme Bem …
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
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An Autumn Afternoon (1962) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
秋刀魚の味
director: Yasujirō Ozu actor: Chishū Ryū / Shima Iwashita …
other title: Il gusto del sakè / O Gosto do Saké …
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
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I Live in Fear (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
生きものの記録
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Takashi Shimura …
other title: Testimonianza di un essere vivente / 生きものの記録 …
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.
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Tampopo (1985) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
タンポポ
7.9 (7 ratings) director: Jūzō Itami actor: Tsutomu Yamazaki / Nobuko Miyamoto …
other title: タンポポ
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.
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Equinox Flower (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
彼岸花
director: Yasujirō Ozu actor: Shin Saburi / Kinuyo Tanaka …
other title: Fiori d'equinozio / 彼岸花 …
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
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Late Autumn (1960) [Movie] TMDB
秋日和
director: Yasujirō Ozu actor: Setsuko Hara / Yōko Tsukasa …
other title: Tardo autunno / 秋日和 …
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
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The Devil's Bouncing Ball Song (1977) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
悪魔の手毬唄
director: 市川昆 actor: 石坂浩二 / 岸惠子 …
other title: 恶魔拍球之歌 / 悪魔の手毬唄 …
昭和6年，日本冈山县鬼首村，一名自称恩田几三的男子来到村中，推销他的圣诞树加工机器。时村中有仁礼和由良两大世家，仁礼家在战后专营葡萄酒业，风头正劲，而由良家则走向没落。为对抗仁礼一族，由良家接受恩田的推荐，进军圣诞树加工业，结果却被骗得血本无归。
自幼移居神户的青池源治郎回到村中，揭穿恩田的骗局，随后源志郎被杀。当年侦办此案的矶川警官（若山富三郎 饰）始终认为此案存有疑点，昭和27年，他从东京请来名侦探金田一耕助（石坂浩二 饰）调查。此时距惨案已有20年，各家的孩子均已长大成人。由良家的泰子（高橋洋子 饰）和仁礼家的文子（永野裕紀子 饰）同时爱上了源志郎的儿子歌名雄（北公次 饰）。但在某个夜晚，泰子被残忍杀害。这起凶案与20年前的悬案有着千丝万缕的关系，其背后隐藏着的感情纠葛也随着牺牲者的增加而渐渐浮出水面……
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The Last War (1961) [Movie] IMDb
世界大戦争
director: Shūe Matsubayashi actor: Frankie Sakai / Akira Takarada …
other title: Todesstrahlen aus dem Weltall / La Derniere Guerre de l'Apocalypse …
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.
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Japan's Longest Day (1967) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
日本のいちばん長い日
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Seiji Miyaguchi / Rokkō Toura …
other title: The Emperor and a General / Le jour le plus long du Japon …
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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The War of the Gargantuas (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Kumi Mizuno …
other title: Kong, uragano sulla metropoli / Frankenstein - Zweikampf der Giganten …
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.
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Two in the Shadow (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData
乱れ雲
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Yūzō Kayama / Yōko Tsukasa …
other title: Nuages épars / Nubes dispersas …
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.
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Dogora (1964) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Robert Dunham / Yōsuke Natsuki …
other title: Dogora il mostro della grande palude / X 3000 - Fantome gegen Gangster …
A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
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The Beast Shall Die (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
野獣死すべし
director: Eizō Sugawa actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Hiroshi Koizumi …
other title: 野獣死すべし
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man.
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No Life King (1989) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
ノーライフキング
director: Jun Ichikawa actor: Ryo Takayama / Neko Saito …
other title: ノーライフキング
The story of a group of boys who become transfixed with the latest video game, the Legend Of Life King IV.