Tamao Nakamura

Acting

Tamao Nakamura

Born — Died

1939-07-12 — 2026-06-09

Place of birth

Kyoto, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

83 titles

Tamao Nakamura was a Japanese actress who began her film career in the 1950s after being discovered while still a junior high school student. She became known for films including Conflagration (1958), Bonchi (1960), Satan’s Sword (1960), and The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer (1961). She also appeared in Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963) and provided a voice role in My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999). She was the daughter of kabuki actor Nakamura Ganjirō II and was married to actor Shintarō Katsu. Nakamura died in Kyoto on June 9, 2026, at the age of 86.

Known for

Beppin-san poster
7.5

The 95th NHK Asadora is about Sumire, a girl born in the uptown of Kobe in the early Showa period. In the wake of wartime devastation, she works hard toward making children's clothes for a living, and later establishes a first-ever children's goods store in Japan. -- NHK

Beppin-san

2016

Professional Killers poster
8.0

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...

Professional Killers

1972

Suzuran poster
8.5

In 1924, a time when both steam engine trains and early Showa Era's first train stations are just beginning. In the waiting room of Asumoe Station, a small country station, a passenger finds an abandoned baby and rushes to tell the station master, Tokiwa Jiro. The news quickly spreads and soon friends of Tokiwa's along with other townsfolk are saying that this baby must be a gift, it is Tokiwa's recently departed beloved wife reborn as a baby.

Suzuran

1999

My Neighbors the Yamadas poster
7.0

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

My Neighbors the Yamadas

1999

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game poster
9.3

After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game

2003

Three Sisters poster
8.0

The Story is about three daughters of a "Hatamoto" during the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.

Three Sisters

1967

Film credits

2020s · 2 titles

2010s · 2 titles

2000s · 2 titles

1980s · 3 titles

1970s · 4 titles

1960s · 20 titles

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer poster
8.4

After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his old life, he faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his men sneak behind enemy lines.

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961

The Man Without a Map poster
6.7

A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man for whom he is searching.

The Man Without a Map

1968

Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter poster
7.0

Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country dojo or fencing school malingering outside their fencing hall. The third film in the Satan's Sword trilogy.

Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter

1961

The Demon of Mount Oe poster
6.5

A band of warriors journeys to Mount Oe to rescue abducted women from a demon, overcoming supernatural threats like a giant spider and a diabolical witch along the way.

The Demon of Mount Oe

1960

A Maiko's Holiday poster
NR

Mitsuko, a maiko from Gion, met Haruki by chance and had a fun time with him, but is stunned when he discovers her secret. This is a love story that cheerfully portrays the life of a modern maiko.

A Maiko's Holiday

1961

Buddha poster
10.0

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his meditations, he is tempted by erotic dancing women, demons, and the evil machinations of his criminal cousin. Devastate to attain the spiritual perfection and become the Buddha. He travels to convert followers by his kindness and wisdom, gaining a multitude of believers when he stops an elephant from crushing a local priest. Buddha of course goes on to become one of the great religious leaders of the world.

Buddha

1961

Ten Women in Black poster
5.9

Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long as she was the only woman in his life.

Ten Women in Black

1961

Satan's Sword poster
6.6

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Ryunosuke Tsukue, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesn't hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good.

Satan's Sword

1960

The Blind Menace poster
6.9

This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi.

The Blind Menace

1960

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade poster
5.3

Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double crosses. The leader of the Kaga clan, who thinks he has killed his smuggling partner, fears that the shogunate will discover his illegal activities. He learns of evidence that will prove his guilt. Meanwhile, his partner is not dead, and, assisted by a master of Shorenji boxing, is looking for revenge and for his loot. The Kaga leader sends the beautiful Chisa to enlist Nemuri's aid. The unexpected happens: the hard-bitten Nemuri falls in love. Can he protect her, topple the criminals, and avoid the boxer's deadly skill?

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade

1963

A Lustful Man poster
5.6

Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly pursues women, feeding his fascination and experience. As Yonosuke's salacious behavior brings much cause for shame to the family, his father eventually breaks relations with him. Expelled from the family, 19-year-old Yonosuke embarks on a pilgrimage of lust, traveling far and wide to acquaint himself with women of all walks.

A Lustful Man

1961

Bamboo Doll of Echizen poster
7.8

Kisuke, a young bamboo worker marries Tomoe, a courtesan who was once involved with Kisuke's late father.

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

1963

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire poster
6.3

Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being attacked on the road, he quickly finds himself entangled in a conspiracy involving a corrupt chamberlain, a wily merchant, the survivors of a pirate gang, and a missing treasure trove.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire

1965

The Radiant Prince poster
7.0

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, the emperor’s illegitimate son cuts a swath through the women of the imperial court, while still mourning the spirit of his late mother who died while he was still a child. Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother originally caught the eye of the emperor, young Genji embarks upon a reckless affair with her that could cost him his life.

The Radiant Prince

1961

Shroud of Snow poster
7.6

1930. In splendid snowy settings, the trials and pain of a woman married to a man who maintains a relationship with their servant.

Shroud of Snow

1967

A Design for Dying poster
6.5

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into picture and Shikiko soon feels that he is indispensable to her. But the advent of a man in their midst breaks up the harmony that has existed among the four women, as gradually he forces himself on them with promises of love.

A Design for Dying

1961

Princess Sen in Edo poster
9.0

A gorgeous tragic love picture scroll depicting a beautiful woman who weeps over her strange fate and falters in her search for true love!

Princess Sen in Edo

1960

New Year Trip poster
7.0

A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missing brother.

New Year Trip

1968

Taking the Castle poster
9.0

The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage to revolt, a young samurai warrior, Touzou Kuruma decides to join the fight. Their target: the Tamonyama Castle.

Taking the Castle

1965

New Tengu from Mount Kurama poster
NR

The film is set in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is a fierce clash between the supporters of the Emperor, who are fighting for the overthrow of the Shogunate, and the Shinsengumi squad, who are chasing them. Suddenly, a mysterious masked warrior appears, on a white horse he is called Tengu from Mount Kurama and he opposes the Shinsengumi.

New Tengu from Mount Kurama

1965

1950s · 23 titles

Edo wa aozora poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Edo wa aozora

1958

Sora tobu wakamusha poster
NR

Kotaro Tenma, the young warrior of justice, infiltrates enemy territory and uses his ninjutsu skills with to defeat the villains.

Sora tobu wakamusha

1957

Essay on Conflict poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Essay on Conflict

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Sanji museigen

1956

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome

1958

Nagareboshi jūjiuchi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nagareboshi jūjiuchi

1958

Ninjutsu wakashu: Tenma Kotarō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ninjutsu wakashu: Tenma Kotarō

1957

Kuchibue o fuku wataridori poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kuchibue o fuku wataridori

1958

Taira Clan Saga poster
6.8

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.

Taira Clan Saga

1955

Kijo keizu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kijo keizu

1959

The Rust Cleaner Sings poster
NR

A passionate young man takes on a corrupt boss, determined to save innocent teachers and numerous orphans.

The Rust Cleaner Sings

1955

Conflagration poster
7.1

Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress.

Conflagration

1958

Three Stripes in the Sun poster
7.0

A racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and falling for a local woman.

Three Stripes in the Sun

1955

Tenryū no karasu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tenryū no karasu

1959

Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord

1954

The Footmark of a Snow Fairy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Footmark of a Snow Fairy

1958

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 3 poster
NR

The third part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin.

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 3

1954

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 1 poster
NR

The first part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 1

1954

Daiei Studio is Bustling poster
NR

A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.

Daiei Studio is Bustling

1957

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 5 poster
NR

The 5th and final part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 5

1954

Travels of Lord Mito poster
NR

Lord Mito Mitsukuni, the vice-shogun of the whole country, left the family estate and went on a trip to various provinces with his students Sukesaburo Sasaki and Kakunoshin Atsumi. At an inn in Sunagawa, Mitsukuni exposed and punished an evil judge who had fallen in love with a townsman's wife. However, on the night he stayed at Nihonmatsu Castle, Mitsukuni found out that this incident was a performance organized especially for him…

Travels of Lord Mito

1958

Jirocho Fuji poster
7.4

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.

Jirocho Fuji

1959

An Osaka Story poster
6.0

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.

An Osaka Story

1957

Series credits

Beppin-san poster
7.5

The 95th NHK Asadora is about Sumire, a girl born in the uptown of Kobe in the early Showa period. In the wake of wartime devastation, she works hard toward making children's clothes for a living, and later establishes a first-ever children's goods store in Japan. -- NHK

Beppin-san

2016

Professional Killers poster
8.0

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...

Professional Killers

1972

Suzuran poster
8.5

In 1924, a time when both steam engine trains and early Showa Era's first train stations are just beginning. In the waiting room of Asumoe Station, a small country station, a passenger finds an abandoned baby and rushes to tell the station master, Tokiwa Jiro. The news quickly spreads and soon friends of Tokiwa's along with other townsfolk are saying that this baby must be a gift, it is Tokiwa's recently departed beloved wife reborn as a baby.

Suzuran

1999

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game poster
9.3

After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game

2003

Three Sisters poster
8.0

The Story is about three daughters of a "Hatamoto" during the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.

Three Sisters

1967

Shin Heike Monogatari poster
7.3

Set at the end of the 12th century when several wars for control of Japan disrupted a long era of peace, this tale of "Heike" (another name for the Taira clan) focuses on Taira Kiyomori who fights alongside other members of his clan to at first successfully overcome the Minamoto clan and their bid for power. Battles and intrigue abound, as the puppet Emperor and Buddhist monks take sides in the power struggle. At issue is Kiyomori's parentage, not an unusual problem for the nobility in that era where clandestine liaisons among courtiers and the upper classes were common.

Shin Heike Monogatari

1972

The High School Heroes poster
NR

Gosei School has a long history. The principal of the school is highly ambitious and he tries to achieve his goals by using supernatural majin powers. Six students go up against the principal. The students are Taisei Manaka (Taisho Iwasaki), Ryuhei Domon (Ryuga Sato), Yusuke Takigawa (Yuto Nasu), Hyuma Oura (Hidaka Ukisho), Naoya Morimura (Naoki Fujii) and Ichika Sakurai (Issei Kanasashi).

The High School Heroes

2021

No artwork available
NR

Set in a general hospital in Tokyo, this drama depicts a woman and a nurse who are about to retire from active duty and continue to work day and night at the "scene of life."

At the Scene of Life

1992

Zoku zoku jiken poster
NR

Daisaburo Kikuchi (Tomisaburo Wakayama), a skilled lawyer full of humanity, thrillingly depicts the process of stepping into the background of the case step by step.

Zoku zoku jiken

1980

Please Hire Me! poster
7.0

Ex-sword teacher Ihei Misawa is a skilled swordsman but because of his kind and judicious heart, he never fails to get caught up in trouble and therefore is unable to obtain status and success. But his wife Tayo understands him and loves him completely, always remaining by his side.

Please Hire Me!

1976

Risou no Kekkon poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Risou no Kekkon

1997

Akimahende! poster
NR

Nowadays, kids have their parents wrapped around their fingers. While they appear to despise their parents, they are actually insecure and want someone to give them love, guidance, and support. Although Katsura is sometimes absent-minded, she is a strong, independent woman. Junichiro proposes to her for the second time in 30 years. During this 30-year span, Junichiro was widowed three times, and fathered four children. Katsura agrees to move into the Aoki household as a live-in housekeeper and marry him only if his children learn to love her. This is a comedic and sometimes touching story about Katsura's experiences as she tries, in her own way, to win the children's hearts and trust.

Akimahende!

1998

Keishi-K poster
NR

" Keishi-K " is a detective drama directed and starring Shintaro Katsu. This drama tells the story of Inspector Katsutoshi Gatsu, a hammy detective, as he fights crime.

Keishi-K

1980

The Trading Company poster
10.0

An economic drama depicting the struggle and collapse of a Japanese general trading company. The US branch president of a trading company challenges Japan's internal power struggle and the North American oil market.

The Trading Company

1980

No artwork available
NR

A drama about three different women living in the inner palace of Edo castle during the Tokugawa era.

Tokugawa no Onnatachi

1980

松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙

1975

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

京都祇園入り婿刑事事件簿

1997

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

さんま・玉緒のお年玉あんたの夢をかなえたろかスペシャル

1995

Momotaro Samurai poster
NR

Shinjiro Katsuragi is a samurai informally known as Momotaro. Unlike the traditional samurai, Momotaro has no aspirations for power. His only goal is to live a carefree life, but his strong sense of fairness often pulls him into battles with powerful people who take advantage of those who are weak and trying to live an honest life. He defends the common people and fights against injustice.

Momotaro Samurai

2006

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

冠婚葬祭探偵

2007

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

おばはん刑事!流石姫子

1998

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

女金融道シリーズ

2003

おばさん会長・紫の犯罪清掃日記!ゴミは殺しを知っている poster
NR

‘The Chairwoman: Murasaki’s Crime Clean-up Diary! Rubbish Knows How to Kill’ (Obasan Kaichō! Murasaki no Hanzai Seisō Nikki: Gomi wa Koroshi o Shitteiru) is a television drama series that aired on the TBS network from 2000 to 2010. It consisted of eight episodes. The lead role was played by Tamao Nakamura.

おばさん会長・紫の犯罪清掃日記!ゴミは殺しを知っている

2000