Actor
Tamao Nakamura
July 12, 1939 · Kyoto, Japan
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Raizō Ichikawa
9 titles together
Taira Clan Saga, Conflagration, The Demon of Mount Oe
Saburo Date
5 titles together
Conflagration, Bamboo Doll of Echizen, Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
Jun Fujikawa
4 titles together
Conflagration, Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade, A Lustful Man
Kōjirō Hongō
4 titles together
The Demon of Mount Oe, Satan's Sword, Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
Ryūzō Shimada
4 titles together
The Demon of Mount Oe, Satan's Sword, Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
Fujiko Yamamoto
4 titles together
The Demon of Mount Oe, Ten Dark Women, Satan's Sword
Full filmography · 134
現代インチキ物語 ど狸
cast
Upcoming
Ichiban aitaihito
as Shoko Yanai
2023
Korosuna
as Otama
2022
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
as Kin
20177.5
Ninja Kids!!!
cast
20115.9
Zatoichi: Ken Matsudaira's 35th Anniversary & Tribute Performance
cast
2009
Tokugawa Ieyasu and his Three Ladies
cast
2008
Tsubaki Sanjuro
as Mrs. Mutsuta
2007
Murder of the Inugami Clan
as Kashiwaya no Nyobo
2006
My Neighbors the Yamadas
as Shige's Friend (voice)
19997
Mokuyou no Kaidan'97: Akuryou Gakuen
cast
1997
Turning Point
as Shizuko
1994