Tatsuya Nakadai
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tatsuya Nakadai (仲代 達矢 Nakadai Tatsuya, born Motohisa Nakadai December 13, 1932) is a Japanese leading film actor. He became a star after he was discovered working as a Tokyo shop clerk by filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi during the early 1950s. He became the favorite leading man of internationally-acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa after a well publicized fallout between Kurosawa and the legendary Toshirō Mifune. Beginning in the late 1950s, he worked with a number of Japan's best-known filmmakers, starring or co-starring in five Kurosawa films, along with significant films made by Hiroshi Teshigahara (The Face of Another), Mikio Naruse (When a Woman Ascends the Stairs), Kihachi Okamoto (Kill! and Sword of Doom), Hideo Gosha (Goyokin), Shiro Toyoda (Portrait of Hell) and Kon Ichikawa (Enjo and Odd Obsession). Notably, his long-term collaboration with Masaki Kobayashi invites comparison to the working relationship between Akira Kurosawa and Toshirō Mifune. Nakadai was featured in 11 Kobayashi films including the The Human Condition trilogy, Harakiri, Samurai Rebellion and Kwaidan. The Thick-Walled Room marked Nakadai's acting debut. His next role was a little noticed and uncredited one in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai where he appears for a few seconds as a samurai wandering about town. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tatsuya Nakadai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2022 · Life Work of Akira Kurosawa as Self
- 2022 · The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai as Makino Tadayuki
- 2019 · The Return as
- 2019 · A Town and a Tall Chimney as
- 2019 · Sleeping Village as (narration)
- 2018 · Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu as Narrator
- 2017 · Lear on the Shore as Kuwahata Chokichi
- 2016 · Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor as Yohei Tachibana
- 2015 · A Duel Tale as
- 2015 · ふたりの死刑囚 as Narrator
- 2015 · Before The Leaves Fall as Kenichiro Miya
- 2014 · Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya as Self
- 2014 · A Sinner's Lie as Kenzo Haneda
- 2014 · Gun Woman as Hamazaki
- 2014 · Giovanni's Island as Older Junpei Senou (voice)
- 2013 · The Tale of The Princess Kaguya as Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice)
- 2013 · The Human Trust as Nobuhiro Sasakura
- 2013 · Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate as
- 2012 · Until the Break of Dawn as Sadayuki Akiyama
- 2012 · Japan's Tragedy as Fujio Murai
- 2012 · Gaku as Kazama Shin-ichi
- 2010 · Zatoichi: The Last as Tendo
- 2010 · Haru's Journey as Tadao Nakai
- 2009 · Listen to My Heart as Kyozo Hayami
- 2009 · Tatsuya Nakadai on 'The Human Condition' as Self
- 2009 · Through the Mist as (Archive Footage)
- 2007 · Samurai Banners as
- 2006 · Murder of the Inugami Clan as Sahei Inugami
- 2005 · Yamato as
- 2005 · Wish Upon a Star as Takanori Wakamiya
- 2004 · Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World as Matsumoto Kentaro
- 2003 · Like Asura as Kotaro Takezawa
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' as Self
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' as Self
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo' as Self
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha' as Self
- 2002 · Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS as Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
- 2002 · To Dance with the White Dog as Eisuke Nakamoto
- 2002 · Vengeance for Sale as Umetaro Katakura
- 2001 · 嘱託刑事・小山田昭平 旅路の果て as
- 2000 · Kurosawa as Self
- 2000 · After the Rain as Tsuji Gettan
- 1999 · Jubaku: Spellbound as Hideaki Sasaki
- 1999 · Kurosawa: The Last Emperor as Self
- 1996 · The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa as Seijiro Miyazawa
- 1995 · A Son Of The Good Earth as
- 1995 · East Meets West as Kaishu Katsu
- 1993 · Kin chan no Cinema Jack as
- 1993 · Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict as Yagyu Retsudo
- 1992 · Wicked City as Daishu
- 1992 · Faraway Sunset as Kobayashi
- 1992 · Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell as
- 1992 · Basara: The Princess Goh as Oribe Furuta
- 1992 · 風車の浜吉捕物綴 as
- 1991 · Heat Wave as Tsunejiro Murai
- 1990 · 13 Assassins as
- 1989 · Four Days of Snow and Blood as Sugiyama
- 1989 · Return from the River Kwai as Major Harada
- 1988 · Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho as
- 1988 · Oración as Heihachiro Wagu
- 1987 · Hachiko as Shujiro Ueno
- 1987 · Taikoki as (Narrator)
- 1986 · Michi as Seiji Tajima
- 1986 · Atami Murder Case as Denbei Nikaido
- 1985 · The Empty Table as Nobuyuki Kidoji
- 1985 · Ran as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
- 1985 · A. K. as Self
- 1985 · Making of Ran as Self
- 1984 · Fireflies in the North as Takeshi Tsukigata
- 1983 · The Fir Trees Remain as
- 1983 · Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin as
- 1983 · Shadow Hunters as
- 1983 · Battle Anthem as
- 1983 · Final Yamato as Narrator
- 1982 · The Legend of Sayo as
- 1982 · Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo as Sazen Tange
- 1982 · The Law of Hell as
- 1982 · Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather as Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa
- 1981 · Willful Murder as Yashiro
- 1981 · Kinagashi Bugyō as
- 1981 · Magistrate of the Floating World as
- 1980 · Port Arthur as Maresuke Nogi
- 1980 · Kagemusha as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
- 1979 · Hunter in the Dark as Gomyo Kiyoemon
- 1978 · Blood Type: Blue as Minami
- 1978 · The Phoenix as Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara
- 1978 · Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron as Kumokiri Nizaemon
- 1978 · Queen Bee as Ginzo Daidoji
- 1977 · Sugata Sanshiro as Yano
- 1977 · Suna no Utsuwa as 今西栄太郎
- 1976 · The Corporation as
- 1976 · Human Revolution II as
- 1975 · Solar Eclipse as Yasuo Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary
- 1975 · I Am a Cat as Kushami
- 1975 · Battle Cry as Hijikata Toshizo
- 1975 · The Gate of Youth as
- 1974 · The Family as Teppei Manpyo
- 1973 · Rise, Fair Sun as
- 1973 · The Human Revolution as
- 1973 · Belladonna of Sadness as The Devil (voice)
- 1972 · Shin Heike Monogatari as Taira no Kiyomori
- 1971 · The Wolves as Seji Iwahashi
- 1971 · Inn of Evil as Sadashichi
- 1971 · The Battle of Okinawa as Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
- 1970 · Will to Conquer as
- 1970 · Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival as Ronin
- 1970 · The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan as Naojiro Kataoka
- 1970 · The Ambitious as Shintaro Nakaoka
- 1970 · Duel at Fort Ezo as Daizennokami Honjo
- 1969 · Portrait of Hell as Yoshihide
- 1969 · Blood End as Sentaro
- 1969 · Tenchu! as Hanpei Takechi
- 1969 · Battle of the Japan Sea as Major Genjiro Akashi
- 1969 · Safari 5000 as
- 1969 · Goyokin as Magobei Wakizaka
- 1968 · The Human Bullet as Narrator
- 1968 · Admiral Yamamoto as Narrator (voice)
- 1968 · Kill! as Genta
- 1968 · Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! as James Elfego
- 1967 · Journey as
- 1967 · Japan's Longest Day as Narrator (voice)
- 1967 · Samurai Rebellion as Tatewaki Asano
- 1967 · ゴメスの名はゴメス as
- 1967 · Kojiro as Musashi Miyamoto
- 1967 · The Age of Assassins as Shinji Kikyo
- 1966 · The Daphne as
- 1966 · The Face of Another as Mr. Okuyama
- 1966 · The Sword of Doom as Ryunosuke Tsukue
- 1966 · Cash Calls Hell as Oida
- 1965 · Fort Graveyard as Sakuma
- 1965 · Illusion of Blood as Tamiya Iemon
- 1965 · Three Yakuza as
- 1965 · The Last Judgment as
- 1965 · Kwaidan as Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
- 1964 · Ant Hell War as
- 1963 · A Woman's Life as
- 1963 · Legacy of the 500,000 as Mitsura Gunji
- 1963 · High and Low as Chief Detective Tokura
- 1963 · Pressure of Guilt as
- 1962 · Chibusa o daku musume tachi as
- 1962 · Harakiri as Hanshiro Tsugumo
- 1962 · Love Under the Crucifix as Ukon Takayama
- 1962 · The Inheritance as Kikuo Furukawa
- 1962 · Sanjuro as Hanbei Muroto
- 1961 · Immortal Love as Heibei
- 1961 · As the Clouds Scatter as
- 1961 · The Other Woman as Minami
- 1961 · Yojimbo as Unosuke, gunfighter
- 1961 · The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer as Kaji
- 1960 · Get 'em All as Tsubota
- 1960 · The Blue Beast as
- 1960 · Daughters, Wives and a Mother as Shingo Kuroki
- 1960 · When a Woman Ascends the Stairs as Kenichi Komatsu
- 1959 · The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity as Kaji
- 1959 · Pilgrimage at Night as
- 1959 · Odd Obsession as Kimura
- 1959 · The Beast Shall Die as Kunihiko Date
- 1959 · The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Kaji
- 1958 · The Naked Sun as
- 1958 · Conflagration as Tokari
- 1958 · Oban kanketsu hen as Shin Don
- 1958 · All About Marriage as Akira Nakayama
- 1958 · A Boy and Three Mothers as The Engineer
- 1957 · Teenage Sazae as
- 1957 · Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Shindon
- 1957 · Black River as Jo
- 1957 · A Dangerous Hero as
- 1957 · Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Shin don
- 1957 · Untamed Woman as Kimura
- 1957 · Ôban as Shin Don
- 1956 · Sazae-san as Norisuke
- 1956 · The Thick-Walled Room as
- 1956 · 裸足の青春 as Yûji Wada
- 1956 · Phoenix as
- 1954 · Seven Samurai as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)