
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai as Makino Tadayuki
- 2019 · A Town and a Tall Chimney as
- 2017 · Lear on the Shore as Kuwahata Chokichi
- 2013 · The Tale of The Princess Kaguya as Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice)
- 2009 · Through the Mist as (Archive Footage)
- 2000 · After the Rain as Tsuji Gettan
- 1995 · East Meets West as Kaishu Katsu
- 1992 · Wicked City as Daishu
- 1987 · Trinacria: Porsche 959 as
- 1987 · Hachiko as Shujiro Ueno
- 1985 · Ran as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
- 1983 · Final Yamato as Narrator
- 1980 · Kagemusha as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
- 1978 · Queen Bee as Ginzo Daidoji
- 1974 · The Family as Teppei Manpyo
- 1973 · Belladonna of Sadness as The Devil (voice)
- 1973 · The King as Kinjiro Sekine
- 1971 · The Battle of Okinawa as Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
- 1971 · Challenge at Dawn as Tsukagoshi
- 1969 · Safari 5000 as
- 1969 · Goyokin as Magobei Wakizaka
- 1968 · Admiral Yamamoto as Narrator (voice)
- 1968 · Kill! as Genta
- 1967 · Japan's Longest Day as Narrator (voice)
- 1967 · Samurai Rebellion as Tatewaki Asano
- 1967 · Gomez's Name is Gomez as Sakamoto
- 1966 · The Face of Another as Mr. Okuyama
- 1966 · The Sword of Doom as Ryunosuke Tsukue
- 1965 · Fort Graveyard as Sakuma
- 1965 · Kwaidan as Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
- 1964 · Mr. Giant's Victory Flag as
- 1963 · Miren as Ryôta Kinoshita
- 1963 · High and Low as Chief Detective Tokura
- 1963 · Yushu Heiya as Tatsumi
- 1962 · Harakiri as Hanshiro Tsugumo
- 1962 · Sanjuro as Hanbei Muroto
- 1961 · Yojimbo as Unosuke, gunfighter
- 1960 · The Blue Beast as
- 1959 · Odd Obsession as Kimura
- 1959 · The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Kaji
- 1958 · The Naked Sun as
- 1958 · Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring as Kazuo Shimada
- 1958 · Go and Get It as His assistant
- 1958 · Kampai! Miai Kekkon as Kunihiko Sasada
- 1957 · Skin-Colored Moon as Jirô Taki
- 1957 · The Shadow Daughter as
- 1956 · The Mandarin Room as
- 1956 · Love on Rainbow Island as Yûji Wada
- 1954 · Seven Samurai as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
- Future · The Gion Tempest as Masaki
- 2022 · Life Work of Akira Kurosawa as Self
- 2019 · The Return as
- 2019 · Sleeping Village as (narration)
- 2018 · Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu as Narrator
- 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 · NORINTEN 稲塚権次郎物語 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 · Giovanni's Island as Older Junpei Senou (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
- 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: 'High and Low' as Self
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha' as Self
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' as Self
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo' 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
- 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
- 1993 · Summer of the Moonlight Sonata as
- 1993 · Kin chan no Cinema Jack as
- 1993 · Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict as Yagyu Retsudo
- 1992 · Faraway Sunset as Kobayashi
- 1992 · Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell as
- 1992 · Basara: The Princess Goh as Oribe Furuta
- 1992 · Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell as
- 1991 · Heat Wave as Tsunejiro Murai
- 1991 · Florence My Love as
- 1990 · 13 Assassins as
- 1989 · Let Him Rest in Peace 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 · Taikoki as (Narrator)
- 1986 · Michi as Seiji Tajima
- 1986 · Atami Murder Case as Denbei Nikaido
- 1985 · The Empty Table as Nobuyuki Kidoji
- 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
- 1982 · The Legend of Sayo as
- 1982 · Tange Sazen 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 · Magistrate of the Floating World as
- 1981 · Kinagashi Bugyō as
- 1980 · Port Arthur as Maresuke Nogi
- 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
- 1977 · Sugata Sanshiro as Yano
- 1977 · Suna no Utsuwa as 今西栄太郎
- 1976 · The Corporation as
- 1976 · Human Revolution II as
- 1976 · Elegy as Setsuo Katsuragi
- 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
- 1973 · Rise, Fair Sun as
- 1973 · The Human Revolution as
- 1972 · Shin Heike Monogatari as Taira no Kiyomori
- 1971 · The Wolves as Seji Iwahashi
- 1971 · Inn of Evil as Sadashichi
- 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
- 1968 · The Human Bullet as Narrator
- 1968 · Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! as James Elfego
- 1967 · Journey as
- 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 · Cash Calls Hell as Oida
- 1965 · Illusion of Blood as Iyemon Tamiya
- 1965 · Three Yakuza as
- 1965 · The Last Judgment as
- 1964 · Ant Hell War as
- 1963 · A Woman's Life as
- 1963 · Legacy of the 500,000 as Mitsura Gunji
- 1963 · Pressure of Guilt as
- 1962 · Chibusa o daku musume tachi as
- 1962 · Love Under the Crucifix as Ukon Takayama
- 1962 · The Inheritance as Kikuo Furukawa
- 1961 · Immortal Love as Heibei
- 1961 · As the Clouds Scatter as
- 1961 · The Other Woman as Minami
- 1961 · The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer as Kaji
- 1960 · Get 'em All as Tsubota
- 1960 · Daughters, Wives and a Mother as Kuroki Shingo
- 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 · Three Dolls in Ginza as Kyosuke Tamura
- 1959 · The Beast Shall Die as Kunihiko Date
- 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 (uncredited)
- 1956 · Phoenix as
- 1955 · Floating Weeds Diary as