
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 · Life Work of Akira Kurosawa as Self
- 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 · 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 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 · 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
- 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: 'Kagemusha' 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
- 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 · Summer of the Moonlight Sonata as
- 1993 · Kin chan no Cinema Jack as
- 1992 · Wicked City as Daishu
- 1992 · Faraway Sunset as Kobayashi
- 1992 · Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell as
- 1992 · Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell 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 · Hachiko as Shujiro Ueno
- 1987 · Taikoki as (Narrator)
- 1986 · Michi as Seiji Tajima
- 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
- 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
- 1981 · Magistrate of the Floating World as
- 1981 · Kinagashi Bugyō as
- 1980 · Port Arthur as Maresuke Nogi
- 1980 · Kagemusha as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
- 1979 · Hunter in the Dark as Gomyo Kiyoemon
- 1978 · The Phoenix as Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara
- 1977 · Sugata Sanshiro as Yano
- 1977 · Suna no Utsuwa as 今西栄太郎
- 1976 · Human Revolution II as
- 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
- 1973 · Belladonna of Sadness as The Devil (voice)
- 1973 · The King as Kinjiro Sekine
- 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 · The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan as Naojiro Kataoka
- 1970 · Duel at Fort Ezo as Daizennokami Honjo
- 1969 · Portrait of Hell as Yoshihide
- 1969 · Battle of the Japan Sea as Major Genjiro Akashi
- 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 · Gomez's Name is Gomez as Sakamoto
- 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 Iyemon Tamiya
- 1965 · The Last Judgment as
- 1965 · Kwaidan as Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
- 1963 · Miren as Ryôta Kinoshita
- 1963 · Legacy of the 500,000 as Mitsura Gunji
- 1963 · High and Low as Chief Detective Tokura
- 1963 · Yushu Heiya as Tatsumi
- 1962 · Chibusa o daku musume tachi as
- 1962 · Harakiri as Hanshiro Tsugumo
- 1962 · The Inheritance as Kikuo Furukawa
- 1962 · Sanjuro as Hanbei Muroto
- 1961 · Immortal Love as Heibei
- 1961 · As the Clouds Scatter as
- 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 · When a Woman Ascends the Stairs as Kenichi Komatsu
- 1959 · The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity as Kaji
- 1959 · Three Dolls in Ginza as Kyosuke Tamura
- 1959 · The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Kaji
- 1958 · Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring as Kazuo Shimada
- 1958 · Go and Get It as His assistant
- 1958 · A Boy and Three Mothers as The Engineer
- 1958 · Kampai! Miai Kekkon as Kunihiko Sasada
- 1957 · Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Shindon
- 1957 · Black River as Jo
- 1957 · A Dangerous Hero as
- 1957 · The Shadow Daughter as
- 1957 · Untamed Woman as Kimura
- 1957 · Ôban as Shin Don
- 1956 · The Mandarin Room as
- 1956 · Sazae-san as Norisuke
- 1956 · The Thick-Walled Room as (uncredited)
- 1956 · Love on Rainbow Island as Yûji Wada
- 1954 · Seven Samurai as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
- Future · The Gion Tempest as Masaki
- 2022 · The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai as Makino Tadayuki
- 2015 · A Duel Tale as
- 2012 · Japan's Tragedy as Fujio Murai
- 2006 · Murder of the Inugami Clan as Sahei Inugami
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' as Self
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' as Self
- 1993 · Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict as Yagyu Retsudo
- 1992 · Basara: The Princess Goh as Oribe Furuta
- 1991 · Heat Wave as Tsunejiro Murai
- 1986 · Atami Murder Case as Denbei Nikaido
- 1983 · Final Yamato as Narrator
- 1982 · Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather as Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa
- 1981 · Willful Murder as Yashiro
- 1978 · Blood Type: Blue as Minami
- 1978 · Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron as Kumokiri Nizaemon
- 1978 · Queen Bee as Ginzo Daidoji
- 1976 · The Corporation as
- 1975 · Solar Eclipse as Yasuo Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary
- 1974 · The Family as Teppei Manpyo
- 1971 · Challenge at Dawn as Tsukagoshi
- 1970 · Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival as Ronin
- 1970 · The Ambitious as Shintaro Nakaoka
- 1969 · Blood End as Sentaro
- 1969 · Tenchu! as Hanpei Takechi
- 1969 · Safari 5000 as
- 1969 · Goyokin as Magobei Wakizaka
- 1968 · The Human Bullet as Narrator
- 1968 · Admiral Yamamoto as Narrator (voice)
- 1965 · Three Yakuza as
- 1964 · Ant Hell War as
- 1964 · Mr. Giant's Victory Flag as
- 1963 · A Woman's Life as
- 1963 · Pressure of Guilt as
- 1962 · Love Under the Crucifix as Ukon Takayama
- 1961 · The Other Woman as Minami
- 1960 · Daughters, Wives and a Mother as Kuroki Shingo
- 1959 · Pilgrimage at Night as
- 1959 · Odd Obsession as Kimura
- 1959 · The Beast Shall Die as Kunihiko Date
- 1958 · The Naked Sun as
- 1958 · Conflagration as Tokari
- 1958 · Oban kanketsu hen as Shin Don
- 1958 · All About Marriage as Akira Nakayama
- 1957 · Teenage Sazae as
- 1957 · Skin-Colored Moon as Jirô Taki
- 1957 · Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Shin don
- 1956 · Phoenix as
- 1955 · Floating Weeds Diary as