Actor
Tatsuya Nakadai
Biography

​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 ...

Known For
Acting
2022 -- Life Work of Akira Kurosawa | Self
2022 -- The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai | Makino Tadayuki
2019 -- The Return |
2019 -- A Town and a Tall Chimney |
2019 -- Sleeping Village | (narration)
2018 -- Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu | Narrator
2017 -- Lear on the Shore | Kuwahata Chokichi
2016 -- Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor | Yohei Tachibana
2015 -- A Duel Tale |
2015 -- NORINTEN 稲塚権次郎物語 |
2015 -- ふたりの死刑囚 | Narrator
2015 -- Before The Leaves Fall | Kenichiro Miya
2014 -- Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Self
2014 -- Gun Woman | Hamazaki
2014 -- Giovanni's Island | Older Junpei Senou (voice)
2013 -- The Tale of The Princess Kaguya | Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice)
2013 -- The Human Trust | Nobuhiro Sasakura
2013 -- Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate |
2012 -- Until the Break of Dawn | Sadayuki Akiyama
2012 -- Japan's Tragedy | Fujio Murai
2012 -- Gaku | Kazama Shin-ichi
2010 -- Zatoichi: The Last | Tendo
2010 -- Haru's Journey | Tadao Nakai
2009 -- Listen to My Heart | Kyozo Hayami
2009 -- Tatsuya Nakadai on 'The Human Condition' | Self
2009 -- Through the Mist | (Archive Footage)
2006 -- Murder of the Inugami Clan | Sahei Inugami
2005 -- Yamato |
2005 -- Wish Upon a Star | Takanori Wakamiya
2003 -- Like Asura | Kotaro Takezawa
2002 -- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' | Self
2002 -- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo' | Self
2002 -- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' | Self
2002 -- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha' | Self
2002 -- Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS | Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
2002 -- To Dance with the White Dog | Eisuke Nakamoto
2002 -- Vengeance for Sale | Umetaro Katakura
2000 -- Kurosawa | Self
2000 -- After the Rain | Tsuji Gettan
1999 -- Jubaku: Spellbound | Hideaki Sasaki
1999 -- Kurosawa: The Last Emperor | Self
1996 -- The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa | Seijiro Miyazawa
1995 -- East Meets West | Kaishu Katsu
1993 -- 第1回欽ちゃんのシネマジャック |
1993 -- Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict | Yagyu Retsudo
1992 -- Wicked City | Daishu
1992 -- Faraway Sunset | Kobayashi
1992 -- Basara: The Princess Goh | Oribe Furuta
1992 -- 風車の浜吉捕物綴 |
1991 -- Heat Wave | Tsunejiro Murai
1990 -- 13 Assassins |
1989 -- Let Him Rest in Peace |
1989 -- Four Days of Snow and Blood | Sugiyama
1989 -- Return from the River Kwai | Major Harada
1988 -- Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho |
1988 -- Oración | Heihachiro Wagu
1987 -- Hachiko | Shujiro Ueno
1987 -- Taikoki | (Narrator)
1986 -- Michi | Seiji Tajima
1986 -- Atami Murder Case | Denbei Nikaido
1985 -- The Empty Table | Nobuyuki Kidoji
1985 -- Ran | Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
1985 -- A. K. | Self
1985 -- Making of Ran | Self
1984 -- Fireflies in the North | Takeshi Tsukigata
1983 -- The Fir Trees Remain |
1983 -- Shadow Hunters |
1983 -- Battle Anthem |
1983 -- Final Yamato | Narrator
1982 -- The Legend of Sayo |
1982 -- Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo | Sazen Tange
1982 -- The Law of Hell |
1982 -- Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather | Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa
1981 -- Willful Murder | Yashiro
1981 -- Magistrate of the Floating World |
1980 -- Port Arthur | Maresuke Nogi
1980 -- Kagemusha | Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
1979 -- Hunter in the Dark | Gomyo Kiyoemon
1978 -- Blood Type: Blue | Minami
1978 -- The Phoenix | Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara
1978 -- Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron | Kumokiri Nizaemon
1978 -- Queen Bee | Ginzo Daidoji
1977 -- Sugata Sanshiro | Yano
1976 -- The Corporation |
1976 -- Human Revolution II |
1975 -- Solar Eclipse | Yasuo Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary
1975 -- I Am a Cat | Kushami
1975 -- Battle Cry | Hijikata Toshizo
1975 -- The Gate of Youth |
1974 -- The Family | Teppei Manpyo
1973 -- Rise, Fair Sun |
1973 -- The Human Revolution |
1973 -- Belladonna of Sadness | The Devil (voice)
1971 -- The Wolves | Seji Iwahashi
1971 -- Inn of Evil | Sadashichi
1971 -- The Battle of Okinawa | Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
1970 -- Will to Conquer |
1970 -- Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival | Ronin
1970 -- The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan | Naojiro Kataoka
1970 -- The Ambitious | Shintaro Nakaoka
1970 -- Duel at Fort Ezo | Daizennokami Honjo
1969 -- Portrait of Hell | Yoshihide
1969 -- Blood End | Sentaro
1969 -- Tenchu! | Hanpei Takechi
1969 -- Battle of the Japan Sea | Major Genjiro Akashi
1969 -- Safari 5000 |
1969 -- Goyokin | Magobei Wakizaka
1968 -- The Human Bullet | Narrator
1968 -- Admiral Yamamoto | Narrator (voice)
1968 -- Kill! | Genta
1968 -- Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! | James Elfego
1967 -- Journey |
1967 -- Japan's Longest Day | Narrator (voice)
1967 -- Samurai Rebellion | Tatewaki Asano
1967 -- Kojiro | Musashi Miyamoto
1967 -- The Age of Assassins | Shinji Kikyo
1966 -- The Daphne |
1966 -- The Face of Another | Mr. Okuyama
1966 -- The Sword of Doom | Ryunosuke Tsukue
1966 -- Cash Calls Hell | Oida
1965 -- Fort Graveyard | Sakuma
1965 -- Illusion of Blood | Tamiya Iemon
1965 -- Three Yakuza |
1965 -- The Last Judgment |
1965 -- Kwaidan | Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
1964 -- Ant Hell War |
1963 -- A Woman's Life |
1963 -- Legacy of the 500,000 | Mitsura Gunji
1963 -- High and Low | Chief Detective Tokura
1963 -- Pressure of Guilt |
1962 -- Chibusa o daku musume tachi |
1962 -- Harakiri | Hanshiro Tsugumo
1962 -- Love Under the Crucifix | Ukon Takayama
1962 -- The Inheritance | Kikuo Furukawa
1962 -- Sanjuro | Hanbei Muroto
1961 -- Immortal Love | Heibei
1961 -- As the Clouds Scatter |
1961 -- The Other Woman | Minami
1961 -- Yojimbo | Unosuke, gunfighter
1961 -- The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer | Kaji
1960 -- Get 'em All | Tsubota
1960 -- The Blue Beast |
1960 -- Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Shingo Kuroki
1960 -- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | Kenichi Komatsu
1959 -- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity | Kaji
1959 -- Pilgrimage at Night |
1959 -- Odd Obsession | Kimura
1959 -- The Beast Shall Die | Kunihiko Date
1959 -- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | Kaji
1958 -- The Naked Sun |
1958 -- Conflagration | Tokari
1958 -- Oban kanketsu hen | Shin Don
1958 -- All About Marriage | Akira Nakayama
1958 -- A Boy and Three Mothers | The Engineer
1957 -- Teenage Sazae |
1957 -- Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen | Shindon
1957 -- Black River | Jo
1957 -- A Dangerous Hero |
1957 -- Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen | Shin don
1957 -- Untamed Woman | Kimura
1957 -- Ôban | Shin Don
1956 -- Sazae-san | Norisuke
1956 -- The Thick-Walled Room | (uncredited)
1956 -- 裸足の青春 | Yûji Wada
1956 -- Phoenix |
1954 -- Seven Samurai | Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
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