Tatsuya Nakadai
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-12-13 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Tatsuya Nakadai
Biography
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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.
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Acting
The Gion Tempest
as Masaki
(2022)
Life Work of Akira Kurosawa
as Self
(2022)
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
as Makino Tadayuki
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
Sleeping Village
as (narration)
(2018)
(2017)
Lear on the Shore
as Kuwahata Chokichi
(2016)
(2015)
(2015)
Before The Leaves Fall
as Kenichiro Miya
(2015)
(2015)
ふたりの死刑囚
as Narrator
(2014)
Giovanni's Island
as Older Junpei Senou (voice)
(2014)
(2013)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
as Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice)
(2013)
The Human Trust
as Nobuhiro Sasakura
(2013)
(2012)
Gaku
as Kazama Shin-ichi
(2012)
Japan's Tragedy
as Fujio Murai
(2012)
Until the Break of Dawn
as Sadayuki Akiyama
(2010)
Haru's Journey
as Tadao Nakai
(2010)
Zatoichi: The Last
as Tendo
(2009)
Listen to My Heart
as Kyozo Hayami
(2009)
Through the Mist
as (Archive Footage)
(2009)
(2006)
Murder of the Inugami Clan
as Sahei Inugami
(2005)
Wish Upon a Star
as Takanori Wakamiya
(2005)
(2003)
Like Asura
as Kotaro Takezawa
(2002)
(2002)
(2002)
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
as Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
(2002)
(2002)
(2002)
Vengeance for Sale
as Umetaro Katakura
(2002)
To Dance with the White Dog
as Eisuke Nakamoto
(2000)
After the Rain
as Tsuji Gettan
(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)
East Meets West
as Kaishu Katsu
(1993)
(1993)
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
as Yagyu Retsudo
(1993)
(1992)
Wicked City
as Daishu
(1992)
Faraway Sunset
as Kobayashi
(1992)
Basara: The Princess Goh
as Oribe Furuta
(1992)
(1991)
Heat Wave
as Tsunejiro Murai
(1991)
(1990)
(1989)
(1989)
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Sugiyama
(1989)
Return from the River Kwai
as Major Harada
(1988)
Oración
as Heihachiro Wagu
(1988)
(1987)
Hachiko
as Shujiro Ueno
(1987)
Taikoki
as (Narrator)
(1987)
(1986)
Michi
as Seiji Tajima
(1986)
Atami Murder Case
as Denbei Nikaido
(1985)
Ran
as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
(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)
(1983)
Final Yamato
as Narrator
(1983)
(1983)
(1982)
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
as Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa
(1982)
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
as Sazen Tange
(1982)
(1982)
(1981)
Willful Murder
as Yashiro
(1981)
(1980)
Kagemusha
as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
(1980)
Port Arthur
as Maresuke Nogi
(1979)
Hunter in the Dark
as Gomyo Kiyoemon
(1978)
Queen Bee
as Ginzo Daidoji
(1978)
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as Kumokiri Nizaemon
(1978)
Blood Type: Blue
as Minami
(1978)
The Phoenix
as Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara
(1977)
Sugata Sanshiro
as Yano
(1976)
Elegy
as Setsuo Katsuragi
(1976)
(1976)
(1975)
Solar Eclipse
as Yasuo Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary
(1975)
Battle Cry
as Hijikata Toshizo
(1975)
(1975)
I Am a Cat
as Kushami
(1974)
The Family
as Teppei Manpyo
(1973)
The King
as Kinjiro Sekine
(1973)
Belladonna of Sadness
as The Devil (voice)
(1973)
(1973)
(1971)
Challenge at Dawn
as Tsukagoshi
(1971)
The Battle of Okinawa
as Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
(1971)
The Wolves
as Seji Iwahashi
(1971)
Inn of Evil
as Sadashichi
(1970)
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
as Naojiro Kataoka
(1970)
(1970)
Duel at Fort Ezo
as Daizennokami Honjo
(1970)
(1970)
The Ambitious
as Shintaro Nakaoka
(1969)
Goyokin
as Magobei Wakizaka
(1969)
(1969)
Portrait of Hell
as Yoshihide
(1969)
Tenchu!
as Hanpei Takechi
(1969)
Blood End
as Sentaro
(1969)
Battle of the Japan Sea
as Major Genjiro Akashi
(1968)
Kill!
as Genta
(1968)
The Human Bullet
as Narrator
(1968)
Admiral Yamamoto
as Narrator (voice)
(1968)
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
as James Elfego
(1967)
Japan's Longest Day
as Narrator (voice)
(1967)
Gomez's Name is Gomez
as Sakamoto
(1967)
Samurai Rebellion
as Tatewaki Asano
(1967)
Kojiro
as Musashi Miyamoto
(1967)
(1967)
The Age of Assassins
as Shinji Kikyo
(1966)
Cash Calls Hell
as Oida
(1966)
The Face of Another
as Mr. Okuyama
(1966)
The Sword of Doom
as Ryunosuke Tsukue
(1966)
(1965)
Kwaidan
as Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
(1965)
(1965)
Illusion of Blood
as Iyemon Tamiya
(1965)
Fort Graveyard
as Sakuma
(1965)
(1964)
(1964)
(1963)
High and Low
as Chief Detective Tokura
(1963)
Yushu Heiya
as Tatsumi
(1963)
Miren
as Ryôta Kinoshita
(1963)
(1963)
Legacy of the 500,000
as Mitsura Gunji
(1963)
(1962)
Harakiri
as Hanshiro Tsugumo
(1962)
Sanjuro
as Hanbei Muroto
(1962)
Love Under the Crucifix
as Ukon Takayama
(1962)
The Inheritance
as Kikuo Furukawa
(1962)
(1961)
Yojimbo
as Unosuke, gunfighter
(1961)
Immortal Love
as Heibei
(1961)
The Other Woman
as Minami
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Kuroki Shingo
(1960)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Kenichi Komatsu
(1960)
(1960)
Get 'em All
as Tsubota
(1959)
(1959)
Odd Obsession
as Kimura
(1959)
(1959)
Three Dolls in Ginza
as Kyosuke Tamura
(1959)
(1959)
The Beast Shall Die
as Kunihiko Date
(1958)
Go and Get It
as His assistant
(1958)
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
as Kunihiko Sasada
(1958)
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Kazuo Shimada
(1958)
(1958)
A Boy and Three Mothers
as The Engineer
(1958)
Conflagration
as Tokari
(1958)
Oban kanketsu hen
as Shin Don
(1958)
All About Marriage
as Akira Nakayama
(1957)
(1957)
Skin-Colored Moon
as Jirô Taki
(1957)
Black River
as Jo
(1957)
(1957)
Ôban
as Shin Don
(1957)
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Shindon
(1957)
(1957)
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Shin don
(1957)
Untamed Woman
as Kimura
(1956)
Sazae-san
as Norisuke
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
The Thick-Walled Room
as (uncredited)
(1956)
Love on Rainbow Island
as Yûji Wada
(1955)
(1954)
Seven Samurai
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)