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