From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tatsuya Nakadai ( 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.
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Movie | Vengeance for Sale | Umetaro Katakura | 2002-02-16 |
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Movie | To Dance with the White Dog | Eisuke Nakamoto | 2002-04-13 |
Movie | After the Rain | Tsuji Gettan | 2000-01-22 |
Movie | Kurosawa | Self | 2000-12-24 |
Movie | Kurosawa: The Last Emperor | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Jubaku: Spellbound | Hideaki Sasaki | 1999-09-18 |
Movie | East Meets West | Kaishu Katsu | 1995-08-12 |
Movie | Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict | Yagyu Retsudo | 1993-02-06 |
Movie | Kin chan no Cinema Jack | 1993-05-22 | |
Movie | Basara: Princess Goh | Oribe Furuta | 1992-04-11 |
Movie | Wicked City | Daishu | 1992-11-20 |
Movie | Heat Wave | Tsunejiro Murai | 1991-02-09 |
Movie | 13 Assassins | 1990-03-28 | |
Movie | Return from the River Kwai | Major Harada | 1989-04-07 |
Movie | Four Days of Snow and Blood | Sugiyama | 1989-06-17 |
Movie | Hachiko | Shujiro Ueno | 1987-08-01 |
Movie | Atami Murder Case | Denbei Nikaido | 1986-06-07 |
Movie | A. K. | Self | 1985-05-20 |
Movie | The Empty Table | Nobuyuki Kidoji | 1985-11-01 |
Movie | Ran | Lord Hidetora Ichimonji | 1985-06-01 |
Movie | Fireflies in the North | Takeshi Tsukigata | 1984-09-01 |
Movie | Space Battleship Yamato - Final Chapter | Narrator | 1983-03-19 |
Movie | Battle Anthem | 1983-06-04 | |
Movie | Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather | Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa | 1982-06-05 |
Movie | The Legend of Sayo | 1982-12-17 | |
Movie | Kagemusha | Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha | 1980-04-26 |
Movie | Port Arthur | Maresuke Nogi | 1980-08-02 |
Movie | Hunter in the Dark | Gomyo Kiyoemon | 1979-06-17 |
Movie | Queen Bee | Ginzo Daidoji | 1978-02-11 |
Movie | Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron | Kumokiri Nizaemon | 1978-07-01 |
Movie | The Phoenix | Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara | 1978-08-12 |
Movie | Blood Type: Blue | Minami | 1978-11-23 |
Movie | Sugata Sanshiro | Yano | 1977-10-29 |
Movie | Human Revolution II | 1976-06-19 | |
Movie | The Corporation | 1976-08-14 | |
Movie | Battle Cry | Hijikata Toshizo | 1975-03-14 |
Movie | The Gate of Youth | 1975-02-15 | |
Movie | I Am a Cat | Kushami | 1975-05-31 |
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Movie | The Family | Teppei Manpyo | 1974-01-26 |
Movie | The Human Revolution | 1973-09-08 | |
Movie | Rise, Fair Sun | 1973-10-27 | |
Movie | The Battle of Okinawa | Colonel Hiromichi Yahara | 1971-08-14 |
Movie | The Wolves | Seji Iwahashi | 1971-10-30 |
Movie | Inn of Evil | Sadashichi | 1971-09-11 |
Movie | Duel at Fort Ezo | Daizennokami Honjo | 1970-02-09 |
Movie | The Ambitious | Shintaro Nakaoka | 1970-02-14 |
Movie | Will to Conquer | 1970-10-17 | |
Movie | The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan | Naojiro Kataoka | 1970-04-18 |
Movie | Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival | Ronin | 1970-08-12 |
Movie | Safari 5000 | 1969-07-19 | |
Movie | Goyokin | Magobei Wakizaka | 1969-05-01 |
Movie | Battle of the Japan Sea | Major Genjiro Akashi | 1969-08-01 |
Movie | Blood End | Sentaro | 1969-11-15 |
Movie | Tenchu! | Hanpei Takechi | 1969-08-09 |
Movie | Portrait of Hell | Yoshihide | 1969-11-18 |
Movie | Kill! | Genta | 1968-06-22 |
Movie | Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! | James Elfego | 1968-03-28 |
Movie | Admiral Yamamoto | Narrator (voice) | 1968-08-14 |
Movie | The Human Bullet | Narrator | 1968-10-22 |
Movie | Kojiro | Musashi Miyamoto | 1967-04-01 |
Movie | The Age of Assassins | Shinji Kikyo | 1967-02-04 |
Movie | Samurai Rebellion | Tatewaki Asano | 1967-05-27 |
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Movie | Cash Calls Hell | Oida | 1966-01-15 |
Movie | The Sword of Doom | Ryunosuke Tsukue | 1966-02-25 |
Movie | The Face of Another | Mr. Okuyama | 1966-07-15 |
Movie | Kwaidan | Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow") | 1965-01-06 |
Movie | Three Yakuza | 1965-05-22 | |
Movie | Illusion of Blood | Tamiya Iemon | 1965-07-25 |
Movie | Fort Graveyard | Sakuma | 1965-09-18 |
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Movie | The Inheritance | Kikuo Furukawa | 1962-02-16 |
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Movie | Yojimbo | Unosuke, gunfighter | 1961-04-25 |
Movie | Immortal Love | Heibei | 1961-09-16 |
Movie | The Other Woman | Minami | 1961-05-30 |
Movie | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | Kenichi Komatsu | 1960-01-15 |
Movie | Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Shingo Kuroki | 1960-05-21 |
Movie | The Blue Beast | 1960-06-26 | |
Movie | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | Kaji | 1959-01-15 |
Movie | The Beast Shall Die | Kunihiko Date | 1959-06-09 |
Movie | The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity | Kaji | 1959-11-20 |
Movie | Conflagration | Tokari | 1958-09-22 |
Movie | Untamed Woman | Kimura | 1957-05-28 |
Movie | Black River | Jo | 1957-10-23 |
Movie | Hi no tori | 1956-06-14 | |
Movie | The Thick-Walled Room | 1956-10-31 |
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