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 | The Return | 2019-11-04 | |
Movie | Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu | Narrator | 2018-06-30 |
Movie | Lear on the Shore | Kuwahata Chokichi | 2017-06-03 |
Movie | Mifune: The Last Samurai | (archive footage) | 2016-12-02 |
Series | Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~ | 2016-10-22 | |
Movie | Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor | Yohei Tachibana | 2016-10-05 |
Movie | A Duel Tale | 2015-10-31 | |
Movie | Before The Leaves Fall | Kenichiro Miya | 2015-05-23 |
Movie | Gun Woman | Hamazaki | 2014-02-28 |
Movie | Giovanni's Island | Older Junpei Senou (voice) | 2014-02-22 |
Movie | Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Self | 2014-11-27 |
Movie | Over Your Dead Body | 2014-08-23 | |
Series | A Sinner's Lie | Kenzo Haneda | 2014-08-31 |
Movie | The Tale of The Princess Kaguya | Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice) | 2013-11-23 |
Movie | The Human Trust | Nobuhiro Sasakura | 2013-10-19 |
Movie | Until the Break of Dawn | Sadayuki Akiyama | 2012-11-10 |
Movie | Japan's Tragedy | Fujio Murai | 2012-10-05 |
Movie | 學 | Kazama Shin-ichi | 2012-01-01 |
Movie | Karate Girl | Kurenai Tatsuya | 2011-02-05 |
Movie | Zatoichi: The Last | Tendo | 2010-05-29 |
Movie | Haru's Journey | Tadao Nakai | 2010-05-22 |
Movie | Listen to My Heart | Kyozo Hayami | 2009-11-10 |
Series | Samurai Banners | 2007-01-07 | |
Movie | Murder of the Inugami Clan | Sahei Inugami | 2006-12-16 |
Movie | Yamato | 2005-12-17 | |
Movie | Wish Upon a Star | Takanori Wakamiya | 2005-08-26 |
Series | Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World | Matsumoto Kentaro | 2004-07-02 |
Movie | Like Asura | Kotaro Takezawa | 2003-11-08 |
Movie | Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS | Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.) | 2002-06-16 |
Movie | Vengeance for Sale | Umetaro Katakura | 2002-02-16 |
Movie | To Dance with the White Dog | Eisuke Nakamoto | 2002-04-13 |
Movie | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha' | Self | 2002-10-25 |
Movie | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' | Self | 2002-10-25 |
Movie | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' | Self | 2002-10-25 |
Movie | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo' | Self | 2002-10-25 |
Movie | Kurosawa | Self | 2000-12-24 |
Movie | After the Rain | Tsuji Gettan | 2000-01-22 |
Movie | Jubaku: Spellbound | Hideaki Sasaki | 1999-09-18 |
Movie | Kurosawa: The Last Emperor | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa | Seijiro Miyazawa | 1996-09-14 |
Series | Daichi no Ko | 1995-11-11 | |
Movie | East Meets West | Kaishu Katsu | 1995-08-12 |
Movie | Kin chan no Cinema Jack | 1993-05-22 | |
Movie | Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict | Yagyu Retsudo | 1993-02-06 |
Movie | Wicked City | Daishu | 1992-11-20 |
Movie | Faraway Sunset | Kobayashi | 1992-07-04 |
Movie | Basara: Princess Goh | Oribe Furuta | 1992-04-11 |
Movie | Heat Wave | Tsunejiro Murai | 1991-02-09 |
Movie | 13 Assassins | 1990-03-28 | |
Movie | Four Days of Snow and Blood | Sugiyama | 1989-06-17 |
Movie | Return from the River Kwai | Major Harada | 1989-04-07 |
Movie | Oracion | Heihachiro Wagu | 1988-07-23 |
Movie | Hachiko | Shujiro Ueno | 1987-08-01 |
Movie | Taikoki | (Narrator) | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | Atami Murder Case | Denbei Nikaido | 1986-06-07 |
Movie | A. K. | Self | 1985-05-20 |
Movie | Ran | Lord Hidetora Ichimonji | 1985-06-01 |
Movie | The Empty Table | Nobuyuki Kidoji | 1985-11-01 |
Movie | Fireflies in the North | Takeshi Tsukigata | 1984-09-01 |
Movie | The Fir Trees Remain | 1983-12-01 | |
Movie | Battle Anthem | 1983-06-04 | |
Movie | Space Battleship Yamato - Final Chapter | Narrator | 1983-03-19 |
Movie | The Legend of Sayo | 1982-12-17 | |
Movie | Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo | Sazen Tange | 1982-10-22 |
Movie | Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather | Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa | 1982-06-05 |
Movie | Magistrate of the Floating World | 1981-05-01 | |
Movie | Willful Murder | Yashiro | 1981-11-07 |
Movie | Port Arthur | Maresuke Nogi | 1980-08-02 |
Movie | Kagemusha | Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha | 1980-04-26 |
Movie | Hunter in the Dark | Gomyo Kiyoemon | 1979-06-17 |
Movie | Blood Type: Blue | Minami | 1978-11-23 |
Movie | The Phoenix | Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara | 1978-08-12 |
Movie | Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron | Kumokiri Nizaemon | 1978-07-01 |
Movie | Queen Bee | Ginzo Daidoji | 1978-02-11 |
Movie | Sugata Sanshiro | Yano | 1977-10-29 |
Movie | Human Revolution II | 1976-06-19 | |
Movie | The Corporation | 1976-08-14 | |
Movie | Solar Eclipse | Yasuo Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary | 1975-09-06 |
Movie | I Am a Cat | Kushami | 1975-05-31 |
Movie | Battle Cry | Hijikata Toshizo | 1975-03-14 |
Movie | The Gate of Youth | 1975-02-15 | |
Movie | The Family | Teppei Manpyo | 1974-01-26 |
Movie | Rise, Fair Sun | 1973-10-27 | |
Movie | Belladonna of Sadness | The Devil (voice) | 1973-06-30 |
Movie | The Battle of Okinawa | Colonel Hiromichi Yahara | 1971-08-14 |
Movie | Inn of Evil | Sadashichi | 1971-09-11 |
Movie | The Wolves | Seji Iwahashi | 1971-10-30 |
Movie | Will to Conquer | 1970-10-17 | |
Movie | Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival | Ronin | 1970-08-12 |
Movie | The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan | Naojiro Kataoka | 1970-04-18 |
Movie | The Ambitious | Shintaro Nakaoka | 1970-02-14 |
Movie | Duel at Fort Ezo | Daizennokami Honjo | 1970-02-09 |
Movie | Goyokin | Magobei Wakizaka | 1969-05-01 |
Movie | Safari 5000 | 1969-07-19 | |
Movie | Battle of the Japan Sea | Major Genjiro Akashi | 1969-08-01 |
Movie | Tenchu! | Hanpei Takechi | 1969-08-09 |
Movie | Blood End | Sentaro | 1969-11-15 |
Movie | Portrait of Hell | Yoshihide | 1969-11-18 |
Movie | The Human Bullet | Narrator | 1968-10-22 |
Movie | Admiral Yamamoto | Narrator (voice) | 1968-08-14 |
Movie | Kill! | Genta | 1968-06-22 |
Movie | Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! | James Elfego | 1968-03-28 |
Movie | The Age of Assassins | Shinji Kikyo | 1967-02-04 |
Movie | Kojiro | Musashi Miyamoto | 1967-04-01 |
Movie | Samurai Rebellion | Tatewaki Asano | 1967-05-27 |
Series | ゴメスの名はゴメス | 1967-04-27 | |
Movie | Japan's Longest Day | Narrator (voice) | 1967-08-12 |
Movie | Journey | 1967-11-12 | |
Movie | The Daphne | 1966-10-01 | |
Movie | The Face of Another | Mr. Okuyama | 1966-07-15 |
Movie | The Sword of Doom | Ryunosuke Tsukue | 1966-02-25 |
Movie | Cash Calls Hell | Oida | 1966-01-15 |
Movie | Kwaidan | Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow") | 1965-01-06 |
Movie | The Last Judgment | 1965-05-16 | |
Movie | Three Yakuza | 1965-05-22 | |
Movie | Illusion of Blood | Tamiya Iemon | 1965-07-25 |
Movie | Fort Graveyard | Sakuma | 1965-09-18 |
Movie | A Woman's Life | 1963-11-16 | |
Movie | Legacy of the 500,000 | Mitsura Gunji | 1963-04-18 |
Movie | High and Low | Chief Detective Tokura | 1963-03-01 |
Movie | Pressure of Guilt | 1963-02-17 | |
Movie | Chibusa o daku musume tachi | 1962-10-07 | |
Movie | Harakiri | Hanshiro Tsugumo | 1962-09-15 |
Movie | The Inheritance | Kikuo Furukawa | 1962-02-16 |
Movie | Sanjuro | Hanbei Muroto | 1962-01-01 |
Movie | Love Under the Crucifix | Ukon Takayama | 1962-06-03 |
Movie | Immortal Love | Heibei | 1961-09-16 |
Movie | As the Clouds Scatter | 1961-07-09 | |
Movie | The Other Woman | Minami | 1961-05-30 |
Movie | Yojimbo | Unosuke, gunfighter | 1961-04-25 |
Movie | The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer | Kaji | 1961-01-28 |
Movie | Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Shingo Kuroki | 1960-05-21 |
Movie | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | Kenichi Komatsu | 1960-01-15 |
Movie | The Blue Beast | 1960-06-26 | |
Movie | Get 'em All | Tsubota | 1960-11-29 |
Movie | The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity | Kaji | 1959-11-20 |
Movie | Pilgrimage at Night | 1959-09-20 | |
Movie | Odd Obsession | Kimura | 1959-06-23 |
Movie | The Beast Shall Die | Kunihiko Date | 1959-06-09 |
Movie | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | Kaji | 1959-01-15 |
Movie | Oban kanketsu hen | Shin Don | 1958-07-01 |
Movie | All About Marriage | Akira Nakayama | 1958-05-26 |
Movie | Conflagration | Tokari | 1958-09-22 |
Movie | The Naked Sun | 1958-10-01 | |
Movie | Teenage Sazae | 1957-12-28 | |
Movie | Black River | Jo | 1957-10-23 |
Movie | Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen | Shin don | 1957-07-19 |
Movie | Untamed Woman | Kimura | 1957-05-28 |
Movie | Ôban | Shin Don | 1957-03-05 |
Movie | Sazae-san | Norisuke | 1956-12-12 |
Movie | The Thick-Walled Room | 1956-10-31 | |
Movie | Hi no tori | 1956-06-14 | |
Movie | Seven Samurai | Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited) | 1954-04-26 |