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Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Birthday: 1932-12-13 | Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

​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 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

as    Makino Tadayuki

2019
Sleeping Village

as    (narration)

2014
Gun Woman

as    Hamazaki

2014
Giovanni's Island

as    Junpei Senou (older) (voice)

2002
Vengeance for Sale

as    Umetaro Katakura

2000
After the Rain

as    Tsuji Gettan

1995
East Meets West

as    Kaishu Katsu

1992
Wicked City

as    Daishu (Yuen Tai Chung)

1992
Basara: Princess Goh

as    Oribe Furuta

1985
Ran

as    Lord Hidetora Ichimonji

1980
Port Arthur

as    Maresuke Nogi

1980
Kagemusha

as    Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha

1979
Hunter in the Dark

as    Gomyo Kiyoemon

1971
Inn of Evil

as    Sadashichi

1971
The Wolves

as    Seji Iwahashi

1970
Duel at Fort Ezo

as    Daizennokami Honjo

1970
The Ambitious

as    Shintaro Nakaoka

1969
Battle of the Japan Sea

as    Major Genjiro Akashi

1969
Portrait of Hell

as    Yoshihide

1967
The Face of Another

as    Mr. Okuyama

1967
The Age of Assassins

as    Shinji Kikyo

1967
Samurai Rebellion

as    Tatewaki Asano

1966
The Sword of Doom

as    Ryunosuke Tsukue

1963
High and Low

as    Chief Detective Tokura

1963
Sanjuro

as    Hanbei Muroto

1963
Harakiri

as    Hanshiro Tsugumo

1961
Yojimbo

as    Unosuke, gunfighter