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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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Known For
Seven Samurai
(1954)
Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
(2013)
Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice)
Harakiri
(1962)
Hanshiro Tsugumo
Yojimbo
(1961)
Unosuke, gunfighter
High and Low
(1963)
Chief Detective Tokura
Kagemusha
(1980)
Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Ran
(1985)
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Gun Woman
(2014)
Hamazaki
Kwaidan
(1965)
Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
The Sword of Doom
(1966)
Ryunosuke Tsukue
Belladonna of Sadness
(1973)
The Devil (voice)
Sanjuro
(1962)
Hanbei Muroto
Hachiko
(1987)
Shujiro Ueno
Samurai Rebellion
(1967)
Tatewaki Asano
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
(1961)
Kaji
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
(1959)
Kaji
Full Filmography
Acting
Seven Samurai
(1954)
Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Sazae-san
(1956)
Norisuke
The Thick-Walled Room
(1956)
Hi no tori
(1956)
Black River
(1957)
Jo
Untamed Woman
(1957)
Kimura
Teenage Sazae
(1957)
Ôban
(1957)
Shin Don
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
(1957)
Shin don
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
(1957)
Shindon
A Dangerous Hero
(1957)
Conflagration
(1958)
Tokari
The Naked Sun
(1958)
All About Marriage
(1958)
Akira Nakayama
Oban kanketsu hen
(1958)
Shin Don
A Boy and Three Mothers
(1958)
The Engineer
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
(1959)
Kaji
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
(1959)
Kaji
Odd Obsession
(1959)
Kimura
The Beast Shall Die
(1959)
Kunihiko Date
Pilgrimage at Night
(1959)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
(1960)
Kenichi Komatsu
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
(1960)
Shingo Kuroki
The Blue Beast
(1960)
Get 'em All
(1960)
Tsubota
Yojimbo
(1961)
Unosuke, gunfighter
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
(1961)
Kaji
Immortal Love
(1961)
Heibei
The Other Woman
(1961)
Minami
As the Clouds Scatter
(1961)
Sanjuro
(1962)
Hanbei Muroto
Harakiri
(1962)
Hanshiro Tsugumo
Love Under the Crucifix
(1962)
Ukon Takayama
The Inheritance
(1962)
Kikuo Furukawa
Chibusa o daku musume tachi
(1962)
High and Low
(1963)
Chief Detective Tokura
A Woman's Life
(1963)
Pressure of Guilt
(1963)
Legacy of the 500,000
(1963)
Mitsura Gunji
Ant Hell War
(1964)
Kwaidan
(1965)
Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Illusion of Blood
(1965)
Tamiya Iemon
Fort Graveyard
(1965)
Sakuma
Three Yakuza
(1965)
The Last Judgment
(1965)
The Face of Another
(1966)
Mr. Okuyama
The Sword of Doom
(1966)
Ryunosuke Tsukue
Cash Calls Hell
(1966)
Oida
The Daphne
(1966)
Samurai Rebellion
(1967)
Tatewaki Asano
The Age of Assassins
(1967)
Shinji Kikyo
Kojiro
(1967)
Musashi Miyamoto
Journey
(1967)
Japan's Longest Day
(1967)
Narrator (voice)
Kill!
(1968)
Genta
The Human Bullet
(1968)
Narrator
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
(1968)
James Elfego
Admiral Yamamoto
(1968)
Narrator (voice)
Tenchu!
(1969)
Hanpei Takechi
Goyokin
(1969)
Magobei Wakizaka
Portrait of Hell
(1969)
Yoshihide
Blood End
(1969)
Sentaro
Battle of the Japan Sea
(1969)
Major Genjiro Akashi
Safari 5000
(1969)
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
(1970)
Ronin
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
(1970)
Naojiro Kataoka
Duel at Fort Ezo
(1970)
Daizennokami Honjo
The Ambitious
(1970)
Shintaro Nakaoka
Will to Conquer
(1970)
The Wolves
(1971)
Seji Iwahashi
Inn of Evil
(1971)
Sadashichi
The Battle of Okinawa
(1971)
Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
Rise, Fair Sun
(1973)
Belladonna of Sadness
(1973)
The Devil (voice)
The Human Revolution
(1973)
The Family
(1974)
Teppei Manpyo
I Am a Cat
(1975)
Kushami
Battle Cry
(1975)
Hijikata Toshizo
The Gate of Youth
(1975)
Solar Eclipse
(1975)
Yasuo Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary
The Corporation
(1976)
Human Revolution II
(1976)
Sugata Sanshiro
(1977)
Yano
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
(1978)
Kumokiri Nizaemon
Queen Bee
(1978)
Ginzo Daidoji
Blood Type: Blue
(1978)
Minami
The Phoenix
(1978)
Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara
Hunter in the Dark
(1979)
Gomyo Kiyoemon
Kagemusha
(1980)
Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Port Arthur
(1980)
Maresuke Nogi
Willful Murder
(1981)
Yashiro
Magistrate of the Floating World
(1981)
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
(1982)
Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
(1982)
Sazen Tange
The Legend of Sayo
(1982)
The Law of Hell
(1982)
Space Battleship Yamato - Final Chapter
(1983)
Narrator
The Fir Trees Remain
(1983)
Battle Anthem
(1983)
Shadow Hunters
(1983)
Shadow Hunters
(1983)
Fireflies in the North
(1984)
Takeshi Tsukigata
Ran
(1985)
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
The Empty Table
(1985)
Nobuyuki Kidoji
A. K.
(1985)
Self
Making of Ran
(1985)
Self
Atami Murder Case
(1986)
Denbei Nikaido
Michi
(1986)
Seiji Tajima
Hachiko
(1987)
Shujiro Ueno
Taikoki
(1987)
(Narrator)
Oracion
(1988)
Heihachiro Wagu
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
(1988)
Return from the River Kwai
(1989)
Major Harada
Four Days of Snow and Blood
(1989)
Sugiyama
13 Assassins
(1990)
Heat Wave
(1991)
Tsunejiro Murai
Wicked City
(1992)
Daishu
Basara: Princess Goh
(1992)
Oribe Furuta
Faraway Sunset
(1992)
Kobayashi
風車の浜吉捕物綴
(1992)
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
(1993)
Yagyu Retsudo
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
(1993)
East Meets West
(1995)
Kaishu Katsu
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
(1996)
Seijiro Miyazawa
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
(1999)
Self
Jubaku: Spellbound
(1999)
Hideaki Sasaki
Kurosawa
(2000)
Self
After the Rain
(2000)
Tsuji Gettan
Vengeance for Sale
(2002)
Umetaro Katakura
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
(2002)
Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
(2002)
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
(2002)
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
(2002)
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
(2002)
Self
To Dance with the White Dog
(2002)
Eisuke Nakamoto
Like Asura
(2003)
Kotaro Takezawa
Yamato
(2005)
Wish Upon a Star
(2005)
Takanori Wakamiya
Murder of the Inugami Clan
(2006)
Sahei Inugami
Listen to My Heart
(2009)
Kyozo Hayami
Tatsuya Nakadai on 'The Human Condition'
(2009)
Self
Haru's Journey
(2010)
Tadao Nakai
Zatoichi: The Last
(2010)
Tendo
Japan's Tragedy
(2012)
Fujio Murai
Until the Break of Dawn
(2012)
Sadayuki Akiyama
學
(2012)
Kazama Shin-ichi
The Human Trust
(2013)
Nobuhiro Sasakura
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
(2013)
Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice)
Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
(2013)
Gun Woman
(2014)
Hamazaki
Giovanni's Island
(2014)
Older Junpei Senou (voice)
Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya
(2014)
Self
A Duel Tale
(2015)
Before The Leaves Fall
(2015)
Kenichiro Miya
ふたりの死刑囚
(2015)
Narrator
Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
(2016)
Yohei Tachibana
Lear on the Shore
(2017)
Kuwahata Chokichi
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
(2018)
Narrator
The Return
(2019)
A Town and a Tall Chimney
(2019)
Sleeping Village
(2019)
(narration)
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
(2022)
Makino Tadayuki
Life work of Akira Kurosawa
(2022)
Self