Tatsuya Nakadai
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.
Kwaidan
(Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow"))
Sanjuro
(Hanbei Muroto)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
(Kaji)
Ran
(Lord Hidetora Ichimonji)
Kagemusha
(Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha)
Yojimbo
(Unosuke, gunfighter)
Hachiko
(Shujiro Ueno)
Samurai Rebellion
(Tatewaki Asano)
High and Low
(Chief Detective Tokura)
Phoenix
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
(Kaji)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
(Kaji)
The Wolves
(Seji Iwahashi)
Harakiri
(Hanshiro Tsugumo)
The Face of Another
(Mr. Okuyama)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
(Kenichi Komatsu)
Tenchu!
(Hanpei Takechi)
Odd Obsession
(Kimura)
13 Assassins
Hunter in the Dark
(Gomyo Kiyoemon)
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
(Narrator)
Kill!
(Genta)
Magistrate of the Floating World
Wish Upon a Star
(Takanori Wakamiya)
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
(James Elfego)
Goyokin
(Magobei Wakizaka)
Illusion of Blood
(Tamiya Iemon)
Final Yamato
(Narrator)
Ant Hell War
Wicked City
(Daishu)
The Sword of Doom
(Ryunosuke Tsukue)
Portrait of Hell
(Yoshihide)
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
(Ronin)
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
(Shingo Kuroki)
Kurosawa
(Self)
Return from the River Kwai
(Major Harada)
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
(Shindon)
Oban kanketsu hen
(Shin Don)
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
(Kumokiri Nizaemon)
Ôban
(Shin Don)
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
(Shin don)
Conflagration
(Tokari)
Inn of Evil
(Sadashichi)
Black River
(Jo)
Haru's Journey
(Tadao Nakai)
Blood End
(Sentaro)
The Human Bullet
(Narrator)
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
(Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa)
Immortal Love
(Heibei)
Battle of the Japan Sea
(Major Genjiro Akashi)
Like Asura
(Kotaro Takezawa)
Japan's Tragedy
(Fujio Murai)
East Meets West
(Kaishu Katsu)
Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
(Yohei Tachibana)
Heat Wave
(Tsunejiro Murai)
I Am a Cat
(Kushami)
The Battle of Okinawa
(Colonel Hiromichi Yahara)
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
(Self)
The Inheritance
(Kikuo Furukawa)
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Battle Cry
(Hijikata Toshizo)
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
The Age of Assassins
(Shinji Kikyo)
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
(Naojiro Kataoka)
The Law of Hell
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
(Seijiro Miyazawa)
Duel at Fort Ezo
(Daizennokami Honjo)
Love Under the Crucifix
(Ukon Takayama)
Vengeance for Sale
(Umetaro Katakura)
After the Rain
(Tsuji Gettan)
Rise, Fair Sun
Until the Break of Dawn
(Sadayuki Akiyama)
A Dangerous Hero
ふたりの死刑囚
(Narrator)
Murder of the Inugami Clan
(Sahei Inugami)
A Boy and Three Mothers
(The Engineer)
Battle Anthem
Fireflies in the North
(Takeshi Tsukigata)
The Empty Table
(Nobuyuki Kidoji)
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
(Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.))
Giovanni's Island
(Older Junpei Senou (voice))
Safari 5000
Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya
(Self)
Listen to My Heart
(Kyozo Hayami)
Untamed Woman
(Kimura)
Basara: The Princess Goh
(Oribe Furuta)
Belladonna of Sadness
(The Devil (voice))
The Gate of Youth
Life Work of Akira Kurosawa
(Self)
Seven Samurai
(Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited))
Making of Ran
(Self)
The Fir Trees Remain
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
(Yagyu Retsudo)
The Family
(Teppei Manpyo)
Fort Graveyard
(Sakuma)
Queen Bee
(Ginzo Daidoji)
Will to Conquer
Gaku
(Kazama Shin-ichi)
風車の浜吉捕物綴
Port Arthur
(Maresuke Nogi)
Blood Type: Blue
(Minami)
Shadow Hunters
The Ambitious
(Shintaro Nakaoka)
Cash Calls Hell
(Oida)
The Human Trust
(Nobuhiro Sasakura)
Three Yakuza
The Phoenix
(Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara)
Solar Eclipse
(Yasuo Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary)
A. K.
(Self)
Through the Mist
((Archive Footage))
A Woman's Life
The Other Woman
(Minami)
Jubaku: Spellbound
(Hideaki Sasaki)
裸足の青春
(Yûji Wada)
Atami Murder Case
(Denbei Nikaido)
The Corporation
Lear on the Shore
(Kuwahata Chokichi)
Human Revolution II
The Blue Beast
Chibusa o daku musume tachi
Four Days of Snow and Blood
(Sugiyama)
Oración
(Heihachiro Wagu)
As the Clouds Scatter
Kojiro
(Musashi Miyamoto)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
(Self)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
(Self)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
(Self)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
(Self)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
(Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice))
The Last Judgment
Pressure of Guilt
The Naked Sun
The Beast Shall Die
(Kunihiko Date)
Get 'em All
(Tsubota)
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
(Sazen Tange)
Journey
Admiral Yamamoto
(Narrator (voice))
A Duel Tale
Taikoki
((Narrator))
Before The Leaves Fall
(Kenichiro Miya)
Legacy of the 500,000
(Mitsura Gunji)
Tatsuya Nakadai on 'The Human Condition'
(Self)
Gun Woman
(Hamazaki)
The Daphne
The Return
Zatoichi: The Last
(Tendo)
Willful Murder
(Yashiro)
Faraway Sunset
(Kobayashi)
All About Marriage
(Akira Nakayama)
Michi
(Seiji Tajima)
The Legend of Sayo
To Dance with the White Dog
(Eisuke Nakamoto)
Sazae-san
(Norisuke)
Teenage Sazae
Yamato
Pilgrimage at Night
Sugata Sanshiro
(Yano)
A Town and a Tall Chimney
The Human Revolution
The Thick-Walled Room
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
(Makino Tadayuki)
Japan's Longest Day
(Narrator (voice))
Sleeping Village
((narration))
Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
Shin Heike Monogatari
(Taira no Kiyomori)
A Sinner's Lie
(Kenzo Haneda)
Samurai Banners
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World
(Matsumoto Kentaro)
嘱託刑事･小山田昭平 旅路の果て
A Son Of The Good Earth
ゴメスの名はゴメス
Kinagashi Bugyō
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
Suna no Utsuwa
(今西栄太郎)