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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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Movies
Kwaidan
Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Kaji
Ran
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Sanjuro
Hanbei Muroto
Yojimbo
Unosuke, gunfighter
Hachiko
Shujiro Ueno
Kagemusha
Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
High and Low
Chief Detective Tokura
Samurai Rebellion
Tatewaki Asano
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Kaji
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Kaji
The Wolves
Seji Iwahashi
The Face of Another
Mr. Okuyama
Harakiri
Hanshiro Tsugumo
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Kenichi Komatsu
Tenchu!
Hanpei Takechi
Odd Obsession
Kimura
Hunter in the Dark
Gomyo Kiyoemon
Kill!
Genta
Goyokin
Magobei Wakizaka
Illusion of Blood
Tamiya Iemon
Space Battleship Yamato - Final Chapter
Narrator
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
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Kumokiri Nizaemon
Return from the River Kwai
Major Harada
Conflagration
Tokari
Inn of Evil
Sadashichi
Black River
Jo
The Human Bullet
Narrator
Blood End
Sentaro
Immortal Love
Heibei
Haru's Journey
Tadao Nakai
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa
Battle of the Japan Sea
Major Genjiro Akashi
Like Asura
Kotaro Takezawa
Japan's Tragedy
Fujio Murai
East Meets West
Kaishu Katsu
I Am a Cat
Kushami
Heat Wave
Tsunejiro Murai
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Self
Battle Cry
Hijikata Toshizo
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
Naojiro Kataoka
The Age of Assassins
Shinji Kikyo
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
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
James Elfego
Fireflies in the North
Takeshi Tsukigata
The Empty Table
Nobuyuki Kidoji
Safari 5000
Listen to My Heart
Kyozo Hayami
Untamed Woman
Kimura
Basara: Princess Goh
Oribe Furuta
The Ambitious
Shintaro Nakaoka
The Corporation
Belladonna of Sadness
The Devil (voice)
The Gate of Youth
Seven Samurai
Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
The Family
Teppei Manpyo
Fort Graveyard
Sakuma
The Battle of Okinawa
Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
Yagyu Retsudo
Queen Bee
Ginzo Daidoji
Will to Conquer
Port Arthur
Maresuke Nogi
Blood Type: Blue
Minami
The Inheritance
Kikuo Furukawa
Three Yakuza
Cash Calls Hell
Oida
The Human Trust
Nobuhiro Sasakura
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
The Phoenix
Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara
Solar Eclipse
Yasuo Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary
A. K.
Self
A Woman's Life
The Other Woman
Minami
Jubaku: Spellbound
Hideaki Sasaki
Atami Murder Case
Denbei Nikaido
Lear on the Shore
Kuwahata Chokichi
Human Revolution II
The Blue Beast
Chibusa o daku musume tachi
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Sugiyama
Oracion
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: 'Sanjuro'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
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
Journey
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
Sazen Tange
Admiral Yamamoto
Narrator (voice)
Taikoki
(Narrator)
A Duel Tale
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
The Legend of Sayo
To Dance with the White Dog
Eisuke Nakamoto
Michi
Seiji Tajima
Sazae-san
Norisuke
Teenage Sazae
Yamato
Sugata Sanshiro
Yano
Pilgrimage at Night
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
Hi no tori
13 Assassins
Wish Upon a Star
Takanori Wakamiya
Ant Hell War
Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
Yohei Tachibana
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
ふたりの死刑囚
Narrator
Giovanni's Island
Older Junpei Senou (voice)
Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Self
Life work of Akira Kurosawa
Self
Making of Ran
Self
The Fir Trees Remain
風車の浜吉捕物綴
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
Narrator
Magistrate of the Floating World
Ôban
Shin Don
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Shin don
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Shindon
Oban kanketsu hen
Shin Don
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
The Law of Hell
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Seijiro Miyazawa
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Sahei Inugami
A Dangerous Hero
A Boy and Three Mothers
The Engineer
Battle Anthem
學
Kazama Shin-ichi
Shadow Hunters
Shadow Hunters
Shows
Samurai Banners
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World
Matsumoto Kentaro
Shin Heike Monogatari
Taira no Kiyomori
Daichi no Ko
ゴメスの名はゴメス
Suna no Utsuwa
今西栄太郎
A Sinner's Lie
Kenzo Haneda
嘱託刑事・小山田昭平 旅路の果て
Kinagashi Bugyō
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell