Tatsuya Nakadai

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Tatsuya Nakadai)
Tatsuya Nakadai in Kagemusha (1980).
Born	December 13, 1932 (age 74) Tokyo, Japan
Notable roles	Hanshiro Tsugumo in Harakiri Ryunosuke Tsukue in Sword of Doom Shingen Takeda/Kagemusha in Kagemusha

Tatsuya Nakadai (仲代達矢, Nakadai Tatsuya^?, born December 13, 1932) is a Japanese leading film actor.

He became a star after he was discovered working as a shop clerk by filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi during the early 1950s. His starring roles in the films of Akira Kurosawa are among his most famous.

Beginning in the late 1950s, he worked with a number of Japan's best-known filmmakers, starring or co-starring in 5 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 (Sword of the Beast), Hiroshi Inagaki (Portrait of Hell) and Kon Ichikawa (Enjo and Odd Obsession).

Notably, his long-term collaboration with Masaki Kobayashi invites comparison to the working relationships between Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune, Nakadai was featured in 11 of Kobayashi films including, The Human Condition trilogy, Harakiri and Kwaidan. The Thick-Walled Room marked Nakadai's acting debut.

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Tatsuya Nakadai in Ran.

1953: The Thick-Walled Room (Kabe atsuki heya) - directed by Masaki Kobayashi
1954: Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) - d. Akira Kurosawa
1956: Hi no tori - d. Umeji Inoue
1956: Fukuaki no seishun - d. Senkichi Taniguchi
1956: Sazae-san - d. Nobuo Aoyagi
1956: Oshidori no mon - d. Keigo Kimura
1957: Black River (Kuroi kawa) - d. Masaki Kobayashi
1957: Oban - d. Yasuki Chiba
1957: Untamed (Arakure) - d. Mikio Naruse
1957: Hikage no musume - d. Shuei Matsubayashi
1957: Zoku Oban: Fuun hen - d. Yasuki Chiba
1957: A Dangerous Hero (Kiken na eiyu) - d. Hideo Suzuki
1957: Zokuzoku Oban: Doto uhen - d. Yasuki Chiba
1957: Sazae's Youth (Sazae-san no seishun) - d. Nobuo Aoyagi
1958: A Boy and Three Mothers (Haha sannin) - d. Seiji Hisamatsu
1958: All About Marriage (Kekkon no subete) - d. Kihachi Okamoto
1958: Go and Get It (Buttuke honban) - d. Kozo Saeki
1958: Enjo - d. Kon Ichikawa
1958: The Naked Sun (Hadaka no taiyo) - d. Miyoji Ieki
1958: The Human Condition I (Ningen no joken I) - d. Masaki Kobayashi
1959: Yaju shisubeshi - d. Eizo Sugawa
1959: Odd Obsession (Kagi) - d. Kon Ichikawa
1959: Three Dolls in Ginza (Ginza no onéchan) - d. Toshio Sugie
1959: Anyakoro - d. Shiro Toyoda
1959: The Human Condition II (Ningen no joken II) - d. Masaki Kobayashi
1960: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki) - d. Mikio Naruse
1960: Love Under the Crucifix (Oginsama) - d. Kinuyo Tanaka
1960: Daughters, Wives, and a Mother (Musume tsuma haha) - d. Mikio Naruse
1960: The Blue Beast (Aoi yaju) - d. Hiromichi Horikawa
1960: Get 'em All ("Minagoroshi no uta" yori kenju-yo saraba!) - d. Eizo Sugawa
1961: The Other Woman (Tsuma to shite onna to shite) - d. Mikio Naruse
1961: Immortal Love (Eien no hito) - d. Keisuke Kinoshita
1961: The Human Condition III (Ningen no joken III) - d. Masaki Kobayashi
1961: Yojimbo (用心棒 Yōjinbō) - d. Akira Kurosawa
1961: Kumo ga chigieru toki - d. Heinosuke Gosho
1962: Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjuro) - d. Akira Kurosawa
1962: The Inheritance (Karami-ai) - d. Masaki Kobayashi
1962: Harakiri (Seppuku) - d. Masaki Kobayashi
1962: Madame Aki (Yushu heiya) - d. Shiro Toyoda
1963: High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku) - d. Akira Kurosawa
1963: Pressure of Guilt (Shiro to kuro) - d. Hiromichi Horikawa
1963: The Legacy of the 500,000 (Gojuman-nin no isan) - d. Toshiro Mifune
1963: Miren - d. Yasuki Chiba
1963: A Woman's Life (Onna no rekishi) - d. Mikio Naruse
1964: Jigoku sakusen - d. Takashi Tsuboshima
1964: Kwaidan (Kaidan) - d. Masaki Kobayashi
1965: Saigo no shinpan - d. Hiromichi Horikawa
1965: Fort Graveyard (Chi to suna) - d. Kihachi Okamoto
1966: Illusion of Blood (Yotsuya kaidan) - d. Shiro Toyoda
1966: Cash Calls Hell (Gohiki no shinshi) - d. Hideo Gosha
1966: The Sword of Doom (Dai-bosatsu toge) - d. Kihachi Okamoto
1966: The Face of Another (Tanin no kao) - d. Hiroshi Teshigahara
1966: The Daphne (Jinchoge) - d. Yasuki Chiba
1967: The Age of Assassins (Satsujin kyo jidai) - d. Kihachi Okamoto
1967: Kojiro - d. Hiroshi Inagaki
1967: Samurai Rebellion (Joi-uchi: Hairyo tsuma shimatsu) - d. Kobayashi
1967: Tabiji - d. Shinji Murayama
1968: Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (Oggi a me... domani a te!) - d. Tonino Cervi
1968: Kill! (Kiru) - d. Kihachi Okamoto
1968: Admiral Yamamoto (Rengo kantai shirei chokan: Yamamoto Isoroku) - d. Seiji Maruyama
1968: The Human Bullet (Nikudan) - d. Kihachi Okamoto
1969: Goyokin - d. Hideo Gosha
1969: Eiko’s 5000 Kilograms (Eiko e no 5,000 kiro) - d. Koreyoshi Kurahara
1969: Battle of the Japan Sea (Nihonkai daikaisen) - d. Seiji Maruyama
1969: Tenchu! (Hitokiri) - d. Hideo Gosha
1969: Blood End (Tengu-to) - d. Satsuo Tamamoto
1969: Portrait of Hell (Jigokuhen) - d. Shiro Toyoda
1970: Duel at Ezo (Ezo yakata no ketto) - d. Kengo Furusawa
1970: Bakumatsu - d. Daisuke Ito
1970: The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (Buraikan) - d. Masahiro Shinoda
1970: Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (Zatoichi abare-himatsuri) - d. Kenji Misumi
1970: Will to Conquer (Tenkan no abarembo) - d. Seiji Maruyama
1971: Inn of Evil (Inochi bonifuro) - d. Masaki Kobayashi
1971: The Battle of Okinawa (Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen) - d. Kihachi Okamoto
1972: The Wolves (Shussho Iwai) - d. Hideo Gosha
1973: Osho - d. Hiromichi Horikawa
1973: Belladonna (Kanashimi no Belladonna) - Eiichi Yamamoto
1973: The Human Revolution (Ningen kakumei) - d. Toshio Masuda
1973: Rise, Fair Sun (Asayake no uta)- d. Kei Kumai
1974: Karei-naru ichizoku - d. Satsuo Yamamoto
1975: The Gate of Youth (Seishun no mon) - Kiriro Urayama
1975: Tokkan - d. Kihachi Okamoto
1975: I Am a Cat (Wagahai wa neko de aru) - d. Kon Ichikawa
1975: Kinkanshoku - d. Satsuo Yamamoto
1976: Banka - d. Yoshihiro Kawasaki
1976: Zoku ningen kakumei - d. Toshio Masuda
1976: Fumo chitai - d. Satsuo Yamamoto
1977: Sugata Sanshiro - d. Kihachi Okamoto
1978: Blue Christmas (Buru Kurisumasu) - d. Kihachi Okamoto
1978: Queen Bee (Jo-oh-bachi) - d. Kon Ichikawa
1978: Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (Kumokiri nizaemon) - d. Hideo Gosha
1978: The Firebird (Hi no tori) - d. Kon Ichikawa
1979: Hunter in the Dark (Yami no karyudo) - .d Hideo Gosha
1980: Kagemusha - d. Akira Kurosawa
1980: Port Arthur (203 kochi) - d. Toshio Masuda
1981: Willful Murder (Nihon no atsui hibi bosatsu: Shimoyama jiken) - d. Kei Kumai
1982: Onimasa (Kiruin Hanako no shogai) - d. Hideo Gosha
1983: Final Yamato (Uchū senkan Yamato: Kanketsuhen) - d. Tomoharu Katsumata / Yoshinobu Nishizaki / Takeshi Shirado / Toshio Masuda
1984: Kita no hotaru - d. Hideo Gosha
1985: Ran - d. Akira Kurosawa
1985: The Empty Table (Shokutaku no nai ie) - d. Masaki Kobayashi
1986: Atami satsujin jiken - d. Kazuo Takahashi
1987: Hachi-ko (Hachiko monogatari) - d. Seijiro Koyama
1988: Return From the River Kwai - d. Andrew V. McLaglen
1988: Oracion (Yushun) - d. Shigemichi Sugita
1989: Four Days of Snow and Blood (Ni-ni-roku) - d. Hideo Gosha
1991: Heat Wave (Kagero) - d. Hideo Gosha
1992: The Wicked City (Yao shou du shi) - d. Mak Tai-Kit
1992: Basara – The Princess Goh (Goh-hime) - d. Hiroshi Teshigahara
1992: Faraway Sunset (Toki rakujitsu) - d. Seijiro Koyama
1993: Lone Wolf and Cub: Handful of Sand (Kozure Okami: Sono chisaki te ni) - d. Akira Inoue
1993: Summer of the Moonlight Sonata (Gekko no natsu) - d. Seijiro Koyama
1995: East Meets West - d. Kihachi Okamoto
1996: Miyazawa Kenji sono ai - d. Seijiro Koyama
1999: After the Rain (Ame agaru) - d. Takashi Koizumi
1999: Spellbound (Kin'yu fushoku retto: Jubaku) - d. Masato Harada
2001: Vengeance for Sale (Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku) - d. Kihachi Okamoto
2002: To Dance With the White Dog (Shiroi inu to Waltz wo) - d. Takashi Tsukinoki
2002: Hi wa mata noboru - d. Kiyoshi Sasabe
2003: Like Asura (Ashura no gotoku) - d. Yoshimitsu Morita
2005: Yamato (Otoko-tachi no Yamato) - d. Junya Sato
2006: The Inugamis (Inugamike no ichizoku) - d. Kon Ichikawa