Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai
Born	(1932-12-13) December 13, 1932 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1954–present

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

The Thick-Walled Room marked Nakadai's acting debut in 1953. His next role was a little-noticed and uncredited one in Seven Samurai where he appears for a few seconds as a samurai wandering about town.

He was featured in 11 films directed by Masaki Kobayashi, including the The Human Condition trilogy, wherein he starred as the lead character Kaji, plus Harakiri, Samurai Rebellion and Kwaidan.

Nakadai worked with a number of Japan's best-known filmmakers -- starring or co-starring in five films directed by Akira Kurosawa, as well as being cast in significant films directed 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), Shirō Toyoda (Portrait of Hell) and Kon Ichikawa (Enjo and Odd Obsession).

Filmography

• 1953: The Thick-Walled Room (Kabe atsuki heya) – directed by Masaki Kobayashi
• 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. Shūe 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 jōken 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. Shirō Toyoda
• 1959: The Human Condition II (Ningen no jōken 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 jōken 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. Shirō 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. Shirō 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. Masaki 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 Yamamoto
• 1969: Portrait of Hell (Jigokuhen) – d. Shirō Toyoda
• 1970: Duel at Ezo (Ezo yakata no ketto) – d. Kengo Furusawa
• 1970: Bakumatsu – d. Daisuke Itō
• 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: 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: Nihon no Atsui Hibi Bōsatsu: 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. Seijirō Kōyama
• 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 chiisaki 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
• 1996: A Son of the Good Earth (NHK Television series)
• 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
• 2007: Furin Kazan (NHK Taiga drama)

External links

• The Eighth Samurai: Tatsuya Nakadai by Chuck Stephens
• Tatsuya Nakadai at the Internet Movie Database
• Tatsuya Nakadai at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)