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Tatsuya Nakadai
Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Tatsuya Nakadai (仲代 達矢, Nakadai Tatsuya; born Motohisa Nakadai; December 13, 1932 – November 8, 2025) was a Japanese actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in the hi…
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Tatsuya Nakadai (仲代 達矢, Nakadai Tatsuya; born Motohisa Nakadai; December 13, 1932 – November 8, 2025) was a Japanese actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Japanese cinema, he collaborated extensively with many of Japan's best-known and acclaimed directors. In his over seven decade career, he appeared in more than 160 films, and received numerous accolades. He was honored with a Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1996 and Japan's Order of Culture in 2015. Nakadai rose to prominence starring in Masaki Kobayashi's films, with his breakthrough being the protagonist of the epic anti-war trilogy The Human Condition (1959–1961). He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for his performance as the vengeful ronin in Harakiri (1962), a role he considered his finest. Nakadai collaborated on eleven films with Kobayashi—including Kwaidan (1964) and Samurai Rebellion (1967)—and five with Akira Kurosawa, most notably as the tragic warlord in Ran (1985), a performance that earned global acclaim. His other notable credits included Seven Samurai (1954), Yojimbo (1961), The Sword of Doom (1966), The Face of Another (1966), Goyokin (1969), Kagemusha (1980), and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013). A lifelong stage actor, he founded the Gendai Nohgaku-kai troupe in 1975 and continued performing on stage into his nineties. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tatsuya Nakadai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2025
The Limit
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2022
Life Work of Akira Kurosawa
Movie Self
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2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Movie Makino Tadayuki
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2019
The Return
Movie Unokichi
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2019
A Town and a Tall Chimney
Movie Hyoma Sekine
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2019
Sleeping Village
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2018
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2017
Lear on the Shore
Movie Kuwahata Chokichi
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2016
Cold Case: Door of Truth
TV show Suzaki Kiyoshi
- 2016
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2015
A Duel Tale
Movie Sanosuke Shoji
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2015
NORIN TEN inadzukagonjirō monogatari
Movie Gonjiro Inazuka
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2015
Futari no shikeishû - saishin imada hirakarezu
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2015
Before The Leaves Fall
Movie Kenichiro Miya
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2015
Nakadai Tatsuya: to Live for Acting
Movie Self
- 2014
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2014
A Sinner's Lie
TV show Kenzo Haneda
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2014
Gun Woman
Movie Hamazaki
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2014
Giovanni's Island
Movie Older Junpei Senou (voice)
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2013
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Movie Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice)
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2013
The Human Trust
Movie Nobuhiro Sasakura
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2013
Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
Movie Masaru Okunishi
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2012
Until the Break of Dawn
Movie Sadayuki Akiyama
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2012
Japan's Tragedy
Movie Fujio Murai
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2012
Gaku
Movie Kazama Shin-ichi
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2010
Zatoichi: The Last
Movie Tendo
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2010
Haru's Journey
Movie Tadao Nakai
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2009
Listen to My Heart
Movie Kyozo Hayami
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2009
Tatsuya Nakadai on 'The Human Condition'
Movie Self
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2009
Through the Mist
Movie (archive footage)
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2007
Samurai Banners
TV show
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2006
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Movie Sahei Inugami
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2005
Yamato
Movie
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2005
Wish Upon a Star
Movie Takanori Wakamiya
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2005
The Taika Reforms
Movie Minabuchi no Syôan
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2004
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World
TV show Matsumoto Kentaro
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2003
Like Asura
Movie Kotaro Takezawa
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
