Tatsuya Nakadai
Birthday: 1932-12-13 | Place of Birth: Tokyo, JapanFrom 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Makino Tadayuki
as (narration)
as Hamazaki
as Junpei Senou (older) (voice)
as Umetaro Katakura
as Tsuji Gettan
as Kaishu Katsu
as Daishu
as Oribe Furuta
as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
as Maresuke Nogi
as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
as Gomyo Kiyoemon
as Seji Iwahashi
as Sadashichi
as Daizennokami Honjo
as Shintaro Nakaoka
as Major Genjiro Akashi
as Yoshihide
as Mr. Okuyama
as Shinji Kikyo
as Tatewaki Asano
as Ryunosuke Tsukue
as Chief Detective Tokura
as Hanbei Muroto
as Hanshiro Tsugumo
as Unosuke, gunfighter
