Tatsuya Nakadai

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Japanese leading man, an important star and one of the handful of Japanese actors well known outside Japan. Nakadai was a tall handsome clerk in a Tokyo shop when director Masaki Kobayashi encountered him and cast him in Kabe atsuki heya (1956). Nakadai was subsequently cast in the lead role in Kobayashi's monumental trilogy 'Ningen no joken' and ... See full bio »

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Known For

Harakiri
Harakiri Hanshiro Tsugumo
(1962)
Kagemusha - varjokenraali
Kagemusha - varjokenraali Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
(1980)
Ran
Ran Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
(1985)
Dai-bosatsu tôge
Dai-bosatsu tôge Ryunosuke Tsukue
(1966)
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 2020 The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Makino Tadayuki
 2019 Kikyo (TV Movie)
 2019 Aru machi no takai entotsu
SEKINE Hyoma
 2017 Umibe no Ria
 2016 Kôrudo kêsu: Shinjitsu no Tobira (TV Mini Series)
Kiyoshi Suzaki (Older)
- Koibumi (2016) ... Kiyoshi Suzaki (Older)
 2015 Haretsu (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.7 (2015)
- Episode #1.6 (2015)
- Episode #1.5 (2015)
- Episode #1.4 (2015)
- Episode #1.3 (2015)
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 2015 Hatashiai (TV Movie)
Shoji Sanosuke
 2014 Zainin no uso (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.5 (2014)
- Episode #1.4 (2014)
- Episode #1.3 (2014)
- Episode #1.2 (2014)
- Episode #1.1 (2014)
 2014 Gun Woman
Mr. Hamazaki
 2014 Jobanni no shima
Junpei Senou (older) (voice)
 2013 Prinsessa Kaguyan taru
Sumiyaki no rôjin (voice)
 2013 Jinrui shikin
Nobuhiro Sasakura
 2012 Tsunagu
Sadayuki Akiyama
 2012 Nihon no higeki
Fujio
 2012 Gaku (TV Movie)
Kazama Shin-ichi
 2010 Zatôichi: The Last
Tendo
 2010 Haru tono tabi
Tadao Nakai
 2009 Hikidashi no naka no rabu retâ
Kyozo Hayami
 2008 VeggieTales FitnessHof (TV Series)
Old Man with Sign
- Junior's großes Abenteuer (2008) ... Old Man with Sign
 2007 Fûrin kazan (TV Series)
Takeda Nobutora
- Nobutora tsuihô / Nobutora's Banishment (2007) ... Takeda Nobutora
- Harunobu muhon / Harunobu Commits Treason (2007) ... Takeda Nobutora
- Kansuke utareru / Kansuke's "death" (2007) ... Takeda Nobutora
- Kishû! Umi no kuchi / Surprise Attack! Unnokuchi (2007) ... Takeda Nobutora
- Harunobu Uijin / Harunobu's First Battle (2007) ... Takeda Nobutora
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 2006 Inugami-ke no ichizoku
Sahei Inugami
 2006 Shin ningen kousaten (TV Series)
Yuji
- Tsubasa aru fune ha (2006) ... Yuji
- Aka hige no saigetsu (2006) ... Yuji
- Intai kisha no fairu (2006) ... Yuji
 2005 Yamato
Katsumi Kamio (75 years old)
 2005 Hoshi ni negaio: 7jô ma de umareta 410man no hoshi (TV Movie)
Takanori Wakamiya
 2004 Sekai no chûshin de, ai wo sakebu (TV Series)
Matsumoto Kentaro
 2003 Ashura no gotoku
Kotaro Takezawa
 2002 Hi wa mata noboru
Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
 2002 Shiroi inu to warutsu wo
Eisuke Nakamoto
 2001 Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku
Umetaro Katakura
 1999 Kin'yû fushoku rettô: Jubaku
Hideaki Sasaki
 1999 Sateen jälkeen
Tsuji Gettan
 1996 Hideyoshi (TV Series)
Sen no Rikyu (Tea Ceremony master)
 1996 Miyazawa Kenji sono ai
Seijirou Miyazawa
 1995 Daichi no Ko (TV Series)
Koji Matsumoto
 1995 East Meets West
Rentaro Katsu
 1993 Go Tsubu no Shinju (TV Movie)
Partner
 1993 Kozure Ôkami: Sono chîsaki te ni
Yagyu Retsudo
 1992 Yiu sau dou si
Yuen Tai-Chung
 1992 Toki rakujitsu
Kobayashi
 1992 Gô-hime
Oribe Furuta
 1991 Kagerô
Tsunejiro Murai
 1990 Jusan-nin no Shikaku (TV Movie)
 1989 Lumen ja veren päivät
Sugiyama
 1989 Return from the River Kwai
Major Harada
 1988 Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Shimamura
 1988 Yushun
Heihachiro Wagu
 1987 Taikoki (TV Movie) (Narrator)
 1987 Hyvä ja uskollinen palvelija
Shujiro Ueno
 1986 Michi
Seiji Tajima
 1986 Atami satsujin jiken
Denbei Nikaido
 1985 Shokutaku no nai ie
Nabayuki Kidoji
 1985 Ran
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
 1984 Kita no hotaru
Takeshi Tsukigata
 1983 Uchû senkan Yamato: Kanketsuhen
Narrator (voice)
 1982 Jigoku no Okite (TV Movie)
Ikuzô
 1982 Tange Sazen Kenfû! Hyakuman ryô no tsubo (TV Movie)
Tange Sazen
 1982 Kiryûin Hanako no shôgai
Masagoro Kiryûin - Onimasa
 1980 203 kochi
General Nogi
 1980 Kagemusha - varjokenraali
Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
 1979 Yami no karyudo
Gomyo Kiyoemon
 1978 Burû Kurisumasu
Kazuya Minami
 1978 Hi no tori
Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara
 1978 Kumokiri Nizaemon
Kumokiri Nizaemon
 1978 Joôbachi
Ginzo Daidoji
 1977 Sugata Sanshirô
Yano
 1976 Fumô chitai
 1976 Banka
Setsuo Katsuragi
 1975 Kinkanshoku
Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary
 1975 Wagahai wa neko de aru
Kushami
 1975 Tokkan
 1975 Seishun no mon
Yuki, Shinsuke's father
 1974 Karei-naru ichizoku
Teppei Manpyo
 1973 Asayake no uta
Sakuzo
 1973 Kanashimi no Beradonna
Devil (voice)
 1973 Ôshô
 1972 Shin heike monogatari (TV Series)
 1971 Shussho iwai
Seji Iwahashi
 1971 Inochi bô ni furô
Sadashichi
 1971 Okinawan veriset päivät
Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
 1970 Tenkan no abarembo
Toyo Yoshida
 1970 Zatôichi abare-himatsuri
Ronin (as Tatsuya Nakayo)
 1970 Buraikan
Naojiro Kataoka
 1970 Bakumatsu
Shintaro Nakaoka
 1970 Ezo yakata no ketto
Daizennokami Honjo
 1969 Tengu-tô
Sentarô
 1969 Jigokuhen
Yoshihide
 1969 Hitokiri
Hanpeita Takechi
 1969 Nihonkai daikaisen
Major Genjiro Akashi
 1969 Goyôkin
Magobei Wakizaka
 1968 Nikudan
A narrator
 1968 Kiru
Genta
 1968 He ratsastivat yhdessä
James Elfego
 1967 Tabiji
Yuichiro
 1967 Laskeva aurinko
Tatewaki Asano
 1967 Sasaki Kojiro
Musashi Miyamoto
 1967 Satsujin kyôjidai
Shinji Kikyo
 1966 Jinchoge
Professor Kanahira
 1966 Shurushuru (TV Movie)
 1966 Tanin no kao
Mr. Okuyama
 1966 Dai-bosatsu tôge
Ryunosuke Tsukue
 1966 Gohiki no shinshi
Oida
 1965 Toda-ke no kyôdai (TV Mini Series)
 1965 Chi to suna
Sakuma
 1965 Yotsuya kaidan
Iyemon Tamiya
 1965 Matatabi sannin yakuza
Hatsukari-no-Sentaro
 1964 Kaidan
Mi nokichi (segment "Yuki-Onna")
 1963 Onna no rekishi
Akimoto
 1963 Miren
Ryôta Kinoshita
 1963 Gojuman-nin no isan
Mitsura Gunji
 1963 Shiro to kuro
Hamano
 1963 Taivas ja helvetti
Chief Detective Tokura
 1963 Yushu heiya
Tatsumi
 1962 Harakiri
Hanshiro Tsugumo
 1962 Ogin-sama
Ukon Takayama
 1962 Karami-ai
Kikuo Furukawa
 1962 Samuraimiekka
Hanbei Muroto
 1961 Eien no hito
Heibei
 1961 Yojimbo - onnensoturi
Unosuke - Gunfighter
 1961 Ningen no jôken
Kaji
 1960 Aoi yaju
Yasuhiko Kuroki
 1960 Musume tsuma haha
Shingo Kuroki, Reiji's friend
 1960 Nainen nousee portaita
Kenichi Komatsu, the manager
 1959/II Ningen no jôken
Kaji
 1959 Anyakôro
Kaname
 1959 Kagi - outo ahdistus
Dr. Kimura / Toshiko's boyfriend
 1959 Yajû shisubeshi
Kunihiko Date
 1958 Hadaka no taiyo
Maida
 1958 Kärsimyksen liekki
Tokari
 1958 Buttsuke homban
his Assistant
 1958 Yoru no hamon
Masaki
 1958 Haha sannin
The Engineer
 1958 Kampai! Miai kekkon
Kunihiko Sasada
 1957 Sazae-san no seishun
Norisuke
 1957 Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Shindon
 1957 Kuroi kawa
Jo
 1957 Hadairo no tsuki
Jirô Taki
 1957 Kiken na eiyu
 1957 Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Shin don
 1957 Arakure
Shinkichi, the young tailor
 1957 Ôban
Shin Don
 1956 Sazae-san
Norisuke
 1956 Hadashi no seishun
Yûji Wada
 1956 Hi no tori
 1954 7 samuraita
Samurai Wandering Through Town (uncredited)
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Alternate Names:

Tatsuya Nakayo

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Spouse:

Tomoe Ryu  (her death)
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Personal Quote:

You're willing to take a plunge from any height. There's just something about being in front of a camera. And being in front of an audience is the same thing. It's hopeless. I guess I'm just a ham. See more »

Trivia:

Although not obvious in the movies they made together, he was taller than Toshiro Mifune. He was also one of the few Japanese actors who could stand eye to eye with the almost six-foot-tall director Akira Kurosawa. See more »

Trademark:

Distinctive voice with nuanced delivery. See more »

Nickname:

The Snake See more »
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