Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Acting
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Known for
Acting
Born
1932-12-13
From
Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Died
2025-11-08
Also known as Тацуя Накадай, Tatsuya Nakadaki, تاتسویا ناکادای
Biography
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.
★8.4
MOVIE1954
Seven Samurai
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
★8.4
MOVIE1962
Harakiri
as Hanshiro Tsugumo
★8.4
MOVIE1963
High and Low
as Chief Detective Tokura
★8.1
MOVIE2013
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
as Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE1985
Ran
as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
★8.1
MOVIE1961
Yojimbo
as Unosuke, gunfighter
★6.5
MOVIE1985
The Empty Table
as Nobuyuki Kidoji
★7.8
MOVIE1980
Kagemusha
as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
★7.7
MOVIE1965
Kwaidan
as Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
★7.4
MOVIE1973
Belladonna of Sadness
as The Devil (voice)
★7.9
MOVIE1962
Sanjuro
as Hanbei Muroto
★8.3
MOVIE1967
Samurai Rebellion
as Tatewaki Asano
★5.4
MOVIE2005
Yamato
MOVIE1970
Will to Conquer
MOVIE2005
Wish Upon a Star
as Takanori Wakamiya
★5.8
MOVIE1992
Wicked City
as Daishu
★8.1
MOVIE1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kaji
★8.4
MOVIE1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Kaji
★7.8
MOVIE1966
The Face of Another
as Mr. Okuyama
★8.2
MOVIE1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Kaji
★7.8
MOVIE1971
The Battle of Okinawa
as Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
★6.0
MOVIE1968
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
as James Elfego
★6.2
MOVIE1982
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
as Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa
★7.7
MOVIE1966
The Sword of Doom
as Ryunosuke Tsukue
★5.0
MOVIE2014
Gun Woman
as Hamazaki
★7.5
MOVIE1969
Goyokin
as Magobei Wakizaka
★6.4
MOVIE1969
Battle of the Japan Sea
as Major Genjiro Akashi
★8.0
MOVIE1976
Human Revolution II
★7.3
MOVIE1967
Japan's Longest Day
as Narrator (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Kenichi Komatsu
★5.0
MOVIE1989
Return from the River Kwai
as Major Harada
★7.5
MOVIE2014
Giovanni's Island
as Older Junpei Senou (voice)
MOVIE1990
戦艦大和
★5.9
MOVIE1991
Heat Wave
as Tsunejiro Murai
★8.5
MOVIE1968
Admiral Yamamoto
as Narrator (voice)
★6.3
MOVIE1979
Hunter in the Dark
as Gomyo Kiyoemon
★6.1
MOVIE1978
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as Kumokiri Nizaemon
★7.0
MOVIE2000
Kurosawa
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE1975
Solar Eclipse
as Yasuo Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary
★7.5
MOVIE1957
Untamed Woman
as Kimura
★6.5
MOVIE2003
Like Asura
as Kotaro Takezawa
★6.2
MOVIE1971
Inn of Evil
as Sadashichi
MOVIE2005
The Taika Reforms
as Minabuchi no Syôan
★6.9
MOVIE2006
Murder of the Inugami Clan
as Sahei Inugami
★5.7
MOVIE1995
East Meets West
as Kaishu Katsu
★7.4
MOVIE1961
Immortal Love
as Heibei
★7.0
MOVIE1969
Tenchu!
as Hanpeita Takechi
★7.1
MOVIE1958
Conflagration
as Tokari
★6.9
MOVIE1992
Basara: The Princess Goh
as Oribe Furuta
★7.3
MOVIE2000
After the Rain
as Tsuji Gettan
★5.6
MOVIE1984
Fireflies in the North
as Takeshi Tsukigata
★7.5
MOVIE1966
Cash Calls Hell
as Oida
★7.8
MOVIE1987
Hachiko
as Shujiro Ueno
★7.3
MOVIE1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Kuroki Shingo
★6.7
MOVIE1983
Final Yamato
as Narrator
★6.2
MOVIE1959
Odd Obsession
as Kimura
MOVIE1984
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
★5.4
MOVIE2010
Zatoichi: The Last
as Tendo
★10.0
MOVIE1966
The Daphne
★6.5
MOVIE2010
Haru's Journey
as Tadao Nakai
★6.8
MOVIE1970
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
as Ronin
★7.4
MOVIE1980
Port Arthur
as Maresuke Nogi
★8.3
MOVIE1965
The Last Judgment
★5.9
MOVIE1968
The Human Bullet
as Narrator (voice)
★7.9
MOVIE1969
Portrait of Hell
as Yoshihide
★6.4
MOVIE1965
Illusion of Blood
as Iyemon Tamiya
★7.6
MOVIE1978
Queen Bee
as Ginzo Daidoji
★7.0
MOVIE1968
Kill!
as Genta
MOVIE1985
Making of Ran
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE1957
Black River
as Jo
★7.4
MOVIE2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
as Makino Tadayuki
★7.3
MOVIE1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Sugiyama
★1.0
MOVIE1988
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
★6.7
MOVIE2019
Sleeping Village
as (narration)
★6.2
MOVIE1999
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE1971
The Wolves
as Seji Iwahashi
★10.0
MOVIE1977
Sugata Sanshiro
as Yano
★7.1
MOVIE1970
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
as Naojiro Kataoka
★6.7
MOVIE2012
Until the Break of Dawn
as Sadayuki Akiyama
★10.0
MOVIE1992
Faraway Sunset
as Kobayashi
★6.7
MOVIE2014
Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE1963
A Woman's Life
★7.6
MOVIE1967
The Age of Assassins
as Shinji Kikyo
★6.5
MOVIE2012
Japan's Tragedy
as Fujio Murai
★4.0
MOVIE1975
I Am a Cat
as Kushami
★7.1
MOVIE1962
Love Under the Crucifix
as Ukon Takayama
★6.2
MOVIE1999
Jubaku: Spellbound
as Hideaki Sasaki
★5.9
MOVIE1975
Battle Cry
as Hijikata Toshizo
★6.8
MOVIE2002
Vengeance for Sale
as Umetaro Katakura
★7.7
MOVIE1983
Battle Anthem
★7.2
MOVIE1956
The Thick-Walled Room
as (Uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1969
Blood End
as Sentaro
★6.1
MOVIE1978
The Phoenix
as Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara
★9.0
MOVIE1957
A Dangerous Hero
MOVIE2025
The Limit
as Narrator
★6.3
MOVIE1985
A. K.
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1973
The Human Revolution
★7.3
MOVIE1962
The Inheritance
as Kikuo Furukawa
★4.0
MOVIE2013
The Human Trust
as Nobuhiro Sasakura
MOVIE1993
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
★8.0
MOVIE2015
A Duel Tale
★7.8
MOVIE1965
Three Yakuza
★8.0
MOVIE1981
Willful Murder
as Yashiro
★7.0
MOVIE1958
The Naked Sun
★7.3
MOVIE1970
The Ambitious
as Shintaro Nakaoka
★9.0
MOVIE1974
The Family
as Teppei Manpyo
★8.0
MOVIE2002
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
as Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
★7.5
MOVIE1956
Sazae-san
as Norisuke
★6.1
MOVIE1965
Fort Graveyard
as Sakuma
★6.1
MOVIE1978
Blood Type: Blue
as Minami
★8.0
MOVIE1996
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
as Seijiro Miyazawa
★6.9
MOVIE1963
Legacy of the 500,000
as Mitsura Gunji
★8.0
MOVIE1960
The Blue Beast
as Yasuhiko Kuroki
MOVIE2015
ふたりの死刑囚
as Narrator
★8.0
MOVIE1957
The Shadow Daughter
★10.0
MOVIE1986
Atami Murder Case
as Denbei Nikaido
★6.3
MOVIE1961
The Other Woman
as Minami
★8.0
MOVIE1956
Love on Rainbow Island
as Yûji Wada
★6.7
MOVIE1988
Oración
as Heihachiro Wagu
★7.5
MOVIE1993
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
as Yagyu Retsudo
MOVIE2009
Tatsuya Nakadai on 'The Human Condition'
as Self
MOVIE1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Kazuo Shimada
★10.0
MOVIE1962
Farm Girls
★7.0
MOVIE1990
13 Assassins
★3.7
MOVIE1976
The Corporation
★7.3
MOVIE2019
The Return
★8.0
MOVIE1983
Shadow Hunters
★10.0
MOVIE1958
All About Marriage
as Akira Nakayama
★8.0
MOVIE1967
Kojiro
as Musashi Miyamoto
★6.2
MOVIE2017
Lear on the Shore
as Kuwahata Chokichi
★8.0
MOVIE1987
Taikoki
as (Narrator)
★6.3
MOVIE2009
Through the Mist
as (archive footage)
MOVIE1987
Trinacria: Porsche 959
MOVIE2015
Before The Leaves Fall
as Kenichiro Miya
MOVIE1982
The Law of Hell
MOVIE2015
Nakadai Tatsuya: to Live for Acting
★5.8
MOVIE1970
Duel at Fort Ezo
as Daizennokami Honjo
MOVIE1971
Challenge at Dawn
as Tsukagoshi
★7.0
MOVIE1963
Madame Aki
as Tatsumi
MOVIE1991
Florence My Love
MOVIE1959
Pilgrimage at Night
MOVIE2013
Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
★6.0
MOVIE1981
Magistrate of the Floating World
★8.0
MOVIE1958
Go and Get It
as His assistant
★7.2
MOVIE1969
Safari 5000
★8.0
MOVIE1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Shindon
★7.5
MOVIE1963
Pressure of Guilt
★10.0
MOVIE1982
Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
as Sazen Tange
MOVIE1959
Three Dolls in Ginza
★9.0
MOVIE1964
Ant Hell War
★7.0
MOVIE1960
Get 'em All
as Tsubota
★10.0
MOVIE1976
Elegy
as Setsuo Katsuragi
★8.3
MOVIE1975
The Gate of Youth
MOVIE2012
Gaku
as Kazama Shin-ichi
★9.0
MOVIE1957
Ôban
as Shin Don
★10.0
MOVIE1973
Rise, Fair Sun
as Sakuzo
★8.0
MOVIE1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
MOVIE1973
The King
as Kinjiro Sekine
★7.0
MOVIE2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
as Self
MOVIE1967
Gomez's Name is Gomez
as Sakamoto
MOVIETBA
The Gion Tempest
as Masaki
★8.0
MOVIE2022
Life Work of Akira Kurosawa
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2016
Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
as Yohei Tachibana
★7.0
MOVIE1982
The Legend of Sayo
MOVIE2018
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
as Narrator
★6.0
MOVIE1961
As the Clouds Scatter
MOVIE1957
Skin-Colored Moon
as Jirô Taki
★9.0
MOVIE1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Shin don
★6.5
MOVIE1956
Phoenix
MOVIE1954
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
as (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1967
Journey
MOVIE2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
as Self
MOVIE1983
The Fir Trees Remain
★6.2
MOVIE1959
The Beast Shall Die
as Kunihiko Date
★8.0
MOVIE1956
The Mandarin Room
MOVIE2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1993
Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
★9.0
MOVIE2002
To Dance with the White Dog
as Eisuke Nakamoto
★1.0
MOVIE1986
Michi
as Seiji Tajima
MOVIE2009
Listen to My Heart
as Kyozo Hayami
MOVIE2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
as Self
MOVIE1992
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
★8.0
MOVIE2019
A Town and a Tall Chimney
MOVIE1963
Miren
as Ryôta Kinoshita
MOVIE2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
as Self
★4.3
MOVIE1955
Floating Weeds Diary
MOVIE2015
NORINTEN 稲塚権次郎物語
MOVIE1989
Let Him Rest in Peace
★10.0
MOVIE1957
Teenage Sazae
MOVIE1958
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
as Kunihiko Sasada
★7.0
MOVIE1958
A Boy and Three Mothers
as The Engineer
MOVIE1958
Oban kanketsu hen
as Shin Don