Tatsuya Nakadai

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Seven Samurai1954
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya2013
Ran1985
Yojimbo1961

About Tatsuya Nakadai

Known for: Acting
Born: December 13, 1932
Died: November 8, 2025 (age 92)
Birthplace: 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 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…

Also credited as

Тацуя Накадай, Tatsuya Nakadaki, تاتسویا ناکادای, Motohisa Nakadai, 仲代元久, 仲代元久, 仲代達矢

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Filmography

The Limit2025as Narrator (voice)

Life Work of Akira Kurosawa2022as Self
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai2022as Makino Tadayuki
The Return2019as Unokichi
A Town and a Tall Chimney2019as Hyoma Sekine
Sleeping Village2019as Narrator (voice)
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu2018as Narrator (voice)
Lear on the Shore2017as Kuwahata Chokichi
Tatsuya Nakadai on Five Japanese Masters2017as self
Mifune: The Last Samurai2016as Self (archive footage)
Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor2016as Yohei Tachibana
A Duel Tale2015as Sanosuke Shoji
NORIN TEN inadzukagonjirō monogatari2015as Gonjiro Inazuka
Futari no shikeishû - saishin imada hirakarezu2015as Narrator (voice)
Before The Leaves Fall2015as Kenichiro Miya
Nakadai Tatsuya: to Live for Acting2015as Self
Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya2014as Self
Gun Woman2014as Hamazaki
Giovanni's Island2014as Older Junpei Senou (voice)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya2013as Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice)
The Human Trust2013as Nobuhiro Sasakura
Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate2013as Masaru Okunishi
Until the Break of Dawn2012as Sadayuki Akiyama
Japan's Tragedy2012as Fujio Murai
Gaku2012as Kazama Shin-ichi
Zatoichi: The Last2010as Tendo
Haru's Journey2010as Tadao Nakai
Listen to My Heart2009as Kyozo Hayami
Tatsuya Nakadai on 'The Human Condition'2009as Self
Through the Mist2009as (archive footage)
Murder of the Inugami Clan2006as Sahei Inugami
Yamato2005
Wish Upon a Star2005as Takanori Wakamiya
The Taika Reforms2005as Minabuchi no Syôan
Like Asura2003as Kotaro Takezawa
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'2002as Self
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS2002as Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
To Dance with the White Dog2002as Eisuke Nakamoto
Vengeance for Sale2002as Umetaro Katakura
Kurosawa2000as Self
After the Rain2000as Tsuji Gettan
Jubaku: Spellbound1999as Hideaki Sasaki
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor1999as Self
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa1996as Seijiro Miyazawa
East Meets West1995as Kaishu Katsu
Summer of the Moonlight Sonata1993
Kin chan no Cinema Jack1993
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict1993as Yagyu Retsudo
Wicked City1992as Daishu
Basara: The Princess Goh1992as Oribe Furuta
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell1992as Hamakichi
Heat Wave1991as Tsunejiro Murai
Florence My Love1991
Battleship Yamato1990as Vice Admiral Seiichi Itō
13 Assassins1990as Shinzaemon Shimada
Let Him Rest in Peace1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood1989as Sugiyama
Return from the River Kwai1989as Major Harada
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho1988as Shimamura
Oración1988as Heihachiro Wagu
Trinacria: Porsche 9591987
Hachiko1987as Shujiro Ueno
Taikoki1987as Narrator (voice)
Michi1986as Seiji Tajima
Atami Murder Case1986as Denbei Nikaido
The Empty Table1985as Nobuyuki Kidoji
Ran1985as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
A. K.1985as Self
Making of Ran1985as Self
Fireflies in the North1984as Takeshi Tsukigata
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk1984
The Fir Trees Remain1983
Shadow Hunters1983
Battle Anthem1983as Narrator (voice)
Final Yamato1983as Narrator
The Legend of Sayo1982as Otozo
Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot1982as Sazen Tange
The Law of Hell1982as Ikuzô
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather1982as Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa
Willful Murder1981as Yashiro
Magistrate of the Floating World1981
Port Arthur1980as Maresuke Nogi
Kagemusha1980as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Hunter in the Dark1979as Gomyo Kiyoemon
Blood Type: Blue1978as Minami
The Phoenix1978as Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron1978as Kumokiri Nizaemon
Queen Bee1978as Ginzo Daidoji
Sugata Sanshiro1977as Yano
The Corporation1976as Tadashi Iki
Human Revolution II1976
Elegy1976as Setsuo Katsuragi
Solar Eclipse1975as Yasuo Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary
I Am a Cat1975as Kushami
Battle Cry1975as Hijikata Toshizo
The Gate of Youth1975
The Family1974as Teppei Manpyo / Keisuke Manpyo
Rise, Fair Sun1973as Sakuzo
The Human Revolution1973as Nichiren
Belladonna of Sadness1973as The Devil (voice)
The King1973as Kinjiro Sekine
The Wolves1971as Seji Iwahashi
Inn of Evil1971as Sadashichi
The Battle of Okinawa1971as Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
Challenge at Dawn1971as Tsukagoshi
Will to Conquer1970as Yoshida Tōyō
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival1970as Ronin
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan1970as Naojiro Kataoka
The Ambitious1970as Shintaro Nakaoka
Duel at Fort Ezo1970as Daizennokami Honjo
Blood End1969as Sentaro
Portrait of Hell1969as Yoshihide
Tenchu!1969as Hanpeita Takechi
Battle of the Japan Sea1969as Major Genjiro Akashi
Safari 50001969as Masaomi Takeuchi
Goyokin1969as Magobei Wakizaka
The Human Bullet1968as Narrator (voice)
Admiral Yamamoto1968as Narrator (voice)
Kill!1968as Genta
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!1968as James Elfego
The Journey1967as Yuichiro
Japan's Longest Day1967as Narrator (voice)
Samurai Rebellion1967as Tatewaki Asano
Who Is Gomez?1967as Sakamoto
Kojiro1967as Musashi Miyamoto
The Age of Assassins1967as Shinji Kikyo
The Daphne1966
The Face of Another1966as Mr. Okuyama
The Sword of Doom1966as Ryunosuke Tsukue
Cash Calls Hell1966as Oida
Fort Graveyard1965as Sakuma
Illusion of Blood1965as Iyemon Tamiya
Three Yakuza1965
The Last Judgment1965as Jiro
Kwaidan1965as Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Ant Hell War1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag1964
A Woman's Life1963as Takashi Akimoto
Miren1963as Ryôta Kinoshita
Legacy of the 500,0001963as Mitsura Gunji
High and Low1963as Chief Detective Tokura
Pressure of Guilt1963as Ichiro Hamano
Madame Aki1963as Tatsumi
Farm Girls1962as Kenichi
Harakiri1962as Hanshiro Tsugumo
Love Under the Crucifix1962as Ukon Takayama
The Inheritance1962as Kikuo Furukawa
Sanjuro1962as Hanbei Muroto
Immortal Love1961as Heibei
As the Clouds Scatter1961as James Kimura
The Other Woman1961as Minami
Yojimbo1961as Unosuke, gunfighter
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer1961as Kaji
Get 'em All1960as Tsubota
The Blue Beast1960as Yasuhiko Kuroki
Daughters, Wives and a Mother1960as Kuroki Shingo
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs1960as Kenichi Komatsu
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959as Kaji
Pilgrimage at Night1959as Kaname
Three Dolls in Ginza1959as Kyosuke Tamura
Odd Obsession1959as Kimura
The Beast Shall Die1959as Kunihiko Date
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959as Kaji
The Naked Sun1958as Jiro Maeda
Conflagration1958as Tokari
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring1958as Kazuo Shimada
Oban kanketsu hen1958as Shin Don
Go and Get It1958as Hara
All About Marriage1958as Akira Nakayama
The Gion Tempest1958as Masaki
A Boy and Three Mothers1958as Kensaku, the Engineer
Kampai! Miai Kekkon1958as Kunihiko Sasada
Teenage Sazae1957as Norisuke
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen1957as Shindon
Black River1957as Joe
Skin-Colored Moon1957as Jirô Taki
A Dangerous Hero1957as Reporter Imamura
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen1957as Shin don
The Shadow Daughter1957as Motohashi
Untamed Woman1957as Kimura
Ôban1957as Shin Don
The Mandarin Room1956as Ando
Sazae-san1956as Norisuke
The Thick-Walled Room1956as Prisoner (uncredited)
Love on Rainbow Island1956as Yûji Wada
Phoenix1956as Keiichi Naganuma
Floating Weeds Diary1955as Union Member
How the Bell of Liberty Rings1954as (uncredited)
Seven Samurai1954as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

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