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Tatsuya Nakadai

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Born December 13, 1932 in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Died November 8, 2025

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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.

Discovered on the streets of Tokyo by director Masaki Kobayashi, Nakadai rose to prominence starring in 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.

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Filmography

Actor

193

Type

Year

Imouto no Jikan Poster

Imouto no Jikan Feature Film2025Self - Narrator

Life Work of Akira Kurosawa Poster

Life Work of Akira Kurosawa Feature Film2023Lord Hidetora Ichimonji

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai Poster

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai Feature Film2020Makino Tadayuki

A Town and a Tall Chimney Poster

A Town and a Tall Chimney Feature Film2019SEKINE Hyoma

Sleeping Village Poster

Sleeping Village Feature Film2019

The Return Poster

The Return TV Movie2019

Henkan Koshonin Itsuka, Okinawa o Torimodosu Poster

Henkan Koshonin Itsuka, Okinawa o Torimodosu TV Movie2017Narrator

Lear on the Shore Poster

Lear on the Shore Feature Film2017

Cold Case: Shinjitsu No Tobira Poster

Cold Case: Shinjitsu No Tobira Mini-Series2016Kiyoshi Suzaki

Kyoaku wa nemurasenai: Tokusô Kenji no gyakushû Poster

Kyoaku wa nemurasenai: Tokusô Kenji no gyakushû TV Movie2016

The 39th Annual Japan Academy Awards TV Special2016Self

Burst Mini-Series2015

Futari no shikeishû - saishin imada hirakarezu Poster

Futari no shikeishû - saishin imada hirakarezu Documentary2015Narration

Hatashiai Poster

Hatashiai TV Movie2015Shoji Sanosuke

Nôrin Ten: A Gonjirô Inazuka Story Poster

Nôrin Ten: A Gonjirô Inazuka Story Feature Film2015

A Sinner's Lie Poster

A Sinner's Lie Mini-Series2014

Giovanni's Island Poster

Giovanni's Island Feature Film2014Junpei Senou

Gun Woman Poster

Gun Woman Feature Film2014Mr. Hamazaki

Isao Takahata and His Tale of Princess Kaguya Poster

Isao Takahata and His Tale of Princess Kaguya Documentary2014Self

Hara/Baba Poster

Hara/Baba Short Film2013

Kakukoto no omosa: Sakka Satou Yasushi Documentary2013Narration

The Human Trust Poster

The Human Trust Feature Film2013Nobuhiro Sasakura

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya Poster

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya Feature Film2013Sumiyaki no rôjin

Yakusoku: Nabari dokubudôshu jiken shikeishû no shôgai Poster

Yakusoku: Nabari dokubudôshu jiken shikeishû no shôgai Feature Film2013Masaru okunishi

Gaku TV Movie2012Kazama Shin-ichi

Japan's Tragedy Poster

Japan's Tragedy Feature Film2012Fujio

Until the Break of Dawn Poster

Until the Break of Dawn Feature Film2012Sadayuki Akiyama

The Making of 'Haru to no tabi' Documentary2011Self

Haru's Journey Poster

Haru's Journey Feature Film2010Tadao Nakai

Nakadai Tatsuya no Nihon eiga isan TV Series2010Self

Zatoichi: The Last Poster

Zatoichi: The Last Feature Film2010Tendô

Listen to My Heart Poster

Listen to My Heart Feature Film2009Kyozo Hayami

VeggieTales FitnessHof TV Series2008Old Man with Sign

Bokura no jidai Poster

Bokura no jidai TV Series2007Self

The Trusted Confidant Poster

The Trusted Confidant TV Series2007Takeda Nobutora

Inugami-ke no ichizoku Poster

Inugami-ke no ichizoku Feature Film2006Sahei Inugami

Shin ningen kousaten TV Series2006Yûji

Hoshi ni negaio: 7jô ma de umareta 410man no hoshi TV Movie2005Takanori Wakamiya

Otoko-tachi no Yamato Poster

Otoko-tachi no Yamato Feature Film2005Katsumi Kamio

Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World Poster

Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World TV Series2004Matsumoto Kentaro

Like Asura Poster

Like Asura Feature Film2003Kotaro Takezawa

Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii! Kurosawa Akira: Korega Kuroswa sasupensu da Documentary2003Self - Interviewee

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create Poster

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create TV Series2002Self

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS Poster

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS Feature Film2002Matsushita

To Dance with the White Dog Poster

To Dance with the White Dog Feature Film2002Eisuke Nakamoto

Aki no ryojô sasupensu 3: Shokutaku keiji Koyamada Shô'hei tabiji no hate TV Movie2001

Vengeance for Sale Poster

Vengeance for Sale Feature Film2001Umetaro Katakura

After the Rain Poster

After the Rain Feature Film1999Tsuji Gettan

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor Poster

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor Documentary1999Self

Spellbound Poster

Spellbound Feature Film1999Hideaki Sasaki

Hideyoshi Poster

Hideyoshi TV Series1996Sen no Rikyu

Miyazawa Kenji sono ai Poster

Miyazawa Kenji sono ai Feature Film1996Seijirou Miyazawa

Daichi no Ko Poster

Daichi no Ko TV Series1995Koji Matsumoto

East Meets West Poster

East Meets West Feature Film1995Rentaro Katsu

Sutajio pâku kara konnichiwa TV Series1995Self - Guest

Chûbô desuyo! TV Series1994Self

Go Tsubu no Shinju TV Movie1993Partner

Kozure Ôkami: Sono chîsaki te ni Poster

Kozure Ôkami: Sono chîsaki te ni Feature Film1993Yagyu Retsudo

Summer of the Moonlight Sonata Poster

Summer of the Moonlight Sonata Feature Film1993

Gô-hime Feature Film1992Oribe Furuta

Toki rakujitsu Poster

Toki rakujitsu Feature Film1992Kobayashi

Wicked City Poster

Wicked City Feature Film1992Yuen Tai-Chung

Heat Wave Poster

Heat Wave Feature Film1991Tsunejiro Murai

Bujinesuman no chichi yori musuko e no 30-tsuu no tegami TV Series1990

Jusan-nin no Shikaku Poster

Jusan-nin no Shikaku TV Movie1990

Four Days of Snow and Blood Poster

Four Days of Snow and Blood Feature Film1989Sugiyama

Return from the River Kwai Poster

Return from the River Kwai Feature Film1989Major Harada

Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho Poster

Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho Feature Film1988Shimamura

Oracion Feature Film1988Heihachiro Wagu

Hachi-ko Poster

Hachi-ko Feature Film1987Shujiro Ueno

Taikoki TV Movie1987

Atami satsujin jiken Poster

Atami satsujin jiken Feature Film1986Denbei Nikaido

Michi Feature Film1986Seiji Tajima

A.K. Documentary1985Self

Family Without a Dinner Table Poster

Family Without a Dinner Table Feature Film1985Nabayuki Kidoji

Ran Feature Film1985Lord Hidetora Ichimonji

Kita no hotaru Poster

Kita no hotaru Feature Film1984Takeshi Tsukigata

Final Yamato Poster

Final Yamato Feature Film1983Narrator

Michinaru hanran Documentary1983Macbeth

Jigoku no Okite Poster

Jigoku no Okite TV Movie1982Ikuzô

Onimasa Feature Film1982Masagoro Kiryûin - Onimasa

Tange Sazen Kenfû! Hyakuman ryô no tsubo Poster

Tange Sazen Kenfû! Hyakuman ryô no tsubo TV Movie1982Tange Sazen

Willful Murder Poster

Willful Murder Feature Film1981Yashiro

Aokiôkami narukichiomoase no shôgai TV Movie1980

Kagemusha Poster

Kagemusha Feature Film1980Shingen takeda

The Battle of Port Arthur Poster

The Battle of Port Arthur Feature Film1980General Nogi

Hunter in the Dark Poster

Hunter in the Dark Feature Film1979Gomyo Kiyoemon

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron Poster

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron Feature Film1978Kumokiri Nizaemon

Blue Christmas Poster

Blue Christmas Feature Film1978Kazuya Minami

Firebird: Daybreak Chapter Poster

Firebird: Daybreak Chapter Feature Film1978Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara

Queen Bee Poster

Queen Bee Feature Film1978Ginzo Daidoji

Sugata Sanshirô Feature Film1977Yano

Banka Feature Film1976Setsuo Katsuragi

Fumô chitai Poster

Fumô chitai Feature Film1976

Tetsuko no heya Poster

Tetsuko no heya TV Series1976Self

Zoku ningen kakumei Poster

Zoku ningen kakumei Feature Film1976

I Am a Cat Poster

I Am a Cat Feature Film1975Kushami

Kinkanshoku Poster

Kinkanshoku Feature Film1975Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary

The Gate of Youth Poster

The Gate of Youth Feature Film1975Yuki, Shinsuke's father

Tokkan Feature Film1975

The Family Poster

The Family Feature Film1974Teppei Manpyo

Yajû shisubeshi: fukushû no mekanikku Poster

Yajû shisubeshi: fukushû no mekanikku Feature Film1974

Belladonna of Sadness Poster

Belladonna of Sadness Feature Film1973Devil

Ôshô Feature Film1973

Rise, Fair Sun Poster

Rise, Fair Sun Feature Film1973Sakuzô

The Human Revolution Poster

The Human Revolution Feature Film1973

Shin heike monogatari Poster

Shin heike monogatari TV Series1972

Battle of Okinawa Poster

Battle of Okinawa Feature Film1971Colonel Hiromichi Yahara

Challenge at Dawn Feature Film1971

Great Performances Poster

Great Performances TV Series1971Self

Inn of Evil Poster

Inn of Evil Feature Film1971Sadashichi

The Wolves Poster

The Wolves Feature Film1971Seji Iwahashi

Ezo yakata no ketto Poster

Ezo yakata no ketto Feature Film1970Daizennokami Honjo

The Ambitious Poster

The Ambitious Feature Film1970Shintarô Nakaoka

The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan Poster

The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan Feature Film1970Naojiro Kataoka

Will to Conquer Feature Film1970Toyo Yoshida

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival Poster

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival Feature Film1970Ronin

Battle of the Japan Sea Poster

Battle of the Japan Sea Feature Film1969Major Genjiro Akashi

Goyokin Feature Film1969Magobei Wakizaka

Hitokiri Poster

Hitokiri Feature Film1969Hanpeita Takechi

Jigokuhen Poster

Jigokuhen Feature Film1969Yoshihide

Safari 5000 Poster

Safari 5000 Feature Film1969

Tengu-tô Poster

Tengu-tô Feature Film1969Sentaro

Admiral Yamamoto Poster

Admiral Yamamoto Feature Film1968Narrator

Kill! Feature Film1968Genta

The Human Bullet Poster

The Human Bullet Feature Film1968A narrator

Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! Poster

Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! Feature Film1968James Elfego

Japan's Longest Day Poster

Japan's Longest Day Feature Film1967Self - Narrator

Samurai Rebellion Poster

Samurai Rebellion Feature Film1967Tatewaki Asano

Sasaki Kojiro Poster

Sasaki Kojiro Feature Film1967Musashi Miyamoto

Tabiji Feature Film1967Yuichiro

The Age of Assassins Poster

The Age of Assassins Feature Film1967Shinji Kikyo

Cash Calls Hell Poster

Cash Calls Hell Feature Film1966Oida

Shurushuru TV Movie1966

The Daphne Poster

The Daphne Feature Film1966Professor Kanahira

The Face of Another Poster

The Face of Another Feature Film1966Mr. Okuyama

The Sword of Doom Poster

The Sword of Doom Feature Film1966Ryûnosuke Tsukue

Fort Graveyard Poster

Fort Graveyard Feature Film1965Sakuma

Illusion of Blood Poster

Illusion of Blood Feature Film1965Iyemon Tamiya

Saigô no shinpan Poster

Saigô no shinpan Feature Film1965

The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family Mini-Series1965

Three Yakuza Poster

Three Yakuza Feature Film1965Hatsukari-no-Sentaro

Jigoku sakusen Poster

Jigoku sakusen Feature Film1964

Kwaidan Feature Film1964Mi nokichi

500,000 Feature Film1963Mitsura Gunji

A Woman's Life Poster

A Woman's Life Feature Film1963Akimoto

High and Low Poster

High and Low Feature Film1963Chief Detective Tokura

Miren Feature Film1963Ryôta Kinoshita

Shiro to kuro Poster

Shiro to kuro Feature Film1963Hamano

Yushu heiya Poster

Yushu heiya Feature Film1963Tatsumi

Harakiri Poster

Harakiri Feature Film1962Hanshiro Tsugumo

Love Under the Crucifix Poster

Love Under the Crucifix Feature Film1962Ukon Takayama

Sanjuro Feature Film1962Hanbei Muroto

The Inheritance Poster

The Inheritance Feature Film1962Kikuo Furukawa

As the Clouds Scatter Poster

As the Clouds Scatter Feature Film1961

Immortal Love Poster

Immortal Love Feature Film1961Heibei

Poignant Story Poster

Poignant Story Feature Film1961Minami

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Poster

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Feature Film1961Kaji

Yojimbo Feature Film1961Unosuke - Gunfighter

Get 'em All Poster

Get 'em All Feature Film1960Tsubota

Musume tsuma haha Poster

Musume tsuma haha Feature Film1960Shingo Kuroki, Reiji's friend

The Blue Beast Poster

The Blue Beast Feature Film1960Yasuhiko Kuroki

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Poster

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Feature Film1960Kenichi Komatsu, the manager

Anyakôro Poster

Anyakôro Feature Film1959Kaname

Odd Obsession Poster

Odd Obsession Feature Film1959Dr. Kimura

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Poster

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Feature Film1959Kaji

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity Poster

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity Feature Film1959Kaji

Three Dolls in Ginza Feature Film1959

Yajû shisubeshi Poster

Yajû shisubeshi Feature Film1959Kunihiko Date

A Boy and Three Mothers Poster

A Boy and Three Mothers Feature Film1958The Engineer

All About Marriage Poster

All About Marriage Feature Film1958

Buttsuke homban Poster

Buttsuke homban Feature Film1958His Assistant

Conflagration Poster

Conflagration Feature Film1958Tokari

Kampai! Miai kekkon Poster

Kampai! Miai kekkon Feature Film1958Kunihiko Sasada

Naked Sun Poster

Naked Sun Feature Film1958Maida

Oban kanketsu hen Poster

Oban kanketsu hen Feature Film1958

Yoru no hamon Feature Film1958Masaki

A Dangerous Hero Poster

A Dangerous Hero Feature Film1957

Black River Poster

Black River Feature Film1957Jo

Hadairo no tsuki Poster

Hadairo no tsuki Feature Film1957Jirô Taki

Hikage no musume Poster

Hikage no musume Feature Film1957

Ôban Feature Film1957Shin Don

Sazae-san no seishun Poster

Sazae-san no seishun Feature Film1957Norisuke

Untamed Woman Poster

Untamed Woman Feature Film1957Shinkichi, the young tailor

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen Poster

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen Feature Film1957Shin Don

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen Poster

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen Feature Film1957Shindon

Hadashi no seishun Poster

Hadashi no seishun Feature Film1956Yûji Wada

Hi no tori Poster

Hi no tori Feature Film1956Keiichi Naganuma

Oshidori no mon Feature Film1956

Sazae-san Poster

Sazae-san Feature Film1956Norisuke

The Thick-Walled Room Poster

The Thick-Walled Room Feature Film1956

Seven Samurai Poster

Seven Samurai Feature Film1954Samurai Wandering Through Town

Reflets de Cannes Poster

Reflets de Cannes TV Series1952Self

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