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Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

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.

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Born

Dec 13, 1932

Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Died

Nov 08, 2025

Known For

Acting

Movies

194 acting

0 crew

Popularity

2.4

Known For

Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 • as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
★ 8.5
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 • as Hanshiro Tsugumo
★ 8.5
Ran
Ran
1985 • as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
★ 8.0
High and Low
High and Low
1963 • as Chief Detective Tokura
★ 8.4
Kagemusha
Kagemusha
1980 • as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
★ 7.8
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013 • as Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice)
★ 8.1
Yojimbo
Yojimbo
1961 • as Unosuke, gunfighter
★ 8.1
Kwaidan
Kwaidan
1965 • as Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
★ 7.7
Samurai Rebellion
Samurai Rebellion
1967 • as Tatewaki Asano
★ 8.2
Sanjuro
Sanjuro
1962 • as Hanbei Muroto
★ 7.9
Belladonna of Sadness
Belladonna of Sadness
1973 • as The Devil (voice)
★ 7.4
The Face of Another
The Face of Another
1966 • as Mr. Okuyama
★ 7.8
Wicked City
Wicked City
1992 • as Daishu
★ 5.8
After the Rain
After the Rain
2000 • as Tsuji Gettan
★ 7.3
Hachiko
Hachiko
1987 • as Shujiro Ueno
★ 7.8
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
1968 • as James Elfego
★ 6.1
The Sword of Doom
The Sword of Doom
1966 • as Ryunosuke Tsukue
★ 7.8
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982 • as Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa
★ 6.2
Gun Woman
Gun Woman
2014 • as Hamazaki
★ 5.0
Yamato
★ 5.5
Giovanni's Island
Giovanni's Island
2014 • as Older Junpei Senou (voice)
★ 7.5
Final Yamato
Final Yamato
1983 • as Narrator
★ 6.8
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Murder of the Inugami Clan
2006 • as Sahei Inugami
★ 6.9
Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day
1967 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.3
Battle Anthem
Battle Anthem
1983 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.7
Port Arthur
Port Arthur
1980 • as Maresuke Nogi
★ 7.4
The Family
The Family
1974 • as Teppei Manpyo / Keisuke Manpyo
★ 9.2
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989 • as Sugiyama
★ 7.3
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Rise, Fair Sun
Rise, Fair Sun
1973 • as Sakuzo
★ 10.0
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 • as Kenichi Komatsu
★ 8.0
The Human Revolution
The Human Revolution
1973 • as Nichiren
★ 7.0
Odd Obsession
Odd Obsession
1959 • as Kimura
★ 6.2
Return from the River Kwai
Return from the River Kwai
1989 • as Major Harada
★ 5.0
Fireflies in the North
Fireflies in the North
1984 • as Takeshi Tsukigata
★ 5.6
Goyokin
Goyokin
1969 • as Magobei Wakizaka
★ 7.5
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa
1971 • as Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
★ 7.8
Love Under the Crucifix
Love Under the Crucifix
1962 • as Ukon Takayama
★ 7.5
Admiral Yamamoto
Admiral Yamamoto
1968 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 8.5
Tenchu!
Tenchu!
1969 • as Hanpeita Takechi
★ 7.0
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 • as Kuroki Shingo
★ 7.3
Conflagration
Conflagration
1958 • as Tokari
★ 7.1
The Phoenix
The Phoenix
1978 • as Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara
★ 6.1
Battle of the Japan Sea
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969 • as Major Genjiro Akashi
★ 6.4
Kill!
Kill!
1968 • as Genta
★ 7.0
Fort Graveyard
Fort Graveyard
1965 • as Sakuma
★ 6.1
Cash Calls Hell
Cash Calls Hell
1966 • as Oida
★ 7.5
The Human Bullet
The Human Bullet
1968 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.0
Through the Mist
Through the Mist
2009 • as (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Hunter in the Dark
Hunter in the Dark
1979 • as Gomyo Kiyoemon
★ 6.3
The Age of Assassins
The Age of Assassins
1967 • as Shinji Kikyo
★ 7.6
Solar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
1975 • as Yasuo Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary
★ 6.9
Queen Bee
Queen Bee
1978 • as Ginzo Daidoji
★ 7.6
The Wolves
The Wolves
1971 • as Seji Iwahashi
★ 7.4
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978 • as Kumokiri Nizaemon
★ 6.1
The Corporation
The Corporation
1976 • as Tadashi Iki
★ 4.8
The Inheritance
The Inheritance
1962 • as Kikuo Furukawa
★ 7.3
Inn of Evil
Inn of Evil
1971 • as Sadashichi
★ 6.3
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
★ 6.8
Get 'em All
Get 'em All
1960 • as Tsubota
★ 7.0
Until the Break of Dawn
Until the Break of Dawn
2012 • as Sadayuki Akiyama
★ 6.6
Heat Wave
Heat Wave
1991 • as Tsunejiro Murai
★ 5.9
The Blue Beast
The Blue Beast
1960 • as Yasuhiko Kuroki
★ 8.0
A Woman's Life
A Woman's Life
1963 • as Takashi Akimoto
★ 7.1
Immortal Love
Immortal Love
1961 • as Heibei
★ 7.4
A Dangerous Hero
A Dangerous Hero
1957 • as Reporter Imamura
★ 9.0
Challenge at Dawn
Challenge at Dawn
1971 • as Tsukagoshi
Jubaku: Spellbound
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999 • as Hideaki Sasaki
★ 6.2
I Am a Cat
I Am a Cat
1975 • as Kushami
★ 4.5
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002 • as Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
★ 8.0
The Ambitious
The Ambitious
1970 • as Shintaro Nakaoka
★ 7.3
13 Assassins
13 Assassins
1990 • as Shinzaemon Shimada
★ 7.0
East Meets West
East Meets West
1995 • as Kaishu Katsu
★ 5.7
Three Yakuza
★ 7.8
Illusion of Blood
Illusion of Blood
1965 • as Iyemon Tamiya
★ 6.4
Sugata Sanshiro
Sugata Sanshiro
1977 • as Yano
★ 10.0
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022 • as Makino Tadayuki
★ 7.0
The Beast Shall Die
The Beast Shall Die
1959 • as Kunihiko Date
★ 6.2
The Thick-Walled Room
The Thick-Walled Room
1956 • as Prisoner (uncredited)
★ 7.2
The Empty Table
The Empty Table
1985 • as Nobuyuki Kidoji
★ 6.9
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
★ 6.2
Untamed Woman
Untamed Woman
1957 • as Kimura
★ 7.5
Portrait of Hell
Portrait of Hell
1969 • as Yoshihide
★ 7.9
Like Asura
Like Asura
2003 • as Kotaro Takezawa
★ 6.6
The Law of Hell
The Law of Hell
1982 • as Ikuzô
Legacy of the 500,000
Legacy of the 500,000
1963 • as Mitsura Gunji
★ 6.9
Black River
Black River
1957 • as Joe
★ 7.0
Pressure of Guilt
Pressure of Guilt
1963 • as Ichiro Hamano
★ 7.5
All About Marriage
All About Marriage
1958 • as Akira Nakayama
★ 10.0
Ôban
Ôban
1957 • as Shin Don
★ 9.0
Kurosawa
Kurosawa
2000 • as Self
★ 7.0
Haru's Journey
Haru's Journey
2010 • as Tadao Nakai
★ 6.6
Will to Conquer
Will to Conquer
1970 • as Yoshida Tōyō
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993 • as Yagyu Retsudo
★ 7.5
As the Clouds Scatter
As the Clouds Scatter
1961 • as James Kimura
★ 6.0
Oración
Oración
1988 • as Heihachiro Wagu
★ 6.7
Teenage Sazae
Teenage Sazae
1957 • as Norisuke
★ 10.0
Blood Type: Blue
Blood Type: Blue
1978 • as Minami
★ 6.1
A. K.
A. K.
1985 • as Self
★ 6.4
Vengeance for Sale
Vengeance for Sale
2002 • as Umetaro Katakura
★ 6.8
Zatoichi: The Last
Zatoichi: The Last
2010 • as Tendo
★ 5.4
The Gate of Youth
★ 8.3
Taikoki
Taikoki
1987 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
Willful Murder
Willful Murder
1981 • as Yashiro
★ 8.0
Battleship Yamato
Battleship Yamato
1990 • as Vice Admiral Seiichi Itō
Japan's Tragedy
Japan's Tragedy
2012 • as Fujio Murai
★ 6.5
The Other Woman
The Other Woman
1961 • as Minami
★ 6.3
Battle Cry
Battle Cry
1975 • as Hijikata Toshizo
★ 5.9
The Human Trust
The Human Trust
2013 • as Nobuhiro Sasakura
★ 4.0
The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment
1965 • as Jiro
★ 8.0
Before The Leaves Fall
Before The Leaves Fall
2015 • as Kenichiro Miya
The Shadow Daughter
The Shadow Daughter
1957 • as Motohashi
★ 8.0
Duel at Fort Ezo
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970 • as Daizennokami Honjo
★ 5.8
Miren
Miren
1963 • as Ryôta Kinoshita
Farm Girls
Farm Girls
1962 • as Kenichi
★ 10.0
Love on Rainbow Island
Love on Rainbow Island
1956 • as Yûji Wada
★ 8.0
Safari 5000
Safari 5000
1969 • as Masaomi Takeuchi
★ 7.2
The Legend of Sayo
The Legend of Sayo
1982 • as Otozo
★ 7.0
Lear on the Shore
Lear on the Shore
2017 • as Kuwahata Chokichi
★ 6.4
Basara: The Princess Goh
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992 • as Oribe Furuta
★ 7.0
Oban kanketsu hen
Oban kanketsu hen
1958 • as Shin Don
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957 • as Shin don
★ 9.0
Blood End
Blood End
1969 • as Sentaro
★ 6.3
Ant Hell War
★ 9.0
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958 • as Kazuo Shimada
The Journey
The Journey
1967 • as Yuichiro
★ 7.0
The King
The King
1973 • as Kinjiro Sekine
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
1970 • as Naojiro Kataoka
★ 7.1
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1996 • as Seijiro Miyazawa
★ 8.0
Pilgrimage at Night
Pilgrimage at Night
1959 • as Kaname
Skin-Colored Moon
Skin-Colored Moon
1957 • as Jirô Taki
Atami Murder Case
Atami Murder Case
1986 • as Denbei Nikaido
★ 10.0
Shadow Hunters
★ 8.0
Wish Upon a Star
Wish Upon a Star
2005 • as Takanori Wakamiya
Gaku
Gaku
2012 • as Kazama Shin-ichi
A Duel Tale
A Duel Tale
2015 • as Sanosuke Shoji
★ 8.0
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988 • as Shimamura
★ 1.0
The Naked Sun
The Naked Sun
1958 • as Jiro Maeda
★ 7.0
The Return
The Return
2019 • as Unokichi
★ 7.3
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
1958 • as Kunihiko Sasada
Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
1982 • as Sazen Tange
★ 9.0
Listen to My Heart
Listen to My Heart
2009 • as Kyozo Hayami
Kojiro
Kojiro
1967 • as Musashi Miyamoto
★ 8.0
Phoenix
Phoenix
1956 • as Keiichi Naganuma
★ 6.5
To Dance with the White Dog
To Dance with the White Dog
2002 • as Eisuke Nakamoto
★ 9.0
Sazae-san
Sazae-san
1956 • as Norisuke
★ 7.5
Faraway Sunset
Faraway Sunset
1992 • as Kobayashi
★ 10.0
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957 • as Shindon
★ 8.0
Michi
Michi
1986 • as Seiji Tajima
★ 1.0
A Boy and Three Mothers
A Boy and Three Mothers
1958 • as Kensaku, the Engineer
★ 7.0
The Mandarin Room
The Mandarin Room
1956 • as Ando
★ 8.0
Life Work of Akira Kurosawa
★ 8.0
Floating Weeds Diary
Floating Weeds Diary
1955 • as Union Member
★ 4.3
The Daphne
★ 10.0
Go and Get It
Go and Get It
1958 • as Hara
★ 8.0
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
1992 • as Hamakichi
The Gion Tempest
The Gion Tempest
1958 • as Masaki
A Town and a Tall Chimney
A Town and a Tall Chimney
2019 • as Hyoma Sekine
★ 8.0
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954 • as (uncredited)
Madame Aki
Madame Aki
1963 • as Tatsumi
★ 7.0
Elegy
Elegy
1976 • as Setsuo Katsuragi
★ 10.0
Who Is Gomez?
Who Is Gomez?
1967 • as Sakamoto
The Taika Reforms
The Taika Reforms
2005 • as Minabuchi no Syôan
Three Dolls in Ginza
Three Dolls in Ginza
1959 • as Kyosuke Tamura
Sleeping Village
Sleeping Village
2019 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.7
NORIN TEN inadzukagonjirō monogatari
NORIN TEN inadzukagonjirō monogatari
2015 • as Gonjiro Inazuka
Making of Ran
Making of Ran
1985 • as Self
The Limit
The Limit
2025 • as Narrator (voice)