ACTOR

Tatsuya Nakadai

1932 - Today

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Tatsuya Nakadai (仲代 達矢, Nakadai Tatsuya, born Motohisa Nakadai; December 13, 1932) is a Japanese film actor. He was featured in 11 films directed by Masaki Kobayashi, including The Human Condition trilogy, wherein he starred as the lead character Kaji, plus Harakiri, Samurai Rebellion and Kwaidan. Nakadai worked with some of Japan's best-known filmmakers—starring or co-starring in five films directed by Akira Kurosawa, as well as being cast in significant films directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara (The Face of Another), Mikio Naruse (When a Woman Ascends the Stairs), Kihachi Okamoto (Kill! and The Sword of Doom), Hideo Gosha (Goyokin), Shirō Toyoda (Portrait of Hell) and Kon Ichikawa (Enjō and Odd Obsession). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tatsuya Nakadai has received more than 628,639 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Tatsuya Nakadai is the 893rd most popular actor (up from 1,069th in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from Japan (up from 379th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Actor.

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  • 27

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  • 3.76

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  • 3.25

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tatsuya Nakadai ranks 893 out of 13,578. Before him are Michael Nyqvist, Barbara Bach, Glenn Ford, Louise Brooks, Miki Manojlović, and Jeffrey DeMunn. After him are Norman Reedus, Halit Ergenç, Jill Ireland, Mario Adorf, Colin Farrell, and Michel Serrault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Tatsuya Nakadai ranks 93. Before him are Corry Brokken, Oscar de la Renta, Naina Yeltsina, Quino, Khaled al-Asaad, and Walter Gilbert. After him are Nikolai Kardashev, Manmohan Singh, Dudley R. Herschbach, Michael Smith, Delphine Seyrig, and Oleg Protopopov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tatsuya Nakadai ranks 326 out of 6,245. Before him are Kondō Isami (1834), Tsuguharu Foujita (1886), Nobuyuki Abe (1875), Kikunae Ikeda (1864), Saitō Makoto (1858), and Kakuei Tanaka (1918). After him are Emperor Uda (867), Shoichi Nishimura (1912), Emperor Ankan (466), Kawakami Gensai (1834), Seishirō Itagaki (1885), and Sesshū Tōyō (1420).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Tatsuya Nakadai ranks 10. Before him are Sonny Chiba (1939), Joan Fontaine (1917), Ken Watanabe (1959), Takashi Shimura (1905), Setsuko Hara (1920), and Hiroyuki Sanada (1960). After him are Sessue Hayakawa (1886), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950), Akiko Wakabayashi (1941), Kōji Yakusho (1956), Victoria Principal (1950), and Momoko Kōchi (1932).

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Television and Movie Roles

Ran
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.
Jun 1o 19858.077 / 10
Harakiri
Hanshiro Tsugumo
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.
Sep 15o 19628.389 / 10
Yojimbo
Unosuke, gunfighter
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
Apr 25o 19618.104 / 10