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Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

25 movies on Netflix

Biography

Japanese leading man, an important star and one of the handful of Japanese actors well known outside Japan. Nakadai was a tall handsome clerk in a Tokyo shop when director Masaki Kobayashi encountered him and cast him in The Thick-Walled Room (1956). Nakadai was subsequently cast in the lead role in Kobayashi's monumental trilogy 'Ningen no joken' and became a star whose international acclaim rivaled that of countryman Toshirô Mifune. Like Mifune, Nakadai worked frequently with director Akira Kurosawa and indeed more or less replaced Mifune as Kurosawa's principal leading man after the well-known falling out between Mifune and Kurosawa. His appearances for Kurosawa in Kagemusha (1980) and Ran (1985) are among the most indelible in the director's oeuvre.

Movie Career

Films
25
Career span
57 years1957 to 2014

Genres

First and latest

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Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Ran1985 Action, Dramaas Lord Hidetora Ichimonji

    IMDb rating 8.2155K votes

  2. Yojimbo1961 Dramaas Unosuke - Gunfighter

    IMDb rating 8.2145K votes

  3. Harakiri1962as Hanshiro Tsugumo

    IMDb rating 8.694K votes

  4. High and Low1963as Chief Detective Tokura

    IMDb rating 8.474K votes

  5. Kagemusha1980as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha

    IMDb rating 7.941K votes

  6. Sanjuro1962as Hanbei Muroto

    IMDb rating 8.044K votes

  7. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959as Kaji

    IMDb rating 8.512K votes

  8. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959as Kaji

    IMDb rating 8.59.4K votes

Most often with

Masaki Kobayashi directed six of these films, Akira Kurosawa five and Hideo Gosha four. Eijirô Tôno appears in seven of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Eijirô Tôno, 7 films togetherSee the 7 films with Eijirô TônoKunie Tanaka, 6 films togetherSee the 6 films with Kunie TanakaToshirô Mifune, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with Toshirô MifuneHisashi Igawa, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with Hisashi IgawaMichiyo Aratama, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with Michiyo AratamaTakashi Shimura, 4 films togetherSee the 4 films with Takashi ShimuraMasaki KobayashiDirector, 6 filmsSee the 6 films by Masaki KobayashiAkira KurosawaDirector, 5 filmsSee the 5 films by Akira KurosawaHideo GoshaDirector, 4 filmsSee the 4 films by Hideo Gosha

Films together

  • Eijirô Tôno7 films together, 1957 to 1979
    Eijirô Tôno's page
  • Kunie Tanaka6 films together, 1959 to 1969
    Kunie Tanaka's page
    • Goyokin1969IMDb rating 7.6Nakadai as Magobei WakizakaTanaka as Hirosuke
    • Tenchu!1969IMDb rating 7.4Nakadai as Hanpeita TakechiTanaka as Rokkaku Prison Officer
    • The Face of Another1966IMDb rating 7.8Nakadai as Mr. OkuyamaTanaka as Patient at Mental Hospital
    • The Sword of Doom1966IMDb rating 7.9Nakadai as Ryunosuke TsukueTanaka as Senkichi
    • Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0Nakadai as Hanbei MurotoTanaka as Samurai
    • The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959IMDb rating 8.5Nakadai as KajiTanaka as Obara Nitôhei
  • Toshirô Mifune5 films together, 1961 to 1967
    Toshirô Mifune's page
    • Samurai Rebellion1967IMDb rating 8.3Nakadai as Tatewaki AsanoMifune as Isaburo Sasahara
    • The Sword of Doom1966IMDb rating 7.9Nakadai as Ryunosuke TsukueMifune as Toranosuke Shimada
    • High and Low1963IMDb rating 8.4Nakadai as Chief Detective TokuraMifune as Kingo Gondo
    • Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0Nakadai as Hanbei MurotoMifune as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The Samurai
    • Yojimbo1961IMDb rating 8.2Nakadai as Unosuke - GunfighterMifune as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
  • Hisashi Igawa5 films together, 1962 to 1999
    Hisashi Igawa's page
    • After the Rain1999IMDb rating 7.6Nakadai as Tsuji GettanIgawa as Kihei Ishiyama
    • Ran1985IMDb rating 8.2Nakadai as Lord Hidetora IchimonjiIgawa as Shuri Kurogane
    • Goyokin1969IMDb rating 7.6Nakadai as Magobei WakizakaIgawa as Takeuchi Shinjiro
    • The Face of Another1966IMDb rating 7.8Nakadai as Mr. OkuyamaIgawa as Man with Mole
    • Harakiri1962IMDb rating 8.6Nakadai as Hanshiro TsugumoIgawa as Retainer
  • Michiyo Aratama5 films together, 1959 to 1966
    Michiyo Aratama's page
  • Takashi Shimura4 films together, 1957 to 1963
    Takashi Shimura's page
    • High and Low1963IMDb rating 8.4Nakadai as Chief Detective TokuraShimura as Chief of Investigation Section
    • Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0Nakadai as Hanbei MurotoShimura as Kurofuji
    • Yojimbo1961IMDb rating 8.2Nakadai as Unosuke - GunfighterShimura as Tokuemon - Sake Brewer
    • Untamed Woman1957IMDb rating 7.4Nakadai as Shinkichi, the young tailorShimura as Owner of the rice mill
  • Masaki KobayashiDirector, 6 films, 1959 to 1967
  • Akira KurosawaDirector, 5 films, 1961 to 1985
    • Ran1985IMDb rating 8.2Nakadai as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
    • Kagemusha1980IMDb rating 7.9Nakadai as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
    • High and Low1963IMDb rating 8.4Nakadai as Chief Detective Tokura
    • Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0Nakadai as Hanbei Muroto
    • Yojimbo1961IMDb rating 8.2Nakadai as Unosuke - Gunfighter
  • Hideo GoshaDirector, 4 films, 1969 to 1982
  • Also four films together3 more actors
    • Tetsuro TambaOnimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982), Hunter in the Dark (1979), Goyokin (1969) and Harakiri (1962)
    • Kyû SazankaHigh and Low (1963), Yojimbo (1961), When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) and The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
    • Ichirô NakataniTenchu! (1969), The Sword of Doom (1966), Harakiri (1962) and Yojimbo (1961)

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