Tatsuya Nakadai
Acting
Born 1932-12-13
Died 2025-11-08
Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
205 credits
Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor 2
Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor 1
Golden Arrow Award 1
Order of Culture 1
Awards
Won 2 Blue Ribbon for Best Actor Awards
Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor 2 won
- 1981 Best Actor Won
- 1963 Best Actor Won
Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor 1 won
- — Best Actor Won
Golden Arrow Award 1 won
- — Golden Arrow Award Won
Order of Culture 1 won
- 2015 Order of Culture Won
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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.
Nakadai rose to prominence starring in Masaki 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
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Acting
53 credits
Seven Samurai
Harakiri
High and Low
Ran
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Yojimbo
Kagemusha
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World
Sanjuro
Belladonna of Sadness
Hachiko
Shin Heike Monogatari
Kwaidan
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Sword of Doom
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
The Face of Another
Samurai Rebellion
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
A Sinner's Lie
Wicked City
The Battle of Okinawa
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Giovanni's Island
Port Arthur
Heat Wave
After the Rain
Fireflies in the North
The Empty Table
Kurosawa
Japan's Longest Day
Battle of the Japan Sea
Admiral Yamamoto
Tenchu!
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Goyokin
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Odd Obsession
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Wish Upon a Star
Solar Eclipse
The Human Trust
Gun Woman
Love Under the Crucifix
Final Yamato
Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
Hunter in the Dark
Suna no Utsuwa
Other credits
7 credits
Samurai Banners
Yamato
A Son of the Good Earth
Will to Conquer
Human Revolution II
Battle Anthem
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
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