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Tatsuya Nakadai (仲代 達矢, Nakadai Tatsuya, born Motohisa Nakadai; December 13, 1932) is a Japanese film actor. [1] 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.
Tatsuya Nakadai. Actor: Harakiri. 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).
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Nov 7, 2016 · An interview with legendary Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai about "Sword of Doom" and his extensive career in film.
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- 'Harakiri' (1962) Masaki Kobayashi directed Tatsuya Nakadai in the aforementioned Kwaidan and The Human Condition trilogy (among others), but their greatest collaboration would have to be Harakiri.
- 'High and Low' (1963) High and Low certainly isn't a low-rated Akira Kurosawa film. In fact, it's one of his highest-rated, and easily the great director's best crime movie (he did several), with its plot revolving around a wealthy man being extorted after the son of his chauffeur is kidnapped and held for ransom.
- 'Ran' (1985) Ran ranks among the greatest of all Shakespeare film adaptations, with it taking the story of King Lear and setting it in 16th-century Japan.
- 'The Human Condition' (1959-1961) Between 1959 and 1961, Tatsuya Nakadai starred in three war epics that comprise The Human Condition trilogy, with the role of Kaji - a pacifist turned soldier turned survivalist during World War II - being the one that made Nakadai a star.
Tatsuya Nakadai. Actor: Harakiri. 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).
- December 13, 1932
Dec 11, 2009 · The Eighth Samurai: Tatsuya Nakadai. This expansive tribute to the iconic Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai was first published on the Criterion Collection’s website in fall 2005, around the time of the Criterion releases of two films starring Nakadai: Kurosawa’s Ran and the less well-known samurai film Kill!
Tatsuya Nakadai (仲代 達矢 Nakadai Tatsuya, born Motohisa Nakadai December 13, 1932) is a Japanese leading film actor. He became a star after he was discovered working as a Tokyo shop clerk by filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi during the early 1950s.