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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 . Nakadai worked with some of Japan ...
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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).
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- Harakiri (1962) While Tatsuya Nakdai has delivered several extraordinary performances in his long career, the unparalleled intensity with which he plays the impoverished and wronged ronin, Hanshiro Tsugumo, makes it the role of his lifetime.
- The Human Condition Trilogy (1959-1961) Masaki Kobayashi’s magnum opus, The Human Trilogy, is based on the best-selling six-part novel by Junpei Gomikawa.
- The Sword of Doom (1966) “The world’s full of villains, but he beats them all,” says a character about Tatsuya Nakadai’s Ryunosuke, the anti-hero at the center of Kihachi Okamoto’s acclaimed samurai classic, The Sword of Doom.
- Ran (1985) Revered as Akira Kurosawa’s last greatest masterpiece, Ran might haunt our memories through the ghostly Noh-style make-up worn by Tatsuya Nakadai’s Hidetora Ichimonji, an aging 16th-century Sengoku era warlord.
Director Akira Kurosawa Stars Tatsuya Nakadai Akira Terao Jinpachi Nezu. 4. Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior. 1980 2h 42m PG. 7.9 (38K) Rate. 84 Metascore. A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double.
Dec 31, 2015 · Here, Nakadai is a villain who duels with Mifune in one of the best and most violent duel scenes ever made. This entertaining, funny and violent film is not to be missed for samurai film lovers. 11. Goyokin (1969) Hideo Gosha’s finest film, “Goyokin”, will be remembered mainly for its stunningly beautiful cinematography.
1956 1h 37m. Rate. Director Senkichi Taniguchi Stars Akira Takarada Kyôko Aoyama Tatsuya Nakadai. 4. The Thick-Walled Room. 1956 1h 50m. 7.1 (644) Rate. A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
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