Tatsuya Nakadai
Biography
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.…
Filmography
A Son of the Good Earth
1995 · 10.0
Rise, Fair Sun
1973 · 10.0
Sugata Sanshiro
1977 · 10.0
Teenage Sazae
1957 · 10.0
All About Marriage
1958 · 10.0
Farm Girls
1962 · 10.0
Atami Murder Case
1986 · 10.0
Faraway Sunset
1992 · 10.0
The Daphne
1966 · 10.0
Elegy
1976 · 10.0
The Family
1974 · 9.2
A Dangerous Hero
1957 · 9.0
Ôban
1957 · 9.0
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957 · 9.0
Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
1982 · 9.0
Ant Hell War
1964 · 9.0
To Dance with the White Dog
2002 · 9.0
Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
1993 · 9.0
Admiral Yamamoto
1968 · 8.5
Harakiri
1962 · 8.5
Seven Samurai
1954 · 8.5
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World
2004 · 8.4
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961 · 8.4
A Sinner's Lie
2014 · 8.4
High and Low
1963 · 8.4
The Gate of Youth
1975 · 8.3
Samurai Rebellion
1967 · 8.2
Cold Case: Door of Truth
2016 · 8.2
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · 8.2
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959 · 8.2
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013 · 8.1
Yojimbo
1961 · 8.1
Ran
1985 · 8.0
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 · 8.0
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002 · 8.0
Willful Murder
1981 · 8.0
The Blue Beast
1960 · 8.0
The Last Judgment
1965 · 8.0
Taikoki
1987 · 8.0
Shadow Hunters
1983 · 8.0
A Duel Tale
2015 · 8.0
Human Revolution II
1976 · 8.0
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964 · 8.0
The Shadow Daughter
1957 · 8.0
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1996 · 8.0
Love on Rainbow Island
1956 · 8.0
Kojiro
1967 · 8.0
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957 · 8.0
The Mandarin Room
1956 · 8.0
Go and Get It
1958 · 8.0
A Town and a Tall Chimney
2019 · 8.0
Sanjuro
1962 · 7.9
Portrait of Hell
1969 · 7.9
Hachiko
1987 · 7.8
Kagemusha
1980 · 7.8
The Battle of Okinawa
1971 · 7.8
Three Yakuza
1965 · 7.8
The Sword of Doom
1966 · 7.8
The Face of Another
1966 · 7.8
Kwaidan
1965 · 7.7
Battle Anthem
1983 · 7.7
Samurai Banners
2007 · 7.6
The Age of Assassins
1967 · 7.6
Queen Bee
1978 · 7.6
Giovanni's Island
2014 · 7.5
Cash Calls Hell
1966 · 7.5
Love Under the Crucifix
1962 · 7.5
Untamed Woman
1957 · 7.5
Pressure of Guilt
1963 · 7.5
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993 · 7.5
Sazae-san
1956 · 7.5
Goyokin
1969 · 7.5
Port Arthur
1980 · 7.4
Immortal Love
1961 · 7.4
The Wolves
1971 · 7.4
Belladonna of Sadness
1973 · 7.4
After the Rain
2000 · 7.3
Shin Heike Monogatari
1972 · 7.3
Japan's Longest Day
1967 · 7.3
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989 · 7.3
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 · 7.3
The Inheritance
1962 · 7.3
The Ambitious
1970 · 7.3
The Return
2019 · 7.3
The Thick-Walled Room
1956 · 7.2
Safari 5000
1969 · 7.2
Conflagration
1958 · 7.1
A Woman's Life
1963 · 7.1
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
1970 · 7.1
Tenchu!
1969 · 7.0
The Human Revolution
1973 · 7.0
Kill!
1968 · 7.0
13 Assassins
1990 · 7.0
Black River
1957 · 7.0
The Legend of Sayo
1982 · 7.0
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022 · 7.0
Get 'em All
1960 · 7.0
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992 · 7.0
The Naked Sun
1958 · 7.0
The Journey
1967 · 7.0
A Boy and Three Mothers
1958 · 7.0
Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
2016 · 7.0
Madame Aki
1963 · 7.0
Murder of the Inugami Clan
2006 · 6.9
Solar Eclipse
1975 · 6.9
The Empty Table
1985 · 6.9
Legacy of the 500,000
1963 · 6.9
Final Yamato
1983 · 6.8
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970 · 6.8
Vengeance for Sale
2002 · 6.8
Oración
1988 · 6.7
Sleeping Village
2019 · 6.7
Until the Break of Dawn
2012 · 6.6
Haru's Journey
2010 · 6.6
Like Asura
2003 · 6.6
Phoenix
1956 · 6.5
Japan's Tragedy
2012 · 6.5
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969 · 6.4
Illusion of Blood
1965 · 6.4
Lear on the Shore
2017 · 6.4
Hunter in the Dark
1979 · 6.3
Inn of Evil
1971 · 6.3
Through the Mist
2009 · 6.3
The Other Woman
1961 · 6.3
Blood End
1969 · 6.3
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982 · 6.2
Odd Obsession
1959 · 6.2
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999 · 6.2
The Beast Shall Die
1959 · 6.2
The Phoenix
1978 · 6.1
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978 · 6.1
Blood Type: Blue
1978 · 6.1
Fort Graveyard
1965 · 6.1
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
1968 · 6.1
The Human Bullet
1968 · 6.0
As the Clouds Scatter
1961 · 6.0
Magistrate of the Floating World
1981 · 6.0
Heat Wave
1991 · 5.9
Battle Cry
1975 · 5.9
Wicked City
1992 · 5.8
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970 · 5.8
East Meets West
1995 · 5.7
Fireflies in the North
1984 · 5.6
Yamato
2005 · 5.5
Zatoichi: The Last
2010 · 5.4
Gun Woman
2014 · 5.0
Return from the River Kwai
1989 · 5.0
The Corporation
1976 · 4.8
I Am a Cat
1975 · 4.5
Floating Weeds Diary
1955 · 4.3
The Human Trust
2013 · 4.0
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988 · 1.0
Michi
1986 · 1.0
Suna no Utsuwa
1977 · 0.0
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
1992 · 0.0
ゴメスの名はゴメス
1967 · 0.0
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
1980 · 0.0
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983 · 0.0
Kinagashi Bugyō
1981 · 0.0
Challenge at Dawn
1971 · 0.0
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
1993 · 0.0
Battleship Yamato
1990 · 0.0
Will to Conquer
1970 · 0.0
Before The Leaves Fall
2015 · 0.0
The King
1973 · 0.0
The Law of Hell
1982 · 0.0
Miren
1963 · 0.0
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
2018 · 0.0
嘱託刑事･小山田昭平 旅路の果て
2001 · 0.0
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958 · 0.0
Pilgrimage at Night
1959 · 0.0
Listen to My Heart
2009 · 0.0
Oban kanketsu hen
1958 · 0.0
The Fir Trees Remain
1983 · 0.0
Skin-Colored Moon
1957 · 0.0
Florence My Love
1991 · 0.0
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
1958 · 0.0
The Gion Tempest
1958 · 0.0
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
1992 · 0.0
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954 · 0.0
Wish Upon a Star
2005 · 0.0
Who Is Gomez?
1967 · 0.0
Trinacria: Porsche 959
1987 · 0.0
The Taika Reforms
2005 · 0.0
Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
2013 · 0.0
Three Dolls in Ginza
1959 · 0.0
NORIN TEN inadzukagonjirō monogatari
2015 · 0.0
The Limit
2025 · 0.0
Futari no shikeishû - saishin imada hirakarezu
2015 · 0.0