Tatsuya Nakadai
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday13 December 1932
Died8 November 2025 (age 92)
Place of birthMeguro, Tokyo, Japan
Known credits205
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. Nakadai rose to prominence starring in Masaki Kobayashi's films, with his breakthrough being the protagonist of th…
The Limit
2025 · Narrator (voice)
Life Work of Akira Kurosawa
2022 · Self
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022 · Makino Tadayuki
The Return
2019 · Unokichi
A Town and a Tall Chimney
2019 · Hyoma Sekine
Sleeping Village
2019 · Narrator (voice)
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
2018 · Narrator (voice)
Lear on the Shore
2017 · Kuwahata Chokichi
Cold Case: Door of Truth
2016 · Suzaki Kiyoshi
Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
2016 · Yohei Tachibana
A Duel Tale
2015 · Sanosuke Shoji
NORIN TEN inadzukagonjirō monogatari
2015 · Gonjiro Inazuka
Futari no shikeishû - saishin imada hirakarezu
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Before The Leaves Fall
2015 · Kenichiro Miya
Nakadai Tatsuya: to Live for Acting
2015 · Self
Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2014 · Self
A Sinner's Lie
2014 · Kenzo Haneda
Gun Woman
2014 · Hamazaki
Giovanni's Island
2014 · Older Junpei Senou (voice)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013 · Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice)
The Human Trust
2013 · Nobuhiro Sasakura
Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
2013 · Masaru Okunishi
Until the Break of Dawn
2012 · Sadayuki Akiyama
Japan's Tragedy
2012 · Fujio Murai
Gaku
2012 · Kazama Shin-ichi
Zatoichi: The Last
2010 · Tendo
Haru's Journey
2010 · Tadao Nakai
Listen to My Heart
2009 · Kyozo Hayami
Tatsuya Nakadai on 'The Human Condition'
2009 · Self
Through the Mist
2009 · (archive footage)
Samurai Banners
2007
Murder of the Inugami Clan
2006 · Sahei Inugami
Yamato
2005
Wish Upon a Star
2005 · Takanori Wakamiya
The Taika Reforms
2005 · Minabuchi no Syôan
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World
2004 · Matsumoto Kentaro
Like Asura
2003 · Kotaro Takezawa
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
2002 · Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
2002 · Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002 · Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
2002 · Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
2002 · Self
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002 · Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
To Dance with the White Dog
2002 · Eisuke Nakamoto
Vengeance for Sale
2002 · Umetaro Katakura
嘱託刑事･小山田昭平 旅路の果て
2001
Kurosawa
2000 · Self
After the Rain
2000 · Tsuji Gettan
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