Tatsuya Nakadai (b. 1930) went to work for Shochiku Studios in the early 1950's, where he was discovered by the director Masaki Kobayashi. He attained international recognition starring in Mr. Kobayashi's trilogy, The Human Condition. Mr. Nakadai later appeared in several films under the direction of Akira Kurosawa, often in the role of a cruel warrior adversary to Toshiro Mifune. He played more complex characters in Mr. Kurosawa's later films, Kagemusha and Ran.

Tatsuya Nakadai

filmography

Ran (1985)

Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Kagemusha (1980)

Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Sword of Doom (1967)

Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiro Mifune

Director: Kihachi Okamoto

Kwaidan (1964)

Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama

Director: Masaki Kobayashi

High & Low (1962)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Sanjuro(1962)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Harakiri (1962)

Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita

Director: Masaki Kobayashi

The Human Condition: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)

Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama

Director: Masaki Kobayashi

Yojimbo (1961)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono

Director: Akira Kurosawa

When A Woman Ascends The Stairs (1960)

Starring: Hideko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai

Director: Mikio Naruse

The Human Condition: The Road To Eternty (1959)

Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama

Director: Masaki Kobayashi

Odd Obsession (1959)

Starring: Machiko Kyo, Ganjiro Nakamura

Director: Kon Ichikawa

The Human Condition: No Greater Love (1958)

Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama

Director: Masaki Kobayashi

Enjo(1958)

Starring: Raizo Ichikawa, Tatsuya Nakadai

Director: Kon Ichikawa

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