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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Tatsuya Nakadai in ''Film/{{Harakiri}}'']]
3	Tatsuya Nakadai (born December 13, 1932 in Tokyo, Japan) is a legendary Japanese actor, and one of the most recognizable to Western audiences. He is known for playing a diverse range of roles, performing in drama, action and comedy films, theatre, television (and even anime) as a leading man and background character.
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5	He was famously discovered by the then still im-prominent director Masaki Kobayashi, who chanced upon him while he was working as a shop clerk. Kobayashi offered him a role in ''The Thick-Walled Room''[[note]]Kabe atsuki heya[[/note]] which would be Tatsuya's film debut. It wasn't until Kobayashi's epic ''Film/TheHumanCondition'', however, that Tatsuya became a star - where his ability to play an internally tormented character awed Japanese audiences and directors alike.
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7	Tatsuya is extremely prolific, having worked on films from the 1950s and still acting today. He is well known for playing Samurai and antagonists, especially with frequent collaborator Creator/ToshiroMifune (an equally legendary Japanese actor).
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10	!Some of Tatsuya Nakadai's more well known works:
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12	* ''Black River''[[note]]Kuroi Kawa[[/note]] as Jo (1957)
13	* ''Film/{{Enjo}}'' as Tokari (1958)
14	* ''Film/TheHumanCondition''[[note]]Ningen no jôken[[/note]] as Kaji (1959)
15	* ''Film/OddObsession''[[note]]Kagi[[/note]] as Kimura (1959)
16	* ''Film/WhenAWomanAscendsTheStairs''[[note]]Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki[[/note]] as Kenichi Komatsu (1960)
17	* ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'' as Unosuke/Gunfighter (1961)
18	* ''Film/ImmortalLove''[[note]]Eien no hito[[/note]] as Heibei (1961)
19	* ''Film/{{Sanjuro}}'' as Hanbei Muroto (1962)
20	* ''The Inheritance''[[note]]Karami-ai[[/note]] as Kikuo Furukawa (1962)
21	* ''Film/{{Harakiri}}'' as Hanshiro Tsugumo (1962)
22	* ''Film/{{High and Low\|1963}}''[[note]]Tengoku to jigoku[[/note]] as Chief Detective Tokura (1963)
23	* ''Film/{{Kwaidan}}'': segment "Yuki-Onna" as Minokichi (1964)
24	* ''Film/TheSwordOfDoom''[[note]]Dai-bosatsu tôge[[/note]] as Ryunosuke Tsukue (1966)
25	* ''Film/TheFaceOfAnother''[[note]]Tanin no kao[[/note]] as Mr. Okuyama (1966)
26	* ''Film/JapansLongestDay'' (1967), narrator
27	* ''Film/SamuraiRebellion''[[note]]Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu[[/note]] as Tatewaki Asano (1967)
28	* ''Kill!''[[note]]Kiru[[/note]] as Genta (1968)
29	* ''Film/TodayWeKillTomorrowWeDie'' as James Elfago (1968)
30	* ''Film/{{Hitokiri}}'' as Hampeita Takechi (1969)
31	* ''Anime/BelladonnaOfSadness'' as {{Satan}} (1973) (voice)
32	* ''Film/{{Kagemusha}}'' as UsefulNotes/TakedaShingen / Kagemusha (1980)
33	* ''Film/PortArthur'' as General Nogi (1980)
34	* ''[[Anime/UchuuSenkanYamato Final Yamato]]''[[note]]Uchû senkan Yamato: Kanketsuhen[[/note]] as the narrator (1983)
35	* ''Film/{{Ran}}'' as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (1985)
36	* ''UsefulNotes/{{Hachiko}} Monogatari'' as Shujiro Ueno (1987) %%UsefulNotes page, contains film title.
37	* ''Film/{{After the Rain\|1999}}'' as Tsuji Gettan (1999)
38	* ''{{Film/Yamato}}'' as [[TimeShiftedActor 75-year old]] Katsumi Kamio (shared role with Creator/KenichiMatsuyama)
39	* ''{{Franchise/Zatoichi}}: The Last'' as Tendo (2010)
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41	!! LiveActionTV
42	* ''Shin Heike Monogatari'' as Taira no Kiyomori (1972)
43	* ''Hideyoshi'' as Sen no Rikyu (1996)
44	* ''Furin Kazan'' as Takeda Nobutora (2006)[[note]] This particular role is also a significant CastingGag, as Nobutora is the father of Shingen, who he portrayed in ''Kagemusha''[[/note]]
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