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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: |
11 | !! {{Film}} |
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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