
Birthday
1932/12/13
Day of death
2025/11/08 (92 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Also know as
Тацуя Накадай, Tatsuya Nakadaki, تاتسویا ناکادای, Motohisa Nakadai, 仲代 元久, 仲代元久, 仲代 達矢
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. Discovered on ...Read more

(1965) Kwaidan
as Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

(1962) Sanjuro
as Hanbei Muroto

(1959) The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kaji

(1985) Ran
as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji

(1980) Kagemusha
as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha

(1961) Yojimbo
as Unosuke, gunfighter

(1987) Hachiko
as Shujiro Ueno

(1967) Samurai Rebellion
as Tatewaki Asano

(1963) High and Low
as Chief Detective Tokura

(1956) Phoenix
as ---

(1959) The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Kaji

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

(1971) The Wolves
as Seji Iwahashi

(1962) Harakiri
as Hanshiro Tsugumo

(1966) The Face of Another
as Mr. Okuyama

(1960) When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Kenichi Komatsu

(1969) Tenchu!
as Hanpeita Takechi

(1959) Odd Obsession
as Kimura

(1990) 13 Assassins
as ---

(1979) Hunter in the Dark
as Gomyo Kiyoemon

(2018) Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
as Narrator

(1968) Kill!
as Genta

(1981) Magistrate of the Floating World
as ---

(2005) Wish Upon a Star
as Takanori Wakamiya

(1968) Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
as James Elfego

(1969) Goyokin
as Magobei Wakizaka

(1965) Illusion of Blood
as Iyemon Tamiya

(1983) Final Yamato
as Narrator

(1964) Ant Hell War
as ---

(1992) Wicked City
as Daishu

(1966) The Sword of Doom
as Ryunosuke Tsukue

(1969) Portrait of Hell
as Yoshihide

(1970) Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
as Ronin

(1960) Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Kuroki Shingo

(2000) Kurosawa
as Self

(1989) Return from the River Kwai
as Major Harada

(1957) Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Shindon

(1958) Oban kanketsu hen
as Shin Don

(1978) Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as Kumokiri Nizaemon

(1957) Ôban
as Shin Don

(1957) Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Shin don

(1958) Conflagration
as Tokari

(1971) Inn of Evil
as Sadashichi

(1957) Black River
as Jo

(2010) Haru's Journey
as Tadao Nakai

(1969) Blood End
as Sentaro

(1968) The Human Bullet
as Narrator

(1982) Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
as Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa

(1961) Immortal Love
as Heibei

(1969) Battle of the Japan Sea
as Major Genjiro Akashi

(2003) Like Asura
as Kotaro Takezawa

(2012) Japan's Tragedy
as Fujio Murai

(1995) East Meets West
as Kaishu Katsu

(2016) Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
as Yohei Tachibana

(1975) I Am a Cat
as Kushami

(1991) Heat Wave
as Tsunejiro Murai

(1971) The Battle of Okinawa
as Colonel Hiromichi Yahara

(1999) Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
as Self

(1962) The Inheritance
as Kikuo Furukawa

(1988) Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
as ---

(1975) Battle Cry
as Hijikata Toshizo

(1993) Kin chan no Cinema Jack
as ---

(1967) The Age of Assassins
as Shinji Kikyo

(1970) The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
as Naojiro Kataoka

(1982) The Law of Hell
as ---

(1996) The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
as Seijiro Miyazawa

(1970) Duel at Fort Ezo
as Daizennokami Honjo

(1962) Love Under the Crucifix
as Ukon Takayama

(2002) Vengeance for Sale
as Umetaro Katakura

(2000) After the Rain
as Tsuji Gettan

(1973) Rise, Fair Sun
as ---

(2012) Until the Break of Dawn
as Sadayuki Akiyama

(1957) A Dangerous Hero
as ---

(2015) ふたりの死刑囚
as Narrator

(2006) Murder of the Inugami Clan
as Sahei Inugami

(1958) A Boy and Three Mothers
as The Engineer

(1983) Battle Anthem
as ---

(1984) Fireflies in the North
as Takeshi Tsukigata

(1985) The Empty Table
as Nobuyuki Kidoji

(2002) Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
as Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)

(2014) Giovanni's Island
as Older Junpei Senou (voice)

(1969) Safari 5000
as ---

(2014) Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya
as Self

(2009) Listen to My Heart
as Kyozo Hayami

(1957) Untamed Woman
as Kimura

(1992) Basara: The Princess Goh
as Oribe Furuta

(1973) Belladonna of Sadness
as The Devil (voice)

(1975) The Gate of Youth
as ---

(2022) Life Work of Akira Kurosawa
as Self

(1954) Seven Samurai
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

(1985) Making of Ran
as Self

(1983) The Fir Trees Remain
as ---

(1993) Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
as Yagyu Retsudo

(1974) The Family
as Teppei Manpyo

(1965) Fort Graveyard
as Sakuma

(1978) Queen Bee
as Ginzo Daidoji

(1970) Will to Conquer
as ---

(2012) Gaku
as Kazama Shin-ichi

(1992) Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
as ---

(1980) Port Arthur
as Maresuke Nogi

(1978) Blood Type: Blue
as Minami

(1983) Shadow Hunters
as ---

(1970) The Ambitious
as Shintaro Nakaoka

(1966) Cash Calls Hell
as Oida

(2013) The Human Trust
as Nobuhiro Sasakura

(1965) Three Yakuza
as ---

(1978) The Phoenix
as Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara

(1975) Solar Eclipse
as Yasuo Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary

(1985) A. K.
as Self

(2009) Through the Mist
as (Archive Footage)

(1963) A Woman's Life
as ---

(1961) The Other Woman
as Minami

(1999) Jubaku: Spellbound
as Hideaki Sasaki

(1956) Love on Rainbow Island
as Yûji Wada

(1986) Atami Murder Case
as Denbei Nikaido

(1976) The Corporation
as ---

(2017) Lear on the Shore
as Kuwahata Chokichi

(1976) Human Revolution II
as ---

(1960) The Blue Beast
as ---

(1962) Chibusa o daku musume tachi
as ---

(1989) Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Sugiyama

(1988) Oración
as Heihachiro Wagu

(1961) As the Clouds Scatter
as ---

(1967) Kojiro
as Musashi Miyamoto

(2002) Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
as Self

(2002) Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
as Self

(2002) Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
as Self

(2002) Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
as Self

(2013) The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
as Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice)

(1965) The Last Judgment
as ---

(1963) Pressure of Guilt
as ---

(1958) The Naked Sun
as ---

(1960) Get 'em All
as Tsubota

(1959) The Beast Shall Die
as Kunihiko Date

(1982) Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
as Sazen Tange

(1967) Journey
as ---

(1968) Admiral Yamamoto
as Narrator (voice)

(2015) A Duel Tale
as ---

(1987) Taikoki
as (Narrator)

(2015) Before The Leaves Fall
as Kenichiro Miya

(1963) Legacy of the 500,000
as Mitsura Gunji

(2009) Tatsuya Nakadai on 'The Human Condition'
as Self

(1966) The Daphne
as ---

(2019) The Return
as ---

(2010) Zatoichi: The Last
as Tendo

(1981) Willful Murder
as Yashiro

(1992) Faraway Sunset
as Kobayashi

(1958) All About Marriage
as Akira Nakayama

(2002) To Dance with the White Dog
as Eisuke Nakamoto

(1982) The Legend of Sayo
as ---

(1986) Michi
as Seiji Tajima

(1956) Sazae-san
as Norisuke

(1957) Teenage Sazae
as ---

(2005) Yamato
as ---

(1959) Pilgrimage at Night
as ---
(1977) Sugata Sanshiro
as Yano

(2019) A Town and a Tall Chimney
as ---

(1973) The Human Revolution
as ---

(2022) The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
as Makino Tadayuki

(1967) Japan's Longest Day
as Narrator (voice)

(2019) Sleeping Village
as (narration)

(2013) Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
as ---

(2015) NORINTEN 稲塚権次郎物語
as ---

(1989) Let Him Rest in Peace
as ---

(1958) Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Kazuo Shimada

(1955) Floating Weeds Diary
as ---

(1967) Gomez's Name is Gomez
as Sakamoto

(1993) Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
as ---

(1957) The Shadow Daughter
as ---

(1956) The Mandarin Room
as ---

(1957) Skin-Colored Moon
as Jirô Taki

(1958) Go and Get It
as His assistant

(1958) Kampai! Miai Kekkon
as Kunihiko Sasada

The Gion Tempest
as Masaki

(1959) Three Dolls in Ginza
as Kyosuke Tamura

(1963) Miren
as Ryôta Kinoshita

(1963) Yushu Heiya
as Tatsumi

(1964) Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
as ---

(1971) Challenge at Dawn
as Tsukagoshi

(1973) The King
as Kinjiro Sekine

(1976) Elegy
as Setsuo Katsuragi

(1987) Trinacria: Porsche 959
as ---

(1991) Florence My Love
as ---

(1961) The Human Condition
as Kaji

(2025) The Limit
as Narrator

(2005) The Taika Reforms
as Minabuchi no Syôan
(2018) Black Baby
as Unosuke (archive footage)

(2014) Gun Woman
as Hamazaki

(1956) The Thick-Walled Room
as (Uncredited)

(1972) Shin Heike Monogatari
as Taira no Kiyomori

(2014) A Sinner's Lie
as Kenzo Haneda

(2007) Samurai Banners
as ---

(2004) Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World
as Matsumoto Kentaro
(2001) 嘱託刑事・小山田昭平 旅路の果て
as ---

(1995) A Son Of The Good Earth
as ---
(1967) ゴメスの名はゴメス
as ---

(1981) Kinagashi Bugyō
as ---

(1983) Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
as ---

(1992) Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
as ---

(1977) Suna no Utsuwa
as 今西栄太郎