Acting
Tatsuya Nakadai
- Titles
- 170movies13TV shows
- Career
Active from 1956 to 2025, busiest in 1957 and 1958 with 6 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 88top three billing
- Average score
74/100
- Highest rated
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.7average 2.6
- Warfare4.0average 1.2
- Politics5.0average 2.6
- Violence6.2average 4.2
- Melancholy6.7average 4.7
- Class & Capitalism5.2average 3.3
- Social Commentary6.6average 4.9
- Pathos6.8average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.7, average 5.4
- Situational Comedy1.0, average 2.7
- Pop Culture0.6, average 2.2
- Wholesome1.9, average 3.3
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 19
- Social Commentary 14
- Historical Drama 12
- Political Intrigue 12
- Character-Driven 6
- Japanese Historical Drama 5
- Character Study 5
- Psychological Drama 5
- Historical Setting 5
- Feudal Japan 4
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Psychological Depth 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Masaru SatōComposerHigh and Low, Yojimbo, Battle of the Japan Sea, After the Rain, Sanjuro, +25 more
Ichirō NakataniActorHarakiri, The Sword of Doom, Inn of Evil, The Battle of Okinawa, ゴメスの名はゴメス, +7 more
Hideo GoshaDirectorOnimasa: A Japanese Godfather, Goyokin, Fireflies in the North, Tenchu!, Heat Wave, +5 more
Yoshitami KuroiwaEditorThe Sword of Doom, The Battle of Okinawa, Blood Type: Blue, Fort Graveyard, Kill!, +5 more
Kihachi OkamotoDirectorThe Sword of Doom, The Battle of Okinawa, East Meets West, Blood Type: Blue, Fort Graveyard, +5 more
Tetsuro TambaActorHarakiri, Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather, Goyokin, The Battle of Okinawa, Fireflies in the North, +4 more
Toshirō MifuneActorHigh and Low, Samurai Rebellion, Yojimbo, Battle of the Japan Sea, Sanjuro, +4 more
Masaki KobayashiWriterHarakiri, The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, Samurai Rebellion, The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, +4 more
Tōru TakemitsuComposerRan, Harakiri, Samurai Rebellion, The Face of Another, Inn of Evil, +4 more- KKōzō OkazakiCinematographerInn of Evil, Goyokin, The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan, The Family, I Am a Cat, +4 more
Michiyo AratamaActorThe Human Condition I: No Greater Love, Shin Heike Monogatari, The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, The Sword of Doom, +3 more
Koji YakushoActorMomi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin, Willful Murder, Jubaku: Spellbound, Kinagashi Bugyō, The Legend of Sayo, +3 more
Movies and TV shows
1692020s
2 titles
as Narrator (voice)
as Makino Tadayuki
2010s
22 titles · average score 65
as Unokichi
as Narrator (voice)
as Kuwahata Chokichi
TV show · as Suzaki Kiyoshi
as Sanosuke Shoji
TV show · as Kenzo Haneda
as Older Junpei Senou (voice)
as Hamazaki
as Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice)
as Fujio Murai
as Tadao Nakai
2000s
13 titles · average score 73
as (archive footage)
as Kyozo Hayami
TV show
as Sahei Inugami
as Minabuchi no Syôan
TV show · as Matsumoto Kentaro
as Kotaro Takezawa
as Eisuke Nakamoto
as Umetaro Katakura
as Matsushita (Matsushita Denki Co.)
TV show
as Tsuji Gettan
1990s
11 titles · average score 61
as Hideaki Sasaki
as Seijiro Miyazawa
as Kaishu Katsu
as Yagyu Retsudo
as Oribe Furuta
as Daishu
as Kobayashi
as Tsunejiro Murai
as Vice Admiral Seiichi Itō
1980s
22 titles · average score 73
as Shujiro Ueno
as Denbei Nikaido
as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
as Nobuyuki Kidoji
as Takeshi Tsukigata
as Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa
as Sazen Tange
as Ikuzô
as Yashiro
TV show
as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
as Maresuke Nogi
1970s
26 titles · average score 68
as Gomyo Kiyoemon
as Kumokiri Nizaemon
as Minami
as Yasuo Hoshino, the Chief Cabinet Secretary
as Kushami
as The Devil (voice)
TV show · as Taira no Kiyomori
as Sadashichi
as Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
as Seji Iwahashi
as Naojiro Kataoka
1960s
41 titles · average score 76
as Major Genjiro Akashi
as Magobei Wakizaka
as Hanpeita Takechi
as Genta
as Mr. Okuyama
as Ryunosuke Tsukue
as Chief Detective Tokura
as Hanshiro Tsugumo
as Hanbei Muroto
as Kikuo Furukawa
as Unosuke, gunfighter
1950s
32 titles · average score 78
as Kunihiko Date
as Kimura
as Tokari
as Jiro Maeda
as Joe
as Kimura
as Keiichi Naganuma
as Yûji Wada
as Norisuke
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)