Tatsuya Nakadai
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| Tatsuya Nakadai | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 仲代 達矢 |
| Born | Motohisa Nakadai (仲代 元久) December 13, 1932 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1954–present |
Tatsuya Nakadai (仲代 達矢 Nakadai Tatsuya?, born Motohisa Nakadai December 13, 1932) is a Japanese film actor famous for the wide variety of characters he has portrayed and many collaborations with famous Japanese film directors.[1]
He was featured in 11 films directed by Masaki Kobayashi, including the The Human Condition trilogy, wherein he starred as the lead character Kaji, plus Harakiri, Samurai Rebellion and Kwaidan.
Nakadai worked with a number of Japan's best-known filmmakers—starring or co-starring in five films directed by Akira Kurosawa, as well as being cast in significant films directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara (The Face of Another), Mikio Naruse (When a Woman Ascends the Stairs), Kihachi Okamoto (Kill! and Sword of Doom), Hideo Gosha (Goyokin), Shirō Toyoda (Portrait of Hell) and Kon Ichikawa (Enjo and Odd Obsession).
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Biography
Nakadai grew up in a very poor family and was unable to afford a university education, prompting him to take up acting. He greatly admired American films and was a fan of actors such as John Wayne and Marlon Brando. Nakadai was working as a shop clerk in Tokyo before a chance encounter with director Masaki Kobayashi led to him being cast in the film The Thick Walled Room. The following year, he made a brief and uncredited cameo in Seven Samurai where he is seen for a few seconds as a samurai walking through town.[2]Nakadai's role in Seven Samurai is technically his debut as The Thick-Walled Room's release was delayed for three years due to controversial subject matter. His major breakthrough as an actor came when he was given the part of Jo, a young yakuza in Black River, another film directed by Kobayashi. Nakadai continued to work with Kobayashi into the 1960s and won his first Blue Ribbon Award for his role in Harakiri as the aging ronin Hanshiro Tsugumo.
Nakadai appeared in two Kurosawa films from the 1980s. In Kagemusha Nakadai plays both the titular thief turned body-double and the famous daimyo Takeda Shingen whom the thief is tasked with impersonating. This dual role helped him win his second Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor. In Ran Nakadai plays another daimyo, Hidetora Ichimonji, who is loosely based on King Lear from Shakespeare's play King Lear.
He taught and trained promising young actors including Kōji Yakusho, Mayumi Wakamura, Tōru Masuoka, Azusa Watanabe, Kenichi Takitō and others.[3]
In 2015, he received the Order of Culture.
Filmography
Film
Animated film
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Kanashimi no Belladonna | The Devil | Eiichi Yamamoto | |
| 1983 | Final Yamato | Narrator | Tomoharu Katsumata / Yoshinobu Nishizaki / Takeshi Shirado / Toshio Masuda | |
| 2013 | The Tale of Princess Kaguya | Sumiyaki no Roujini | Isao Takahata | |
| 2014 | Giovanni's Island[6] | Junpei Senō (Present) | Mizuho Nishikubo |
Theater
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Hamlet | Hamlet | Koreya Senda | |
| 1968 | Yotsuya Kaidan | Tamiya Iemon | Eitaro Ozawa | |
| 1971 | Othello | Othello | Koreya Senda | |
| 1974 | Richard III | Richard | Toshikiyo Masumi | |
| 1975 | The Lower Depths | Satine | Toshikiyo Masumi | |
| 1978 | Oedipus the King | Oedipus | Tomoe Ryu (Yasuko Miyazaki) | |
| 1982 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Tomoe Ryu (Yasuko Miyazaki) | |
| 1990 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac | Tomoe Ryu (Yasuko Miyazaki) | |
| 2000 | Death of a Salesman | William "Willy" Loman | Kiyoto Hayashi | |
| 2001 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | John Falstaff | Kiyoto Hayashi | |
| 2005 | Driving Miss Daisy | Hoke | Ikumi Tanno | |
| 2008 | Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes | Ikumi Tanno | |
| 2010 | John Gabriel Borkman | John Gabriel Borkman | Tamiya Kuriyama | |
| 2013 | Bluebeard's Castle | The Bard | Michiyoshi Inoue | |
| 2014 | Barrymore | John Barrymore | Ikumi Tanno | |
| 2014 | Romeo and Juliet | Father Lawrence | Ikumi Tanno |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Shin Heike Monogatari | Taira no Kiyomori | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 1995 | Daichi no Ko | Kōji Matsumoto | NHK | |
| 1996 | Hideyoshi | Sen no Rikyū | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 2004 | Socrates in Love | Kentarō Matsumoto | TBS | |
| 2007 | Fūrin Kazan | Takeda Nobutora | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 2014 | Zainin no Uso | Kenzō Haneda | WOWOW | |
| 2015 | Haretsu | Kuraki | NHK | |
| 2015 | Hatashiai | Sanosuke | SKY PerfecTV! |
Honours
- Chevalier De L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1992)
- Medal with Purple Ribbon (1996)
- Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2003)
- Person of Cultural Merit (2007)
- Asahi Prize (2013)
- Kawakita Award (2013)
- Toshiro Mifune Award (2015)
- Order of Culture (2015)
References
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- The Eighth Samurai: Tatsuya Nakadai at the Wayback Machine (archived December 13, 2007) by Chuck Stephens
- Tatsuya Nakadai at the Internet Movie Database
- Tatsuya Nakadai at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)
- http://www.criterion.com/explore/195-tatsuya-nakadai
- http://www.tohokingdom.com/people/tatsuya_nakadai.htm
- http://blogs.amctv.com/movie-blog/2008/06/an-evening-with/
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