Tatsuya Nakadai — Actor (53)
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The Other Woman (1961) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData
妻として女として
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Hideko Takamine / Chikage Awashima …
other title: Comme épouse et comme femme / Esposa y mujer …
The real mother of the two children of a respectable university professor is not his wife, but his mistress, the hostess of a Ginza bar the family frequents.
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The Ambitious (1970) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
幕末
director: Daisuke Itō actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Toshirō Mifune …
other title: Bakumatsu / 幕末
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own clan, hunted by his government, and was despised by supporters of the Shogun as well as the Loyalists for desiring the opening of Japan to the West in order to learn its technology, in the hopes of one day defeating the West with a modern army and navy.
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Black River (1957) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
黒い河
director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Fumio Watanabe / Ineko Arima …
other title: La Rivière noire / Río Negro …
A love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all as a point of diagnosis of a social disease that had Japan slowly succumbing to lawlessness during the post-War era.
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Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Oggi a me... domani a te!
director: Tonino Cervi actor: Brett Halsey / Bud Spencer …
other title: Oggi a me... domani a te! / Sheriffen fra Nevada …
A man, released after a jail term for a crime he did not commit, raises a gang to go after the man who framed him.
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Odd Obsession (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
鍵
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Machiko Kyō / Ganjirō Nakamura II …
other title: Kagi / L'Étrange Obsession …
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife.
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The Phoenix (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
火の鳥
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Jun Fubuki / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: Hi no Tori / 火の鳥 …
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life.
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Blood Type: Blue (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ブルークリスマス
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Hiroshi Katsuno / Keiko Takeshita …
other title: Blue Christmas / ブルークリスマス …
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.
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Conflagration (1958) [Movie] WikiData NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB
炎上
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Tatsuya Nakadai …
other title: Conflagrazione / Le Pavillon d'Or …
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress.
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The Legend of Sayo (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
遠野物語
director: Tetsutaro Murano actor: Kyōko Enami / Shiho Fujimura …
other title: 遠野物語
Sayo has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she attends a temple festival. On her way back she sees a large cherry tree which is infamous for the legend of dead white horse. When her fiancé returns from war and visits her he comes across a white horse which he takes in. The man also does not see himself engaged anymore as his family has lost its wealth.
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After the Rain (2000) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
雨あがる
director: Takashi Koizumi actor: Akira Terao / Yoshiko Miyazaki …
other title: Dopo la pioggia / Depois da Chuva …
A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers.
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The Human Bullet (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB
肉弾
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Minori Terada / Naoko Ohtani …
other title: Nikudan / La torpille humaine …
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.
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The Beast Shall Die (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
野獣死すべし
director: Eizō Sugawa actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Hiroshi Koizumi …
other title: 野獣死すべし
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man.
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I Am a Cat (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
吾輩は猫である
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Eiji Okada …
other title: Je suis un chat / 吾輩は猫である …
Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are especially fans of Nakadai will appreciate how the actor comically rants about here. His home life is almost disastrous, with a ditzy (but attractive) wife, three young children, a loud school nearby that’s controlled by a corrupt businessman he loathes, and frequent visits from layabout friends. And the grey-furred, green-eyed cat!
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Japan's Longest Day (1967) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
日本のいちばん長い日
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Seiji Miyaguchi / Rokkō Toura …
other title: The Emperor and a General / Le jour le plus long du Japon …
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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Through the Mist (2009) [Movie] TMDB
Dédé, à travers les brumes
director: Jean-Philippe Duval actor: Sébastien Ricard / Joseph Mesiano …
other title: Dédé, à travers les brumes
A biopic of the late musician Dédé Fortin, the singer, songwriter, and founder of a very popular Québécois band called "Les Colocs".
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb
人間の條件　第３部望郷篇／第４部戦雲篇
director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Michiyo Aratama …
other title: La Condizione Umana: Parte II – Cammino verso l'eternità / Guerra e Humanidade II: Estrada Para a Eternidade …
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
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A Sinner's Lie (2014) [TV] TMDB
罪人の嘘
actor: Hideaki Ito / Yoshino Kimura …
other title: 罪人の嘘
Serious legal thriller starring Hideaki Ito which depicts the glory and the darkness of an infamous and highly paid lawyer.
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Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982) [Movie] TMDB
鬼龍院花子の生涯
director: Hideo Gosha actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Masako Natsume …
other title: 鬼龍院花子の生涯 / Onimasa: Um Padrinho Japonês …
Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, Matsue, form the backdrop of this epic tale of justice, obedience, and bloody vengeance.
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Samurai Banners (2007) [TV] TMDB
風林火山
actor: Seiyo Uchino / Ennosuke Ichikawa …
other title: 風林火山
Fūrin Kazan was the 46th NHK Taiga drama beginning on January 7, 2007. It was aired throughout 2007.

The four characters from left to right are wind, woods, fire, and mountain. The title is a reference to the war banner used by Takeda Shingen, which in turn was taken from Sun Tzu's The Art of War. It means "Swift as the Wind, Silent as a Forest, Fierce as Fire and Immovable as a Mountain."