Tatsuya Nakadai — Actor (53)
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Vengeance for Sale (2002) [Movie] Douban NeoDB WikiData IMDb TMDB
助太刀屋助六
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Hiroyuki Sanada / Kyoka Suzuki …
other title: 助太刀屋助六
In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.
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Kwaidan (1965) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
怪談
8.8 (5 ratings) director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Michiyo Aratama / Rentaro Mikuni …
other title: Kwaidan - Storie di fantasmi / Kwaïdan …
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData TMDB IMDb Douban
女が階段を上る時
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Hideko Takamine / Masayuki Mori …
other title: Quando una donna sale le scale / Quando Uma Mulher Sobe as Escadas …
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
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Belladonna of Sadness (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData NeoDB Douban
哀しみのベラドンナ
7.6 (9 ratings) director: Eiichi Yamamoto actor: Aiko Nagayama / Tatsuya Nakadai …
other title: Belladonna / Kanashimi no Belladonna …
An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge.
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Fireflies in the North (1984) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
北の螢
director: Hideo Gosha actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Shima Iwashita …
other title: La luciole du nord / 北の螢
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
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Samurai Rebellion (1967) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
上意討ち 拝領妻始末
director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Toshirō Mifune / Yōko Tsukasa …
other title: L'ultimo samurai / Rebelião Samurai …
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
人間の條件　第１部純愛篇／第２部激怒篇
director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Michiyo Aratama …
other title: La Condizione Umana: Parte I – Nessun amore è più grande / Guerra e Humanidade I: Não Há Amor Maior …
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban
かぐや姫の物語
8.7 (9 ratings) director: Isao Takahata actor: Aki Asakura / Takeo Chii …
other title: La storia della principessa splendente / Fortællingen Om Prinsesse Kaguya …
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.
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Sanjuro (1962) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
椿三十郎
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Tatsuya Nakadai …
other title: 椿三十郎
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.
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Yojimbo (1961) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
用心棒
7.4 (8 ratings) director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Tatsuya Nakadai …
other title: La sfida del samurai / Livvagten …
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
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Harakiri (1962) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
切腹
9.2 (11 ratings) director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Akira Ishihama …
other title: Haraquiri / 切腹 …
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.
1960s japan jidaigeki samurai
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Death of a Salesman 無名塾公演版 [Performance] Douban
part of Performance: Death of a Salesman
director: 林清人
other title: 無名塾公演版 actor: 仲代達矢 / 小宮久美子 …
年逾花甲的推销员威利·洛曼，拎着两只沉重的、装样品的箱子回到家。他极度疲倦，仿佛已经走到了生命的尽头。只有老伴儿林达了解他、体贴他，尽一切努力来维护他的尊严，希望能给他一些生活下去的勇气和信心。然而，这一切似乎都无济于事……壮年时代的威利，一付精明强干的神气，两个儿子比夫和哈皮，是他的骄傲。尽管比夫的学习成绩不及格，也没有引起做父亲的重视，因为，他确认比夫将来完全可以当一名体育明星，然而，事与愿违，大儿子比夫多次离家出走，宁愿去当农业工人，也不愿留在充满竞争与欺诈的大城市里。在沉重的压力下，威利的精神恍惚不定。为了拯救威利，林达呼吁孩子们要怜爱父亲，甚至把威利要自杀的企图告诉了他们。这时，小儿子哈皮想出一个办法!让比夫向朋友借钱，由洛曼兄弟自家独立经营，以期干出一番事业来。这个令人振奋的设想，使全家人抱着新的希望进入了梦乡……为了预祝未来理想的实现，父子们约定在餐馆中聚会。而就在他们见面时，双方带来的都是不幸的消息：比夫没有借到钱，威利也被公司开除了。这使得父子间又发生了激烈的争吵，然而，他们谁也没搞清楚，生活不下去的社会原因。最终，威利还是自杀了…… 为了死后的保险赔偿给家人带来福利。
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Hitokiri (1969) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB Douban TMDB
人斬り
director: Hideo Gosha actor: Shintarō Katsu / Tatsuya Nakadai …
other title: Tenchu! / 人斩 …
A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.
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Illusion of Blood (1965) [Movie] TMDB
四谷怪談
director: Shirō Toyoda actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Mariko Okada …
other title: 四谷怪談
The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
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Cash Calls Hell (1966) [Movie] TMDB
五匹の紳士
director: Hideo Gosha actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Hisashi Igawa …
other title: 五匹の紳士 / Le Sang du damné …
Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to assassinate three strangers given to him on a list. However, upon meeting his first potential victim, Oida has second thoughts. Yet, even as he tries to back out, the body count starts climbing. Oida must now try to alert the people on his list of their impending danger, and find out why they are being targeted in the first place.
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Battle Cry (1975) [Movie] TMDB
吶喊
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Tsutomu Hiura / Toshitaka Itō …
other title: 吶喊
During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial troops. But Sentaro's friendship with a pickpocket, who switches sides whenever it suits his needs, leads to complications that could cost Sentaro his life as they infiltrate enemy lines.