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Tatsuya Nakadai (仲代 達矢, Nakadai Tatsuya, born Motohisa Nakadai; December 13, 1932) is a Japanese film actor. [1]He was featured in 11 films directed by Masaki Kobayashi, including The Human Condition trilogy, wherein he starred as the lead character Kaji, plus Harakiri, Samurai Rebellion and Kwaidan.
Tatsuya Nakadai as Shingo Kuroki, a brewing engineer; Hiroshi Koizumi as Hidetaka Tani, Kaoru's husband; Haruko Sugimura as Kayo Tani, Hidetaka's mother; Keiko Awaji as Mie Banishi, Reiji's wife; Hiroshi Tachikawa as Makoto Asabuki, Haruko's lover; Daisuke Katō as Shōsuke Tetsumoto, Kazuko's uncle; Ken Uehara as Sokei Gojō, Sanae's matchmaker
Tatsuya Nakadai, who had previously appeared in Kobayashi's The Thick-Walled Room and Black River, was specifically chosen by the director to play the protagonist Kaji. Much of the supporting cast were veteran film and stage actors who had previously worked with Kobayashi on other projects, or who would later become regulars with the director.
Mayo Suzukaze as Otaki - wife of Goemon Tatsuya Nakadai as Sen no Rikyū - a tea master Kōji Tamaki as Ashikaga Yoshiaki - the 15th and last shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate
To gain exemption from military service, he moves his wife to a large mining operation in Japanese-colonized Manchuria, where he serves as a labor chief assigned to a workforce of Chinese prisoners. Kaji aggravates the camp bureaucracy by implementing humane practices to improve both labor conditions and productivity, clashing with foremen ...
Tatsuya Nakadai as Unosuke (卯之助), a gun-toting gangster and younger brother to both Ushitora and Inokichi. Seizaburo Kawazu as Seibei (清兵衛), the original boss of the town's underworld. He operates out of a brothel. Kyū Sazanka as Ushitora (丑寅), the other gang leader in town. He was originally Seibei's lieutenant but broke ranks ...
Keiko (called "Mama" by the other characters), a young widow approaching 30, is a hostess at a bar in Ginza.Realizing she is getting older, she decides after talking to her bar manager, Komatsu, that she wants to open her own bar rather than remarrying and dishonoring her late husband to whose memory she is still devoted.
Tatsuya Nakadai as Yagyū Retsudō; Yushi Shoda as Ogami Daigoro; Isao Hashizume as Yagyū Bizen (Retsudō's younger brother) Shima Iwashita as Oharu (Prostitute) Kimiko Ikegami as Yagyū Chizuro (Yagyū Hyōgo's wife) Renji Ishibashi as Matsudaira Suo no Kami; Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Nitani Kenmotsu; Hiroyuki Okita as Yagyū Hyōgo