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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, 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.
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 ...
The film was released in 1961, while shown at various film festivals internationally. All-night marathons of the film were occasionally shown in Japan; screenings with Tatsuya Nakadai in attendance typically sold out. [2] In 1999, Image Entertainment released A Soldier's Prayer (as well as the rest of the trilogy) on region 0 DVDs.
Belladonna of Sadness (Japanese: 哀しみのベラドンナ, Hepburn: Kanashimi no Beradonna) [a] is a 1973 Japanese adult animated drama film produced by the animation studio Mushi Production and distributed by Nippon Herald Films.
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
Tatsuya Nakadai as Heibei; Nobuko Otowa as Tomoko, Takashi's wife; Akira Ishihama as Yutaka, Takashi's son; Yukiko Fuji as Naoko, Sadako's daughter; Kiyoshi Nonomura as Rikizo, Takashi's brother; Yoshi Katō as Sojiro, Sadako's father; Yasushi Nagata as Heizaemon, Heibei's father; Torahiko Hamada as Mr. Koshinuma; Masakazu Tamura as Eiichi ...
Haru's Journey (春との旅, Haru to no Tabi) is a 2010 Japanese drama film directed by Masahiro Kobayashi.It was released in Japan on 22 May. The film stars Tatsuya Nakadai as Tadao, the lead actor; Eri Tokunaga as Haru, the lead actress; Hideji Ōtaki as Shigeo Kanamoto (Tadao's brother); Teruyuki Kagawa as Shinichi Tsuda (Haru's father); Naho Toda as Nobuko Tsuda (Shinichi's wife).