Best movies of Tatsuya Nakadai

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû,
Directors : Akira Kurosawa,

In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Jinpachi Nezu, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara,
Directors : Akira Kurosawa,

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Yûnosuke Itô, Toshirô Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi,
Directors : Akira Kurosawa,

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Eijirô Tôno, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa,
Directors : Akira Kurosawa,

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Katsuyuki Itô, Shigako Shimegi, Aiko Nagayama,
Directors : Eiichi Yamamoto,

After being banished from her village, a peasant woman makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurô Tanba, Akira Ishihama,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

An elder ronin samurai arrives at a feudal lord's home and requests an honorable place to commit suicide. But when the ronin inquires about a younger samurai who arrived before him things take an unexpected turn.

Actors : Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yutaka Sada, Toshirô Mifune,
Directors : Akira Kurosawa,

An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Naitô, Michiyo Aratama, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Dan, Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori,
Directors : Mikio Naruse,

A middle-aged bar hostess, constantly in debt, is faced with numerous social constraints and challenges posed to her by her family, customers and friends.

Actors : Miki Irie, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kishida, Mikijirô Hira,
Directors : Hiroshi Teshigahara,

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

Actors : Tamao Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yûsuke Kawazu,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Toshinori Omi, Toshirô Yanagiba,
Directors : Seijirô Kôyama,

The true story about a dog's loyalty to its master, even after his death.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Yuriko Hoshi, Tadao Nakamaru, Etsushi Takahashi,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up in a local official's complex game of murder and betrayal.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Ruriko Asaoka, Yôko Tsukasa,
Directors : Hideo Gosha,

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Yûsuke Santamaria, Yukie Nakama, Tatiana Sharko,
Directors : Mizuho Nishikubo,

A dramatic yet heart-warming story of cross-cultural friendship among children in the aftermath of WWII, presented by Tokyo-based award-winning animation studio Production I.G. Based on true events.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Yûjirô Ishihara, Shintarô Katsu, Yukio Mishima,
Directors : Hideo Gosha,

A destitute ronin allies himself with an established clan, but its ruthless leader tries to turn him into a mindless killer.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Sô Yamamura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Keiko Kishi,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

Two-hundred million yen is up for grabs in a dying businessman's will. The businessman intends to will it to his 3 illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.

Actors : Harold Conway, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tonpei Hidari, Masumi Harukawa,
Directors : Kon Ichikawa,

The cat of the title roams around the house of a poor schoolteacher in the late 19th century, observing the goings-on of the teacher and his neighbors.

Actors : Keiko Matsuzaka, Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Kôshirô Matsumoto,
Directors : Hideo Gosha,

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Mayumi Ohzora, Mariko Okada, Junko Ikeuchi,
Directors : Shirô Toyoda,

A samurai warrior is haunted by the spirit of his first wife.