Japanese leading man, an important star and one of the handful of Japanese actors well known outside Japan. Nakadai was a tall handsome clerk in a Tokyo shop when director Masaki Kobayashi encountered him and cast him in Kabe atsuki heya (1953). Nakadai was subsequently cast in the lead role in Kobayashi's monumental trilogy 'Ningen no joken' and became a star whose international acclaim rivaled that of countryman Toshirô Mifune. Like Mifune, Nakadai worked frequently with director Akir ...[Read Story]
Ashura no gotoku
(2003)
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
(1999)
Gekko no natsu
(1993)
Return from the River Kwai
(1989)
Ni-ni-roku
(1989)
Kita no hotaru
(1984)
Kir2in Hanako no sh2gai
(1982)
Yami no karyudo
(1979)
Sugata Sanshiro
(1977)
Zat2ichi abare-himatsuri
(1970)
Matatabi san ning yakuza
(1965)
Oginsama
(1960)
Yaj2 shisubeshi
(1959)
Ginza no onechan
(1959)
Kabe atsuki heya
(1953)