From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Tatsuya Nakadai 仲代 達矢 Nakadai Tatsuya born Motohisa Nakadai December 13 1932 is a Japanese leading film actor He became a star after he was discovered working as a Tokyo shop clerk by filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi during the early 1950s He became the favorite leading man of internationallyacclaimed director Akira Kurosawa after a well publicized fallout between Kurosawa and the legendary Toshirō Mifune Beginning in the late 1950s he worked with a number of Japans bestknown filmmakers starring or costarring in five Kurosawa films along with significant films made by Hiroshi Teshigahara The Face of Another Mikio Naruse When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Kihachi Okamoto Kill and Sword of Doom Hideo Gosha Goyokin Shiro Toyoda Portrait of Hell and Kon Ichikawa Enjo and Odd Obsession Notably his longterm collaboration with Masaki Kobayashi invites comparison to the working relationship between Akira Kurosawa and Toshirō Mifune Nakadai was featured in 11 Kobayashi films including the The Human Condition trilogy Harakiri Samurai Rebellion and Kwaidan The ThickWalled Room marked Nakadais acting debut His next role was a little noticed and uncredited one in Akira Kurosawas Seven Samurai where he appears for a few seconds as a samurai wandering about town Description above from the Wikipedia article Tatsuya Nakadai licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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