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Tatsuya Nakadai dies at 92

Tatsuya Nakadai, the actor, died aged 92.

Life:
13 December 1932 to 8 November 2025
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
A life in 14 works, 1932 to 2025
All 14 works by year
  1. 2016Cold Case: Door of Truth as Suzaki Kiyoshi
  2. 2014Gun Woman as Hamazaki
  3. 1992Wicked City as Daishu
  4. 1980Kagemusha as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
  5. 1972Shin Heike Monogatari 52 episodes
  6. 1968Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! as James Elfego
  7. 1967Japan's Longest Day as Narrator
  8. 1965Kwaidan as Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
  9. 1963High and Low as Chief Detective Tokura
  10. 1962Sanjuro as Hanbei Muroto
  11. 1962Harakiri as Hanshiro Tsugumo
  12. 1961Yojimbo as Unosuke, gunfighter
  13. 1958Conflagration as Tokari
  14. 1957Black River as Joe

Known for

  1. 1967FilmJapan's Longest Dayas Narrator
  2. 1965FilmKwaidanas Minokichi (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
  3. 1963FilmHigh and Lowas Chief Detective Tokura
  4. 1962FilmSanjuroas Hanbei Muroto
  5. 1961FilmYojimboas Unosuke, gunfighter
  • 2015 Order of Culture
  • 2013 Asahi Prize
  • 2007 Person of Cultural Merit
  • 2003 Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class

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