Tatsuya Nakadai Movies

The story follows Keiko, a dancer in the "Maiko Odori" theater in Kyoto, who tries to climb the social ladder in a world driven by money and...

After running away from her mother, Ashiko works as a maid at an inn and changes her name, but she finds herself torn between her past and a new...

Japan in 1910, industrialization is unstoppable and devastating entire areas in the name of progress. In X, a farming village in Ibaraki Prefecture,...

In this new video interview with Tatsuya Nakadai, conducted in 2009, the screen legend discusses his landmark role as Kaji in THE HUMAN CONDITION.

Founded in 1975 by Nakadai Tatsuya and his late wife Miyazaki Yasuko, the actor training school Mumeijuku has shaped generations of performers....

In 1961, a spectacular criminal case shocks Japan: at what became known as the “Nabari Poison Wine” incident, five people lose their...

In 1961, in the quiet village of Kuzuo, five women died after drinking wine at a community gathering. Masaru Okunishi, then 35, was arrested. He was...

In this sequel to Three Dolls in College, the three friends continue their adventures and get into a rockabilly club in Ginza.

In the 2017 Criterion interview Tatsuya Nakadai on Five Japanese Masters, legendary Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai reflects on his life, acting...

A travelling theater troupe, led by Umagoro Ichikawa, comes to play in a mining town, and manages to sell every seat. Before the play begins,...

Behind the scenes of Akira Kurosawa's Ran, produced by Kurosawa Productions.

On his way back to Japan after two years in the desert, oil company engineer Sakamoto visits his friend Katori in Hong Kong. Soon after, Sakamoto...

A look at the lives of two death row inmates who have maintained their innocence for half a century and have yet to be granted a retrial.

Tatsuya Nakadai has acted for some of Japan’s greatest directors, including Masaki Kobayashi, Akira Kurosawa, Hiroshi Teshigahara, and Mikio...

This interview with HARAKIRI star Tatsuya Nakadai was conducted in Tokyo in 2005. In it, the Japanese screen legend discusses his career and his...