By: Dominic La-Viola
Tatsuya Nakadai, a Japanese film legend who starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri,’ and ‘The Human Condition’ trilogy, has died at the age of 92.
Tatsuya Nakadai is a film legend in Japan, with over 180 credits to his name. The last film, made in 2020, was “The Pass : The Last Days of the Samurai”.
Over the course of his career, he worked with some of the greatest directors in cinema history. Staring in some of the best movies ever made.
Nakadai worked with directors such as Masaki Kobayashi and Akira Kurosawa. Arguably two of Japan’s best directors of live-action films.
Before working with Akira Kurosawa on Ran, he first worked with Kobayashi on his “The Human Condition” trilogy. An epic trilogy that spans over 9 and a half hours long. One that might just be one of the greatest film series on war ever made.
From “The Human Condition”, he went on to work on films like “Ran,” “Harakiri,” “High and Low,” and “Sword of Doom.”
Some of the most influential and highest-regarded films of the decade.
Nakadai received the Order of Culture, the highest award in Japan given to a person for outstanding contributions to art, literature, science, and other cultural fields. In 2015.
Then, in 2016, he was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the Japan Academy (The Japan Academy Awards).
Although he was never nominated for an American Oscar. He was, however, honored with two nominations from the Japan Academy for his roles in “Onimasa” and “Atami Satsujin Jiken.”
Source -The Hollywood Reporter.