Tatsuya Nakadai

Ran
Ran 1985

In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.

Category: Action, Drama, War

Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu

8.2 IMDB Rating 500 Views
Kagemusha 1980

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara

7.9 IMDB Rating 319 Views
Harakiri 1962

When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.

Category: Action, Drama, Mystery

Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita

8.6 IMDB Rating 283 Views
Yojimbo 1961

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.

Category: Action, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai

8.2 IMDB Rating 3,796 Views
Sanjuro 1962

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.

Category: Action, Crime, Drama

Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi

8.0 IMDB Rating 3,299 Views