Ichirō Nakatani
Birthday: 1930-10-15
Place of Birth: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Biography: Ichirō Nakatani (Japanese: 中谷 一郎, Hepburn: Nakatani Ichirō) was a Japanese actor. He attended Waseda University but withdrew before completing his degree and joining the Haiyuza Theatre Company. In 1959, Nakatani won Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. Nakatani was well known for his role as Ninja Kazaguruma no Yahichi in the jidaigeki drama Mito Kōmon.
Movies
Kwaidan
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four fol...
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The Betrayal
A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai princ...
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Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Em...
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Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator
Takeo (Kiniya Kitaoji), son of a wealthy car industry executive, is unhappy with his job and goes to...
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The Sword of Doom
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, ha...
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Samurai Wolf II
Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their execut...
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Rainbow Kids
A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they pro...
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Inn of Evil
The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly pro...
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The Human Bullet
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedicati...
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Desperado Outpost
When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second ...
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Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
Iwabuchi of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division cooperates with Kubo of the ...
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Banner of the Young
The final part of the trilogy. It is about a younger brother, Suekichi. He learned well the lessons ...
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Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
After three consecutive days of heavy rain, the water level at Sumida River rises and the newly buil...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
The masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She sends ...
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Battle Cry
During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to t...
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The Daring Nun
One of the nuns at Senjuan is Sister Shunko (Michiyo Yasuda). Unlike the usual nun, however, she oft...
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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung A...
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Samurai Banners
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters th...
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New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after gettin...
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Sandakan No. 8
A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a b...
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The Forest Is Alive
Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"...
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Dynamite Don-Don
Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between th...
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Oh, Bomb!
During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candida...
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The Imperial Navy
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the...
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Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
Reiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She tra...
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Fearless Comrades
The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but deci...
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Yojimbo
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival ...
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By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense...
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The Homeless
Two inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross paths a...
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Rodan
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehis...
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Black Strait
Newly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new lif...
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike
First film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series....
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Harakiri
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemp...
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The Fossil
An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a gli...
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The Battle of Okinawa
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imp...
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Blood Type: Blue
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blu...
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The Merciless Trap
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective su...
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Solar Eclipse
When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, gr...
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The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
The two ronin that Sawatari Mondonosuke saved were secret envoys from Ryukyu. They could not stand ...
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The War Without Weapons
It's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children, which wa...
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The Spy
Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illeg...
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Westward Desperado
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anyt...
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Big Shots Die at Dawn
Grown up son arrives home to learn his father, the newly elected mayor, has been assassinated. So he...
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Operation Enemy Fort
Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attem...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their l...
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Young Swordsman
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. O...
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The Fort of Death
The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of f...
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Warring Clans
A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan a...
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The Blue Beast
Tatsuya Nakadai plays a scheming low-level executive who plays labor against management and uses any...
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Hokuriku Proxy War
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in tru...
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The Saga of Tanegashima
Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ...
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Upon returning to his hometown of Nagasaki, recently released prisoner Tachibana Shinichi must rejoi...
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A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
Convict son revenges innocent father's death....
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bun...
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Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove t...
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Outlaw: Black Dagger
A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the midd...
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Blueprint of Murder
Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is ...
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Shogun's Samurai
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers ...
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The Fixer
Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confu...
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Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involve...
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Shimane Prison Riot
Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisone...
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A Killer's Key
Raizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to Kaz...
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Lord Mito
One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose trav...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have thei...
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Long Journey into Love
A beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving her...
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The Fossil
An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a gli...
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Blood End
Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time ...
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Dojo Breaker
Tomisaburo Wakayama is back with a new take on the classic Yamamoto Shugoro masterpiece “Ame Agaru” ...
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Fight of the Gamblers
Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, sec...
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The Dragon Crest
A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan....
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A Man in Red
Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year ...
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Willful Murder
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service...
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Admiral Yamamoto
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is ...
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Operation Sewer Rats
Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese ...
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Sugata Sanshiro
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher rev...
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Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
In Meiji Period Japan, the carrying of swords had been outlawed, so Shikai, the Killer Priest carrie...
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Tenchu!
A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the rut...
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Shingo's Final Duel
After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest sword...
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The Story of Jiro
Adaptation of the classic masterpiece about the relationship between parents and their children....
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The Last Gunfight
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city o...
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Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
Seeking revenge after a brutal attack that left him disfigured, a former assassin gets drawn into a ...
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Japan's Longest Day
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and th...
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The Last Game
After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Was...
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Life of a Country Doctor
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and nov...
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The Summit of Mt. Fuji
The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect typhoo...
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対決
Late Taishō period. The Shibatora family, led by Naojirō, held power over the Tomigawara area in Jōs...
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Sunset Hill
A yakuza falls in love with his brother's mistress while he is serving his sentence, and hides out i...
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Gomez's Name is Gomez
Company engineer sakamoto (tatsuya nakadai) is returning home after two years in the desert and visi...
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Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Emiko, a shy girl, feels anxious as her classmates celebrate their upcoming weddings, realizing she’...
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Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku
A suspense drama about a thief who sneaks onto a late-night ski bus heading from Tokyo to Joshinetsu...
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Cash Calls Hell
Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange f...
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