Nakadai Tatsuya plays with his own miniatures

[ddcullen]

the two black and white miniatures are the final duel in the the movie Sanjuro, A great, fun movie with a bloody ending. the colored miniature is Nakadai in Yojimbo as he is clutching a revolver. Both classics. I am actually trying to find a website that sells these miniatures. anybody know where????

[ddcullen]

the two black and white miniatures are the final duel in the the movie Sanjuro, A great, fun movie with a bloody ending. the colored miniature is Nakadai in Yojimbo as he is clutching a revolver. Both classics. I am actually trying to find a website that sells these miniatures. anybody know where????

[zenzenakirararemasen]

just watched the human condition trilogy..his mans versatility and talent and range is astonishing. from harakiri to ran, and from evil to even tempered, ensemble to starring role. i am a really big fan in australia :D love you kaji san!

[memmori1]

I believe the 1st miniature shows Nakadai & Mifune fighting (Samurai Rebellion final scene) and another is probably his famous villain from Yojimbo.

[sanjuniban]

i had the rare treat of watching ran & yojimbo last week with nakadai tatsuya..he told me that it was the first time in 20+ years that he had seen either film, which tells me that he doesn't watch his own films much..it dawned on me that, at 77 years of age, it may have been the last time nakadai will ever watch these films again...an incredibly sad thought, but if in fact that turns out to be the case, i'm happy to have been there with him for the final showing.

[MrRUSDAG]

@sanjuniban say to Nakadai hello from Russia! I loovvvee him!

[sanjuniban]

@MrRUSDAG I'll pass along the sentiment when I see him again in a couple months^^

[drchepa]

nakadai is a legend in japan, like mifune and shimura, a really good actor and a real profesional.

[mishima1974]

Where's the rest?!

[ptlofts]

do you know where I can watch that documentary?thank you.

[ptlofts]

my gooood.. its really him...

[druha10304]

that scene is where sanjuro makes nakadai's character bleed a geyser of blood

[drchepa]

so many great pictures... so many memories....

[Wodanaz]

He wasn't pretty but he wasn't ugly. Nakadai and Mifune were just not pretty boys like the 'stars' of today.

[chinopisces]

I hear you on that one. I suppose masculinity is out of style nowadays. ¬_¬

One of my favorite Nakadai movies was Sword of Doom. Not the best film I've seen, but man...Nakadai made the most convincing villain. Rarely can an actor display such raw evil and savagery. And yet, he is excellent as a good protagonist as well. I liked him in Kill!, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, and High and Low.

[ptlofts]

The best thing about that movie was that Nakadai on some scenes seemed like he had no face expression, no feeling, just look at his face on Sword of Doom at his duel with Utsugi.

He is a great actor. One of the last one's in Japan.

[chinopisces]

That's exactly what I mean. ^_^

One of the last one's? I must agree with you on that one. Even in an interview, Kurosawa once said that he was worried about a lack of strong male actors. He stated that today's (Japanese) men "aren't built right" and "look too youthful". He also mentioned that Japanese warriors of the past accomplished great feats at young ages.

Despite all this, there may be some hope for Joe Odagiri, who I felt was rather good in Shinobi: Heart Under Fire.

[FragileZeroSpace]

I feel Jo Odagiri is decent too. I wasn't a huge fan of Shinobi but I felt HE was great. Without him, I didn't think Azumi would have worked well either.

[chinopisces]

Agreed. I'd like to see him in greater roles in the future. Perhaps as a samurai or a yakuza.

[ohworldgirl]

Like I've written elsewhere about Sword of Doom; Tatsuya Nakadai was cold as a bitter wind. Only a glimpse of that evil was made evident in Yojimbo - when his character was watching the fire burn down a house - those eyes were black with villian - ness (I'm just making up my own words. LOL!)

I am sick to death that Mr. Nakadai was in New York for a retrospective and book signing this week and I completely missed him.

[chinopisces]

Darn. I might have flown to New York just to meet him had I known...

[fredroespi]

What is the title of the book? I'd love to read more about him.

[ohworldgirl]

You know I cannot find anything on his book!

I know he has a memoir and he had a book signing. U can call the book store it took place at in NYC - 212-869-1700 Kinokuniya Books Store (I search their website nothing came up for me under Nakadai). If u end up following up on this find out anything would u kindly let me know the details on his book?

(I'm thinking it's only printed in Japanese since I couldn't find it - maybe.) Thanks

[fredroespi]

Do you know the name of the book that he was promoting? I'd love to read more about him.

[serum108]

i believe this is the book you are looking for

老化も進化

ISBN:9784062725859

[fredroespi]

So that must mean it's only in Nihongo sa.

[fy6717]

I think Nakadai showed his true stuff in Masaki Kobayashi's films, if anything.

[Wodanaz]

I agree, fy6717, the relationship between Kobayashi and Nakadai was strong; as strong as those of Bergman/Von Sydow and Kurosawa/Mifune

[fy6717]

And of J.Ford-J.Wayne, Scorsese-De Niro, Spielberg-Some weird creatures etc... :)

BTW, "slash mark" was refused, regarded as URL. How did you post them?

[Sarfael]

In Yojimbo he was rather prettier than Mifune, I guess.

[drchepa]

don't forget he played hidetora in the superb ran, nakadai is oone of the most talented actors of japan

[shandalfze]

I must see more of this! The man is a legend

[endormathom]

Una hermosa persona,lo he admirado siempre.

[MifuneBlog]

I buyed some of them in Japan. I like them very much.

In the next journey i'll buy all of them! :)

[alfiesgal]

man i still remember how his "lethal pretty boy" in YOJIMBO knocked me outta the seat!

[secretarytocapt3]

I enjoyed that vid...I also happen to be a fan of Tatsuya Nakadai.

[Mupuro]

A very bored Old man