Ichirō Nakatani
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.4125 |
| Birthday | 1930-10-15 |
| Place of Birth | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Also Known As | Итиро Накатани, |
1965
Kwaidan
7.722/449
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money wit...
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Kwaidan
1969
Kanto Woman Fortitude
0/0
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Kanto Woman Fortitude
1966
The Betrayal
6.353/17
A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a v...
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The Betrayal
1969
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
6.935/23
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a ne...
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Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator
9/1
Takeo (Kiniya Kitaoji), son of a wealthy car industry executive, is unhappy with his job and goes to Singapore to become a fisherman. At first ridicul...
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Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator
1966
The Sword of Doom
7.724/259
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a...
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The Sword of Doom
1967
Samurai Wolf II
7.025/20
Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dea...
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Samurai Wolf II
1991
Rainbow Kids
6.636/11
A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchang...
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Rainbow Kids
1971
Inn of Evil
6.159/22
In feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world is strictly prohibited, an idealist appears at an isolated inn, headquarters of smuggler...
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Inn of Evil
1961
The Witness Killed
9/1
Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda
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The Witness Killed
1971
The Gift of the Fox
7/1
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The Gift of the Fox
1968
The Human Bullet
5.857/14
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the...
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The Human Bullet
1959
Desperado Outpost
6.273/11
When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and...
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Desperado Outpost
1971
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
0/0
Iwabuchi of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division cooperates with Kubo of the Foreign Affairs Division in re-investigating the c...
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Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
1970
Banner of the Young
0/0
The final part of the trilogy. It is about a younger brother, Suekichi. He learned well the lessons that life taught his older brothers. Therefore, he...
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Banner of the Young
1983
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
0/0
After three consecutive days of heavy rain, the water level at Sumida River rises and the newly built Eitai Bridge collapses just two years after its...
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Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
1966
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
6.625/8
The masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She sends waves of ninja warriors to kill the samurai and pl...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
1962
A Woman's Identity
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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A Woman's Identity
1975
Battle Cry
5.857/7
During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial t...
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Battle Cry
1968
The Daring Nun
8/1
One of the nuns at Senjuan is Sister Shunko (Michiyo Yasuda). Unlike the usual nun, however, she often goes out to see the world, being of the opinion...
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The Daring Nun
1970
The Militarists
7.5/2
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The Militarists
1962
Local Reporter
10/1
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Local Reporter
1970
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
6.75/8
The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into Manchuria...
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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1969
Samurai Banners
7.365/26
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He co...
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Samurai Banners
1956
Rebels on the High Sea
9/1
A film by Hiroshi Inagaki.
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Rebels on the High Sea
1976
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
5.4/10
Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, our i...
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New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
1974
Sandakan No. 8
7.722/18
A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.
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Sandakan No. 8
1956
The Forest Is Alive
0/0
Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"
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The Forest Is Alive
1978
Dynamite Don-Don
7.833/6
Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now w...
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Dynamite Don-Don
1964
Oh, Bomb!
7.75/8
During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.
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Oh, Bomb!
1981
The Imperial Navy
6.625/16
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship duri...
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The Imperial Navy
1971
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
6.132/19
Reiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She tracks down one of her classmates fathers, who runs a...
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Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
1966
Fearless Comrades
0/0
The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal d...
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Fearless Comrades
1961
Yojimbo
8.078/1677
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the loca...
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Yojimbo
1966
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
8.5/2
Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando)...
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By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1974
The Homeless
7.8/5
Two inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross paths again in the nearest brothel. There they make the a...
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The Homeless
1956
Rodan
6.511/186
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mine...
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Rodan
1964
Black Strait
10/1
Newly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new life with the boss' daughter. However, the chains of...
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Black Strait
1971
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike
0/0
First film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike
1962
Harakiri
8.433/1191
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a plac...
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Harakiri
1975
The Fossil
7/12
An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is abroad in Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes him t...
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The Fossil
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
7.821/14
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army...
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The Battle of Okinawa
1970
The Rokumeikan
0/0
TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.
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The Rokumeikan
1978
Blood Type: Blue
5.688/8
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue...
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Blood Type: Blue
1961
The Merciless Trap
8/2
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.
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The Merciless Trap
1975
Solar Eclipse
6.857/7
When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot.
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Solar Eclipse
1993
The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
0/0
The two ronin that Sawatari Mondonosuke saved were secret envoys from Ryukyu. They could not stand the tyranny of the Satsuma clan and were trying to...
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The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
1960
The War Without Weapons
0/0
It's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children, which was unusual at the time, solely opposed to the amend...
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The War Without Weapons
1965
The Spy
10/1
Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.
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The Spy
1960
Westward Desperado
6.143/7
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communi...
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Westward Desperado
1961
Big Shots Die at Dawn
6.4/5
Grown up son arrives home to learn his father, the newly elected mayor, has been assassinated. So he journeys down a path to find the assassin and get...
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Big Shots Die at Dawn
1962
Operation Enemy Fort
7/1
Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.
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Operation Enemy Fort
1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
7.055/163
Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
1962
The Weed of Crime
7/1
Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.
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The Weed of Crime
1963
Young Swordsman
6.667/12
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the la...
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Young Swordsman
1969
The Fort of Death
6.778/9
The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Oz...
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The Fort of Death
1963
Warring Clans
6.8/15
A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggl...
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Warring Clans
1960
The Blue Beast
8/2
The ruthless and ambitious Yasuhiko uses his charm to manipulate and exploit those around him to climb the corporate social ladder. After securing a p...
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The Blue Beast
1977
Hokuriku Proxy War
6.75/12
A Yakuza group from Osaka with dreams of national dominance moves into the snowy Hokuriku region, sparking a bloody turf war with local gangs.
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Hokuriku Proxy War
1962
Farm Girls
10/1
Japanese drama.
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Farm Girls
1968
The Saga of Tanegashima
5.5/4
Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ran aground off Tanegashima. Lord Tokitaka helped...
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The Saga of Tanegashima
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
7.5/2
Upon returning to his hometown of Nagasaki, recently released prisoner Tachibana Shinichi must rejoin the Asahi gang family in order to pay back a pas...
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1967
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
9/1
Convict son revenges innocent father's death.
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A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
5.711/19
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attemp...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
8/3
Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't steal it.
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Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1968
Outlaw: Black Dagger
6.5/10
A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo,...
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Outlaw: Black Dagger
1961
Blueprint of Murder
6.4/5
Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has...
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Blueprint of Murder
1978
Shogun's Samurai
6.895/43
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the sho...
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Shogun's Samurai
1979
The Fixer
6/2
Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confusion. But he's not going down without a fight.
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The Fixer
1963
Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
0/0
A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and...
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Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
1969
Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
5.125/8
Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involved in a series of dangerous encounters.
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
1961
Obon, The Moll Dipper
10/1
Modern comedy, based on the popular manga.
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Obon, The Moll Dipper
1975
Shimane Prison Riot
6.5/2
Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail h...
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Shimane Prison Riot
1967
A Killer's Key
7.8/5
A lone wolf assassin, masquerading as a traditional dance instructor named Nitta, is called in to avert a potential financial scandal that threatens t...
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A Killer's Key
1966
Rub Out the Past
8/2
A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.
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Rub Out the Past
1978
Lord Mito
9.75/2
One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose travels around the nation are legendary has made it to...
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Lord Mito
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
5.75/14
A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Kyoshiro. The fact that a bunch of ruthle...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1973
Long Journey into Love
7/1
A beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving herself to another. She dedicates herself to her work...
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Long Journey into Love
1975
The Fossil
7/12
An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is abroad in Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes him t...
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The Fossil
1969
Blood End
6.333/6
Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a lea...
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Blood End
1982
Dojo Breaker
7/1
Tomisaburo Wakayama is back with a new take on the classic Yamamoto Shugoro masterpiece “Ame Agaru” as a samurai on the run with his bride who makes a...
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Dojo Breaker
1963
Fight of the Gamblers
6/1
Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his misdeed...
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Fight of the Gamblers
1963
The Dragon Crest
0/0
A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.
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The Dragon Crest
1961
A Man in Red
8/1
Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza run...
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A Man in Red
1981
Willful Murder
8/4
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutd...
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Willful Murder
1966
The Front Line Showdown
8/1
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The Front Line Showdown
1968
Admiral Yamamoto
8.5/9
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet....
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Admiral Yamamoto
1976
Human Revolution II
8/1
Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
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Human Revolution II
1962
Operation Sewer Rats
7/1
Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.
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Operation Sewer Rats
1977
Sugata Sanshiro
10/1
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means o...
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Sugata Sanshiro
1970
Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
9/1
In Meiji Period Japan, the carrying of swords had been outlawed, so Shikai, the Killer Priest carries his sword disguised as a Priest?s staff. One of...
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Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
1960
The Dangerous Kiss
10/1
Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.
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The Dangerous Kiss
1969
Tenchu!
6.915/41
A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.
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Tenchu!
1964
Shingo's Final Duel
0/0
After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest swordsman in the land, he tries to lead a peaceful life...
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Shingo's Final Duel
1987
The Story of Jiro
9/1
Adaptation of the classic masterpiece about the relationship between parents and their children.
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The Story of Jiro
1966
Dianas of the Campus
0/0
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Dianas of the Campus
1960
The Last Gunfight
6.2/10
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting bet...
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The Last Gunfight
1982
Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
10/1
Seeking revenge after a brutal attack that left him disfigured, a former assassin gets drawn into a high-stakes conflict over a valuable treasure.
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Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
1967
Japan's Longest Day
7.242/31
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies...
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Japan's Longest Day
1979
The Last Game
9/1
After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Waseda and Keio universities play one final game befo...
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The Last Game
1974
My Blood is the Blood of Others
10/1
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My Blood is the Blood of Others
1960
Life of a Country Doctor
8/1
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first ti...
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Life of a Country Doctor
1970
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
0/0
The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect typhoons as far as 800 km south of the Japanese archipel...
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The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1991
遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
0/0
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遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
1967
対決
10/1
Late Taishō period. The Shibatora family, led by Naojirō, held power over the Tomigawara area in Jōshū. After launching an attack on the Takayasu fami...
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対決
1964
Sunset Hill
0/0
A yakuza falls in love with his brother's mistress while he is serving his sentence, and hides out in Hakodate to wait for her... A mood action master...
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Sunset Hill
1967
Gomez's Name is Gomez
0/0
Company engineer sakamoto (tatsuya nakadai) is returning home after two years in the desert and visit his friend katori (mikijiro hara) in hong kong b...
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Gomez's Name is Gomez
1958
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
0/0
Emiko, a shy girl, feels anxious as her classmates celebrate their upcoming weddings, realizing she’s the only one still single. She finds herself dra...
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Kampai! Miai Kekkon
1963
Madame Aki
7/1
A Film By Shiro Toyoda
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Madame Aki
1957
The 36 Passengers
0/0
A suspense drama about a thief who sneaks onto a late-night ski bus heading from Tokyo to Joshinetsu and the detective who rides with him to arrest hi...
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The 36 Passengers
1966
Cash Calls Hell
7.692/13
Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to assass...
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Cash Calls Hell
1992
Nurses and Doctors
0/0
A nurse is caring for a patient in a life and death situation whilst also dealing with her own emotional issues.
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