A dogged reporter comes to the conclusion an industrialist was murdered but cannot say by whom in Kei Kumai's searing exploration of the occupation and the economic miracle, Willful Murder. https://wp.me/p1x9li-jmV

#JapaneseCinema #JapaneseFilm #Film #FilmReview #TatsuyaNakadai #KeiKumai

Tatsuya Nakadai in Ran (1985) per la regia di Akira Kurosawa
#film #movie #cinema #cinefilo #AkiraKurosawa #TatsuyaNakadai #TakaoSaito #MasaharuUeda #AsakazuNakai #Ran

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54 years ago:
Goyokin (JP)
Original title: 御用金
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
1969-05-01
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/49355
#Goyokin #HideoGosha #TatsuyaNakadai #TetsurTamba #YkoTsukasa #Movies

43 years ago:
Kagemusha (JP,US)
Original title: 影武者
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to ap...
1980-04-26
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11953
#Kagemusha #AkiraKurosawa #TatsuyaNakadai #JinpachiNezu #DaisukeRyû #20thCenturyFox

62 years ago:
Yojimbo (JP)
Original title: 用心棒
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 local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a pers...
1961-04-25
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11878
#Yojimbo #AkiraKurosawa #ToshirMifune #TatsuyaNakadai #YkoTsukasa #Movies

53 years ago:
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (JP)
Original title: 無頼漢
An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.
1970-04-18
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/213692
#TheScandalousAdventuresofBuraikan #TatsuyaNakadai #ShimaIwashita #TetsurTamba #YoshiSugihara #WomenInFilm #ClassicMovies

60 years ago:
High and Low (JP)
Original title: 天国と地獄
An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
1963-03-01
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/12493
#HighandLow #AkiraKurosawa #ToshirMifune #TatsuyaNakadai #KykoKagawa #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

57 years ago:
The Sword of Doom (JP)
Original title: 大菩薩峠
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 way of life that leads to madness.
1966-02-25
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/19884
#TheSwordofDoom #KihachiOkamoto #TatsuyaNakadai #ToshirMifune #KunieTanaka #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

53 years ago:
The Ambitious (JP)
Original title: 幕末
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own clan, hunted by his government, and was despised by supporters of the Shogun as well as the Loyalists for desiring the opening of Japan to the West in ord...
1970-02-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/284011
#TheAmbitious #KinnosukeNakamura #ToshirMifune #TatsuyaNakadai #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies

32 years ago:
Heat Wave (JP)
Original title: 陽炎
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
1991-02-09
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/114941
#HeatWave #HideoGosha #TatsuyaNakadai #MasahiroMotoki #NaotoTakenaka #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

62 years ago:
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (JP)
Original title: 人間の條件　完結篇
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
1961-01-28
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/34530
#TheHumanConditionIIIASoldiersPrayer #MasakiKobayashi #TatsuyaNakadai #ClassicFilm

62 years ago:
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (JP)
Original title: 人間の條件　完結篇
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
1961-01-28
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/34530
#TheHumanConditionIIIASoldiersPrayer #MasakiKobayashi #TatsuyaNakadai #ClassicFilm

57 years ago:
Cash Calls Hell (JP)
Original title: 五匹の紳士
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 assassinate three strangers given to him on a list. However, upon meeting his first potential victim, Oida has second thoughts. Yet, even as he tries to bac...
1966-01-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/58283
#CashCallsHell #TatsuyaNakadai #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

Sacrée présence dans un film, ce #tatsuyanakadai

"𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐎𝐧𝐞"

Based in a scene from the movie "Seppuku" (also known as Harakiri), directed by Masaki Kobayashi in 1962.

Near the end of movie, the rōnin is surrounded by enemies, he steps in front of the Li family mon and adopt this awesome wide stance.

Watercolor on Hahnemühle paper 300 gsm.
Size: 11.4 x 18.5 inches (29 x 47 cm.)

𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲, 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 🌏

#seppuku #harakiri #tatsuya #nakadai #tatsuyanakadai #warrior #watercolor #samurai #ronin #kendo #katana