Ichirō Nakatani

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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.

Known For

Yojimbo

First Samurai

Harakiri

Hayato Yazaki

Kwaidan

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

The Sword of Doom

Bunnojo Utsuki

Rodan

Senkichi

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

Yagyu Samurai

Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

Gyobu Amano

Tenchu!

Self

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1993	The Notorious Bored Samurai 8 MOVIE	Wakura Juro
1992	Nurses and Doctors MOVIE	Self
1991	Rainbow Kids MOVIE	Wakayama TV 'Shacho'
1991	遊の人‐天下の御意見番大久保彦左衛門‐ MOVIE	Self
1987	The Story of Jiro MOVIE	東医師
1983	Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3 MOVIE	Self
1982	Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot MOVIE	Self
1982	Dojo Breaker MOVIE	Self
1981	Willful Murder MOVIE	Toyama
1981	The Imperial Navy MOVIE	Self
1981	Magistrate of the Floating World MOVIE	Self
1981	Kinagashi Bugyō TV	Self
1980	Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai TV	トオリルカン
1979	The Last Game MOVIE	Self
1979	The Fixer MOVIE	Self
1978	Lord Mito MOVIE	Kazaguruma no Yashichi
1978	Blood Type: Blue MOVIE	Chief of Staff Usami
1978	Dynamite Don-Don MOVIE	Yuichi
1978	Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy MOVIE	Gyobu Amano
1977	Sugata Sanshiro MOVIE	Saburo Monma
1977	Hokuriku Proxy War MOVIE	Self
1976	New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion MOVIE	Dietman Miura
1976	The Corporation MOVIE	Chief-of-Staff of the Kwantung Army Hata
1976	Human Revolution II MOVIE	Self
1975	The Fossil MOVIE	Taisuke (Itskuki's brother)
1975	Solar Eclipse MOVIE	Self
1975	Shimane Prison Riot MOVIE	Self
1975	Battle Cry MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1974	New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 MOVIE	Shigeru Nanba
1974	Sandakan No. 8 MOVIE	Yamamoto
1974	My Blood is the Blood of Others MOVIE	Self
1974	The Homeless MOVIE	Tappei
1973	Tasukenin Hashiru TV	Self
1973	Long Journey into Love MOVIE	Self
1972	Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades MOVIE	Yagyu Samurai
1971	Inn of Evil MOVIE	Officer Okajima
1971	The Battle of Okinawa MOVIE	Chief of Staff Ueno
1971	Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike MOVIE	Self
1971	The Gift of the Fox MOVIE	Self
1971	Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess MOVIE	Mari's poor husband
1971	Detective Story: A Brother's Rule MOVIE	Self
1970	Banner of the Young MOVIE	Self
1970	Will to Conquer MOVIE	Shōjirō Gotō
1970	The Militarists MOVIE	Sano
1970	Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny MOVIE	Daisaku Komoto
1970	The Rokumeikan MOVIE	Self
1970	The Summit of Mt. Fuji MOVIE	Self
1970	Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back MOVIE	Self
1969	Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay MOVIE	Self
1969	The Fort of Death MOVIE	Mondo Shibaike
1969	Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor MOVIE	Moribe Tani
1969	Blood End MOVIE	Chôgorô
1969	Kanto Woman Fortitude MOVIE	Self
1969	Tenchu! MOVIE	Self
1969	Mito Komon TV	風車の弥七
1969	Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator MOVIE	Self
1969	Samurai Banners MOVIE	Self
1968	Outlaw: Black Dagger MOVIE	Kensuke Miura
1968	The Human Bullet MOVIE	Policeman
1968	Family of Three TV	Self
1968	The Daring Nun MOVIE	Goro Isaoka
1968	Admiral Yamamoto MOVIE	Staff Officer Tsuji
1968	The Saga of Tanegashima MOVIE	Sakuji
1967	A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm MOVIE	Nankai
1967	A Killer's Key MOVIE	Ishino
1967	対決 MOVIE	Self
1967	Japan's Longest Day MOVIE	First Lieutnenant Kuroda
1967	Who Is Gomez? MOVIE	Detective Ruki
1967	Samurai Wolf II MOVIE	Ikkaku
1967	ゴメスの名はゴメス TV	Self
1966	Fearless Comrades MOVIE	Self
1966	Rub Out the Past MOVIE	Kosuke Tatsumi
1966	The Front Line Showdown MOVIE	Self
1966	The Betrayal MOVIE	Jurota Makabe
1966	Dianas of the Campus MOVIE	Self
1966	By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him MOVIE	Self
1966	Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess MOVIE	Self
1966	The Sword of Doom MOVIE	Bunnojo Utsuki
1966	Cash Calls Hell MOVIE	Fuyujima
1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 MOVIE	Takeshi
1965	The Spy MOVIE	Self
1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 MOVIE	Yoshiyama
1965	Kwaidan MOVIE	(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
1964	Black Strait MOVIE	Tetsuji Onuki
1964	Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction MOVIE	Self
1964	Shingo's Final Duel MOVIE	Self
1964	Sunset Hill MOVIE	Self
1964	Oh, Bomb! MOVIE	Yasaburo Yatou
1963	Fight of the Gamblers MOVIE	Self
1963	Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes MOVIE	Yakuro Teranishi
1963	The Dragon Crest MOVIE	Self
1963	Young Swordsman MOVIE	Shimamura Kazuma
1963	Warring Clans MOVIE	Harunezuni
1963	Madame Aki MOVIE	Shigeo Kiji
1963	Attack Squadron MOVIE	Petty Officer Nakamura
1962	The Weed of Crime MOVIE	Self
1962	Operation Enemy Fort MOVIE	Self
1962	Local Reporter MOVIE	Self
1962	Farm Girls MOVIE	Self
1962	Harakiri MOVIE	Hayato Yazaki
1962	Operation Sewer Rats MOVIE	Sgt. Miyoshi
1962	A Woman's Identity MOVIE	Self
1961	The Witness Killed MOVIE	Kamiya
1961	A Man in Red MOVIE	Self
1961	Obon's Dipping Contest MOVIE	Self
1961	Yojimbo MOVIE	First Samurai
1961	Obon, The Moll Dipper MOVIE	Self
1961	Big Shots Die at Dawn MOVIE	Self
1961	The Merciless Trap MOVIE	Self
1961	Blueprint of Murder MOVIE	Shizuo Komatsu
1960	Modern Moneymaking MOVIE	Self
1960	The War Without Weapons MOVIE	Honda
1960	Westward Desperado MOVIE	Self
1960	Life of a Country Doctor MOVIE	Self
1960	The Blue Beast MOVIE	Self
1960	The Dangerous Kiss MOVIE	Self
1960	The Last Gunfight MOVIE	Deputy Mochizuki
1959	Desperado Outpost MOVIE	Squad Leader
1958	Kampai! Miai Kekkon MOVIE	Self
1957	The 36 Passengers MOVIE	Self
1956	Rodan MOVIE	Senkichi
1956	The Forest Is Alive MOVIE	Self
1956	Rebels on the High Sea MOVIE	Self
1955	Floating Weeds Diary MOVIE	Asada
	警視庁殺人課 TV	Self

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