--- name: "Ichirō Nakatani" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ichiro-nakatani" fi1m_id: "ichiro-nakatani" imdb_id: "nm0368049" tmdb_id: 118993 wikidata_id: "Q11367122" roles: ["Actor"] born: "15 October 1930" died: "1 April 2004" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 90 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-17T23:14:06.321158+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Ichirō Nakatani ## Identity Ichirō Nakatani - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ichiro-nakatani - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** ichiro-nakatani - **IMDb ID:** nm0368049 - **TMDB ID:** 118993 - **Wikidata ID:** Q11367122 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Nakatani, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11367122, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368049/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/118993 Actor. Born 15 October 1930 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Died 1 April 2004. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 15 October 1930, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan - **Died:** 1 April 2004 - **Active:** 1961–1962 - **Also known as:** Итиро Накатани - **Average Fi1m score:** 90, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Nakatani, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11367122, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368049/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/118993 ## Biography Ichirō Nakatani was a Japanese actor. He attended Waseda University but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company. In 1959 he won the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. Nakatani appeared in numerous jidaigeki films, including *Yojimbo* (1961) as the First Samurai, *Harakiri* (1962) as Hayato Yazaki, *Kwaidan* (1965), and *The Sword of Doom* (1966) as Bunnojo Utsuki. He was also known for his long-running role as the ninja Kazaguruma no Yahichi in the television series *Mito Kōmon* from 1969 to 1999. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Harakiri* (1962), Fi1m 91, as Hayato Yazaki — [page](https://film.one/film/harakiri.md) - *Yojimbo* (1961), Fi1m 88, as First Samurai — [page](https://film.one/film/yojimbo.md) ## Complete filmography (125) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Notorious Bored Samurai 8* (1993), as Wakura Juro - *Nurses and Doctors* (1992), Actor - *Rainbow Kids* (1991), as Wakayama TV 'Shacho' - *遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐* (1991), Actor - *The Story of Jiro* (1987), as 東医師 - *Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3* (1983), Actor - *Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot* (1982), Actor - *Dojo Breaker* (1982), Actor - *Willful Murder* (1981), as Toyama - *The Imperial Navy* (1981), Actor - *Magistrate of the Floating World* (1981), Actor - *Kinagashi Bugyō* (1981), series, Actor - *Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai* (1980), series, as トオリルカン - *The Last Game* (1979), Actor - *The Fixer* (1979), Actor - *Lord Mito* (1978), as Kazaguruma no Yashichi - *Blood Type: Blue* (1978), as Chief of Staff Usami - *Dynamite Don-Don* (1978), as Yuichi - *Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy* (1978), as Gyobu Amano - *Sugata Sanshiro* (1977), as Saburo Monma - *Hokuriku Proxy War* (1977), Actor - *New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion* (1976), as Dietman Miura - *The Corporation* (1976), as Chief-of-Staff of the Kwantung Army Hata - *Human Revolution II* (1976), Actor - *The Fossil* (1975), as Taisuke (Itskuki's brother) - *Solar Eclipse* (1975), Actor - *Shimane Prison Riot* (1975), Actor - *Battle Cry* (1975), as Narrator (voice) - *New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1* (1974), as Shigeru Nanba - *Sandakan No. 8* (1974), as Yamamoto - *My Blood is the Blood of Others* (1974), Actor - *The Homeless* (1974), as Tappei - *Tasukenin Hashiru* (1973), series, Actor - *Long Journey into Love* (1973), Actor - *Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades* (1972), as Yagyu Samurai - *Inn of Evil* (1971), as Officer Okajima - *The Battle of Okinawa* (1971), as Chief of Staff Ueno - *Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike* (1971), Actor - *The Gift of the Fox* (1971), Actor - *Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess* (1971), as Mari's poor husband - *Detective Story: A Brother's Rule* (1971), Actor - *Banner of the Young* (1970), Actor - *Will to Conquer* (1970), as Shōjirō Gotō - *The Militarists* (1970), as Sano - *Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny* (1970), as Daisaku Komoto - *The Rokumeikan* (1970), Actor - *The Summit of Mt. Fuji* (1970), Actor - *Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back* (1970), Actor - *Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay* (1969), Actor - *The Fort of Death* (1969), as Mondo Shibaike - *Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor* (1969), as Moribe Tani - *Blood End* (1969), as Chôgorô - *Kanto Woman Fortitude* (1969), Actor - *Tenchu!* (1969), Actor - *Mito Komon* (1969), series, as 風車の弥七 - *Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator* (1969), Actor - *Samurai Banners* (1969), Actor - *Outlaw: Black Dagger* (1968), as Kensuke Miura - *The Human Bullet* (1968), as Policeman - *Family of Three* (1968), series, Actor - *The Daring Nun* (1968), as Goro Isaoka - *Admiral Yamamoto* (1968), as Staff Officer Tsuji - *The Saga of Tanegashima* (1968), as Sakuji - *A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm* (1967), as Nankai - *A Killer's Key* (1967), as Ishino - *対決* (1967), Actor - *Japan's Longest Day* (1967), as First Lieutnenant Kuroda - *Who Is Gomez?* (1967), as Detective Ruki - *Samurai Wolf II* (1967), as Ikkaku - *ゴメスの名はゴメス* (1967), series, Actor - *Fearless Comrades* (1966), Actor - *Rub Out the Past* (1966), as Kosuke Tatsumi - *The Front Line Showdown* (1966), Actor - *The Betrayal* (1966), as Jurota Makabe - *Dianas of the Campus* (1966), Actor - *By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him* (1966), Actor - *Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess* (1966), Actor - *The Sword of Doom* (1966), as Bunnojo Utsuki - *Cash Calls Hell* (1966), as Fuyujima - *Prison Walls of Abashiri 3* (1965), as Takeshi - *The Spy* (1965), Actor - *Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2* (1965), as Yoshiyama - *Kwaidan* (1965), as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited) - *Black Strait* (1964), as Tetsuji Onuki - *Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction* (1964), Actor - *Shingo's Final Duel* (1964), Actor - *Sunset Hill* (1964), Actor - *Oh, Bomb!* (1964), as Yasaburo Yatou - *Fight of the Gamblers* (1963), Actor - *Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes* (1963), as Yakuro Teranishi - *The Dragon Crest* (1963), Actor - *Young Swordsman* (1963), as Shimamura Kazuma - *Warring Clans* (1963), as Harunezuni - *Madame Aki* (1963), as Shigeo Kiji - *Attack Squadron* (1963), as Petty Officer Nakamura - *The Weed of Crime* (1962), Actor - *Operation Enemy Fort* (1962), Actor - *Local Reporter* (1962), Actor - *Farm Girls* (1962), Actor - *Harakiri* (1962), as Hayato Yazaki — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/harakiri.md) - *Operation Sewer Rats* (1962), as Sgt. Miyoshi - *A Woman's Identity* (1962), Actor - *The Witness Killed* (1961), as Kamiya - *A Man in Red* (1961), Actor - *Obon's Dipping Contest* (1961), Actor - *Yojimbo* (1961), as First Samurai — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/yojimbo.md) - *Obon, The Moll Dipper* (1961), Actor - *Big Shots Die at Dawn* (1961), Actor - *The Merciless Trap* (1961), Actor - *Blueprint of Murder* (1961), as Shizuo Komatsu - *Modern Moneymaking* (1960), Actor - *The War Without Weapons* (1960), as Honda - *Westward Desperado* (1960), Actor - *Life of a Country Doctor* (1960), Actor - *The Blue Beast* (1960), Actor - *The Dangerous Kiss* (1960), Actor - *The Last Gunfight* (1960), as Deputy Mochizuki - *Desperado Outpost* (1959), as Squad Leader - *Kampai! Miai Kekkon* (1958), Actor - *The 36 Passengers* (1957), Actor - *Rodan* (1956), as Senkichi - *The Forest Is Alive* (1956), Actor - *Rebels on the High Sea* (1956), Actor - *Floating Weeds Diary* (1955), as Asada - *警視庁殺人課*, series, Actor ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 1959: Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/ichiro-nakatani