Ichirō Nakatani Explained

Ichirō Nakatani
Birth Date:	1 April 1930
Birth Place:	Hokkaido, Empire of Japan
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	1956–1999

was a Japanese actor. He attended Waseda University, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company. In 1959, Nakatani won Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. ^[1] Nakatani was well known for his role as Ninja Kazaguruma no Yahichi in the jidaigeki drama Mito Kōmon.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Selected filmography

Film

• Shujinsen (1956)
• Rodan (1956) - Senkichi, miner, killed by Meganuron (uncredited)
• Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku (1957) - Yamaoka
• Kampai! Miai kekkon (1958)
• Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959) - Squad Leader
• The Last Gunfight (1960) - Tsugiseki Mochizuki
• Seppun dorobô (1960)
• Aoi yaju (1960) - Goda
• Fundoshi isha (1960) - Genta
• Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e (1960)
• Kane-dukuri taikô-ki (1960) - Yûji Hirayama
• Ankokugai no dankon (1961) - Shizuo Komatsu
• Nasake muyo no wana (1961) - Izaki, police detective
• Kaoyaku akatsukini shisu (1961)
• Atomic no obon: Surimasuwayo no maki (1961)
• Yojimbo (1961) - First Samurai
• Atomic no obon, onna oyabuntaiketsu no maki (1961)
• Ankokugai gekimetsu meirei (1961) - Kamiya
• Josei jishin (1962) - Shinkichi Sakagami
• Dobunezumi sakusen (1962)
• Harakiri (1962) - Hayato Yazaki
• Yama-neko sakusen (1962)
• Ankokugai no kiba (1962)
• Attack Squadron! (1963)
• Sengoku yarô (1963)
• Otoko no monshô (1963)
• Hiken (1963)
• Zokû otoko no monshô (1963)
• Aa bakudan (1964) - Yasaburo Yatou
• Nemuri Kyôshirô: Joyôken (1964) - Takebe
• Kwaidan (1964) - (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
• Yuhi no okâ (1964)
• Otoko no monshô - fuun futatsu ryu (1964)
• Otoko no monsho: hana to nagadosu (1964)
• Kuroi kaikyo (1964) - Tetsuji Onuki
• Zoku Abashiri bangaichi (1965)
• Abashiri bangaichi: Bôkyô hen (1965)
• Supai (1965)
• Gohiki no shinshi (1966)
• Dai-bosatsu tōge (1966) - Bunnojo Utsuki
• Nemuri Kyôshirô: Tajôken (1966)
• Otokonokao wa rirekisho (1966)
• The Betrayal (1966)
• Heitai yakuza datsugoku (1966)
• Nihon ânkokugai (1966)
• Kûhaku no kiten' yori: Onna wa fukushû suru (1966) - Detective Takarai
• Tonogata goyôjin (1966)
• Futeki na âitsu (1966)
• Samurai Wolf II (1967) - Ikkaku
• Japan's Longest Day (1967) - First Lieutnenant Kuroda
• Aru koroshiya no kagi (1967)
• Abashiri bangaichi: Fubuki no tôsô (1967) - Nankai
• Taiketsu (1967)
• Teppô denraiki (1968) - Sakuji
• Isoroku (1968) - (uncredited)
• Ama-kuzure (1968) - Goro
• The Human Bullet (1968)
• Kanto onna yakuza (1968)
• Outlaw:Black Dagger (1968)
• (1969)
• Hitokiri (1969)
• Red Lion (1969) - Narrator (voice)
• Tengu-tô (1969) - Chôgorô
• Shinsengumi (1969) - Moribe Tani
• Gonin no Shôkin Kasegi (1969) - Mondo Shibaike
• Kanto onna do konjo (1969)
• Nemuri Kyōshirō manji giri (1969)
• Fuji sanchō (1970)
• (1970) - Sano (uncredited)
• Wakamono no hata (1970)
• Koroshiya ninbetsucho (1970)
• Gokuaku bozu nenbutsu sandangiri (1970)
• Deka monogatari (1971)
• Zubekô banchô: Zange no neuchi mo nai (1971) - Mari's poor husband
• Kitsune no kureta akanbô (1971) - Ushigoro Umakata
• Battle of Okinawa (1971)
• Inn of Evil (1971) - Hacchôbori officer, Okajima
• (1972) - Yagyu Samurai
• Shinobu-ito (1973)
• The Homeless (1974)
• Orenochi wa Taninnochi (1974) - Itami
• Sandakan No. 8 (1974) - Yamamoto
• New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974) - Nanba
• The Fossil (1975) - Taisuke, Tajihei's brother
• Tokkan (1975) - Narrator
• Kinkanshoku (1975)
• Bodo shimane keimusho (1975)
• Zoku ningen kakumei (1976)
• Shin joshû Sasori: 701-gô (1976) - Dietman Miura
• Fumō Chitai (1976)
• Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)
• Sugata Sanshiro (1977)
• Shogun's Samurai (1978) - Gyobu Amano (Masterless Samurai)
• Dainamaito don don (1978) - Yuichi
• Blue Christmas (1978)
• Mito Kōmon (1978)
• (1979)
• Nihon no Fixer (1979)
• Nichiren (1979)
• Imperial Navy (1981)
• Willful Murder (1981) - Toyama
• Jirô monogatari (1987)
• Rainbow Kids (1991) - President of Wakayama TV (final film role)

Television

• Sanshimai (1967)
• Mito Kōmon (1969-1999) - Kazaguruma no Yahichi
• Tasukenin Hashiru (1973) - Tsuji Hainai
• Taiyō ni Hoero! (1975 EP.149) (1986 EP.687)
• G-Men '75 (1975 EP.18) (1977 EP.111)
• Onihei Hankachō (1975)
• Edo o Kiru (1975–1976) - Chiba Shūsaku
• Tabaruzaka (1987)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 中谷一郎. imdb.com. 10 August 2017.
2. News: 「風車の弥七」逝く… 中谷一郎さん死去 73歳、咽頭がんで . 夕刊フジ . 2004-04-02 . 2013-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040405191416/http://www.zakzak.co.jp/geino/n-2004_04/g2004040216.html . 2004-04-05.
3. Web site: 中谷一郎とは . kotobank. March 2, 2020 .
4. Web site: Ichirō Nakatani. 映画DB. August 8, 2021.