Tatsuo Nadaka

Acting

Tatsuo Nadaka

Born

1951-02-09 (75)

Place of birth

Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

53 titles

Tatsuo Nadaka, born on February 9, 1951, is a multi-talented figure in the Japanese entertainment industry, excelling as an actor, painter, and TV personality. He is associated with Production Ogaki. Hailing from Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, Nadaka's journey began with academic pursuits, graduating from Kanazawa Institute of Technology with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Despite familial ties to a metalworking business, Nadaka ventured into the world of modeling, prompted by a chance encounter with a renowned model at Kanazawa Station. The allure of the modeling world, with its lucrative income and exposure, prompted him to take on the name Tatsuro Nadaka and pursue a career in fashion mo…

Known for

Gokusen poster
8.0

Newly graduate Yamaguchi Kumiko an idealistic teacher who entered Shirokin High to be a math teacher. Having high hopes for her students, her world turned up side down when she finds out that she'll be teaching the class 3-D the hardest class to take care of. Class 3-D is a bunch of students who looks more like delinquents and trouble makers. The students show no respect to teachers nor a little kindness. Each and every student doesn't like teacher for almost everyone has no good memories of them. The leader of the class is Sawada Shin. He is well respected for there are rumors that he beat a teacher to death. The students try there hardest to bully and make fun of her so she'll quit but all there efforts went to waste because Yamaguchi ain't an ordinary Teacher. Yamaguchi Kumiko is actually the 4th generation heir to Oedo group, a yakuza clan. Even though everyone in there clan wants her to the next leader, she made up her mind and so everyone accepted it.

Gokusen

2002

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

2019

The Locked Room Murders poster
7.2

Enomoto Kei is a security "otaku" working for a security firm, devoted to improving the securities system on a daily basis. He is not an easy person to familiarize oneself with, always collected and calm, unapproachable, a maniac in Physics, Science, Architecture and profound in other basic theoretical foundation. He is certain and proud of the fact that there is no key which he cannot unlock. One day, Kei is asked to help reveal a mystery behind a locked room murderer. While he lacks any interest in solving the mystery, he is inevitably intrigued by the term, "Closed Doors" and decides to take on the position. He works side by side with Aoto Junko and Serizawa Gou, who are lawyers working at a major law firm. Junko is pure and forward, acting upon her instincts while Serizawa is a prideful elitist who sees time as money, and therefore, will not take on any job that is unprofitable. Possessing a vast amount of knowledge and acute insightfulness, Kei is able to unlock the closed doors and unravel the secrets leading to the solution. Never before has there been a drama focused solely on closed doors.

The Locked Room Murders

2012

Toge no Gunzo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Toge no Gunzo

1982

Trace ~ Men of the science school ~ poster
7.8

Mano Reiji, a man who experienced a gruesome incident, is a forensic researcher at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Investigative Science Research Institute. Under the belief that "appraisal will result in the truth" and with his vast knowledge, Mano approaches cases from a view point that differs from others. On the other hand, Sawaguchi Nonna (Araki Yuko) is a rookie forensic researcher that begins working with the no nonsense Mano. They are forced to work together on a murder case.

Trace ~ Men of the science school ~

2019

ザ・ハングマン poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

ザ・ハングマン

1980

Film credits

2010s · 14 titles

Outrage Coda poster
6.8

Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise between Chang and the Hanabishi, and Chang's life is endangered, Otomo returns to Japan to settle things once and for all.

Outrage Coda

2017

Beyond Outrage poster
7.0

As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.

Beyond Outrage

2012

Sleeping Forest poster
7.1

A man is found dead in a office of Takayanagi Ballet Company. The suspect is a female dancer at the ballet company. The Takayanagi Ballet Company insists that the incident is a self defense case, but after an investigation there's doubts in that claim. Then, the director of the Takayanagi Ballet Company is poisoned to death. Are the cases related?

Sleeping Forest

2014

Specialist 2 poster
7.0

A mysterious code written with letters and numbers is found on a street in Kyoto. Yoshito Takuma (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and Chinami Anekoji (Kaho Minami) begin to investigate. They discover that something happened at the place where the code was found on stickers and they also discover a dead body. A man known as "Writer" is suspected of being the culprit. To find the man known as "Writer," Yoshito Takuma infiltrates into Shiga central prison. --asianwiki

Specialist 2

2014

AIBOU: The Movie II poster
7.3

The kidnapping of some chiefs of police by a rogue ex-policeman is just the beginning for a much much bigger story that it seems at first sight.

AIBOU: The Movie II

2010

Yakuza: The Stage Play poster
6.0

A stage play adaption of the 2005 video game 'Yakuza' as part of the 10-year anniversary celebration of the game's release.

Yakuza: The Stage Play

2015

Drifter Teppei poster
NR

Teppei Mihogawa (Susumu Terajima), is a man who plays a "lavabo" with a guitar in the night city. a girl who was attracted by Teppei's song fell in love at first sight with Teppei

Drifter Teppei

2015

YOKOHAMA BLACK 6 poster
NR

The sixth 'YOKOHAMA BLACK' film.

YOKOHAMA BLACK 6

2018

Japan Gangster War Chapter 3 poster
0.5

The third 'Japan Gangster War' film.

Japan Gangster War Chapter 3

2019

Japan Gangster War Chapter 4 poster
NR

The fourth 'Japan Gangster War' film.

Japan Gangster War Chapter 4

2019

YOKOHAMA BLACK 3 poster
NR

The third 'YOKOHAMA BLACK' film.

YOKOHAMA BLACK 3

2017

X Game 2 poster
NR

High school girl and four other people were forced to play a X-game to take responsibility for what they did in the past.

X Game 2

2012

YOKOHAMA BLACK 4 poster
NR

The fourth 'YOKOHAMA BLACK' film.

YOKOHAMA BLACK 4

2017

YOKOHAMA BLACK 5 poster
NR

The fifth 'YOKOHAMA BLACK' film.

YOKOHAMA BLACK 5

2018

2000s · 6 titles

I Want to Be a Shellfish poster
8.3

1944, in the depths of World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu is a completely typical barber from a remote sea-side town who lives frugally but happily with his wife Fusae and their five-year-old son. Eventually, though, the army beckons and he is drafted. One day an officer on the battle-field orders him to kill a captive U.S. soldier. Although Toyomatsu lacks the spirit to kill the man, and only wounds him in the arm, the victorious U.S. soldiers will not accept this, and Toyomatsu is arrested and tried as a war-criminal. And he receives the cruelest sentence possible...

I Want to Be a Shellfish

2008

Shura Group poster
NR

Remake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)

Shura Group

2002

Shura Group Part 2 poster
NR

Ryuji Inahara, the heir to the Atami Yamazakiya family, subsequently placed the group under the control of the influential members of the Guretai, known as the "Yokohama Four Heavenly Kings," and the Inahara group quickly expanded its influence from Yokohama to the Tokaido region. The world of yakuza then enters the era of Ryuji Inahara and Masao Tashiro, the third generation member of the Yamaga-gumi.

Shura Group Part 2

2002

Watashi ga watashi de aru tame ni poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Watashi ga watashi de aru tame ni

2006

Shura Group Part 3 poster
NR

Ryuji Inahara changed the name of the Inahara-gumi to the Inahara-kai, and accordingly unified the emblem of the Inahara-kai. Then, in 1961, Inahara-kai opened a new headquarters office in Roppongi, Tokyo. Further incidents and conflicts await Ryuji and the Inahara-kai.

Shura Group Part 3

2002

A Yakuza Christian: A Battle in Hell poster
NR

A unique yakuza film depicting the life of a ‘former gangster’ who has become a Christian! Starring Sho Aikawa. Directed by Keiichi Ozawa, known for the ‘Shura ga Yuku’ series. Stab someone and you go to prison; get stabbed and you go to hell. The dragon bearing the cross begins to recount the sins he has committed…

A Yakuza Christian: A Battle in Hell

2001

1990s · 12 titles

Nile poster
NR

A Japanese journalist in Afghanistan, whose wife dies in an explosion, tries to overcome his sorrows and goes to Egypt on a mission to cover the discovery of a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. As a gang tracks him down for locating the tomb, he falls in love with the girlfriend of the gang's boss who looks like his wife.

Nile

1999

Emperor of Upheaval poster
NR

The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate like a ruthless conglomerate -- and thriving.

Emperor of Upheaval

1993

Chronicle of the Town Magistrate poster
NR

In a maelstrom of evil, can a new magistrate, samurai Mochizuki Koheita, with a reputation like an alley cat, bring order to the town of Horisoto, or is he, too a corrupt villain looking to gain wealth from the oppressed people? From the pen of famed samurai author Yamamoto Shugoro, this exciting tale turns the tables on the standard samurai story with a unique lead character previously portrayed in Ichikawa Kon’s “Dora Heita.”

Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

1992

Black Cop poster
NR

An ex-detective who accidentally kills a suspect becomes a dog of the yakuza

Black Cop

1992

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. II poster
NR

The second 'Gotoshi' film.

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. II

1994

Violent Island: Dirty Money Hijack poster
NR

In the scorching heat of Okinawa, former lovers meet. Now, he is a gangster on a mission, she is a window trying to protect what is hers. Together, they get caught in the crossfire.

Violent Island: Dirty Money Hijack

1992

Manila Gokudo Wars poster
NR

Shuji Kanzaki, who lives in the underworld of Manila, winds up in a fierce battle with Japan's biggest gangster.

Manila Gokudo Wars

1992

Mahjong Ghost Side Story: Tokaido Mahjong Unhomed poster
NR

Sakurai Shoichi meets Nishi, a man who lost all his money in gambling. Attracted by Nishi's personality, Shoichi invites him along on a gambling trip to the Tokaido. Nishi wants to raise money for his son's college entrance fee, so he wants him to play mahjong and win. However, at an inn in Hakone where Nishi is friendly, Shoichi is tricked by the yakuza

Mahjong Ghost Side Story: Tokaido Mahjong Unhomed

1996

Revenge Investigation Line Hot Sand with Murderous Intent (Deduction) poster
NR

1990 Original Video.

Revenge Investigation Line Hot Sand with Murderous Intent (Deduction)

1990

Shura ga Yuku 10 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shura ga Yuku 10

1999

Revenge Investigation Line Hot Sands of Murderous Intent (Solution) poster
NR

1990 Original Video.

Revenge Investigation Line Hot Sands of Murderous Intent (Solution)

1990

The Woman Tamer - Theatrical Edition poster
NR

An erotic thriller depicting the exploits of a professional investigator—known as "The Woman Tamer"—who maintains mistresses across various circles and uses the inside information they provide to solve cases.

The Woman Tamer - Theatrical Edition

1996

1980s · 9 titles

The Boss' Wife poster
6.3

The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.

The Boss' Wife

1988

Labyrinth Romanesque poster
5.0

A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.

Labyrinth Romanesque

1988

Wuthering Heights poster
6.8

Young orphan Onimaru is adopted by the wealthy Yamabe family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Kinu. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Kinu, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Mitsuhiko, a man of means who befits her stature. Onimaru vows to win her back.

Wuthering Heights

1988

Dear Asuka and My Unborn Child... poster
NR

A doctor who died at a young age due to the metastasis of a malignant tumor to the lungs after cutting his right leg below the knee due to osteosarcoma. The title "Asuka" is the name of the eldest daughter, and "Unseen child" is the child whose wife was pregnant at the time of her death.

Dear Asuka and My Unborn Child...

1982

Saya: Perspective in Love poster
8.0

Erotic thriller about a porn photographer who has to deal with a psychopath.

Saya: Perspective in Love

1986

Domineering poster
5.4

When the patriarch of Japan's most powerful yakuza family is shot, his wife is left to pick up the pieces and carry on the legacy.

Domineering

1982

Lonely Hitman poster
NR

There are men in this world who seem to have been born to be a villain. His upbringing, his sexuality, everything about him was suited to being in the criminal world. However, he also had a loving wife and children. This is the story of a man who throws himself into a deadly struggle on the front lines of a huge violent war, while at the same time seeking the happiness of his family as a good husband and father.

Lonely Hitman

1989

My Road poster
7.0

Two young Japanese men travel about 1,500 km from the Utah desert to Reno, Nevada by hitchhiking

My Road

1980

Kyoto Yokai Map 2: A 400-Year-Old Ice Woman Living on Kirara Slope poster
NR

The frozen corpse of a young apprentice monk is found near Kirara Hill in Rakuhoku. Detective Hayakawa from the Kyoto Prefectural Police grows suspicious of the fact that someone froze to death in the middle of summer and visits his nephew Saburo, who works at a cryogenics research institute. Shortly after, the frozen body of Saburo’s father, Takayoshi, is also discovered. Recently, Takayoshi had been closely involved with a designer named Saori.

Kyoto Yokai Map 2: A 400-Year-Old Ice Woman Living on Kirara Slope

1981

Series credits

Gokusen poster
8.0

Newly graduate Yamaguchi Kumiko an idealistic teacher who entered Shirokin High to be a math teacher. Having high hopes for her students, her world turned up side down when she finds out that she'll be teaching the class 3-D the hardest class to take care of. Class 3-D is a bunch of students who looks more like delinquents and trouble makers. The students show no respect to teachers nor a little kindness. Each and every student doesn't like teacher for almost everyone has no good memories of them. The leader of the class is Sawada Shin. He is well respected for there are rumors that he beat a teacher to death. The students try there hardest to bully and make fun of her so she'll quit but all there efforts went to waste because Yamaguchi ain't an ordinary Teacher. Yamaguchi Kumiko is actually the 4th generation heir to Oedo group, a yakuza clan. Even though everyone in there clan wants her to the next leader, she made up her mind and so everyone accepted it.

Gokusen

2002

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

2019

The Locked Room Murders poster
7.2

Enomoto Kei is a security "otaku" working for a security firm, devoted to improving the securities system on a daily basis. He is not an easy person to familiarize oneself with, always collected and calm, unapproachable, a maniac in Physics, Science, Architecture and profound in other basic theoretical foundation. He is certain and proud of the fact that there is no key which he cannot unlock. One day, Kei is asked to help reveal a mystery behind a locked room murderer. While he lacks any interest in solving the mystery, he is inevitably intrigued by the term, "Closed Doors" and decides to take on the position. He works side by side with Aoto Junko and Serizawa Gou, who are lawyers working at a major law firm. Junko is pure and forward, acting upon her instincts while Serizawa is a prideful elitist who sees time as money, and therefore, will not take on any job that is unprofitable. Possessing a vast amount of knowledge and acute insightfulness, Kei is able to unlock the closed doors and unravel the secrets leading to the solution. Never before has there been a drama focused solely on closed doors.

The Locked Room Murders

2012

Toge no Gunzo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Toge no Gunzo

1982

Trace ~ Men of the science school ~ poster
7.8

Mano Reiji, a man who experienced a gruesome incident, is a forensic researcher at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Investigative Science Research Institute. Under the belief that "appraisal will result in the truth" and with his vast knowledge, Mano approaches cases from a view point that differs from others. On the other hand, Sawaguchi Nonna (Araki Yuko) is a rookie forensic researcher that begins working with the no nonsense Mano. They are forced to work together on a murder case.

Trace ~ Men of the science school ~

2019

ザ・ハングマン poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

ザ・ハングマン

1980

Voice poster
7.1

A group of five medical students take on the task of conveying the "voices of the dead." Kaji Daiki fails to get into a popular heart surgery seminar but is somehow accepted into a seminar on forensic pathology. When he approaches professor Sagawa and asks him why he ended up in the seminar, Sagawa challenges him by asking why he wants to study heart surgery. Daiki replies that medicine is meaningless after the heart stops, but Sagawa counters that medicine also applies to the dead. And so, together with fellow students Ryosuke, Kanako, Teppei and Akira, Daiki begins to explore the mysteries of death.

Voice

2009

愛の流刑地 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

愛の流刑地

2007

好好!キョンシーガール 東京電視台戦記 poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

好好!キョンシーガール 東京電視台戦記

2012

A Tale of Two Truncheons poster
NR

Based on Kazuo Koike's extensive manga (over 110 volumes), this Edo-period drama follows an unlikely pair of law enforcement officers. One is a serious, skilled investigator, while the other is a witty, unconventional problem-solver, creating a dynamic partnership. The series also features the charmingly unorthodox detective Suruyoshi in a notable period drama debut. A memorable and catchy soundtrack complements the engaging stories brought to life by a large and talented cast.

A Tale of Two Truncheons

1984

Fufu seikatsu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fufu seikatsu

1985