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. Nakatani was well known for his role as Ninja Kazaguruma no Yahichi in the jidaigeki drama Mito Kōmon.
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) The Sword of Doom (1966) - Bunnojo Utsuki Nemuri Kyôshirô: Tajôken (1966) By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (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 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (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) - Kawaji Toshiyoshi
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