Died at 93
male
Tatsuya Nakadai (仲代 達矢, Nakadai Tatsuya; born Motohisa Nakadai; December 13, 1932 – November 8, 2025) was a Japanese actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Japanese cinema, he collaborated extensively with many of Japan's best-known and acclaimed directors. In his over seven decade career, he appeared in more than 160 films, and received numerous accolades. He was honored with a Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1996 and Japan's Order of Culture in 2015. Discovered on the streets of Tokyo by director Masaki Kobayashi, Nakadai rose to prominence starring in Kobayashi's films, with his breakthrough being the protagonist of the epic anti-war trilogy The Human Condition (1959–1961). He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for his performance as the vengeful ronin in Harakiri (1962), a role he considered his finest. Nakadai collaborated on eleven films with Kobayashi—including Kwaidan (1964) and Samurai Rebellion (1967)—and five with Akira Kurosawa, most notably as the tragic warlord in Ran (1985), a performance that earned global acclaim. His other notable credits included Seven Samurai (1954), Yojimbo (1961), The Sword of Doom (1966), The Face of Another (1966), Goyokin (1969), Kagemusha (1980), and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013). A lifelong stage actor, he founded the Gendai Nohgaku-kai troupe in 1975 and continued performing on stage into his nineties. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tatsuya Nakadai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
3 rich men, John Yen, Pep Cruz and Michael Middleton, meet in a hotel bar. Owns the strongest companies in the transport market. They bet 100M$, each will build a crew of 3 people who must sail through all stations and be the 1st to reach New York for the owner to win all 300M$. The Yen crew is Jack Wong, Sam Ling and Tommy Lee. Cruz's is Jorge Alonso, Xabi Telles and Mario Rodriguez. Middleton's is Jack White, Luke Farnsworth and Axel Donovan. 10 ports have been selected where each crew must anchor and report to a person who oversees it and reports everything to the trio in San Diego. Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai/Bombay, Alexandria, Marseille, Casablanca, Recife, San Juan, New York. 3 men watch everything every day at a bar in San Diego, where they are served by bartender Nur Rimberg (Bruneian mom, German Dad). After ships leave, Yen and others receive letter, from secret sender Cobra, saying that he knows about the bet and he wants to join and if he makes that neither ship reaches New York, then he wins. They have to include him or he will kill them. Cobra hires 7 men, their task is to liquidate the ships, even at the cosi of killing the crew. They attack the ship from the start, destroying Cruz's crew at Alexandria, only Telles survived and boarded Middleton's ship. Both destroyed ships sail to Recife, where Yen's ship is also sunk, Sam Ling was killed and the others got on Middleton's ship, which finally sailed to San Diego. The Cobra was Nur Rimberg.
