Died at 93
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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.
Julio Rivera Cruz is a drug baron of a Colombian drug cartel selling cocaine in North and South America. A lot of people work for him. But among his 15 most senior employees are 11 undercover agents each from a different agency, and each one is supposed to get Cruz, but no one knows that someone else is also a undercover agent, not even audience knows. There's Carlos (Javier Carlos Montana of the DEA), Miguel (Michael Cabrera of the CIA), Julio (Julius De La Hoya of the FBI), Diego (José Diego Silverado of Navy Intelligence), Marc (Marcelo Clemente of the DIA), Paco ( Francisco Bravo of the NSA), Ruben (Renato Rubens of the CBI), Gus (Gustavo Juaréz of the INR), Javi (Xavier Redondo of the United States Border Patrol) Silvano (Juan Da Silva Torres of the NGA) and Freddy (Alfredo Remedios of the ATF). Cruz negotate expansion of distribution to Japan with Hideoshi Honda and to Hong Kong with Wing Chan. Honda tried to cheat and was killed. Cruz is involved in the biggest deal he's ever made, the customer being Winston Jeter, the head of an organization that deals cocaine all over the US. All the agents are waiting for this event where they suddenly pull out their guns and say their identities and try to arrest Cruz. Even though they were all con artists, now they have to join forces and trust each other as Cruz and Jeter and their people stand against them. But Jeter is undercovered agent (Interpol) and shot Cruz. The shootout resulted in casualties on both sides. Agents won.
