Kihachi Okamoto
Nakadai worked with a number of Japan's best-known filmmakers—starring or co-starring in five films directed by Akira Kurosawa, as well as being cast in significant films directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara ("The Face of Another"), Mikio Naruse ("When a Woman Ascends the Stairs"), Kihachi Okamoto ("Kill!" and "The Sword of Doom"), Hideo Gosha ("Goyokin"), Shirō Toyoda ("Portrait of Hell") and Kon Ichikawa ("Enjō" and "Odd Obsession").