Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai , who was best known internationally for his role in Akiro Kurosawa’s 1985 epic drama Ran , has died in Tokyo at the age of 92.

Local media reported that the actor died on November 8, while being treated for pneumonia in hospital.

Nakadai, who born in Tokyo in 1932, was one of the best-known actors of his generation with his early career particularly associated with directors Masaki Kobayashi and Akira Kurosawa .

Kobayashi gave Nakadai his big screen break after spotting him at a Tokyo department store in the 1950s where he was working as a sales assistant.

The young man, without any formal acting train, would become the face of a nation grappling with its World War Two legacy in early roles.

Kobayashi first cast Nakadai in a minor role in the 1956

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