Hideaki Nitani

was a Japanese actor.

Career Born in Kyoto Prefecture, Nitani attended Doshisha University but quit before graduating. He first worked as an announcer at Nagasaki Broadcasting Company, but in 1956 made his debut as an actor at Nikkatsu. he soon became a staple in Nikkatsu Action movies, often playing the second lead, but sometimes starring in his own films. He is probably best known abroad for his role in Seijun Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter. Nitani left Nikkatsu in 1971 and moved to television, where he starred in the Tokusō Saizensen police detective series, which ran for ten years between 1977 and 1987. Gang Warfare (1972) Submersion of Japan (1973) Karei-naru Ichizoku (1974) Sakura no Kinoshita de (1989)

Television Mighty Jack (1968) Tokusō Saizensen (特捜最前線) (1977–1987) Nobunaga: King of Zipangu (1992), as Hirate Masahide