Kiichi Nakai

Birthday: 1961-09-18
Birthplace: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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Kiichi Nakai (born 18 September 1961) is a Japanese actor. His father, Keiji Sada, also a movie actor, died when Nakai was only two years old. Nakai started his acting career while he was still in university and was awarded the Rookie of the Year of Japan Academy Awards in 1981.

He won the Japan Academy Best Supporting Actor award in 1994 (for 47 Ronin) and Best Actor award in 2003 (for Mibu gishi den (When the Last Sword is Drawn). He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 19th Hochi Film Award for 47 Ronin.

In 2003 he played a Japanese delegate to a Chinese emperor of the Tang dynasty in Warriors of Heaven and Earth. Though a few of his lines are in Japanese, most are in Mandarin.

His older sister, Kie Nakai, is also an actress.

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Credits

Year Title Character
2024-11-22 Silence of the Sea
2023-01-06 We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams Norio Koike
2022-05-20 Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
2020-10-31 劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編
2020-01-31 We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous Norio Koike
2019-09-13 Hit Me Anyone One More Time Keisuke Kuroda
2019-05-24 Aircraft Carrier Ibuki Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
2018-01-05 We Make Antiques! Norio Koike
2017-06-03 Flower and Sword Nobunaga Oda
2016-11-18 Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
2016-10-08 Good Morning Show Shingo Sumida
2015-01-17 Again Haruhiko Sakacho
2014-09-20 Snow on The Blades Kingo Shimura
2014-02-22 Time Never Stops Ryosuke Saigo
2012-11-02 Second to Last Love
2012-09-15 Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer Mitsukuni Mito
2012-01-28 The Wings of the Kirin Takeaki Aoyagi
2011-12-21 Wild 7
2011-11-05 A Flawless Concierge
2011-11-03 Short Cut
2011-10-29 A Ghost of a Chance Osano
2011-05-28 Princess Toyotomi Koichi Sanada
2011-04-12 The Warring States King of Qi
2010-05-29 Railways Hajime Tsutsui
2010-03-16 Pro Bono Sawaki
2009-07-18 Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess Hiroshi Kataoka
2008-09-20 Samurai Gangsters Jirocho Shimizu
2008-06-07 The Magic Hour Toru Iwata
2007-11-30 Phoenix
2007-09-08 Hero Akihiko Takida
2007-03-15 Dororo Kagemitsu Daigo
2006-02-11 Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company
2005-12-22 Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles Kenichi Takata (voice)
2005-10-22 A Hardest Night!! Hashita
2005-07-30 Aegis Yong Fa
2003-10-04 Onmyoji II Genkaku
2003-09-27 Rockers
2003-09-23 Warriors of Heaven and Earth Lai Qi
2003-01-18 When the Last Sword Is Drawn Kanichiro Yoshimura
2002-11-25 Shura Group Part 2
2002-09-14 Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
2002-02-16 Shura Group
2002-01-01 Shura Group Part 3
2002-01-01 Shura Group Part 1
2001-05-01 The Firefly
2001-02-17 Darkness in the Light Makoto Sasano
2000-11-03 Tales of the Unusual (segment "Samurai Cellular")
2000-01-15 Shinsengumi
1999-10-30 Owls' Castle Tsuzura Juzo
1999-02-13 Zankyo
1998-11-07 Falling into the Evening Shibata
1998-09-25 Begging for Love Fumio Chin
1998-05-23 Love Letter
1995-04-22 MARKS Yuichiro Goda
1994-10-22 47 Ronin Matashiro Irobe
1993-07-16 Marriage Masahiko Tendo
1993-04-01 Fusa
1993-03-20 Moving Kenichi
1992-04-10 Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!
1992-02-08 Gekashitsu Kiyonaga
1991-11-09 Yakuza Warfare
1990-09-15 1750 Days of Turbulence
1990-06-09 Tokyo Heaven Fumio Amamiya
1988-06-11 Those Swell Yakuza
1987-09-26 Princess from the Moon Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
1987-01-17 Actress Heinosuke Gosho
1986-10-25 The Greatest Man in the World Nise
1986-09-20 The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986-08-02 Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies Kenjiro Shimada
1986-06-28 Big Joys, Small Sorrows
1985-11-01 The Empty Table Otohiko Kidoji
1985-07-20 The Burmese Harp Pvt. Mizushima
1984-05-02 Make-Up Kusaka
1984-04-14 F2 Grand Prix Nakano
1983-12-28 Tora-san Goes Religious? Kazumichi
1983-11-15 Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983-07-02 Legend of Plumeria Shinji Terao
1981-08-08 The Imperial Navy Masato Odagiri