Kiichi Nakai
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-09-18 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Kiichi Nakai
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Acting
(2025)
(2024)
Silence of the Sea
as Suiken
(2023)
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
as Norio Koike
(2022)
(2020)
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
as Norio Koike
(2020)
(2019)
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
as Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
(2019)
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
as Keisuke Kuroda
(2018)
We Make Antiques!
as Norio Koike
(2017)
Flower and Sword
as Nobunaga Oda
(2016)
Good Morning Show
as Shingo Sumida
(2016)
Ken San
as Narrator
(2016)
(2015)
Again
as Haruhiko Sakacho
(2014)
Snow on The Blades
as Kingo Shimura
(2014)
Time Never Stops
as Ryosuke Saigo
(2012)
The Wings of the Kirin
as Takeaki Aoyagi
(2012)
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
as Mitsukuni Mito
(2012)
(2011)
A Ghost of a Chance
as Osano
(2011)
(2011)
Princess Toyotomi
as Koichi Sanada
(2011)
The Warring States
as King of Qi
(2011)
(2011)
(2010)
Railways
as Hajime Tsutsui
(2010)
Pro Bono
as Sawaki
(2009)
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
as Hiroshi Kataoka
(2008)
The Magic Hour
as Toru Iwata
(2008)
Samurai Gangsters
as Jirocho Shimizu
(2007)
Hero
as Akihiko Takida
(2007)
Dororo
as Kagemitsu Daigo
(2007)
(2006)
(2005)
A Hardest Night!!
as Hashita
(2005)
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
as Kenichi Takata (voice)
(2005)
Aegis
as Yong Fa
(2003)
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
as Lai Qi
(2003)
Onmyoji II
as Genkaku
(2003)
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
as Kanichiro Yoshimura
(2003)
(2002)
(2002)
(2002)
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
(2001)
Darkness in the Light
as Makoto Sasano
(2000)
Tales of the Unusual
as (segment "Samurai Cellular")
(2000)
(1999)
(1999)
Owls' Castle
as Tsuzura Juzo
(1998)
Begging for Love
as Fumio Chin
(1998)
Falling into the Evening
as Shibata
(1998)
(1995)
MARKS
as Yuichiro Goda
(1994)
47 Ronin
as Matashiro Irobe
(1993)
Moving
as Kenichi
(1993)
(1993)
Marriage
as Masahiko Tendo
(1992)
Gekashitsu
as Kiyonaga
(1992)
(1991)
(1990)
Tokyo Heaven
as Fumio Amamiya
(1990)
(1988)
(1987)
Princess from the Moon
as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
(1987)
Actress
as Heinosuke Gosho
(1986)
(1986)
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
as Kenjiro Shimada
(1986)
(1986)
(1985)
The Burmese Harp
as Pvt. Mizushima
(1985)
The Empty Table
as Otohiko Kidoji
(1984)
F2 Grand Prix
as Nakano
(1984)
Make-Up
as Kusaka
(1983)
Tora-san Goes Religious?
as Kazumichi
(1983)
Legend of Plumeria
as Shinji Terao
(1983)
(1981)
The Imperial Navy
as Masato Odagiri