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Kiichi Nakai

Actor
Born September 18, 1961 (63 years)
​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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Known For
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn
  • Warriors of Heaven and Earth
  • Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
  • Dororo
  • Good Morning Show
  • Moving
  • Onmyoji 2
  • 47 Ronin
  • Snow on the Blades
  • A Ghost of a Chance
  • Railways
  • Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
  • Uso happyaku
  • The Wings of the Kirin
  • PRICELESS
  • A Hardest Night!!
  • Princess from the Moon
  • Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
  • The Warring States
  • Princess Toyotomi
  • Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
  • Aegis
  • We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
  • Darkness in the Light

Filmography

2024
Umi no chinmoku · as Suiken
2024
2024
Haru ni Nattara (TV Series) · as Kenichirou Kami (young)
2023
2022
THE TRAVELNURSE (TV Series) · as Shizauka Kuki
2022
2021
The Grand Family (2021) (TV Series) · as Cast
2020
Never Costarring Again (TV Series) · as Toyama Eiji
2020
2019
Hit Me Anyone One More Time! · as Keisuke Kuroda
2019
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki · as Keiichi Nakano, Convenience Store Manager
2018
Memory (TV Series) · as Hidehisa Honjo
2018
Uso happyaku · as Norio Koike
2017
Flower and Sword · as Nobunaga Oda
2016
2016
Good Morning Show · as Shingo Sumida
2016
Ken San · as Narrator
2016
Kinpika (TV Series) · as Kenta Sakaguchi
2015
Hero: Special · as Cast
2015
Agein: 28-nenme no Kôshien · as Haruhiko Sakacho
2014
Snow on the Blades · as Kingo Shimura
2012
PRICELESS (TV Series) · as Kengo Moai
2012
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer · as Mitsukuni Mito
2012
2012
Second To Last Love (TV Series) · as Nagakura Wahei
2012
Taira no Kiyomori (TV Series) · as Taira No Tadamori
2011
The Wings of the Kirin · as Takeaki Aoyagi
2011
2011
2011
2011
Princess Toyotomi · as Koichi Sanada
2011
The Warring States · as King Of Qi
2010
Railways · as Hajime Tsutsui
2010
Wagaya no Rekishi (TV Series) · as Jyuichi Shishimaru
2009
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess · as Hiroshi Kataoka
2009
Smile (TV Series) · as Ito Kazuma
2008
Garden of Wind (TV Series) · as Sadami Shiratori
2008
Samurai Gangsters · as Jirocho Shimizu
2008
The Magic Hour · as Toru Iwata
2007
Hero · as Akihiko Takida
2007
Barefoot Gen (TV Series) · as Daikichi Nakaoka
2007
Dororo · as Kagemitsu Daigo
2006
2005
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles · as Kenichi Takata (voice)
2005
A Hardest Night!! · as Hashita
2005
Aegis · as Yong Fa
2005
Yoshitsune (TV Series) · as Kamakura's First Sho-Gun
2003
Onmyoji 2 · as Genkaku
2003
2003
2003
Jump · as Cast
2003
Musashi (TV Series) · as Munenori Yagyu
2002
When the Last Sword Is Drawn · as Kanichiro Yoshimura
2002
2001
2001
Darkness in the Light · as Makoto Sasano
2000
Tales of the Unusual · as (segment "samurai Cellular")
1999
Owls' Castle · as Tsuzura Juzo
1998
Rakka suru yugata · as Shibata
1998
Begging for Love · as Fumio Chin
1998
1995
Marks · as Yuichiro Goda
1994
47 Ronin · as Matashiro Irobe
1993
1993
Moving · as Kenichi
1991
1990
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
Kokushi muso · as Nise
1986
1986
1985
Family Without a Dinner Table · as Otohiko Kidoji
1985
The Burmese Harp · as Pvt. Mizushima
1983
Tora-san Goes Religious? · as Kazumichi
1983
Legend of Plumeria · as Shinji Terao
1981
The Imperial Navy · as Masato Odagiri

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