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Kiichi Nakai
ActorBorn September 18, 1961 (63 years)
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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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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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Kiichi Nakai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | Haru ni Nattara (TV Series) · as Kenichirou Kami (young) |
| 2023 | We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams · as Norio Koike |
| 2022 | THE TRAVELNURSE (TV Series) · as Kuki Shizuka |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | The Grand Family (2021) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2020 | Never Costarring Again (TV Series) · as Toyama Eiji |
| 2020 | We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous · as Norio Koike |
| 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 | Keigo Higashino Mysteries (TV Series) |
| 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 | A Ghost of a Chance · as Osano |
| 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 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth · as Lai Qi |
| 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 |
| 1995 | Yoshimune (1995) (TV Series) · as Michiharu Matsudaira |
| 1994 | 47 Ronin · as Matashiro Irobe |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | Moving · as Kenichi |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1990 | Tokyo Heaven · as Fumio Amamiya |
| 1990 | Tales of the Unusual (TV Series) |
| 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 | Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies · as Kenjiro Shimada |
| 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 |