Person
Kiichi Nakai
Acting · Born 1961-09-18 · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kiichi Nakai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Kumokiri Nizaemon
Kumokiri Nizaemon
Taira no Kiyomori
Taira no Tadamori
Yoshitsune
Kamakura's first Sho-Gun
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen
Second to Last Love
Nagakura Wahei
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
2012
ふぞろいの林檎たち
仲手川 良雄
Musashi
Munenori Yagyu
Filmography
- 2025YUKIKAZE
- 2025Second to Last Love 3长仓和平
- 2024Silence of the SeaSuiken
- 2024Haha no Matsu Sato
- 2023We Make Antiques! Osaka DreamsNorio Koike
- 2022The Travel NurseKuki Shizuka
- 2022Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
- 2022「銀座ゴルフ倶楽部 presented by テーラーメイド」
- 2021Kareinaru ichizokuManpyo Daisuke
- 2020劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
- 2020Kyouen NGToyama Eiji
- 2020We Make Antiques! Kyoto RendezvousNorio Koike
- 2019風博士
- 2019Hit Me Anyone One More TimeKeisuke Kuroda
- 2019Aircraft Carrier IbukiKeiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
- 2018MemoryHidehisa Honjo
- 2018娘の結婚
- 2018We Make Antiques!Norio Koike
- 2017Flower and SwordNobunaga Oda
- 2016Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
- 2016Good Morning ShowShingo Sumida
- 2016Ken SanNarrator
- 2016KinpikaKenta Sakaguchi
- 2015AgainHaruhiko Sakacho
- 2014Snow on The BladesKingo Shimura
- 2014Time Never StopsRyosuke Saigo
- 2013Kumokiri NizaemonKumokiri Nizaemon
- 2013SWITCH Interview Masters
- 2012Second to Last Love
- 2012PricelessKengo Moai
- 2012中国文明の謎
- 2012Tenchi: The Samurai AstronomerMitsukuni Mito
- 2012Keigo Higashino Mysteries
- 2012The Wings of the KirinTakeaki Aoyagi
- 2012Second to Last LoveNagakura Wahei
- 2012Taira no KiyomoriTaira no Tadamori
- 2011Wild 7
- 2011A Flawless ConciergeOsano
- 2011三谷幸喜「short cut」
- 2011A Ghost of a ChanceOsano
- 2011Princess ToyotomiKoichi Sanada
- 2011Lunch ON!Self (narration)
- 2011The Warring StatesKing of Qi
- 2010RailwaysHajime Tsutsui
- 2010The History of Our FamilyJyuichi Shishimaru
- 2010Pro BonoSawaki
- 2009Amalfi: Rewards of the GoddessHiroshi Kataoka
- 2009SmileIto Kazuma
- 2008Garden of the WindSadami Shiratori
- 2008Samurai GangstersJirocho Shimizu
- 2008The Magic HourToru Iwata
- 2007Phoenix
- 2007HeroAkihiko Takida
- 2007Barefoot GenDaikichi Nakaoka
- 2007はだしのゲン中岡 大吉
- 2007DororoKagemitsu Daigo
- 2006HERO SPAkihiko Takida
- 2006Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company
- 2005Riding Alone for Thousands of MilesKenichi Takata (voice)
- 2005A Hardest Night!!Hashita
- 2005AegisYong Fa
- 2005YoshitsuneKamakura's first Sho-Gun
- 2003Onmyoji IIGenkaku
- 2003Rockers
- 2003Warriors of Heaven and EarthLai Qi
- 2003When the Last Sword Is DrawnKanichiro Yoshimura
- 2003MusashiMunenori Yagyu
- 2002Shura Group Part 2
- 2002Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
- 2002Shura Group
- 2002Shura Group Part 1
- 2002Shura Group Part 3
- 2001Love From a Lie
- 2001The Firefly
- 2001Bring Me to the Hotel
- 2001Darkness in the LightMakoto Sasano
- 2000Tales of the Unusual(segment "Samurai Cellular")
- 2000Shinsengumi
- 1999玩具の神様
- 1999Owls' CastleTsuzura Juzo
- 1999Semi-doubleSho Jinguji
- 1999Zankyo
- 1998Falling into the EveningShibata
- 1998Begging for LoveFumio Chin
- 1998Love Letter
- 1996I Miss Age 35Eiji Shimata
- 1995Love Still Hasn't Begun
- 1995MARKSYuichiro Goda
- 1995Fusa
- 199447 RoninMatashiro Irobe
- 1994Good Mourning
- 1994Natsuko no Sake佐伯康男
- 1993MarriageMasahiko Tendo
- 1993Jaja uma narashiRyuichiro Yamada
- 1993MovingKenichi
- 1992Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!
- 1992GekashitsuKiyonaga
- 1991Yakuza Warfare
- 1991NASA〜未来から落ちてきた男〜橋口健次郎中尉
- 1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
- 19901750 Days of Turbulence
- 1990戦艦大和
- 1990Tokyo HeavenFumio Amamiya
- 1990Tales of the Bizarre
- 1988Those Swell Yakuza
- 1988Takeda ShingenTakeda Shingen
- 1987Princess from the MoonOtomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
- 1987ActressHeinosuke Gosho
- 1986The Greatest Man in the WorldNise
- 1986The Hall of the Crying Deer
- 1986Final Take: The Golden Age of MoviesKenjiro Shimada
- 1986Big Joys, Small Sorrows
- 1986Rice Curry
- 1985The Empty TableOtohiko Kidoji
- 1985The Burmese HarpPvt. Mizushima
- 1984Make-UpKusaka
- 1984F2 Grand PrixNakano
- 1983Tora-san Goes Religious?Kazumichi
- 1983Lanterns on Blue Waters
- 1983Legend of PlumeriaShinji Terao
- 1983ふぞろいの林檎たち仲手川 良雄
- 1983Oddball Nippon
- 1983花揺れ
- 1981The Imperial NavyMasato Odagiri
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