Kiichi Nakai
Born Sep 18, 1961 · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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
YUKIKAZE
2025
Haha no Matsu Sato
2024
Silence of the Sea
2024
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
2023
The Travel Nurse
2022
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
2022
Kyouen NG
2020
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
2020
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
2019
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
2019
We Make Antiques!
2018
Flower and Sword
2017
Ken San
2016
Kinpika
2016
Good Morning Show
2016
Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
2016
Again
2015
Snow on The Blades
2014
Time Never Stops
2014
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Taira no Kiyomori
2012
Second to Last Love
2012
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
2012
Priceless
2012
The Wings of the Kirin
2012
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
2012
Second to Last Love
2012
Princess Toyotomi
2011
A Flawless Concierge
2011
A Ghost of a Chance
2011
三谷幸喜「short cut」
2011
The Warring States
2011
Wild 7
2011
The History of Our Family
2010
Pro Bono
2010
Railways
2010
Smile
2009
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
2009
Garden of the Wind
2008
The Magic Hour
2008
Samurai Gangsters
2008
Hero
2007
Dororo
2007
Barefoot Gen
2007
Phoenix
2007
Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company
2006
Yoshitsune
2005
Aegis
2005
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
2005
A Hardest Night!!
2005
Musashi
2003
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
2003
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2003
Onmyoji II
2003
Rockers
2003
Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
2002
Love From a Lie
2001
Darkness in the Light
2001
Bring Me to the Hotel
2001
Tales of the Unusual
2000
Shinsengumi
2000
Owls' Castle
1999
Zankyo
1999
Begging for Love
1998
Love Letter
1998
Falling into the Evening
1998
Fusa
1995
MARKS
1995
Natsuko no Sake
1994
47 Ronin
1994
Moving
1993
Marriage
1993
Gekashitsu
1992
Yakuza Warfare
1991
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
Tokyo Heaven
1990
1750 Days of Turbulence
1990
Takeda Shingen
1988
Those Swell Yakuza
1988
Princess from the Moon
1987
Actress
1987
Big Joys, Small Sorrows
1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
The Greatest Man in the World
1986
The Empty Table
1985
The Burmese Harp
1985
Make-Up
1984
F2 Grand Prix
1984
ふぞろいの林檎たち
1983
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
Legend of Plumeria
1983
Oddball Nippon
1983
The Imperial Navy
1981