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Kiichi Nakai

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Kiichi Nakai

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Sep 18, 1961 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

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

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