Kiichi Nakai
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.
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- Born:
- Sep 18, 1961 In Setagaya, Tokyo
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 100
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Imperial Navy 1981-08-08
- Latest Project:
- Movie YUKIKAZE 2025-08-15
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Second to Last Love 3 | 长仓和平 | 2025-04-14 |
| Movie | YUKIKAZE | 2025-08-15 | |
| Series | Haha no Matsu Sato | 2024-09-21 | |
| Movie | We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams | Norio Koike | 2023-01-06 |
| Movie | Dreaming of the Meridian Arc | 2022-05-20 | |
| Series | The Travel Nurse | Kuki Shizuka | 2022-10-20 |
| Series | Kareinaru ichizoku | Manpyo Daisuke | 2021-04-18 |
| Movie | 劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編 | 2020-10-31 | |
| Movie | We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous | Norio Koike | 2020-01-31 |
| Movie | Aircraft Carrier Ibuki | Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager | 2019-05-24 |
| Series | 風博士 | 2019-10-13 | |
| Movie | Hit Me Anyone One More Time | Keisuke Kuroda | 2019-09-13 |
| Movie | We Make Antiques! | Norio Koike | 2018-01-05 |
| Series | Memory | Hidehisa Honjo | 2018-03-21 |
| Movie | Flower and Sword | Nobunaga Oda | 2017-06-03 |
| Series | Kinpika | 阪口健太 | 2016-02-13 |
| Movie | Ken San | Narrator | 2016-08-20 |
| Movie | Good Morning Show | Shingo Sumida | 2016-10-08 |
| Movie | Kofuku no Alibi: Picture | 2016-11-18 | |
| Movie | Again | Haruhiko Sakacho | 2015-01-17 |
| Movie | Time Never Stops | Ryosuke Saigo | 2014-02-22 |
| Movie | Snow on The Blades | Kingo Shimura | 2014-09-20 |
| Series | Kumokiri Nizaemon | Kumokiri Nizaemon | 2013-04-10 |
| Series | Second to Last Love | Nagakura Wahei | 2012-01-12 |
| Series | Taira no Kiyomori | Taira no Tadamori | 2012-01-08 |
| Movie | The Wings of the Kirin | Takeaki Aoyagi | 2012-01-28 |
| Movie | Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer | Mitsukuni Mito | 2012-09-15 |
| Series | Keigo Higashino Mysteries | 2012-07-05 | |
| Series | Priceless | Kengo Moai | 2012-10-22 |
| Movie | Second to Last Love | 2012-11-02 | |
| Series | Lunch ON! | Self (narration) | 2011-05-07 |
| Movie | The Warring States | King of Qi | 2011-04-12 |
| Movie | Princess Toyotomi | Koichi Sanada | 2011-05-28 |
| Movie | A Flawless Concierge | Osano | 2011-11-05 |
| Movie | Wild 7 | 2011-12-21 | |
| Movie | Short Cut | 2011-11-03 | |
| Movie | A Ghost of a Chance | Osano | 2011-10-29 |
| Series | The History of Our Family | Jyuichi Shishimaru | 2010-04-09 |
| Movie | Railways | Hajime Tsutsui | 2010-05-29 |
| Series | Smile | Ito Kazuma | 2009-04-17 |
| Movie | Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess | Hiroshi Kataoka | 2009-07-18 |
| Movie | The Magic Hour | Toru Iwata | 2008-06-07 |
| Series | Garden of the Wind | Sadami Shiratori | 2008-10-09 |
| Movie | Samurai Gangsters | Jirocho Shimizu | 2008-09-20 |
| Movie | Dororo | Kagemitsu Daigo | 2007-03-15 |
| Series | Barefoot Gen | Daikichi Nakaoka | 2007-08-10 |
| Movie | Phoenix | 2007-11-30 | |
| Movie | Hero | Akihiko Takida | 2007-09-08 |
| Movie | Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company | 2006-02-11 | |
| Series | Yoshitsune | Kamakura's first Sho-Gun | 2005-01-09 |
| Movie | Aegis | Yong Fa | 2005-07-30 |
| Movie | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | Kenichi Takata (voice) | 2005-12-22 |
| Movie | A Hardest Night!! | Hashita | 2005-10-22 |
| Series | Musashi | Munenori Yagyu | 2003-01-05 |
| Movie | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | Lai Qi | 2003-09-23 |
| Movie | When the Last Sword Is Drawn | Kanichiro Yoshimura | 2003-01-18 |
| Movie | Onmyoji II | Genkaku | 2003-10-04 |
| Movie | Rockers | 2003-09-27 | |
| Movie | Shura Group Part 3 | 2002-01-01 | |
| Movie | Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover | 2002-09-14 | |
| Series | Bring Me to the Hotel | 2001-04-11 | |
| Movie | Darkness in the Light | Makoto Sasano | 2001-02-17 |
| Movie | The Firefly | 2001-05-01 | |
| Series | Love From a Lie | 2001-07-03 | |
| Movie | Shinsengumi | 2000-01-15 | |
| Movie | Tales of the Unusual | (segment "Samurai Cellular") | 2000-11-03 |
| Series | Semi-double | Sho Jinguji | 1999-04-14 |
| Movie | Zankyo | 1999-02-13 | |
| Movie | Owls' Castle | Tsuzura Juzo | 1999-10-30 |
| Movie | Begging for Love | Fumio Chin | 1998-09-25 |
| Movie | Love Letter | 1998-05-23 | |
| Movie | Falling into the Evening | Shibata | 1998-11-07 |
| Series | I Miss Age 35 | 1996-04-18 | |
| Movie | MARKS | Yuichiro Goda | 1995-04-22 |
| Series | Love Still Hasn't Begun | 1995-10-16 | |
| Series | Natsuko no Sake | 佐伯康男 | 1994-01-12 |
| Movie | 47 Ronin | Matashiro Irobe | 1994-10-22 |
| Movie | Moving | Kenichi | 1993-03-20 |
| Movie | Fusa | 1993-04-01 | |
| Series | Jaja uma narashi | Ryuichiro Yamada | 1993-07-05 |
| Movie | Marriage | Masahiko Tendo | 1993-07-16 |
| Movie | Gekashitsu | Kiyonaga | 1992-02-08 |
| Movie | Yakuza Warfare | 1991-11-09 | |
| Movie | Tokyo Heaven | Fumio Amamiya | 1990-06-09 |
| Movie | 1750 Days of Turbulence | 1990-09-15 | |
| Series | Takeda Shingen | Takeda Shingen | 1988-01-10 |
| Movie | Those Swell Yakuza | 1988-06-11 | |
| Movie | Actress | Heinosuke Gosho | 1987-01-17 |
| Movie | Princess from the Moon | Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military | 1987-09-26 |
| Movie | Big Joys, Small Sorrows | 1986-06-28 | |
| Movie | The Hall of the Crying Deer | 1986-09-20 | |
| Movie | Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies | Kenjiro Shimada | 1986-08-02 |
| Movie | The Burmese Harp | Pvt. Mizushima | 1985-07-20 |
| Movie | The Empty Table | Otohiko Kidoji | 1985-11-01 |
| Movie | F2 Grand Prix | Nakano | 1984-04-14 |
| Movie | Make-Up | Kusaka | 1984-05-02 |
| Series | ふぞろいの林檎たち | 仲手川 良雄 | 1983-05-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes Religious? | Kazumichi | 1983-12-28 |
| Movie | Lanterns on Blue Waters | 1983-11-15 | |
| Movie | The Imperial Navy | Masato Odagiri | 1981-08-08 |