Name
Kiichi Nakai
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1961-09-18 (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.
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- 1994 47 Ronin as Matashiro Irobe
- 2000 Tales of the Unusual as (segment "Samurai Cellular")
- 2003 When the Last Sword Is Drawn as Kanichiro Yoshimura
- 2005 Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles as Kenichi Takata (voice)
- 2003 Warriors of Heaven and Earth as Lai Qi
- 2007 Dororo as Kagemitsu Daigo
- 2003 Onmyoji II as Genkaku
- 2009 Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess as Hiroshi Kataoka
- 2008 The Magic Hour as Toru Iwata
- 1987 Princess from the Moon as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
- 2010 Railways as Hajime Tsutsui
- 2019 Aircraft Carrier Ibuki as Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
- 2011 Princess Toyotomi as Koichi Sanada
- 1992 Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!
- 1993 Marriage as Masahiko Tendo
- 1993 Moving as Kenichi
- 1990 Tokyo Heaven as Fumio Amamiya
- 2005 Aegis as Yong Fa
- 1999 Owls' Castle as Tsuzura Juzo
- 2020 劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
- 2005 A Hardest Night!! as Hashita
- 1983 Tora-san Goes Religious? as Kazumichi
- 2001 Darkness in the Light as Makoto Sasano
- 2012 Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer as Mitsukuni Mito
- 1999 Zankyo
- 2010 Pro Bono as Sawaki
- 1986 Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies as Kenjiro Shimada
- 2014 Snow on The Blades as Kingo Shimura
- 2022 Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
- 1995 Fusa
- 1985 The Empty Table as Otohiko Kidoji
- 2002 Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
- 1992 Gekashitsu as Kiyonaga
- 2003 Rockers
- 2007 Hero as Akihiko Takida
- 1995 MARKS as Yuichiro Goda
- 1998 Falling into the Evening as Shibata
- 2023 We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams as Norio Koike
- 2011 A Ghost of a Chance as Osano
- 2002 Shura Group
- 2012 The Wings of the Kirin as Takeaki Aoyagi
- 1984 F2 Grand Prix as Nakano
- 2001 The Firefly
- 1998 Begging for Love as Fumio Chin
- 2008 Samurai Gangsters as Jirocho Shimizu
- 2014 Time Never Stops as Ryosuke Saigo
- 1998 Love Letter
- 2015 Again as Haruhiko Sakacho
- 1985 The Burmese Harp as Pvt. Mizushima
- 2002 Shura Group Part 1
- 2002 Shura Group Part 2
- 2002 Shura Group Part 3
- 1986 Big Joys, Small Sorrows
- 2024 Silence of the Sea as Suiken
- 2016 Good Morning Show as Shingo Sumida
- 2016 Ken San as Narrator
- 2016 Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
- 2017 Flower and Sword as Nobunaga Oda
- 2007 Phoenix
- 1988 Those Swell Yakuza
- 1983 Lanterns on Blue Waters
- 2018 We Make Antiques! as Norio Koike
- 2011 三谷幸喜「short cut」
- 2012 Second to Last Love
- 1990 1750 Days of Turbulence
- 2011 A Flawless Concierge as Osano
- 2011 The Warring States as King of Qi
- 2019 Hit Me Anyone One More Time as Keisuke Kuroda
- 1991 Yakuza Warfare
- 1986 The Greatest Man in the World as Nise
- 2006 Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company
- 1981 The Imperial Navy as Masato Odagiri
- 1987 Actress as Heinosuke Gosho
- 1984 Make-Up as Kusaka
- 2020 We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous as Norio Koike
- 2011 Wild 7
- 1983 Legend of Plumeria as Shinji Terao
- 2000 Shinsengumi
- 1986 The Hall of the Crying Deer
- 2025 YUKIKAZE
- 2006 HERO SP as Akihiko Takida
- 1983 Oddball Nippon
- 1990 戦艦大和
- 2021 Kareinaru ichizoku ( 12 episodes ) as Manpyo Daisuke
- 1994 Natsuko no Sake ( 11 episodes ) as 佐伯康男
- 1999 Semi-double ( 1 episode ) as Sho Jinguji
- 1994 Good Mourning ( 11 episodes )
- 2009 Smile ( 11 episodes ) as Ito Kazuma
- 2001 Bring Me to the Hotel ( 12 episodes )
- 2005 Yoshitsune ( 49 episodes ) as Kamakura's first Sho-Gun
- 2003 Musashi ( 49 episodes ) as Munenori Yagyu
- 1993 Jaja uma narashi ( 12 episodes ) as Ryuichiro Yamada
- 1995 Love Still Hasn't Begun ( 10 episodes )
- 2001 Love From a Lie ( 11 episodes )
- 1996 I Miss Age 35 ( 11 episodes )
- 2012 Taira no Kiyomori ( 50 episodes ) as Taira no Tadamori
- 2012 Second to Last Love ( 34 episodes ) as Nagakura Wahei
- 2019 風博士 ( 1 episode )
- 1990 Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen ( 6 episodes )
- 2016 Kinpika ( 5 episodes ) as Kenta Sakaguchi
- 2010 The History of Our Family ( 3 episodes ) as Jyuichi Shishimaru
- 2008 Garden of the Wind ( 11 episodes ) as Sadami Shiratori
- 2012 Taira no Kiyomori ( 0 episode )
- 2011 Lunch ON! ( 11 episodes ) as Self (narration)
- 1986 Rice Curry ( 13 episodes )
- 2022 「銀座ゴルフ倶楽部 presented by テーラーメイド」 ( 1 episode )
- 2012 Priceless ( 10 episodes ) as Kengo Moai
- 2007 Barefoot Gen ( 2 episodes ) as Daikichi Nakaoka
- 1983 ふぞろいの林檎たち ( 47 episodes ) as 仲手川 良雄
- 2012 中国文明の謎 ( 3 episodes )
- 1990 Tales of the Bizarre ( 1 episode )
- 2018 Memory ( 12 episodes ) as Hidehisa Honjo
- 2013 Kumokiri Nizaemon ( 53 episodes ) as Kumokiri Nizaemon
- 2024 Haha no Matsu Sato ( 4 episodes )
- 2012 Keigo Higashino Mysteries ( 11 episodes )
- 1999 玩具の神様 ( 3 episodes )
- 2013 SWITCH Interview Masters ( 1 episode )
- 2018 娘の結婚 ( 1 episode )
- 2016 Kinpika ( 5 episodes ) as 阪口健太
- 2020 Kyouen NG ( 7 episodes ) as Toyama Eiji
- 1988 Takeda Shingen ( 50 episodes ) as Takeda Shingen
- 2022 The Travel Nurse ( 17 episodes ) as Kuki Shizuka
- 2025 Second to Last Love 3 ( 11 episodes ) as 长仓和平
- 2007 はだしのゲン ( 3 episodes ) as 中岡 大吉
- 1983 花揺れ ( 1 episode )
- 1991 NASA〜未来から落ちてきた男〜 ( 1 episode ) as 橋口健次郎中尉
