Kiichi Nakai
September 18, 1961 (63 years old) in 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
Credits
- 2025 · YUKIKAZE as
- 2025 · Second to Last Love 3 as 长仓和平
- 2024 · Silence of the Sea as Suiken
- 2024 · Haha no Matsu Sato as
- 2024 · 有母親等待的故鄉 as
- 2023 · We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams as Norio Koike
- 2022 · The Travel Nurse as Kuki Shizuka
- 2022 · Dreaming of the Meridian Arc as
- 2022 · 「銀座ゴルフ倶楽部 presented by テーラーメイド」 as
- 2021 · Kareinaru ichizoku as Manpyo Daisuke
- 2020 · 劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編 as
- 2020 · Kyouen NG as Toyama Eiji
- 2020 · We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous as Norio Koike
- 2019 · 風博士 as
- 2019 · Hit Me Anyone One More Time as Keisuke Kuroda
- 2019 · Aircraft Carrier Ibuki as Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
- 2018 · Memory as Hidehisa Honjo
- 2018 · 娘の結婚 as
- 2018 · We Make Antiques! as Norio Koike
- 2017 · Flower and Sword as Nobunaga Oda
- 2016 · Kofuku no Alibi: Picture as
- 2016 · Good Morning Show as Shingo Sumida
- 2016 · Ken San as Narrator
- 2016 · Kinpika as Kenta Sakaguchi
- 2016 · Kinpika as 阪口健太
- 2015 · Again as Haruhiko Sakacho
- 2014 · Snow on The Blades as Kingo Shimura
- 2014 · Time Never Stops as Ryosuke Saigo
- 2013 · Kumokiri Nizaemon as Kumokiri Nizaemon
- 2013 · SWITCH Interview Masters as
- 2012 · Second to Last Love as
- 2012 · Priceless as Kengo Moai
- 2012 · 中国文明の謎 as
- 2012 · Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer as Mitsukuni Mito
- 2012 · Keigo Higashino Mysteries as
- 2012 · The Wings of the Kirin as Takeaki Aoyagi
- 2012 · Second to Last Love as Nagakura Wahei
- 2012 · Taira no Kiyomori as Taira no Tadamori
- 2012 · Taira no Kiyomori as
- 2011 · Wild 7 as
- 2011 · A Flawless Concierge as
- 2011 · Short Cut as
- 2011 · A Ghost of a Chance as Osano
- 2011 · Princess Toyotomi as Koichi Sanada
- 2011 · Lunch ON! as Self (narration)
- 2011 · The Warring States as King of Qi
- 2010 · Railways as Hajime Tsutsui
- 2010 · The History of Our Family as Jyuichi Shishimaru
- 2010 · Pro Bono as Sawaki
- 2009 · Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess as Hiroshi Kataoka
- 2009 · Smile as Ito Kazuma
- 2008 · Garden of the Wind as Sadami Shiratori
- 2008 · Samurai Gangsters as Jirocho Shimizu
- 2008 · The Magic Hour as Toru Iwata
- 2007 · Phoenix as
- 2007 · Hero as Akihiko Takida
- 2007 · Barefoot Gen as Daikichi Nakaoka
- 2007 · Dororo as Kagemitsu Daigo
- 2006 · Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company as
- 2005 · Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles as Kenichi Takata (voice)
- 2005 · A Hardest Night!! as Hashita
- 2005 · Aegis as Yong Fa
- 2005 · Yoshitsune as Kamakura's first Sho-Gun
- 2003 · Onmyoji II as Genkaku
- 2003 · Rockers as
- 2003 · Warriors of Heaven and Earth as Lai Qi
- 2003 · When the Last Sword Is Drawn as Kanichiro Yoshimura
- 2003 · Musashi as Munenori Yagyu
- 2002 · Shura Group Part 2 as
- 2002 · Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover as
- 2002 · Shura Group as
- 2002 · Shura Group Part 3 as
- 2002 · Shura Group Part 1 as
- 2001 · Love From a Lie as
- 2001 · The Firefly as
- 2001 · Bring Me to the Hotel as
- 2001 · Darkness in the Light as Makoto Sasano
- 2000 · Tales of the Unusual as (segment "Samurai Cellular")
- 2000 · Shinsengumi as
- 1999 · 玩具の神様 as
- 1999 · Owls' Castle as Tsuzura Juzo
- 1999 · Semi-double as Sho Jinguji
- 1999 · Zankyo as
- 1998 · Falling into the Evening as Shibata
- 1998 · Begging for Love as Fumio Chin
- 1998 · Love Letter as
- 1996 · I Miss Age 35 as
- 1995 · Love Still Hasn't Begun as
- 1995 · MARKS as Yuichiro Goda
- 1994 · 47 Ronin as Matashiro Irobe
- 1994 · Good Mourning as
- 1994 · Natsuko no Sake as 佐伯康男
- 1993 · Marriage as Masahiko Tendo
- 1993 · Jaja uma narashi as Ryuichiro Yamada
- 1993 · Fusa as
- 1993 · Moving as Kenichi
- 1992 · Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu! as
- 1992 · Gekashitsu as Kiyonaga
- 1991 · Yakuza Warfare as
- 1990 · Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen as
- 1990 · 1750 Days of Turbulence as
- 1990 · Tokyo Heaven as Fumio Amamiya
- 1990 · Tales of the Bizarre as
- 1988 · Those Swell Yakuza as
- 1988 · Takeda Shingen as Takeda Shingen
- 1987 · Princess from the Moon as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
- 1987 · Actress as Heinosuke Gosho
- 1986 · The Greatest Man in the World as Nise
- 1986 · The Hall of the Crying Deer as
- 1986 · Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies as Kenjiro Shimada
- 1986 · Big Joys, Small Sorrows as
- 1986 · Rice Curry as
- 1985 · The Empty Table as Otohiko Kidoji
- 1985 · The Burmese Harp as Pvt. Mizushima
- 1984 · Make-Up as Kusaka
- 1984 · F2 Grand Prix as Nakano
- 1983 · Tora-san Goes Religious? as Kazumichi
- 1983 · Lanterns on Blue Waters as
- 1983 · Legend of Plumeria as Shinji Terao
- 1983 · ふぞろいの林檎たち as 仲手川 良雄
- Future · はだしのゲン as 中岡 大吉
- 1981 · The Imperial Navy as Masato Odagiri