Kiichi Nakai
Known for Acting · 123 credits
- Born
- 1961-09-18 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Kiichi Nakai · Киити Накаи · 나카이 키이치
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.
Known For
TV Shows (41)
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
The Travel Nurse
2022
as Kuki Shizuka
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
as Kumokiri Nizaemon
Taira no Kiyomori
2012
as Taira no Tadamori
Yoshitsune
2005
as Kamakura's first Sho-Gun
The History of Our Family
2010
as Jyuichi Shishimaru
Musashi
2003
as Munenori Yagyu
Takeda Shingen
1988
as Takeda Shingen
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
2012
Kareinaru ichizoku
2021
as Manpyo Daisuke
Priceless
2012
as Kengo Moai
Second to Last Love
2012
as Nagakura Wahei
Kyouen NG
2020
as Toyama Eiji
Garden of the Wind
2008
as Sadami Shiratori
Smile
2009
as Ito Kazuma
Second to Last Love 3
2025
as 长仓和平
Haha no Matsu Sato
2024
ふぞろいの林檎たち
1983
as 仲手川 良雄
Rice Curry
1986
Jaja uma narashi
1993
as Ryuichiro Yamada
I Miss Age 35
1996
Natsuko no Sake
1994
as 佐伯康男
SWITCH Interview Masters
2013
Good Mourning
1994
Love Still Hasn't Begun
1995
Love From a Lie
2001
Memory
2018
as Hidehisa Honjo
娘の結婚
2018
Semi-double
1999
as Sho Jinguji
玩具の神様
1999
Barefoot Gen
2007
as Daikichi Nakaoka
Kinpika
2016
as Kenta Sakaguchi / 阪口健太
風博士
2019
はだしのゲン
2007
as 中岡 大吉
「銀座ゴルフ倶楽部 presented by テーラーメイド」
2022
Bring Me to the Hotel
2001
NASA〜未来から落ちてきた男〜
1991
as 橋口健次郎中尉
花揺れ
1983
中国文明の謎
2012
Lunch ON!
2011
as Self (narration)
Movies (82)
The Imperial Navy
1981
as Masato Odagiri
YUKIKAZE
2025
Those Swell Yakuza
1988
The Magic Hour
2008
as Toru Iwata
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
2003
as Lai Qi
Hero
2007
as Akihiko Takida
Dororo
2007
as Kagemitsu Daigo
Gekashitsu
1992
as Kiyonaga
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
2019
as Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
2012
as Mitsukuni Mito
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2003
as Kanichiro Yoshimura
A Ghost of a Chance
2011
as Osano
Princess from the Moon
1987
as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
Rockers
2003
Tales of the Unusual
2000
as (segment "Samurai Cellular")
47 Ronin
1994
as Matashiro Irobe
Wild 7
2011
Aegis
2005
as Yong Fa
MARKS
1995
as Yuichiro Goda
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
2020
as Norio Koike
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
2009
as Hiroshi Kataoka
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
2005
as Kenichi Takata (voice)
The Wings of the Kirin
2012
as Takeaki Aoyagi
Time Never Stops
2014
as Ryosuke Saigo
The Empty Table
1985
as Otohiko Kidoji
A Hardest Night!!
2005
as Hashita
Princess Toyotomi
2011
as Koichi Sanada
Onmyoji II
2003
as Genkaku
Silence of the Sea
2024
as Suiken
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
2019
as Keisuke Kuroda
Moving
1993
as Kenichi
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983
The Firefly
2001
The Burmese Harp
1985
as Pvt. Mizushima
The Warring States
2011
as King of Qi
Snow on The Blades
2014
as Kingo Shimura
Begging for Love
1998
as Fumio Chin
Zankyo
1999
Owls' Castle
1999
as Tsuzura Juzo
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
2023
as Norio Koike
Again
2015
as Haruhiko Sakacho
Love Letter
1998
Falling into the Evening
1998
as Shibata
Samurai Gangsters
2008
as Jirocho Shimizu
Actress
1987
as Heinosuke Gosho
A Flawless Concierge
2011
as Osano
We Make Antiques!
2018
as Norio Koike
Pro Bono
2010
as Sawaki
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
as Kenjiro Shimada
Darkness in the Light
2001
as Makoto Sasano
Fusa
1995
Shura Group Part 2
2002
Ken San
2016
as Narrator
Good Morning Show
2016
as Shingo Sumida
三谷幸喜「short cut」
2011
Make-Up
1984
as Kusaka
Big Joys, Small Sorrows
1986
Shinsengumi
2000
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
2022
Yakuza Warfare
1991
Shura Group Part 3
2002
F2 Grand Prix
1984
as Nakano
Flower and Sword
2017
as Nobunaga Oda
Railways
2010
as Hajime Tsutsui
HERO SP
2006
as Akihiko Takida
1750 Days of Turbulence
1990
Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company
2006
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
as Kazumichi
Shura Group Part 1
2002
Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
2002
Legend of Plumeria
1983
as Shinji Terao
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
The Greatest Man in the World
1986
as Nise
Shura Group
2002
Marriage
1993
as Masahiko Tendo
Tokyo Heaven
1990
as Fumio Amamiya
Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
2016
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
2020
Second to Last Love
2012
Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!
1992
Phoenix
2007
Oddball Nippon
1983
About 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 Aw… With 123 credits spanning from 1981 to 2025, Kiichi Nakai has appeared in 82 films and 41 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kiichi Nakai Movies
- The Imperial Navy (1981) — as Masato Odagiri
- YUKIKAZE (2025)
- Those Swell Yakuza (1988)
- The Magic Hour (2008) — as Toru Iwata
- Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003) — as Lai Qi
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