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