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