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