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