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