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 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.
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- Born:
- Sep 18, 1961 In Setagaya, Tokyo
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 97
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Imperial Navy 1981-08-08
- Latest Project:
- Series Haha no Matsu Sato 2024-09-21
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Haha no Matsu Sato | 2024-09-21 | |
| Movie | We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams | Norio Koike | 2023-01-06 |
| Movie | Dreaming of the Meridian Arc | 2022-05-20 | |
| Series | The Travel Nurse | Kuki Shizuka | 2022-10-20 |
| Series | Kareinaru ichizoku | Manpyo Daisuke | 2021-04-18 |
| Movie | We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous | Norio Koike | 2020-01-31 |
| Movie | 劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編 | 2020-10-31 | |
| Series | Kyouen NG | Toyama Eiji | 2020-10-26 |
| Movie | Aircraft Carrier Ibuki | Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager | 2019-05-24 |
| Movie | Hit Me Anyone One More Time | Keisuke Kuroda | 2019-09-13 |
| Series | 風博士 | 2019-10-13 | |
| Movie | We Make Antiques! | Norio Koike | 2018-01-05 |
| Series | 娘の結婚 | 2018-01-08 | |
| Series | Memory | Hidehisa Honjo | 2018-03-21 |
| Movie | Flower and Sword | Nobunaga Oda | 2017-06-03 |
| Series | Kinpika | Kenta Sakaguchi | 2016-02-13 |
| Movie | Ken San | Narrator | 2016-08-20 |
| Movie | Kofuku no Alibi: Picture | 2016-11-18 | |
| Movie | Good Morning Show | Shingo Sumida | 2016-10-08 |
| Movie | Again | Haruhiko Sakacho | 2015-01-17 |
| Movie | Time Never Stops | Ryosuke Saigo | 2014-02-22 |
| Movie | Snow on The Blades | Kingo Shimura | 2014-09-20 |
| Series | Kumokiri Nizaemon | Kumokiri Nizaemon | 2013-04-10 |
| Series | Second to Last Love | Nagakura Wahei | 2012-01-12 |
| Series | Taira no Kiyomori | Taira no Tadamori | 2012-01-08 |
| Movie | The Wings of the Kirin | Takeaki Aoyagi | 2012-01-28 |
| Movie | Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer | Mitsukuni Mito | 2012-09-15 |
| Series | Priceless | Kengo Moai | 2012-10-22 |
| Series | Keigo Higashino Mysteries | 2012-07-05 | |
| Series | Lunch ON! | Self (narration) | 2011-05-07 |
| Movie | The Warring States | King of Qi | 2011-04-12 |
| Movie | Princess Toyotomi | Koichi Sanada | 2011-05-28 |
| Movie | A Ghost of a Chance | Osano | 2011-10-29 |
| Movie | Wild 7 | 2011-12-21 | |
| Movie | A Flawless Concierge | 2011-11-05 | |
| Movie | Short Cut | 2011-11-03 | |
| Series | The History of Our Family | Jyuichi Shishimaru | 2010-04-09 |
| Movie | Railways | Hajime Tsutsui | 2010-05-29 |
| Series | Smile | Ito Kazuma | 2009-04-17 |
| Movie | Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess | Hiroshi Kataoka | 2009-07-18 |
| Series | Garden of the Wind | Sadami Shiratori | 2008-10-09 |
| Movie | The Magic Hour | Toru Iwata | 2008-06-07 |
| Movie | Samurai Gangsters | Jirocho Shimizu | 2008-09-20 |
| Movie | Dororo | Kagemitsu Daigo | 2007-03-15 |
| Series | Barefoot Gen | Daikichi Nakaoka | 2007-08-10 |
| Movie | Hero | Akihiko Takida | 2007-09-08 |
| Movie | Phoenix | 2007-11-30 | |
| Movie | Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company | 2006-02-11 | |
| Series | Yoshitsune | Kamakura's first Sho-Gun | 2005-01-09 |
| Movie | Aegis | Yong Fa | 2005-07-30 |
| Movie | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | Kenichi Takata (voice) | 2005-12-22 |
| Movie | A Hardest Night!! | Hashita | 2005-10-22 |
| Movie | When the Last Sword Is Drawn | Kanichiro Yoshimura | 2003-01-18 |
| Movie | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | Lai Qi | 2003-09-23 |
| Series | Musashi | Munenori Yagyu | 2003-01-05 |
| Movie | Onmyoji II | Genkaku | 2003-10-04 |
| Movie | Rockers | 2003-09-27 | |
| Movie | Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover | 2002-09-14 | |
| Movie | Darkness in the Light | Makoto Sasano | 2001-02-17 |
| Series | Bring Me to the Hotel | 2001-04-11 | |
| Series | Love From a Lie | 2001-07-03 | |
| Movie | The Firefly | 2001-05-01 | |
| Movie | Shinsengumi | 2000-01-15 | |
| Movie | Tales of the Unusual | (segment "Samurai Cellular") | 2000-11-03 |
| Movie | Zankyo | 1999-02-13 | |
| Series | Semi-double | Sho Jinguji | 1999-04-14 |
| Movie | Owls' Castle | Tsuzura Juzo | 1999-10-30 |
| Movie | Love Letter | 1998-05-23 | |
| Movie | Begging for Love | Fumio Chin | 1998-09-25 |
| Movie | Falling into the Evening | Shibata | 1998-11-07 |
| Series | I Miss Age 35 | 1996-04-18 | |
| Movie | MARKS | Yuichiro Goda | 1995-04-22 |
| Series | Love Still Hasn't Begun | 1995-10-16 | |
| Series | Natsuko no Sake | 佐伯康男 | 1994-01-12 |
| Movie | 47 Ronin | Matashiro Irobe | 1994-10-22 |
| Movie | Moving | Kenichi | 1993-03-20 |
| Movie | Fusa | 1993-04-01 | |
| Series | Jaja uma narashi | Ryuichiro Yamada | 1993-07-05 |
| Movie | Gekashitsu | Kiyonaga | 1992-02-08 |
| Movie | Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu! | 1992-04-10 | |
| Movie | Yakuza Warfare | 1991-11-09 | |
| Movie | Tokyo Heaven | Fumio Amamiya | 1990-06-09 |
| Movie | 1750 Days of Turbulence | 1990-09-15 | |
| Movie | Those Swell Yakuza | 1988-06-11 | |
| Movie | Actress | Heinosuke Gosho | 1987-01-17 |
| Movie | Princess from the Moon | Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military | 1987-09-26 |
| Movie | Big Joys, Small Sorrows | 1986-06-28 | |
| Movie | The Hall of the Crying Deer | 1986-09-20 | |
| Movie | Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies | Kenjiro Shimada | 1986-08-02 |
| Movie | The Burmese Harp | Pvt. Mizushima | 1985-07-20 |
| Movie | The Empty Table | Otohiko Kidoji | 1985-11-01 |
| Movie | F2 Grand Prix | Nakano | 1984-04-14 |
| Movie | Make-Up | Kusaka | 1984-05-02 |
| Series | ふぞろいの林檎たち | 仲手川 良雄 | 1983-05-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes Religious? | Kazumichi | 1983-12-28 |
| Movie | Lanterns on Blue Waters | 1983-11-15 | |
| Movie | The Imperial Navy | Masato Odagiri | 1981-08-08 |