About

Known credits:
113
Birthday:
1961-09-18
Place of birth:
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Website:
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Kiichi Nakai

Overview

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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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Known for

Acting
2024 Silence of the Sea Actor N/A
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2024 Haha no Matsu Sato Actor N/A
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2023 We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams Actor Norio Koike 58
Average
2022 The Travel Nurse Actor Kuki Shizuka 69
Fair
2022 Dreaming of the Meridian Arc Actor 59
Average
2022 「銀座ゴルフ倶楽部 presented by テーラーメイド」 Actor N/A
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2021 Kareinaru ichizoku Actor Manpyo Daisuke 69
Fair
2020 劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編 Actor 59
Average
2020 Kyouen NG Actor Toyama Eiji 69
Fair
2020 We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous Actor Norio Koike 58
Average
2019 風博士 Actor N/A
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2019 Hit Me Anyone One More Time Actor Keisuke Kuroda 58
Average
2019 Aircraft Carrier Ibuki Actor Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager 58
Average
2018 Memory Actor Hidehisa Honjo 70
Good
2018 娘の結婚 Actor N/A
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2018 We Make Antiques! Actor Norio Koike 59
Average
2017 Flower and Sword Actor Nobunaga Oda 58
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2016 Kofuku no Alibi: Picture Actor N/A
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2016 Good Morning Show Actor Shingo Sumida 59
Average
2016 Ken San Actor Narrator 58
Average
2016 Kinpika Actor Kenta Sakaguchi N/A
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2015 Again Actor Haruhiko Sakacho 58
Average
2014 Snow on The Blades Actor Kingo Shimura 58
Average
2014 Time Never Stops Actor Ryosuke Saigo 59
Average
2013 Kumokiri Nizaemon Actor Kumokiri Nizaemon 69
Fair
2012 Second to Last Love Actor N/A
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2012 Priceless Actor Kengo Moai 70
Good
2012 中国文明の謎 Actor 70
Good
2012 Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer Actor Mitsukuni Mito 58
Average
2012 Keigo Higashino Mysteries Actor 69
Fair
2012 The Wings of the Kirin Actor Takeaki Aoyagi 58
Average
2012 Second to Last Love Actor Nagakura Wahei 69
Fair
2012 Taira no Kiyomori Actor Taira no Tadamori 70
Good
2011 Wild 7 Actor 59
Average
2011 A Flawless Concierge Actor 58
Average
2011 Short Cut Actor 58
Average
2011 A Ghost of a Chance Actor Osano 59
Average
2011 Princess Toyotomi Actor Koichi Sanada 59
Average
2011 Lunch ON! Actor Self (narration) N/A
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2011 The Warring States Actor King of Qi 58
Average
2010 Railways Actor Hajime Tsutsui 59
Average
2010 The History of Our Family Actor Jyuichi Shishimaru 70
Good
2010 Pro Bono Actor Sawaki N/A
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2009 Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess Actor Hiroshi Kataoka 58
Average
2009 Smile Actor Ito Kazuma 70
Good
2008 Garden of the Wind Actor Sadami Shiratori N/A
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2008 Samurai Gangsters Actor Jirocho Shimizu N/A
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2008 The Magic Hour Actor Toru Iwata 60
Fair
2007 Phoenix Actor N/A
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2007 Hero Actor Akihiko Takida 59
Average
2007 Barefoot Gen Actor Daikichi Nakaoka N/A
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2007 Dororo Actor Kagemitsu Daigo 61
Fair
2006 Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company Actor N/A
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2005 Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles Actor Kenichi Takata (voice) 60
Fair
2005 A Hardest Night!! Actor Hashita 59
Average
2005 Aegis Actor Yong Fa 58
Average
2005 Yoshitsune Actor Kamakura's first Sho-Gun 70
Good
2003 Onmyoji II Actor Genkaku 58
Average
2003 Rockers Actor 59
Average
2003 Warriors of Heaven and Earth Actor Lai Qi 59
Average
2003 When the Last Sword Is Drawn Actor Kanichiro Yoshimura 61
Fair
2003 Musashi Actor Munenori Yagyu 70
Good
2002 Shura Group Part 2 Actor N/A
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2002 Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover Actor N/A
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2002 Shura Group Actor N/A
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2002 Shura Group Part 3 Actor N/A
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2002 Shura Group Part 1 Actor N/A
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2001 Love From a Lie Actor N/A
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2001 The Firefly Actor 59
Average
2001 Bring Me to the Hotel Actor N/A
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2001 Darkness in the Light Actor Makoto Sasano 58
Average
2000 Tales of the Unusual Actor (segment "Samurai Cellular") 59
Average
2000 Shinsengumi Actor N/A
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1999 玩具の神様 Actor N/A
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1999 Owls' Castle Actor Tsuzura Juzo 59
Average
1999 Semi-double Actor Sho Jinguji N/A
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1999 Zankyo Actor N/A
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1998 Falling into the Evening Actor Shibata N/A
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1998 Begging for Love Actor Fumio Chin 58
Average
1998 Love Letter Actor N/A
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1996 I Miss Age 35 Actor N/A
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1995 Love Still Hasn't Begun Actor N/A
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1995 MARKS Actor Yuichiro Goda 58
Average
1994 47 Ronin Actor Matashiro Irobe 59
Average
1994 Good Mourning Actor N/A
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1994 Natsuko no Sake Actor 佐伯康男 69
Fair
1993 Marriage Actor Masahiko Tendo N/A
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1993 Jaja uma narashi Actor Ryuichiro Yamada 70
Good
1993 Fusa Actor 59
Average
1993 Moving Actor Kenichi 59
Average
1992 Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu! Actor N/A
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1992 Gekashitsu Actor Kiyonaga N/A
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1991 Yakuza Warfare Actor 59
Average
1990 1750 Days of Turbulence Actor 58
Average
1990 Tokyo Heaven Actor Fumio Amamiya 58
Average
1988 Those Swell Yakuza Actor 58
Average
1988 Takeda Shingen Actor Takeda Shingen 69
Fair
1987 Princess from the Moon Actor Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military 59
Average
1987 Actress Actor Heinosuke Gosho 59
Average
1986 The Greatest Man in the World Actor Nise N/A
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1986 The Hall of the Crying Deer Actor N/A
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1986 Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies Actor Kenjiro Shimada 58
Average
1986 Big Joys, Small Sorrows Actor 59
Average
1986 Rice Curry Actor N/A
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1985 The Empty Table Actor Otohiko Kidoji 59
Average
1985 The Burmese Harp Actor Pvt. Mizushima 58
Average
1984 Make-Up Actor Kusaka N/A
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1984 F2 Grand Prix Actor Nakano N/A
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1983 Tora-san Goes Religious? Actor Kazumichi 59
Average
1983 Lanterns on Blue Waters Actor 58
Average
1983 Legend of Plumeria Actor Shinji Terao N/A
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1983 ふぞろいの林檎たち Actor 仲手川 良雄 69
Fair
1981 The Imperial Navy Actor Masato Odagiri 58
Average