Kiichi Nakai

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-09-18 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Kiichi Nakai

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 i...

Acting

1994

47 Ronin

as Matashiro Irobe

2000

Tales of the Unusual

as (segment "Samurai Cellular")

2003

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

as Kanichiro Yoshimura

2005

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

as Kenichi Takata (voice)

2007

Dororo

as Kagemitsu Daigo

2003

Onmyoji II

as Genkaku

2009

2008

The Magic Hour

as Toru Iwata

1987

Princess from the Moon

as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military

2010

Railways

as Hajime Tsutsui

2019

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

as Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager

2011

Princess Toyotomi

as Koichi Sanada

1993

Marriage

as Masahiko Tendo

1990

Tokyo Heaven

as Fumio Amamiya

1993

Moving

as Kenichi

2005

Aegis

as Yong Fa

1999

Owls' Castle

as Tsuzura Juzo

2005

1983

2001

Darkness in the Light

as Makoto Sasano

2012

1999

2010

Pro Bono

as Sawaki

2014

Snow on The Blades

as Kingo Shimura

1993

1985

The Empty Table

as Otohiko Kidoji

1992

Gekashitsu

as Kiyonaga

2007

Hero

as Akihiko Takida

1995

MARKS

as Yuichiro Goda

2012

The Wings of the Kirin

as Takeaki Aoyagi

1984

F2 Grand Prix

as Nakano

1998

Begging for Love

as Fumio Chin

2008

Samurai Gangsters

as Jirocho Shimizu

2014

Time Never Stops

as Ryosuke Saigo

2015

Again

as Haruhiko Sakacho

1985

The Burmese Harp

as Pvt. Mizushima

2024

2016

Good Morning Show

as Shingo Sumida

2016

Ken San

as Narrator

2017

Flower and Sword

as Nobunaga Oda

2018

We Make Antiques!

as Norio Koike

2011

The Warring States

as King of Qi

2019

1981

The Imperial Navy

as Masato Odagiri

1987

Actress

as Heinosuke Gosho

1984

Make-Up

as Kusaka

2011

1983

Legend of Plumeria

as Shinji Terao

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