Portrait of Kiichi Nakai

Kiichi Nakai

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.

Born: September 18, 1961

Place of Birth: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Filmography

2025
Second to Last Love 3

as 长仓和平

2024
2022
The Travel Nurse

as Kuki Shizuka

2021
Kareinaru ichizoku

as Manpyo Daisuke

2020
Kyouen NG

as Toyama Eiji

2019
2019
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

as Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager

2018
Memory

as Hidehisa Honjo

2018
We Make Antiques!

as Norio Koike

2017
Flower and Sword

as Nobunaga Oda

2016
Good Morning Show

as Shingo Sumida

2016
Ken San

as Narrator

2016
Kinpika

as Kenta Sakaguchi

2016
Kinpika

as 阪口健太

2015
Again

as Haruhiko Sakacho

2014
Snow on The Blades

as Kingo Shimura

2014
Time Never Stops

as Ryosuke Saigo

2013
Kumokiri Nizaemon

as Kumokiri Nizaemon

2012
Priceless

as Kengo Moai

2012
2012
The Wings of the Kirin

as Takeaki Aoyagi

2012
Second to Last Love

as Nagakura Wahei

2012
Taira no Kiyomori

as Taira no Tadamori

2011
2011
Princess Toyotomi

as Koichi Sanada

2011
Lunch ON!

as Self (narration)

2011
The Warring States

as King of Qi

2010
Railways

as Hajime Tsutsui

2010
The History of Our Family

as Jyuichi Shishimaru

2010
Pro Bono

as Sawaki

2009
2009
Smile

as Ito Kazuma

2008
Garden of the Wind

as Sadami Shiratori

2008
Samurai Gangsters

as Jirocho Shimizu

2008
The Magic Hour

as Toru Iwata

2007
Hero

as Akihiko Takida

2007
はだしのゲン

as 中岡 大吉

2007
Barefoot Gen

as Daikichi Nakaoka

2007
Dororo

as Kagemitsu Daigo

2005
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

as Kenichi Takata (voice)

2005
2005
Aegis

as Yong Fa

2005
Yoshitsune

as Kamakura's first Sho-Gun

2003
Onmyoji II

as Genkaku

2003
When the Last Sword Is Drawn

as Kanichiro Yoshimura

2003
Musashi

as Munenori Yagyu

2001
Darkness in the Light

as Makoto Sasano

2000
Tales of the Unusual

as (segment "Samurai Cellular")

1999
Owls' Castle

as Tsuzura Juzo

1999
Semi-double

as Sho Jinguji

1999
1998
Begging for Love

as Fumio Chin

1995
MARKS

as Yuichiro Goda

1995
1994
47 Ronin

as Matashiro Irobe

1994
Natsuko no Sake

as 佐伯康男

1993
Marriage

as Masahiko Tendo

1993
Jaja uma narashi

as Ryuichiro Yamada

1993
Moving

as Kenichi

1992
Gekashitsu

as Kiyonaga

1990
Tokyo Heaven

as Fumio Amamiya

1988
Takeda Shingen

as Takeda Shingen

1987
Princess from the Moon

as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military

1987
Actress

as Heinosuke Gosho

1985
The Empty Table

as Otohiko Kidoji

1985
The Burmese Harp

as Pvt. Mizushima

1984
Make-Up

as Kusaka

1984
F2 Grand Prix

as Nakano

1983
1983
Legend of Plumeria

as Shinji Terao

1983
ふぞろいの林檎たち

as 仲手川 良雄

1981
The Imperial Navy

as Masato Odagiri