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 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.

Known For

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Tales of the Bizarre

The Travel Nurse

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Musashi

Yoshitsune

Taira no Kiyomori

Taira no Kiyomori

All Movies (82)

• YUKIKAZE2025
• Silence of the Sea2024 · as Suiken
• We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams2023 · as Norio Koike
• Dreaming of the Meridian Arc2022
• 劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編2020
• We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous2020 · as Norio Koike
• Hit Me Anyone One More Time2019 · as Keisuke Kuroda
• Aircraft Carrier Ibuki2019 · as Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
• We Make Antiques!2018 · as Norio Koike
• Flower and Sword2017 · as Nobunaga Oda
• Kofuku no Alibi: Picture2016
• Good Morning Show2016 · as Shingo Sumida
• Ken San2016 · as Narrator
• Again2015 · as Haruhiko Sakacho
• Snow on The Blades2014 · as Kingo Shimura
• Time Never Stops2014 · as Ryosuke Saigo
• Second to Last Love2012
• Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer2012 · as Mitsukuni Mito
• The Wings of the Kirin2012 · as Takeaki Aoyagi
• Wild 72011
• A Flawless Concierge2011 · as Osano
• 三谷幸喜「short cut」2011
• A Ghost of a Chance2011 · as Osano
• Princess Toyotomi2011 · as Koichi Sanada
• The Warring States2011 · as King of Qi
• Railways2010 · as Hajime Tsutsui
• Pro Bono2010 · as Sawaki
• Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess2009 · as Hiroshi Kataoka
• Samurai Gangsters2008 · as Jirocho Shimizu
• The Magic Hour2008 · as Toru Iwata
• Phoenix2007
• Hero2007 · as Akihiko Takida
• Dororo2007 · as Kagemitsu Daigo
• HERO SP2006 · as Akihiko Takida
• Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company2006
• Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles2005 · as Kenichi Takata (voice)
• A Hardest Night!!2005 · as Hashita
• Aegis2005 · as Yong Fa
• Onmyoji II2003 · as Genkaku
• Rockers2003
• Warriors of Heaven and Earth2003 · as Lai Qi
• When the Last Sword Is Drawn2003 · as Kanichiro Yoshimura
• Shura Group Part 22002
• Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover2002
• Shura Group2002
• Shura Group Part 12002
• Shura Group Part 32002
• The Firefly2001
• Darkness in the Light2001 · as Makoto Sasano
• Tales of the Unusual2000 · as (segment "Samurai Cellular")
• Shinsengumi2000
• Owls' Castle1999 · as Tsuzura Juzo
• Zankyo1999
• Falling into the Evening1998 · as Shibata
• Begging for Love1998 · as Fumio Chin
• Love Letter1998
• MARKS1995 · as Yuichiro Goda
• Fusa1995
• 47 Ronin1994 · as Matashiro Irobe
• Marriage1993 · as Masahiko Tendo
• Moving1993 · as Kenichi
• Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!1992
• Gekashitsu1992 · as Kiyonaga
• Yakuza Warfare1991
• 1750 Days of Turbulence1990
• Tokyo Heaven1990 · as Fumio Amamiya
• Those Swell Yakuza1988
• Princess from the Moon1987 · as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
• Actress1987 · as Heinosuke Gosho
• The Greatest Man in the World1986 · as Nise
• The Hall of the Crying Deer1986
• Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies1986 · as Kenjiro Shimada
• Big Joys, Small Sorrows1986
• The Empty Table1985 · as Otohiko Kidoji
• The Burmese Harp1985 · as Pvt. Mizushima
• Make-Up1984 · as Kusaka
• F2 Grand Prix1984 · as Nakano
• Tora-san Goes Religious?1983 · as Kazumichi
• Lanterns on Blue Waters1983
• Legend of Plumeria1983 · as Shinji Terao
• Oddball Nippon1983
• The Imperial Navy1981 · as Masato Odagiri

All TV Shows (43)

• Second to Last Love 32025 · as 长仓和平
• Haha no Matsu Sato2024
• The Travel Nurse2022 · as Kuki Shizuka
• 「銀座ゴルフ倶楽部 presented by テーラーメイド」2022
• Kareinaru ichizoku2021 · as Manpyo Daisuke
• Kyouen NG2020 · as Toyama Eiji
• 風博士2019
• Memory2018 · as Hidehisa Honjo
• 娘の結婚2018
• Kinpika2016 · as Kenta Sakaguchi
• Kinpika2016 · as 阪口健太
• Kumokiri Nizaemon2013 · as Kumokiri Nizaemon
• SWITCH Interview Masters2013
• Priceless2012 · as Kengo Moai
• 中国文明の謎2012
• Keigo Higashino Mysteries2012
• Second to Last Love2012 · as Nagakura Wahei
• Taira no Kiyomori2012 · as Taira no Tadamori
• Taira no Kiyomori2012
• Lunch ON!2011 · as Self (narration)
• The History of Our Family2010 · as Jyuichi Shishimaru
• Smile2009 · as Ito Kazuma
• Garden of the Wind2008 · as Sadami Shiratori
• Barefoot Gen2007 · as Daikichi Nakaoka
• はだしのゲン2007 · as 中岡 大吉
• Yoshitsune2005 · as Kamakura's first Sho-Gun
• Musashi2003 · as Munenori Yagyu
• Love From a Lie2001
• Bring Me to the Hotel2001
• 玩具の神様1999
• Semi-double1999 · as Sho Jinguji
• I Miss Age 351996
• Love Still Hasn't Begun1995
• Good Mourning1994
• Natsuko no Sake1994 · as 佐伯康男
• Jaja uma narashi1993 · as Ryuichiro Yamada
• NASA〜未来から落ちてきた男〜1991 · as 橋口健次郎中尉
• Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen1990
• Tales of the Bizarre1990
• Takeda Shingen1988 · as Takeda Shingen
• Rice Curry1986
• ふぞろいの林檎たち1983 · as 仲手川 良雄
• 花揺れ1983