Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 18, 1961
Place of Birth:
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Second to Last Love 3 | 长仓和平 |
| 2024 | Haha no Matsu Sato | |
| 2022 | 「銀座ゴルフ倶楽部 presented by テーラーメイド」 | |
| 2022 | The Travel Nurse | Kuki Shizuka |
| 2021 | Kareinaru ichizoku | Manpyo Daisuke |
| 2020 | Kyouen NG | Toyama Eiji |
| 2019 | 風博士 | |
| 2018 | Memory | Hidehisa Honjo |
| 2018 | 娘の結婚 | |
| 2016 | Kinpika | Kenta Sakaguchi |
| 2016 | Kinpika | 阪口健太 |
| 2013 | Kumokiri Nizaemon | Kumokiri Nizaemon |
| 2013 | SWITCH Interview Masters | |
| 2012 | Taira no Kiyomori | Taira no Tadamori |
| 2012 | Second to Last Love | Nagakura Wahei |
| 2012 | Taira no Kiyomori | |
| 2012 | Priceless | Kengo Moai |
| 2012 | 中国文明の謎 | |
| 2012 | Keigo Higashino Mysteries | |
| 2011 | Lunch ON! | Self (narration) |
| 2010 | The History of Our Family | Jyuichi Shishimaru |
| 2009 | Smile | Ito Kazuma |
| 2008 | Garden of the Wind | Sadami Shiratori |
| 2007 | Barefoot Gen | Daikichi Nakaoka |
| 2007 | はだしのゲン | 中岡 大吉 |
| 2005 | Yoshitsune | Kamakura's first Sho-Gun |
| 2003 | Musashi | Munenori Yagyu |
| 2001 | Bring Me to the Hotel | |
| 2001 | Love From a Lie | |
| 1999 | Semi-double | Sho Jinguji |
| 1999 | 玩具の神様 | |
| 1996 | I Miss Age 35 | |
| 1995 | Love Still Hasn't Begun | |
| 1994 | Natsuko no Sake | 佐伯康男 |
| 1994 | Good Mourning | |
| 1993 | Jaja uma narashi | Ryuichiro Yamada |
| 1990 | Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen | |
| 1990 | Tales of the Bizarre | |
| 1988 | Takeda Shingen | Takeda Shingen |
| 1986 | Rice Curry | |
| 1983 | ふぞろいの林檎たち | 仲手川 良雄 |
| 1983 | 花揺れ |