Kiichi Nakai
Biography
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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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Filmography
YUKIKAZE
2025
Silence of the Sea
2024
as Suiken
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
2023
as Norio Koike
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
2022
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
2020
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
2020
as Norio Koike
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
2019
as Keisuke Kuroda
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
2019
as Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
We Make Antiques!
2018
as Norio Koike
Flower and Sword
2017
as Nobunaga Oda
Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
2016
Good Morning Show
2016
as Shingo Sumida
Ken San
2016
as Narrator
Again
2015
as Haruhiko Sakacho
Snow on The Blades
2014
as Kingo Shimura
Time Never Stops
2014
as Ryosuke Saigo
Second to Last Love
2012
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
2012
as Mitsukuni Mito
The Wings of the Kirin
2012
as Takeaki Aoyagi
Wild 7
2011
A Flawless Concierge
2011
as Osano
三谷幸喜「short cut」
2011
A Ghost of a Chance
2011
as Osano
Princess Toyotomi
2011
as Koichi Sanada