Kiichi Nakai

Personal Info

Birthday

September 18, 1961

(63 years old)

Place of Birth

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

Kiichi Nakai

Киити Накаи

나카이 키이치

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.

Known For

Taira no Kiyomori

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Yoshitsune

Takeda Shingen

Musashi

The Travel Nurse

Kareinaru ichizoku

Second to Last Love

Filmography

2024
Silence of the Sea
as Suiken
2023
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
as Norio Koike
2020
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
as Norio Koike
2019
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
as Keisuke Kuroda
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
as Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
2018
We Make Antiques!
as Norio Koike
2017
Flower and Sword
as Nobunaga Oda
2016
Good Morning Show
as Shingo Sumida
Ken San
as Narrator
2015
Again
as Haruhiko Sakacho
2014
Snow on The Blades
as Kingo Shimura
Time Never Stops
as Ryosuke Saigo
2012
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
as Mitsukuni Mito
The Wings of the Kirin
as Takeaki Aoyagi
2011
A Ghost of a Chance
as Osano
Princess Toyotomi
as Koichi Sanada
The Warring States
as King of Qi
2010
Railways
as Hajime Tsutsui
Pro Bono
as Sawaki
2009
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
as Hiroshi Kataoka
2008
Samurai Gangsters
as Jirocho Shimizu
The Magic Hour
as Toru Iwata
2007
Hero
as Akihiko Takida
Dororo
as Kagemitsu Daigo
2005
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
as Kenichi Takata (voice)
A Hardest Night!!
as Hashita
Aegis
as Yong Fa
2003
Onmyoji II
as Genkaku
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
as Lai Qi
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
as Kanichiro Yoshimura
2001
Darkness in the Light
as Makoto Sasano
2000
Tales of the Unusual
as (segment "Samurai Cellular")
1999
Owls' Castle
as Tsuzura Juzo
1998
Falling into the Evening
as Shibata
Begging for Love
as Fumio Chin
1995
MARKS
as Yuichiro Goda
1994
47 Ronin
as Matashiro Irobe
1993
Marriage
as Masahiko Tendo
Moving
as Kenichi
1992
Gekashitsu
as Kiyonaga
1990
Tokyo Heaven
as Fumio Amamiya
1987
Princess from the Moon
as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
Actress
as Heinosuke Gosho
1986
The Greatest Man in the World
as Nise
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
as Kenjiro Shimada
1985
The Empty Table
as Otohiko Kidoji
The Burmese Harp
as Pvt. Mizushima
1984
Make-Up
as Kusaka
F2 Grand Prix
as Nakano
1983
Tora-san Goes Religious?
as Kazumichi
Legend of Plumeria
as Shinji Terao
1981
The Imperial Navy
as Masato Odagiri