
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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Acting (78 movies)

47 Ronin
1994

Tales of the Unusual
2000

When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2003

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
2005

Warriors of Heaven and Earth
2003

Dororo
2007

Onmyoji II
2003

Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
2009

The Magic Hour
2008

Princess from the Moon
1987

Railways
2010

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
2019

Princess Toyotomi
2011

Marriage
1993

Moving
1993

Tokyo Heaven
1990

Aegis
2005

Owls' Castle
1999

劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編
2020

A Hardest Night!!
2005

Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983

Darkness in the Light
2001

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
2012

Zankyo
1999

Pro Bono
2010

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986

Snow on The Blades
2014

Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
2022

Fusa
1995

The Empty Table
1985

Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
2002

Gekashitsu
1992

Rockers
2003

Hero
2007

MARKS
1995

Falling into the Evening
1998

We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
2023

A Ghost of a Chance
2011

Shura Group
2002

The Wings of the Kirin
2012

F2 Grand Prix
1984

The Firefly
2001

Begging for Love
1998

Samurai Gangsters
2008

Time Never Stops
2014

Love Letter
1998

Again
2015

The Burmese Harp
1985

Shura Group Part 3
2002

Shura Group Part 2
2002

Big Joys, Small Sorrows
1986

Silence of the Sea
2024

Good Morning Show
2016

Ken San
2016

Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
2016

Flower and Sword
2017

Phoenix
2007

Those Swell Yakuza
1988

Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983

We Make Antiques!
2018

Short Cut
2011

Second to Last Love
2012

1750 Days of Turbulence
1990

A Flawless Concierge
2011

The Warring States
2011

Hit Me Anyone One More Time
2019

Yakuza Warfare
1991

The Greatest Man in the World
1986

Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company
2006

The Imperial Navy
1981

Actress
1987

Make-Up
1984

We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
2020

Wild 7
2011

Legend of Plumeria
1983

Shinsengumi
2000

The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986

YUKIKAZE
2025
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