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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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Known For
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
(2003)
Lai Qi
Hero
(2007)
Akihiko Takida
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
(2003)
Kanichiro Yoshimura
Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master II
(2003)
Genkaku
47 Ronin
(1994)
Matashiro Irobe
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
(2019)
Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
Dororo
(2007)
Kagemitsu Daigo
Full Filmography
Acting
The Imperial Navy
(1981)
Masato Odagiri
Lanterns on Blue Waters
(1983)
Legend of Plumeria
(1983)
Shinji Terao
Tora-san Goes Religious?
(1983)
Kazumichi
F2 grand prix
(1984)
Nakano
Make-Up
(1984)
Kusaka
The Burmese Harp
(1985)
Pvt. Mizushima
The Empty Table
(1985)
Otohiko Kidoji
The Greatest Man in the World
(1986)
Nise
The Hall of the Crying Deer
(1986)
Big Joys, Small Sorrows
(1986)
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
(1986)
Kenjiro Shimada
Actress
(1987)
Heinosuke Gosho
Princess from the Moon
(1987)
Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
Those Swell Yakuza
(1988)
Tokyo Heaven
(1990)
Fumio Amamiya
1750 Days of Turbulence
(1990)
Yakuza Warfare
(1991)
Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!
(1992)
Gekashitsu
(1992)
Kiyonaga
Moving
(1993)
Kenichi
Marriage
(1993)
Masahiko Tendo
Fusa
(1993)
47 Ronin
(1994)
Matashiro Irobe
MARKS
(1995)
Yuichiro Goda
Falling into the Evening
(1998)
Shibata
Begging for Love
(1998)
Fumio Chin
Love Letter
(1998)
Owls' Castle
(1999)
Tsuzura Juzo
Zankyo
(1999)
Shinsengumi
(2000)
Tales of the Unusual
(2000)
(segment "Samurai Cellular")
Darkness in the Light
(2001)
Makoto Sasano
The Firefly
(2001)
Shura Group
(2002)
Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
(2002)
Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master II
(2003)
Genkaku
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
(2003)
Kanichiro Yoshimura
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
(2003)
Lai Qi
Rockers
(2003)
A Hardest Night!!
(2005)
Hashita
Aegis
(2005)
Yong Fa
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
(2005)
Ken-ichi Takata (voice)
Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company
(2006)
Hero
(2007)
Akihiko Takida
Phoenix
(2007)
Dororo
(2007)
Kagemitsu Daigo
Samurai Gangsters
(2008)
Jirocho Shimizu
The Magic Hour
(2008)
Toru Iwata
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
(2009)
Hiroshi Kataoka
Railways
(2010)
Hajime Tsutsui
Pro Bono
(2010)
Sawaki
A Ghost of a Chance
(2011)
Osano
Wild 7
(2011)
Princess Toyotomi
(2011)
Koichi Sanada
A Flawless Concierge
(2011)
The Warring States
(2011)
King of Qi
Short Cut
(2011)
The Wings of the Kirin
(2012)
Takeaki Aoyagi
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
(2012)
Mitsukuni Mito
Second to Last Love
(2012)
Time Never Stops
(2014)
Ryosuke Saigo
Snow on The Blades
(2014)
Kingo Shimura
Again
(2015)
Haruhiko Sakacho
Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
(2016)
Ken San
(2016)
Narrator
Good Morning Show
(2016)
Shingo Sumida
Flower and Sword
(2017)
Nobunaga Oda
We Make Antiques!
(2018)
Norio Koike
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
(2019)
Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
(2019)
Keisuke Kuroda
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
(2020)
Norio Koike
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
(2020)
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
(2022)
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
(2023)
Norio Koike