Kiichi Nakai
Known for ActingBorn 1961-09-18Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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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.
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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
Hero
2007 · as Akihiko Takida
YUKIKAZE
2025
Rockers
2003
The Magic Hour
2008 · as Toru Iwata
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2003 · as Kanichiro Yoshimura
Dororo
2007 · as Kagemitsu Daigo
The Empty Table
1985 · as Otohiko Kidoji
A Ghost of a Chance
2011 · as Osano
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
2003 · as Lai Qi
The Wings of the Kirin
2012 · as Takeaki Aoyagi
The Imperial Navy
1981 · as Masato Odagiri
Darkness in the Light
2001 · as Makoto Sasano
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
2019 · as Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
Moving
1993 · as Kenichi
Aegis
2005 · as Yong Fa
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
2005 · as Kenichi Takata (voice)
Flower and Sword
2017 · as Nobunaga Oda
三谷幸喜「short cut」
2011