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Kiichi Nakai

Kiichi Nakai

Acting · 1.4 popularity

Age

64

Movies

83

TV

41

Born
September 18, 1961
From
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kiichi Nakai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

83 films

Hero

Hero

20076.5

Warriors of Heaven and Earth

Warriors of Heaven and Earth

20036.2

Darkness in the Light

Darkness in the Light

20016.8

YUKIKAZE

YUKIKAZE

20259.0

Rockers

Rockers

20036.1

The Empty Table

The Empty Table

19856.8

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

20037.4

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

20057.1

Dororo

Dororo

20077.1

Lanterns on Blue Waters

Lanterns on Blue Waters

19835.2

The Magic Hour

The Magic Hour

20087.5

Moving

Moving

19937.5

Big Joys, Small Sorrows

Big Joys, Small Sorrows

19866.8

Pro Bono

Pro Bono

2010

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

20196.2

Princess from the Moon

Princess from the Moon

19876.5

The Wings of the Kirin

The Wings of the Kirin

20126.4

Those Swell Yakuza

Those Swell Yakuza

19888.0

47 Ronin

47 Ronin

19947.4

We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous

We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous

20208.3

A Hardest Night!!

A Hardest Night!!

20056.1

The Imperial Navy

The Imperial Navy

19816.6

A Ghost of a Chance

A Ghost of a Chance

20117.3

Hit Me Anyone One More Time

Hit Me Anyone One More Time

20197.1

Onmyoji II

Onmyoji II

20036.0

Marriage

Marriage

19939.0

Silence of the Sea

Silence of the Sea

20248.5

Snow on The Blades

Snow on The Blades

20146.7

Tales of the Unusual

Tales of the Unusual

20006.8

Gekashitsu

Gekashitsu

19929.0

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

19866.6

Flower and Sword

Flower and Sword

20178.0

Actress

Actress

19877.7

Railways

Railways

20107.0

The Firefly

The Firefly

20017.5

Good Morning Show

Good Morning Show

20167.8

Wild 7

Wild 7

20115.9

Time Never Stops

Time Never Stops

201410.0

Kofuku no Alibi: Picture

Kofuku no Alibi: Picture

2016

The Warring States

The Warring States

20114.6

Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess

Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess

20096.3

Tora-san Goes Religious?

Tora-san Goes Religious?

19837.7

Tokyo Heaven

Tokyo Heaven

19906.6

Aegis

Aegis

20055.4

We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams

We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams

20237.7

The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

19855.6

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

20127.4

Zankyo

Zankyo

1999

MARKS

MARKS

19956.0

Begging for Love

Begging for Love

19987.0

Dreaming of the Meridian Arc

Dreaming of the Meridian Arc

20227.7

We Make Antiques!

We Make Antiques!

20187.7

Princess Toyotomi

Princess Toyotomi

20115.9

Again

Again

20154.8

Owls' Castle

Owls' Castle

19996.0

1750 Days of Turbulence

1750 Days of Turbulence

19908.3

Battleship Yamato

Battleship Yamato

1990

HERO SP

HERO SP

20065.7

A Flawless Concierge

A Flawless Concierge

20115.0

Make-Up

Make-Up

198410.0

三谷幸喜「short cut」

三谷幸喜「short cut」

20116.0

Ken San

Ken San

20166.7

Legend of Plumeria

Legend of Plumeria

1983

Love Letter

Love Letter

19988.0

Phoenix

Phoenix

2007

Samurai Gangsters

Samurai Gangsters

2008

Falling into the Evening

Falling into the Evening

19987.0

Second to Last Love

Second to Last Love

2012

Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover

Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover

200210.0

Fusa

Fusa

19955.9

Yakuza Warfare

Yakuza Warfare

19917.5

Shinsengumi

Shinsengumi

20009.0

劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編

劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編

20207.0

F2 Grand Prix

F2 Grand Prix

19848.0

Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company

Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company

20067.0

Shura Group Part 3

Shura Group Part 3

2002

Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!

Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!

19927.0

The Hall of the Crying Deer

The Hall of the Crying Deer

19869.0

Shura Group Part 2

Shura Group Part 2

2002

Shura Group

Shura Group

2002

Oddball Nippon

Oddball Nippon

1983

The Greatest Man in the World

The Greatest Man in the World

198610.0

Shura Group Part 1

Shura Group Part 1

2002