Kiichi Nakai
Known for: Acting
Born: September 18, 1961
Place of birth: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Advertisement
Filmography
83 movies · 41 TV shows, newest first
9.0
YUKIKAZE
2025
6.0
Second to Last Love 3
2025
8.5
Silence of the Sea
2024
9.0
Haha no Matsu Sato
2024
7.7
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
2023
7.3
The Travel Nurse
2022
7.7
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
2022NR
「銀座ゴルフ倶楽部 presented by テーラーメイド」
2022
7.9
Kareinaru ichizoku
2021
7.0
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
2020
7.5
Kyouen NG
2020
7.8
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
2020
NR
風博士
2019
6.9
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
2019
6.2
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
2019
7.5
Memory
2018
NR
娘の結婚
2018
7.5
We Make Antiques!
2018
8.0
Flower and Sword
2017
NR
Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
2016
7.8
Good Morning Show
2016
6.7
Ken San
2016
NR
Kinpika
2016
4.8
Again
2015
6.7
Snow on The Blades
2014
10.0
Time Never Stops
2014
9.0
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
8.5
SWITCH Interview Masters
2013
NR
Second to Last Love
2012
8.1
Priceless
2012
8.0
中国文明の謎
2012
7.4
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
2012
6.7
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
2012
6.5
The Wings of the Kirin
2012
7.0
Second to Last Love
2012
8.0
Taira no Kiyomori
2012
5.7
Wild 7
2011
5.0
A Flawless Concierge
2011
6.0
三谷幸喜「short cut」
2011
7.3
A Ghost of a Chance
2011
5.7
Princess Toyotomi
2011
NR
Lunch ON!
2011
4.6
The Warring States
2011
7.0
Railways
2010
6.7
The History of Our Family
2010
NR
Pro Bono
2010
6.2
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
2009
7.8
Smile
2009
NR
Garden of the Wind
2008
NR
Samurai Gangsters
2008
7.5
The Magic Hour
2008
NR
Phoenix
2007
6.5
Hero
2007
7.0
Barefoot Gen
2007
10.0
はだしのゲン
2007
7.1
Dororo
2007
5.7
HERO SP
2006
7.0
Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company
2006
7.1
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
2005
6.1
A Hardest Night!!
2005
5.5
Aegis
2005
8.3
Yoshitsune
2005
6.0
Onmyoji II
2003
6.1
Rockers
2003
6.2
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
2003
7.4
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2003
8.4
Musashi
2003
NR
Shura Group Part 2
2002
10.0
Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
2002
NR
Shura Group
2002
NR
Shura Group Part 3
2002NR
Shura Group Part 1
2002
10.0
Love From a Lie
2001
7.5
The Firefly
2001
7.0
Bring Me to the Hotel
2001
6.8
Darkness in the Light
2001
6.8
Tales of the Unusual
2000
9.0
Shinsengumi
2000NR
玩具の神様
1999
6.0
Owls' Castle
1999
NR
Semi-double
1999
NR
Zankyo
1999
7.0
Falling into the Evening
1998
7.0
Begging for Love
1998
8.0
Love Letter
1998
NR
I Miss Age 35
19969.0
Love Still Hasn't Begun
1995
6.0
MARKS
1995
5.9
Fusa
1995
7.4
47 Ronin
1994
NR
Good Mourning
1994
6.0
Natsuko no Sake
1994
9.0
Marriage
1993
10.0
Jaja uma narashi
1993
7.5
Moving
19937.0
Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!
1992
9.0
Gekashitsu
1992
7.5
Yakuza Warfare
1991
NR
NASA〜未来から落ちてきた男〜
1991
9.5
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
8.3
1750 Days of Turbulence
1990
NR
Battleship Yamato
1990
6.6
Tokyo Heaven
1990
7.8
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
8.0
Those Swell Yakuza
1988
7.5
Takeda Shingen
1988
6.4
Princess from the Moon
1987
7.7
Actress
1987
10.0
The Greatest Man in the World
1986
9.0
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
6.6
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
6.8
Big Joys, Small Sorrows
1986
NR
Rice Curry
1986
6.9
The Empty Table
1985
5.6
The Burmese Harp
1985
10.0
Make-Up
1984
8.0
F2 Grand Prix
1984
7.7
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
5.8
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983
NR
Legend of Plumeria
1983
6.0
ふぞろいの林檎たち
1983
NR
Oddball Nippon
1983NR
花揺れ
1983
6.6
The Imperial Navy
1981