Kiichi Nakai

Kiichi Nakai

Born 1961-09-18 (age 64) Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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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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Known For

The Empty Table
The Empty Table

1985

as Otohiko Kidoji

Hero
Hero

2007

as Akihiko Takida

Warriors of Heaven and Earth
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Flower and Sword
Flower and Sword

2017

as Nobunaga Oda

Dororo
Dororo

2007

as Kagemitsu Daigo

Moving
Moving

1993

as Kenichi

When the Last Sword Is Drawn
When the Last Sword Is Drawn

2003

as Kanichiro Yoshimura

Pro Bono
Pro Bono

2010

as Sawaki

Darkness in the Light
Darkness in the Light

2001

as Makoto Sasano

Princess from the Moon
Princess from the Moon

1987

as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military

The Magic Hour
The Magic Hour

2008

as Toru Iwata

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

2005

as Kenichi Takata (voice)

The Wings of the Kirin
The Wings of the Kirin

2012

as Takeaki Aoyagi

Rockers
Onmyoji II
Onmyoji II

2003

as Genkaku

A Hardest Night!!
A Hardest Night!!

2005

as Hashita