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Kiichi Nakai

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1961-09-18 (Age: 65)

Place of Birth

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Kiichi Nakai

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.

Filmography (82)

⭐ 9.0 Role: Unknown

YUKIKAZE

2025
⭐ 8.5 Role: Suiken

Silence of the Sea

2024
⭐ 7.7 Role: Norio Koike

We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams

2023
⭐ 7.7 Role: Unknown

Dreaming of the Meridian Arc

2022
⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編

2020
⭐ 8.3 Role: Norio Koike

We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous

2020
⭐ 7.1 Role: Keisuke Kuroda

Hit Me Anyone One More Time

2019
⭐ 6.2 Role: Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

2019
⭐ 7.7 Role: Norio Koike

We Make Antiques!

2018
⭐ 9.0 Role: Nobunaga Oda

Flower and Sword

2017
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Kofuku no Alibi: Picture

2016
⭐ 8.0 Role: Shingo Sumida

Good Morning Show

2016
⭐ 6.7 Role: Narrator

Ken San

2016
⭐ 4.8 Role: Haruhiko Sakacho

Again

2015
⭐ 6.7 Role: Kingo Shimura

Snow on The Blades

2014