47 Ronin1994
As Matashiro Irobe
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Kiichi Nakai
Born
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 (83)
Darkness in the Light2001
As Makoto Sasano
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Hero2007
As Akihiko Takida
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Warriors of Heaven and Earth2003
As Lai Qi
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Moving1993
As Kenichi
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Imperial Navy1981
As Masato Odagiri
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Hit Me Anyone One More Time2019
As Keisuke Kuroda
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Dororo2007
As Kagemitsu Daigo
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Empty Table1985
As Otohiko Kidoji
TMDb 6.9 / 10
YUKIKAZE2025
TMDb 9.0 / 10
When the Last Sword Is Drawn2003
As Kanichiro Yoshimura
TMDb 7.4 / 10
三谷幸喜「short cut」2011
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies1986
As Kenjiro Shimada
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles2005
As Kenichi Takata (voice)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Battleship Yamato1990
As Lieutenant Mitsuo Yoshioka
Big Joys, Small Sorrows1986
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Those Swell Yakuza1988
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc2022
TMDb 7.7 / 10
A Ghost of a Chance2011
As Osano
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Begging for Love1998
As Fumio Chin
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Onmyoji II2003
As Genkaku
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Tora-san Goes Religious?1983
As 一道
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Good Morning Show2016
As Shingo Sumida
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Princess from the Moon1987
As Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
TMDb 6.4 / 10
We Make Antiques!2018
As Norio Koike
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Snow on The Blades2014
As Kingo Shimura
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Rockers2003
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Pro Bono2010
As Sawaki
The Magic Hour2008
As Toru Iwata
TMDb 7.5 / 10
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous2020
As Norio Koike
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Warring States2011
As King of Qi
TMDb 4.6 / 10
MARKS1995
As Yuichiro Goda
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki2019
As Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Wings of the Kirin2012
As Takeaki Aoyagi
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer2012
As Mitsukuni Mito
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Owls' Castle1999
As Tsuzura Juzo
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover2002
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Oddball Nippon1983
Wild 72011
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Aegis2005
As Yong Fa
TMDb 5.5 / 10
HERO SP2006
As Akihiko Takida
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Silence of the Sea2024
As Suiken
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Tales of the Unusual2000
As (segment "Samurai Cellular")
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Firefly2001
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Zankyo1999
Lanterns on Blue Waters1983
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Princess Toyotomi2011
As Koichi Sanada
TMDb 5.7 / 10
A Hardest Night!!2005
As Hashita
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Samurai Gangsters2008
As Jirocho Shimizu
Again2015
As Haruhiko Sakacho
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Time Never Stops2014
As Ryosuke Saigo
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Yakuza Warfare1991
TMDb 7.5 / 10
A Flawless Concierge2011
As Osano
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Burmese Harp1985
As Pvt. Mizushima
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Love Letter1998
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Hall of the Crying Deer1986
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess2009
As Hiroshi Kataoka
TMDb 6.2 / 10
1750 Days of Turbulence1990
TMDb 8.3 / 10
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams2023
As Norio Koike
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Shura Group Part 22002
Tokyo Heaven1990
As Fumio Amamiya
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Ken San2016
As Narrator
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Railways2010
As Hajime Tsutsui
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Actress1987
As Heinosuke Gosho
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Flower and Sword2017
As Nobunaga Oda
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Marriage1993
As Masahiko Tendo
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Fusa1995
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Kofuku no Alibi: Picture2016
Shinsengumi2000
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Legend of Plumeria1983
As Shinji Terao
Falling into the Evening1998
As Shibata
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Shura Group2002
Gekashitsu1992
As Kiyonaga
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Make-Up1984
As Kusaka
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Shura Group Part 32002
Phoenix2007
Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company2006
TMDb 7.0 / 10
F2 Grand Prix1984
As Nakano
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Second to Last Love2012
Shura Group Part 1
Shura Group Part 12002
The Greatest Man in the World1986
As Nise
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!
Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!1992
TMDb 7.0 / 10
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編2020
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb