Kiichi Nakai

Kiichi Nakai

Known for
Acting
Born
September 18, 1961 (age 65)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

Filmography

2025
YUKIKAZE poster

YUKIKAZE

Movie

2025
Second to Last Love 3 poster

Second to Last Love 3

TV · as 长仓和平 · 11 eps

2024
Silence of the Sea poster

Silence of the Sea

Movie · as Suiken

2024
Haha no Matsu Sato poster

Haha no Matsu Sato

TV · 4 eps

2023
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams poster

We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams

Movie · as Norio Koike

2022
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc poster

Dreaming of the Meridian Arc

Movie

2022
「銀座ゴルフ倶楽部 presented by テーラーメイド」

「銀座ゴルフ倶楽部 presented by テーラーメイド」

TV · 1 ep

2022
The Travel Nurse poster

The Travel Nurse

TV · as Kuki Shizuka · 17 eps

2021
Kareinaru ichizoku poster

Kareinaru ichizoku

TV · as Manpyo Daisuke · 12 eps

2020
劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編 poster

劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編

Movie

2020
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous poster

We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous

Movie · as Norio Koike

2020
Kyouen NG poster

Kyouen NG

TV · as Toyama Eiji · 7 eps

2019
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki poster

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

Movie · as Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager

2019
Hit Me Anyone One More Time poster

Hit Me Anyone One More Time

Movie · as Keisuke Kuroda

2019
風博士 poster

風博士

TV · 1 ep

2018
We Make Antiques! poster

We Make Antiques!

Movie · as Norio Koike

2018
Memory poster

Memory

TV · as Hidehisa Honjo · 12 eps

2018
娘の結婚 poster

娘の結婚

TV · 1 ep

2017
Flower and Sword poster

Flower and Sword

Movie · as Nobunaga Oda

2016
Good Morning Show poster

Good Morning Show

Movie · as Shingo Sumida

2016
Ken San poster

Ken San

Movie · as Narrator

2016
Kofuku no Alibi: Picture poster

Kofuku no Alibi: Picture

Movie

2016
Kinpika poster

Kinpika

TV · as Kenta Sakaguchi, 阪口健太 · 5 eps

2015
Again poster

Again

Movie · as Haruhiko Sakacho

2014
Snow on The Blades poster

Snow on The Blades

Movie · as Kingo Shimura

2014
Time Never Stops poster

Time Never Stops

Movie · as Ryosuke Saigo

2013
Kumokiri Nizaemon poster

Kumokiri Nizaemon

TV · as Kumokiri Nizaemon · 53 eps

2013
SWITCH Interview Masters poster

SWITCH Interview Masters

TV · 1 ep

2012
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer poster

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

Movie · as Mitsukuni Mito

2012
The Wings of the Kirin poster

The Wings of the Kirin

Movie · as Takeaki Aoyagi

2012
Second to Last Love poster

Second to Last Love

Movie

2012
Taira no Kiyomori poster

Taira no Kiyomori

TV · as Taira no Tadamori · 50 eps

2012
Second to Last Love poster

Second to Last Love

TV · as Nagakura Wahei · 34 eps

2012
Priceless poster

Priceless

TV · as Kengo Moai · 10 eps

2012
中国文明の謎 poster

中国文明の謎

TV · 3 eps

2012
Keigo Higashino Mysteries poster

Keigo Higashino Mysteries

TV · 11 eps

2011
Princess Toyotomi poster

Princess Toyotomi

Movie · as Koichi Sanada

2011
A Ghost of a Chance poster

A Ghost of a Chance

Movie · as Osano

2011
三谷幸喜「short cut」 poster

三谷幸喜「short cut」

Movie

2011
A Flawless Concierge poster

A Flawless Concierge

Movie · as Osano

2011
The Warring States poster

The Warring States

Movie · as King of Qi

2011
Wild 7 poster

Wild 7

Movie

2011
Lunch ON! poster

Lunch ON!

TV · as Self (narration) · 11 eps

2010
Railways poster

Railways

Movie · as Hajime Tsutsui

2010
Pro Bono poster

Pro Bono

Movie · as Sawaki

2010
The History of Our Family poster

The History of Our Family

TV · as Jyuichi Shishimaru · 3 eps

2009
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess poster

Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess

Movie · as Hiroshi Kataoka

2009
Smile poster

Smile

TV · as Ito Kazuma · 11 eps

2008
The Magic Hour poster

The Magic Hour

Movie · as Toru Iwata

2008
Samurai Gangsters poster

Samurai Gangsters

Movie · as Jirocho Shimizu

2008
Garden of the Wind poster

Garden of the Wind

TV · as Sadami Shiratori · 11 eps

2007
Dororo poster

Dororo

Movie · as Kagemitsu Daigo

2007
Hero poster

Hero

Movie · as Akihiko Takida

2007
Phoenix poster

Phoenix

Movie

2007
Barefoot Gen poster

Barefoot Gen

TV · as Daikichi Nakaoka · 2 eps

2007
はだしのゲン poster

はだしのゲン

TV · as 中岡 大吉 · 3 eps

2006
Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company poster

Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company

Movie

2006
HERO SP poster

HERO SP

Movie · as Akihiko Takida

2005
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles poster

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Movie · as Kenichi Takata (voice)

2005
Aegis poster

Aegis

Movie · as Yong Fa

2005
A Hardest Night!! poster

A Hardest Night!!

Movie · as Hashita

2005
Yoshitsune poster

Yoshitsune

TV · as Kamakura's first Sho-Gun · 49 eps

2003
When the Last Sword Is Drawn poster

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Movie · as Kanichiro Yoshimura

2003
Warriors of Heaven and Earth poster

Warriors of Heaven and Earth

Movie · as Lai Qi

2003
Onmyoji II poster

Onmyoji II

Movie · as Genkaku

2003
Rockers poster

Rockers

Movie

2003
Musashi poster

Musashi

TV · as Munenori Yagyu · 49 eps

2002
Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover poster

Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover

Movie

2002
Shura Group poster

Shura Group

Movie

2002
Shura Group Part 3 poster

Shura Group Part 3

Movie

2002
Shura Group Part 1

Shura Group Part 1

Movie

2002
Shura Group Part 2 poster

Shura Group Part 2

Movie

2001
Darkness in the Light poster

Darkness in the Light

Movie · as Makoto Sasano

2001
The Firefly poster

The Firefly

Movie

2001
All About Our House poster

All About Our House

Movie · as Kiichi Nakai

2001
Bring Me to the Hotel poster

Bring Me to the Hotel

TV · 12 eps

2001
Love From a Lie poster

Love From a Lie

TV · 11 eps

2000
Tales of the Unusual poster

Tales of the Unusual

Movie · as (segment "Samurai Cellular")

2000
Shinsengumi poster

Shinsengumi

Movie

1999
Owls' Castle poster

Owls' Castle

Movie · as Tsuzura Juzo

1999
Zankyo poster

Zankyo

Movie

1999
Semi-double poster

Semi-double

TV · as Sho Jinguji · 1 ep

1999
玩具の神様

玩具の神様

TV · 3 eps

1998
Falling into the Evening poster

Falling into the Evening

Movie · as Shibata

1998
Begging for Love poster

Begging for Love

Movie · as Fumio Chin

1998
Love Letter poster

Love Letter

Movie

1997
Fujisawa Shuhei's Sparkling Sword: Puppeteer in the Shadows poster

Fujisawa Shuhei's Sparkling Sword: Puppeteer in the Shadows

Movie

1996
I Miss Age 35 poster

I Miss Age 35

TV · as Eiji Shimata · 11 eps

1995
Fusa poster

Fusa

Movie

1995
MARKS poster

MARKS

Movie · as Yuichiro Goda

1995
Love Still Hasn't Begun

Love Still Hasn't Begun

TV · 10 eps

1994
47 Ronin poster

47 Ronin

Movie · as Matashiro Irobe

1994
Natsuko no Sake poster

Natsuko no Sake

TV · as 佐伯康男 · 11 eps

1994
Good Mourning poster

Good Mourning

TV · 11 eps

1993
Marriage poster

Marriage

Movie · as Masahiko Tendo

1993
Moving poster

Moving

Movie · as Kenichi

1993
Jaja uma narashi poster

Jaja uma narashi

TV · as Ryuichiro Yamada · 12 eps

1992
Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!

Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!

Movie

1992
Gekashitsu poster

Gekashitsu

Movie · as Kiyonaga

1991
Yakuza Warfare poster

Yakuza Warfare

Movie

1991
NASA〜未来から落ちてきた男〜 poster

NASA〜未来から落ちてきた男〜

TV · as 橋口健次郎中尉 · 1 ep

1990
Tokyo Heaven poster

Tokyo Heaven

Movie · as Fumio Amamiya

1990
1750 Days of Turbulence poster

1750 Days of Turbulence

Movie

1990
Battleship Yamato poster

Battleship Yamato

Movie · as Lieutenant Mitsuo Yoshioka

1990
The Inugami Family poster

The Inugami Family

Movie

1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen poster

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

TV · 6 eps

1990
Tales of the Bizarre poster

Tales of the Bizarre

TV · 1 ep

1988
Those Swell Yakuza poster

Those Swell Yakuza

Movie

1988
Takeda Shingen poster

Takeda Shingen

TV · as Takeda Shingen · 50 eps

1987
Princess from the Moon poster

Princess from the Moon

Movie · as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military

1987
Actress poster

Actress

Movie · as Heinosuke Gosho

1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies poster

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

Movie · as Kenjiro Shimada

1986
Big Joys, Small Sorrows poster

Big Joys, Small Sorrows

Movie

1986
The Greatest Man in the World poster

The Greatest Man in the World

Movie · as Nise

1986
The Hall of the Crying Deer poster

The Hall of the Crying Deer

Movie

1986
Rice Curry poster

Rice Curry

TV · 13 eps

1985
The Empty Table poster

The Empty Table

Movie · as Otohiko Kidoji

1985
The Burmese Harp poster

The Burmese Harp

Movie · as Pvt. Mizushima

1984
F2 Grand Prix poster

F2 Grand Prix

Movie · as Nakano

1984
Make-Up poster

Make-Up

Movie · as Kusaka

1983
Tora-san Goes Religious? poster

Tora-san Goes Religious?

Movie · as 一道

1983
Lanterns on Blue Waters poster

Lanterns on Blue Waters

Movie

1983
Legend of Plumeria poster

Legend of Plumeria

Movie · as Shinji Terao

1983
Oddball Nippon poster

Oddball Nippon

Movie

1983
ふぞろいの林檎たち poster

ふぞろいの林檎たち

TV · as 仲手川 良雄 · 47 eps

1983
花揺れ

花揺れ

TV · 1 ep

1981
The Imperial Navy poster

The Imperial Navy

Movie · as Masato Odagiri