Kiichi Nakai
Actor
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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Filmography
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
as Kanichiro Yoshimura 2003
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
as Lai Qi 2003
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
as Kenichi Takata (voice) 2005
The Magic Hour
as Toru Iwata 2008
Moving
as Kenichi 1993
Once in a Blue Moon
as Osano 2011
The Wings of the Kirin
as Takeaki Aoyagi 2012
Hero
as Akihiko Takida 2007
Princess from the Moon
as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military 1987
47 Ronin
as Matashiro Irobe 1994
Onmyoji II
as Genkaku 2003
Rockers
2003
Snow on The Blades
as Kingo Shimura 2014
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
as Keisuke Kuroda 2019
The Imperial Navy
as Masato Odagiri 1981
The Warring States
as King of Qi 2011