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Kiichi Nakai

Acting Born Sep 18, 1961 Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan 24 credits

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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 Travel Nurse

as Kuki Shizuka

Full filmography

  • Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)
  • Tales of the Bizarre (1990)
  • The Travel Nurse (2022) as Kuki Shizuka
  • Kumokiri Nizaemon (2013) as Kumokiri Nizaemon
  • Musashi (2003) as Munenori Yagyu
  • Yoshitsune (2005) as Kamakura's first Sho-Gun
  • Taira no Kiyomori (2012) as Taira no Tadamori
  • Taira no Kiyomori (2012)
  • Keigo Higashino Mysteries (2012)
  • The History of Our Family (2010) as Jyuichi Shishimaru
  • Takeda Shingen (1988) as Takeda Shingen
  • Kareinaru ichizoku (2021) as Manpyo Daisuke
  • Second to Last Love 3 (2025) as 长仓和平
  • Garden of the Wind (2008) as Sadami Shiratori
  • Haha no Matsu Sato (2024)
  • Second to Last Love (2012) as Nagakura Wahei
  • Priceless (2012) as Kengo Moai
  • ふぞろいの林檎たち (1983) as 仲手川 良雄
  • Smile (2009) as Ito Kazuma
  • Kyouen NG (2020) as Toyama Eiji
  • Rice Curry (1986)
  • Jaja uma narashi (1993) as Ryuichiro Yamada
  • YUKIKAZE (2025)
  • Dororo (2007) as Kagemitsu Daigo