
Kiichi Nakai
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1961-09-18
Place of birth: 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

47 Ronin
1994Matashiro Irobe
Tales of the Unusual
2000(segment "Samurai Cellular")
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2003Kanichiro Yoshimura
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
2005Kenichi Takata (voice)
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
2003Lai Qi
Dororo
2007Kagemitsu Daigo
Onmyoji II
2003Genkaku
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
2009Hiroshi Kataoka
The Magic Hour
2008Toru Iwata
Princess from the Moon
1987Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
Railways
2010Hajime Tsutsui
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
2019Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
Princess Toyotomi
2011Koichi SanadaUnmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!
1992
Marriage
1993Masahiko Tendo
Tokyo Heaven
1990Fumio Amamiya
Moving
1993Kenichi
Aegis
2005Yong Fa
Owls' Castle
1999Tsuzura Juzo