Cast & creator
Kiichi Nakai
Best known for Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen, Tales of the Bizarre, Taira no Kiyomori
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.
Also known as: Kiichi Nakai, Киити Накаи, 나카이 키이치
86
film credits
43
television credits
129
1981–2025 · acting roles
7.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (129)
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Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
Taira no Kiyomori
Taira no Tadamori
2012Taira no Kiyomori
2012
Kumokiri Nizaemon
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Yoshitsune
Kamakura's first Sho-Gun
2005
Musashi
Munenori Yagyu
2003
The Travel Nurse
Kuki Shizuka
2022
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
2012
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen
1988
Second to Last Love
Nagakura Wahei
2012
Priceless
Kengo Moai
2012
ふぞろいの林檎たち
仲手川 良雄
1983
Kareinaru ichizoku
Manpyo Daisuke
2021
The History of Our Family
Jyuichi Shishimaru
2010
Garden of the Wind
Sadami Shiratori
2008
Smile
Ito Kazuma
2009
Second to Last Love 3
长仓和平
2025
Haha no Matsu Sato
2024
I Miss Age 35
Eiji Shimata
1996
Jaja uma narashi
Ryuichiro Yamada
1993Love Still Hasn't Begun
1995
Natsuko no Sake
佐伯康男
1994
Rice Curry
1986
Good Mourning
1994
Kyouen NG
Toyama Eiji
2020
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Lai Qi
2003玩具の神様
1999
Darkness in the Light
Makoto Sasano
2001
47 Ronin
Matashiro Irobe
1994
Those Swell Yakuza
1988
Love From a Lie
2001
SWITCH Interview Masters
2013
Dororo
Kagemitsu Daigo
2007
Moving
Kenichi
1993
YUKIKAZE
2025
Bring Me to the Hotel
2001
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Kanichiro Yoshimura
2003
Barefoot Gen
Daikichi Nakaoka
2007
Hero
Akihiko Takida
2007
The Imperial Navy
Masato Odagiri
1981
The Wings of the Kirin
Takeaki Aoyagi
2012
Rockers
2003
The Empty Table
Otohiko Kidoji
1985
Memory
Hidehisa Honjo
2018
Fujisawa Shuhei's Sparkling Sword: Puppeteer in the Shadows
1997
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Kenichi Takata (voice)
2005
Battleship Yamato
Lieutenant Mitsuo Yoshioka
1990
Wild 7
2011
Kinpika
Kenta Sakaguchi
2016Kinpika
阪口健太
2016
A Ghost of a Chance
Osano
2011
Tora-san Goes Religious?
一道
1983
娘の結婚
2018
Tales of the Unusual
(segment "Samurai Cellular")
2000
Aegis
Yong Fa
2005
The Magic Hour
Toru Iwata
2008
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Kenjiro Shimada
1986
Actress
Heinosuke Gosho
1987
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
2022
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
2019
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
Keisuke Kuroda
2019
Princess from the Moon
Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
1987
A Flawless Concierge
Osano
2011
A Hardest Night!!
Hashita
2005
Onmyoji II
Genkaku
2003「銀座ゴルフ倶楽部 presented by テーラーメイド」
2022
Falling into the Evening
Shibata
1998
The Firefly
2001
We Make Antiques!
Norio Koike
2018
Silence of the Sea
Suiken
2024
Begging for Love
Fumio Chin
1998
Snow on The Blades
Kingo Shimura
2014
Tokyo Heaven
Fumio Amamiya
1990
Lunch ON!
Self (narration)
2011
Zankyo
1999
Yakuza Warfare
1991
Ken San
Narrator
2016
はだしのゲン
中岡 大吉
2007
風博士
2019
The Warring States
King of Qi
2011
Samurai Gangsters
Jirocho Shimizu
2008
Semi-double
Sho Jinguji
1999
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
Norio Koike
2020
Good Morning Show
Shingo Sumida
2016
Owls' Castle
Tsuzura Juzo
1999
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
Mitsukuni Mito
2012
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
Hiroshi Kataoka
2009
Gekashitsu
Kiyonaga
1992
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
Norio Koike
2023
Marriage
Masahiko Tendo
1993
MARKS
Yuichiro Goda
1995
All About Our House
Kiichi Nakai
2001
三谷幸喜「short cut」
2011
Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company
2006
Again
Haruhiko Sakacho
2015
Railways
Hajime Tsutsui
2010
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
The Burmese Harp
Pvt. Mizushima
1985
HERO SP
Akihiko Takida
2006
Princess Toyotomi
Koichi Sanada
2011
NASA〜未来から落ちてきた男〜
橋口健次郎中尉
1991
1750 Days of Turbulence
1990
Shura Group Part 3
2002花揺れ
1983
Big Joys, Small Sorrows
1986
Shura Group
2002
中国文明の謎
2012
The Greatest Man in the World
Nise
1986
Time Never Stops
Ryosuke Saigo
2014
Shinsengumi
2000Shura Group Part 1
2002
Fusa
1995
Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
2002
Flower and Sword
Nobunaga Oda
2017
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983
Legend of Plumeria
Shinji Terao
1983
Second to Last Love
2012
Pro Bono
Sawaki
2010
Love Letter
1998
Oddball Nippon
1983
F2 Grand Prix
Nakano
1984
Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
2016
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
2020
Shura Group Part 2
2002
Make-Up
Kusaka
1984
Phoenix
2007Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!
1992