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Kiichi Nakai

Name in Native Language: "中井貴一" (Japanese/JA)
Actor | * 09/18/1961 (62) | Setagaya, Tokyo
Kiichi Nakai (中井 貴一, Nakai Kiichi, born 18 September 1961) is a Japanese actor. His name was given by Yasujirō Ozu. 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 at the 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 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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

A Chinese emissary is sent to the Gobi desert to execute a renegade soldier. When a caravan transporting a Buddhist monk and a valuable treasure is threatened by thieves, however, the two warriors mig ...

Warriors of Heaven and Earth

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2003 | 3.1/5 | 1h 54min
Drama, Action, Adventure
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Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember who he is. While sneaking out of the hospital, he sees a glimpse of the news and realizes that he is the Prime Minister of Japan. His appro ...

Hit Me Anyone One More Time

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2019 | 3.7/5 | 2h 7min
Comedy, Drama
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Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate t ...

47 Ronin

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1994 | 3.7/5 | 2h 9min
Action, Drama
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Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leav ...

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

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2003 | 3.8/5 | 2h 17min
Action, Drama, History
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Awards & Nominations for Kiichi Nakai

Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor 3x Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
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Movies with Kiichi Nakai as Actor(65)

as Norio Koike2023 We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
2022 Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
as Norio Koike2020 We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
as Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager2019 Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
as Keisuke Kuroda2019 Hit Me Anyone One More Time
as Norio Koike2018 We Make Antiques!
as Nobunaga Oda2017 Flower and Sword
as Shingo Sumida2016 Good Morning Show
as Narrator2016 Ken San
2016 Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
as Haruhiko Sakacho2015 Again
as Kingo Shimura2014 Snow on The Blades
as Ryosuke Saigo2014 Time Never Stops
as Takeaki Aoyagi2012 The Wings of the Kirin
as Mitsukuni Mito2012 Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
as King of Qi2011 The Warring States
as Osano2011 A Ghost of a Chance
2011 Wild 7
2011 short cut
2011 Princess Toyotomi
as Hajime Tsutsui2010 Railways
as Hiroshi Kataoka2009 Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
as Jirocho Shimizu2008 Samurai Gangsters
as Toru Iwata2008 The Magic Hour
as Akihiko Takida2007 Hero
2007 Phoenix
as Kagemitsu Daigo2007 Dororo
2006 Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company
as Hashita2005 A Hardest Night!!
as Yong Fa2005 Aegis
as Ken-ichi Takata (voice)2005 Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
as Lai Qi2003 Warriors of Heaven and Earth
2003 Rockers
as Kanichiro Yoshimura2003 When the Last Sword Is Drawn
as Genkaku2003 Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master II
2002 Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
as Makoto Sasano2001 Darkness in the Light
2001 The Firefly
2000 Shinsengumi
as (segment "Samurai Cellular")2000 Tales of the Bizarre: The Movie
as Tsuzura Juzo1999 Owls' Castle
as Shibata1998 Falling into the Evening
as Fumio Chin1998 Begging for Love
as Yuichiro Goda1995 MARKS
as Matashiro Irobe1994 47 Ronin
1993 Fusa
as Kenichi1993 Moving
as Kiyonaga1992 Gekashitsu
1991 Yakuza Warfare
1990 1750 Days of Turbulence
as Fumio Amamiya1990 Tokyo Heaven
1988 Those Swell Yakuza
as Heinosuke Gosho1987 Actress
as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military1987 Princess from the Moon
1986 Big Joys, Small Sorrows
as Nise1986 The Greatest Man in the World
as Kenjiro Shimada1986 Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986 The Hall of the Crying Deer
as Otohiko Kidoji1985 Family without a Dinner Table
as Pvt. Mizushima1985 The Burmese Harp
as Nakano1984 F2 grand prix
as Kusaka1984 Make-Up
as Kazumichi1983 Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983 Lanterns on Blue Waters
as Masato Odagiri1981 The Imperial Navy

TV Shows/Series with Kiichi Nakai as Actor(19)

as Shizauka Kuki2022 The Travel Nurse
as Toyama Eiji2020 Kyouen NG
as Kenta Sakaguchi2016 Kinpika
as Kumokiri Nizaemon2013 Kumokiri Nizaemon
as Nagakura Wahei2012 Second to Last Love
as Kengo Moai2012 Priceless
as Taira no Tadamori2012 Taira no Kiyomori
2012 Taira no Kiyomori
2012 Keigo Higashino Mysteries
as Jyuichi Shishimaru2010 The History of Our Family
as Ito Kazuma2009 Smile
as Sadami Shiratori2008 Garden of the Wind
as Daikichi Nakaoka2007 Barefoot Gen
as Kamakura's first Sho-Gun2005 Yoshitsune
as Munenori Yagyu2003 Musashi
2001 Love From a Lie
as Akihiko Takita2001 Hero
1990 Tales of the Bizarre
as Takeda Shingen1988 Takeda Shingen

Full Name: Kiichi Nakai
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Monday, 09/18 1961 (September) in Setagaya, Tokyo (current age: 62 years + 214 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Seikei University
Record Label: EMI Music Japan
Siblings: Kie Nakai
Father: Keiji Sada
Other names for Kiichi Nakai (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Киити Накаи"
"나카이 키이치"
"中井貴一"
"なかい きいち" (Kana/Japanese)
Kiichi Nakai frequently works together with these people:
Kon Ichikawa (15x, Crew)
Koki Mitani (10x, Crew)
Koichi Sato (10x, Actor)
Renji Ishibashi (6x, Actor)
Koji Ishizaka (6x, Actor)
Kensaku Tanikawa (6x, Crew)
Takashi Sasano (5x, Actor)
Takanori Jinnai (5x, Actor)
Ittoku Kishibe (5x, Actor)
Kuranosuke Sasaki (5x, Actor)
Yojiro Takita (5x, Crew)
Fumiyo Kohinata (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:29275, Added: 05/09/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024