Kiichi Nakai
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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Known For
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Taira no Kiyomori
2012
The Travel Nurse
2022
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Takeda Shingen
1988
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
2012
Musashi
2003
Yoshitsune
2005
The Burmese Harp
1985
Second to Last Love
2012
Kareinaru ichizoku
2021
The History of Our Family
2010
Second to Last Love 3
2025