Kiichi Nakai
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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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.3957 |
| Birthday | 1961-09-18 |
| Place of Birth | Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Also Known As | Kiichi Nakai, Киити Накаи, 나카이 키이치, |
1994
47 Ronin
7.417/24
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 fo...
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2000
Tales of the Unusual
6.8/13
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Tales of the Unusual
2003
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
7.4/123
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a samurai and family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the low pay he receives from his small-town clan. H...
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When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2005
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
7.128/98
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Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
2003
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
6.2/103
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 th...
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Warriors of Heaven and Earth
2007
Dororo
7.057/149
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2003
Onmyoji II
6/22
A group of demons in the ancient Japanese capital of Heian is dismembering members of a family of Japanese nobles.
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Onmyoji II
2009
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
6.182/11
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Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
2008
The Magic Hour
7.5/44
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The Magic Hour
1987
Princess from the Moon
6.4/28
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Princess from the Moon
2010
Railways
7/7
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Railways
2019
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
6.231/13
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Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
2011
Princess Toyotomi
5.667/9
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Princess Toyotomi
1992
Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!
7/1
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Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!
1993
Marriage
9/1
An omnibus featuring the work of three different filmmakers.
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Marriage
1993
Moving
7.566/53
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1990
Tokyo Heaven
6.625/8
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Tokyo Heaven
2005
Aegis
5.5/6
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Aegis
1999
Owls' Castle
6/6
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Owls' Castle
2020
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
7/1
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2005
A Hardest Night!!
6.1/7
A celebration of the ancient art of Japanese rakugo, roughly translated as “comic storytelling”. The film is interspersed with numerous funerals and w...
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A Hardest Night!!
1983
Tora-san Goes Religious?
7.7/3
Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated,...
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Tora-san Goes Religious?
2001
Darkness in the Light
6.8/3
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Darkness in the Light
2012
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
7.4/8
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Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
1999
Zankyo
0/0
The story of Iwaki, a young brawler who becomes a professional criminal when he joins a Yakuza clan.
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Zankyo
2010
Pro Bono
0/0
The prominent lawyer Kinya Ohtsuka looks over the case of the falsely indicted man who was sentenced to life imprisonment and then committed suicide w...
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Pro Bono
1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
6.625/8
Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. Afte...
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2014
Snow on The Blades
6.7/15
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2022
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
7.7/3
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Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
1995
Fusa
5.857/7
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1985
The Empty Table
6.857/7
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2002
Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
10/1
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1992
Gekashitsu
9/1
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Gekashitsu
2003
Rockers
6.059/17
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2007
Hero
6.529/35
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Hero
1995
MARKS
6/5
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1998
Falling into the Evening
7/2
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2023
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
7.7/7
A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike (Kiichi Nakai) and potter Sasuke (Kuranosuke Sasaki). The treasure is Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s c...
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2011
A Ghost of a Chance
7.3/43
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2002
Shura Group
0/0
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Shura Group
2012
The Wings of the Kirin
6.452/42
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1984
F2 Grand Prix
8/1
Drama set in the world of Formula 2 motor racing in Japan.
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F2 Grand Prix
2001
The Firefly
7.5/2
Shūji Yamaoka was a suicide pilot during the war who somehow survived Japan's surrender. After decades of working as a fisherman in Kumamoto, a provin...
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1998
Begging for Love
7/5
During a quest to find a Taiwanese father's grave, disturbing memories of child abuse are aroused.
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2008
Samurai Gangsters
0/0
Jirocho (Kiichi Nakai), a fledgling bakuto who left his wife, goes on a year-long training with his minions: right-hand man and military master Ohmasa...
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Samurai Gangsters
2014
Time Never Stops
10/1
A family that was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake that struck in March 2011, and a family that escaped the disaster. The film depi...
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1998
Love Letter
8/1
Goro, a small-time thug who manages an adult video store, is approached with a proposal for a sham marriage. Seeing no option to refuse, he agrees to...
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Love Letter
2015
Again
4.8/9
Mie’s father died during the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. One day, she finds a bundle of unsent New Year’s cards, which langui...
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Again
1985
The Burmese Harp
5.625/8
In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lif...
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2002
Shura Group Part 3
0/0
Ryuji Inahara changed the name of the Inahara-gumi to the Inahara-kai, and accordingly unified the emblem of the Inahara-kai. Then, in 1961, Inahara-k...
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Shura Group Part 3
2002
Shura Group Part 1
0/0
Denzaburo Kato, the third generation leader of the Horii family whose territory encompasses the Yokohama area, has a dramatic encounter at a certain j...
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Shura Group Part 1
2002
Shura Group Part 2
0/0
Ryuji Inahara, the heir to the Atami Yamazakiya family, subsequently placed the group under the control of the influential members of the Guretai, kno...
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Shura Group Part 2
1986
Big Joys, Small Sorrows
6.8/5
A lighthouse keeper and his family follow work from town to town, each time making new friends and receiving a visit from his troublesome father.
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Big Joys, Small Sorrows
2024
Silence of the Sea
8.5/4
The day before his exhibition, world-renowned painter Tamura discovers that his own work contains a forgery. Meanwhile, the body of a woman with count...
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2016
Good Morning Show
7.833/6
The morning variety show, a staple of television around the world, offers news and entertainment but TV host Shingo didn’t expect to be himself the so...
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2016
Ken San
6.667/3
KEN SAN pieces together the puzzle of the life and legacy of Japan's mythical acting icon, Ken Takakura. Collaborators, friends and family tell intima...
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2016
Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
0/0
Stories depicting ordinary people revolving around ceremonial occasions. Without knowing that the funeral is for a yakuza member, an undertaker holds...
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Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
2017
Flower and Sword
8/1
In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age of war is about to end, but Hideyoshi Toyotomi's ru...
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Flower and Sword
2007
Phoenix
0/0
Chinese film directed by Jin Chen.
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1988
Those Swell Yakuza
8/2
Ryo, a young former banker, gets beaten up over a debt from gambling. A yakuza boss saves him, and Ryo decides to train to become a yakuza under him.
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1983
Lanterns on Blue Waters
5.8/5
The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 an...
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Lanterns on Blue Waters
2018
We Make Antiques!
7.5/8
Sakai is a city near Osaka by the bay famous for its swords in the old days and kitchen knives today. Norio is an antique dealer in the city. Sasuke i...
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2011
三谷幸喜「short cut」
6/2
After 10 years of marriage, a couple finds itself walking on a small path in the mountains. Allowing them to discover one another.
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2012
Second to Last Love
0/0
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1990
1750 Days of Turbulence
8.25/4
After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.
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1750 Days of Turbulence
2011
A Flawless Concierge
5/3
A comedy about a concierge at a plush hotel who deals with a series of unusual guests.
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A Flawless Concierge
2011
The Warring States
4.6/15
Rival Chinese military strategists Sun Bin (Sun Honglei) and Pang Juan (Francis Ng) clash in this historic war adventure set during the Era of Warring...
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The Warring States
2019
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
6.933/15
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...
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1991
Yakuza Warfare
7.5/2
Two childhood friends find themselves caught in the midst of an all-out turf war between rival factions in the yakuza-stained region of Kyushu.
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Yakuza Warfare
1986
The Greatest Man in the World
10/1
Remake of classic samurai film of 1932
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The Greatest Man in the World
2006
Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company
7/1
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1981
The Imperial Navy
6.6/16
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship duri...
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The Imperial Navy
1987
Actress
7.7/3
Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi.
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1984
Make-Up
10/1
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2020
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
7.75/6
The central Kansai region of Japan is the setting for the historic cities of Sakai and Kyoto. Noda and Koike from We Make Antiques are back and togeth...
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We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
2011
Wild 7
5.708/12
To combat rising crime and terrorist activities in Japan, the Japanese National Police Agency authorizes the formation of a secret motorcycle unit kno...
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Wild 7
1983
Legend of Plumeria
0/0
Emiko Hayasaka (Seiko Matsuda), who lives in Hawaii, has arranged a marriage with Akira Kuniyoshi (Shinji Yamashita), the son of the president of a ho...
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Legend of Plumeria
2000
Shinsengumi
9/1
Produced for Fuji TV in 2000, the film reinterprets the story of a special samurai force - the Shinsengumi - at the end of the Edo period.
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Shinsengumi
1986
The Hall of the Crying Deer
9/1
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2025
YUKIKAZE
9/4
Just 80 years ago, the peaceful sea was a battlefield. Soldiers continued to fight, dreaming of returning home, and their families continued to pray a...
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YUKIKAZE
2006
HERO SP
5.75/4
Five years have passed since Kuryu Kohei's transfer from Tokyo to Ishigaki, and then to Sapporo. He ends up in a small town of Nijigaura in Yamaguchi...
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1983
Oddball Nippon
0/0
Set in a rural town in Yamaguchi Prefecture, this comedy centers on a young couple determined to pursue their love against all opposition, while also...
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Oddball Nippon
1990
Battleship Yamato
0/0
Kon Ichikawa's war film depicts the 60-hour period from the departure of the battleship Yamato, the pride of the Japanese Navy, until its sinking by t...
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