
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1961-09-18
Place of Birth
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Kiichi Nakai
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

Dororo
as Kagemitsu Daigo

When the Last Sword Is Drawn
as Kanichiro Yoshimura

Warriors of Heaven and Earth
as Lai Qi

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
as Kenichi Takata (voice)

The Magic Hour
as Toru Iwata

A Ghost of a Chance
as Osano

The Wings of the Kirin
as Takeaki Aoyagi

Moving
as Kenichi

Hero
as Akihiko Takita

Hero
as Akihiko Takida