Kiichi Nakai
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
2005
as Kenichi Takata (voice)
The Imperial Navy
1981
as Masato Odagiri
The Magic Hour
2008
as Toru Iwata
The Wings of the Kirin
2012
as Takeaki Aoyagi
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2003
as Kanichiro Yoshimura
Moving
1993
as Kenichi
Those Swell Yakuza
1988
Dororo
2007
as Kagemitsu Daigo
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
2003
as Lai Qi
Hero
2007
as Akihiko Takida
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
2019
as Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
Aegis
2005
as Yong Fa
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
2020
as Norio Koike
47 Ronin
1994
as Matashiro Irobe
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
2019
as Keisuke Kuroda
Silence of the Sea
2024
as Suiken
A Ghost of a Chance
2011
as Osano
Flower and Sword
2017
as Nobunaga Oda
Actress
1987
as Heinosuke Gosho
Rockers
2003