Kiichi Nakai
Actor
- Born
- September 18, 1961 (age 65) · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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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.
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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
Dororo
March 15, 2007
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
January 18, 2003
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
September 23, 2003
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
December 22, 2005
Moving
March 20, 1993
A Ghost of a Chance
October 29, 2011
The Magic Hour
June 7, 2008
The Wings of the Kirin
January 28, 2012
Hero
September 8, 2007
Princess from the Moon
September 26, 1987
47 Ronin
October 22, 1994
Onmyoji II
October 4, 2003
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