Kiichi Nakai
| Kiichi Nakai | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 18, 1961 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
Kiichi Nakai (中井 貴一 Nakai Kiichi, born 18 September 1961) is a Japanese actor. His name was given by Yasujirō Ozu. 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.[1]
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.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Rengō Kantai (The Imperial Navy in the USA) | ||
| 1985 | The Burmese Harp | ||
| 1987 | Princess from the Moon | Minister of the Military | |
| 1993 | Moving | ||
| 1994 | 47 Ronin | (Shijushichinin no shikaku) | |
| 1995 | Makusu no yama | aka Marks | |
| 1998 | Begging for Love | ||
| 1999 | Fukuro no shiro | aka Owls' Castle | |
| 2003 | When the Last Sword Is Drawn | ||
| Onmyoji 2 | |||
| Warriors of Heaven and Earth | |||
| 2005 | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | voice | |
| 2008 | The Magic Hour | ||
| 2006 | Aegis | (Bōkoku no īgisu) | |
| 2010 | Railways | ||
| 2011 | A Ghost of a Chance | Tōru Osano | |
| 2012 | The Wings of the Kirin | Takeaki Aoyagi | |
| Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer | Tokugawa Mitsukuni | ||
| 2014 | Zakurozaka no Adauchi | Kingo Shimura | |
| 2015 | Again | Haruhiko | |
| 2016 | Good Morning Show | Shingo Sumita | |
| Ken san | Narrator | Documentary film about the actor Ken Takakura | |
| Kōfuku no Alibi | |||
| 2017 | Hana Ikusa | Oda Nobunaga |
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Takeda Shingen | Takeda Shingen | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 2001 | Aru Hi Arashi no Yoni | NHK | aka Someday Like Storm | |
| 2005 | Yoshitsune | Minamoto no Yoritomo | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 2007 | Barefoot Gen | CX | aka Hadashi no Gen | |
| 2012 | Priceless | Kengo Moai | CX | |
| Taira no Kiyomori | Taira no Tadamori | NHK | Taiga drama | |
| 2016 | Kinpika | Kenta Sakaguchi | WOWOW |
| Title | Role |
|---|---|
| Despicable Me 2 | Eduardo "El Macho" Pérez |
References
- ↑ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 2010-12-12.