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Kiichi Nakai

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Kiichi Nakai

​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

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Yoshitsune

2005 · TV Series · Drama · War & Politics

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Musashi

2003 · TV Series · Drama

8.1

Priceless

2012 · TV Series · Drama · Comedy

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Smile

2009 · TV Series · Drama

9.5

Kinpika

2016 · TV Series · Crime

7.5

Memory

2018 · TV Series · Drama

7.1

Dororo

2007 · Movie · Action · Fantasy

7.5

Moving

1993 · Movie · Drama

6.5

Hero

2007 · Movie · Mystery

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