Kiichi Nakai

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 1981 — The Imperial Navy • 1983 — Tora-san Goes Religious? • 1985 — The Burmese Harp — Mizushima — Lead role • The Empty Table — Tamae Kidoji • 1986 — Final Take — Lead role • 1987 — Princess from the Moon — Minister of the Military • 1990 — Tokyo Heaven — Fumio Amemiya — Lead role • 1992 — Gekashitsu • 1993 — Moving — Lead role • 1994 — 47 Ronin • 1995 — Marks — Lead role • 1998 — Begging for Love • 1999 — Owls' Castle — Lead role • 2000 — Tales of the Unusual — Ōishi Kuranosuke — Lead role • 2001 — All About Our House — Himself • The Firefly • Darkness in the Light — Lead role • 2002 — Shura no Mure • 2003 — When the Last Sword Is Drawn — Yoshimura Kanichiro — Lead role • The Yin Yang Master 2 • Warriors of Heaven and Earth — Emissary Lai Xi — Chinese film • 2005 — Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles — Kenichi Takada (voice) — Chinese film • 2006 — Aegis • 2007 — Hero — Akihiko Takita • Dororo — Kagemitsu Daigo • 2008 — The Magic Hour — Tōru Iawata • Samurai Gangsters — Shimizu no Jirochō — Lead role • 2009 — Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess — Hiroshi Kataoka (voice) • 2010 — Railways — Hajime Tsutsui — Lead role • 2011 — A Ghost of a Chance — Tōru Osano • The Warring States — King of Qi — Chinese film • Wild 7 • 2012 — The Wings of the Kirin — Takeaki Aoyagi • Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer — Tokugawa Mitsukuni • 2014 — Zakurozaka no Adauchi — Kingo Shimura — Lead role • 2015 — Again — Haruhiko — Lead role • 2016 — Good Morning Show — Shingo Sumita — Lead role • Ken san — Narrator — Documentary film • Kōfuku no Alibi — Lead role • 2017 — Flower and Sword — Oda Nobunaga • Honnōji Hotel — Narrator • 2018 — We Make Antiques! — Norio Koike — Lead role • 2019 — Hit me Anyone One More Time — Prime Minister Keisuke Kuroda — Lead role • Aircraft Carrier Ibuki — Keiichi Nakano • 2020 — We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous — Norio Koike — Lead role • 2022 — Dreaming of the Meridian Arc — Ikemoto / Takahashi Kageyasu — Lead role • 2023 — We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams — Norio Koike — Lead role • 2024 — Silence of the Sea — Suiken • Samurai Detective Onihei: Blood for Blood — Kyōgoku Takahisa • 2025 — Yukikaze — Seiichi Itō

Kiichi Nakai is recorded as having received Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year and Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor.

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (2020)