is a Japanese actor. His name was given by

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. His father,

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, 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 at the Japan Academy Awards in 1981. He won the Japan Academy Best Supporting Actor award in 1994 (for ''

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'') and Best Actor award in 2003 (for '' When the Last Sword Is Drawn''). He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 19th

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for ''

''. In 2003 he played a Japanese delegate to a Chinese emperor of the

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in ''

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''. Though a few of his lines are in Japanese, most are in Mandarin. His older sister,

Kie Nakai is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Kanashii kibun de joke''. Filmography * ''Queen Bee'' (1978) * ''Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie'' (1979) * ''Conquest'' (1982) * '' Thea ...

, is also an actress.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Japanese dubbing

Honours

* Medal with Purple Ribbon (2020)

References

External links

Official profile
* 1961 births Living people Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Japanese male voice actors Taiga drama lead actors Male actors from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon {{Japan-screen-actor-stub