is a Japanese actor. His father, also a movie actor, passed away when he 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 When the Last Sword is Drawn). In 2003 he played an Japanese delegate to a Chinese emperor of the Tang dynasty in Warriors of Heaven and Earth. Wikipedia
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