The Best Kiichi Nakai Movies, Ranked
50 credits from 1981 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Moving (2024) comes out on top with a score of 62. The biggest box office hit is A Ghost of a Chance (2011) with $54.1M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Kiichi Nakai Box Office Hits
Kiichi Nakai's films have made $279M worldwide in total. A Ghost of a Chance (2011) is the biggest hit at $54.1M, ahead of The Magic Hour (2008) ($36M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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A Ghost of a Chance 2011 · Fantasy $54.1M - 2
The Magic Hour 2008 · Comedy $36M - 3
Hit Me Anyone One More Time 2019 · Drama $32.3M - 4
Dororo 2007 · Horror $27.3M - 5
The Wings of the Kirin 2012 · Mystery $19.8M - 6
Princess Toyotomi 2011 · Drama $19.1M - 7
Aegis 2005 · Thriller $16.9M - 8
The Warring States 2011 · War $11.9M $69K dom. - 9
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer 2012 · Drama $9.41M - 10
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki 2019 · Drama $8.61M
The Best Kiichi Nakai Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Kiichi Nakai has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 22 films, and Moving (2024) is the pick of them.
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Drama 22 films Moving 2024 · as Kenichi Urushiba Movie Echo Score: 62 - Comedy 9 films The Magic Hour 2008 · as Toru Iwata
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Action 6 films Wild 7 2011 - Mystery 2 films The Wings of the Kirin 2012 · as Takeaki Aoyagi
- Fantasy 2 films A Ghost of a Chance 2011 · as Osano
- Horror 2 films Dororo 2007 · as Kagemitsu Daigo
- Thriller 2 films Aegis 2005 · as Yong Fa
- War 1 film The Warring States 2011 · as King of Qi
The Best Kiichi Nakai Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Kiichi Nakai's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
The Latest Kiichi Nakai Movies
The most recent films Kiichi Nakai is credited on, newest first — starting with Moving (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Moving 2024 · Kenichi Urushiba
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We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams 2023 · Norio Koike -
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc 2022 · Drama -
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous 2020 · Norio Koike - Hit Me Anyone One More Time 2019 · Keisuke Kuroda
- Aircraft Carrier Ibuki 2019 · Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
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We Make Antiques! 2018 · Norio Koike -
Flower and Sword 2017 · Nobunaga Oda -
Good Morning Show 2016 · Shingo Sumida -
Again 2015 · Haruhiko Sakacho -
Snow on The Blades 2014 · Kingo Shimura - Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer 2012 · Mitsukuni Mito
The Best Kiichi Nakai Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Kiichi Nakai films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Kiichi Nakai movie?
Moving (2024) is the best-rated Kiichi Nakai film, with a Movie Echo Score of 62. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Moving: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Kiichi Nakai movie?
A Ghost of a Chance (2011) made the most at the box office, with $54.1M worldwide, followed by The Magic Hour (2008) with $36M. Together, Kiichi Nakai's films with box office figures have made $279M.
What is the best Kiichi Nakai drama movie?
Moving (2024) is the best-rated of Kiichi Nakai's drama films, with a score of 62. In other genres: The Magic Hour (comedy), Wild 7 (action) and The Wings of the Kirin (mystery).
What is the newest Kiichi Nakai movie?
The newest film on Kiichi Nakai's filmography is Moving (2024), with Kiichi Nakai as Kenichi Urushiba.
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