[4][5] In July 1984, Nakane also appeared in the pink film High Noon Ripper (真昼の切り裂き魔, Mahiru No Kirisaki-ma) for the Shintōhō Eiga studio, where he was cast as a tabloid editor who plays amateur detective to catch a serial killer slasher.
[8] Nakane appeared with actor-director Kazuhiro Sano in the Hisayasu Satō-directed feature for Shintōhō Eiga in March 1988, called Hard Focus: Eavesdrop (ハードフォーカス 盗聴＜ぬすみぎき＞, Hādo Fōkasu tōchō - Nusumi-giki) - also known under the director's title of Survey Map of a Paradise Lost.
[12] In April 1993, Nakane performed with AV Idol Yumika Hayashi in the pink film Molester's Commuter Train: Office Lady's Sexuality (痴漢通勤電車 ＯＬたちの性, Chikan Tsūkin Densha: OL-tachi no Sei), which was distributed by Shintōhō Eiga.
[13] Nakane started his television acting career as early as 1997 with a small role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System romantic series A Forever Love (最後の恋, Saigo no koi).
[16] Nakane also appeared in several episodes of the 2009 Fuji TV miniseries The Waste Land (不毛地帯, Fumō Chitai), which was based on the book by Toyoko Yamasaki.