Katsumi Nishikawa

Katsumi Nishikawa

1918-07-01 Chizu, Tottori Prefecture, Japan 54 Credits

Biography

Katsumi Nishikawa (西河克己, Nishikawa Katsumi) (1 July 1918 – 6 April 2010) was a Japanese film director most famous for his youth films (seishun eiga). Graduating from Nihon University, he started out at the Shochiku studio in 1939 and directed his first film in 1952. He moved to Nikkatsu in 1954 and, while working in a variety of genres, became most famous for his youth films starring Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yujiro Ishihara, and Hideki Takahashi. In the 1970s, he remade some of these films with the id...

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Black Art Collection -Testimony-

Black Art Collection -Testimony-

2020

Writer

Writing

Ishino Teiichiro (Tanihara Shosuke) married his wife Sachiko (Nishida Naomi) and took over her family’s clinic in Kanazawa. Although he is a respected...

One Bowl of Kakesoba

One Bowl of Kakesoba

1992

Director

Directing

Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One ...

Virgin Road

Virgin Road

1989

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

Based on the comic book by Tatsuo Kanai

My Phoenix

My Phoenix

1989

Director

Directing

Romance story about the first female manager of the Nihon University Phoenix

Seito shokun!

Seito shokun!

1984

Director

Directing

Based on the comic book of the same name by Youko Shouji

The Sea of Sparta

The Sea of Sparta

1983

Director

Directing

Violent delinquent Shunpei is sent to Totsuka Yacht School, a grueling rehabilitation center. The principal fears that this "half-wolf" is too much. W...

Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge

1977

Director

6.6
Directing

Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, spec...

The Wild Daisy

The Wild Daisy

1977

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

Teenage cousins Masao and Tamiko fall in love when she comes to his riverside brewery house to take care of his sickly mother. Family objections ensue...

A Portrait of Shunkin

A Portrait of Shunkin

1976

Director, Screenplay

7.3
Directing Writing

Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly scarred on her face. In order to preserve the memory...

The Sea of Eden

The Sea of Eden

1976

Director

Directing

Nanjo, a new teacher at a girls' high school, unwittingly becomes the object of gossip when he buys underwear for Shimizu and spends his vacation with...

The Last Song

The Last Song

1975

Director, Cinematography

6.8
Directing

Junkichi is the son of a rich landlord, while Koyuki is the daughter of a poor lumber worker. The mismatched pair soon finds love, and against his fat...

The Surf

The Surf

1975

Director

6.0
Directing

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. ...

The Izu Dancer

The Izu Dancer

1974

Director

8.0
Directing

While vacationing in the Izu peninsula, a high school student Kawashima becomes intrigued by Kaoru, a pretty young dancer in a troupe of travelling pe...

Women of the Night - Woman of Seniority

Women of the Night - Woman of Seniority

1969

Director

Directing

A tragic love story about the heiress of the Kitakyushu Tagawa family who becomes a hostess in Osaka.

Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower

Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower

1969

Director

Directing

A flower is a woman or a man is a butterfly... Love and melancholy bloom wildly in the nighttime garden! This is a moody entertainment work depicting ...

The Spiders' The Road to Bali

The Spiders' The Road to Bali

1968

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

The Spiders, a 1960s Japanese Group Sounds band, star. During their Asian tour spies try to smuggle plutonium hidden in The Spiders' guitar amps, but ...

Eternal Love

Eternal Love

1968

Director

Directing

The love story of an aspiring architect and a charcoal-making daughter, who discover that they are actually brother and sister.

Lost Love

Lost Love

1967

Director

Directing

Shimamura is a young man whose family went broke and lost their house. One day, as he returns to his former house to get a camellia blooming from the ...

Journey to the North

Journey to the North

1967

Director

Directing

Winter holidays at the university. Eikichi visits a city in the north of the country, the hometown of Yuko, a classmate for whom he has feelings. Howe...

The Swan Elegy

The Swan Elegy

1966

Director

Directing

One day, Reiko, who is engaged, meets a young man named Kondo, and she likes him, although she has a fiancé. On top of this, Reiko, suffering between ...

No Greater Love

No Greater Love

1966

Screenplay, Director

Writing Directing

In 1943, Japan is amidst the Pacific War. Sobei Sonoda is one of the wealthiest landowners of the San'in region. His land spread for miles, as far as ...

Tomo o okuru uta

Tomo o okuru uta

1966

Director

Directing
Night of Sorrow

Night of Sorrow

1966

Director

Directing

A young lawyer looking for a true culprit to save his innocent friend. But behind the case is the father of a woman he loves.

The Four Loves

The Four Loves

1965

Director

Directing

A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him alone, as he wants some freedom. Each of...

Song of Farewell

Song of Farewell

1965

Director

Directing

After her mother's funeral, Yuriko, dressed in mourning clothes, sees off her lover Shintaro as he leaves in the powdery snow, and resolves to part wa...

Homecoming

Homecoming

1964

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

Moriya Tomoko, a young girl working for a publishing company, is told by a woman art dealer that her real father did not die, as everyone believes, du...

Love Comes with Youth

Love Comes with Youth

1963

Writer, Director

8.0
Writing Directing

During his idle journey on the Izu Peninsula, a university student, Kawasaki, encounters a group of traveling entertainers – including Kaoru (Sayuri Y...

Gone in the Rain

Gone in the Rain

1963

Screenplay, Director

Writing Directing

Ayako (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is a free-willed college girl who shares a room with Takako and Kimie. They each have a clear vision of what they want from t...

Beyond the Green Hills

Beyond the Green Hills

1963

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to ...

Fresh Leaves

Fresh Leaves

1962

Director

Directing

Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father's love, she develops a possessive attachment to Mr. ...

Hoshi no hitomi o motsu otoko

Hoshi no hitomi o motsu otoko

1962

Director

Directing

1962 Japanese movie

Red Bud and White Flower

Red Bud and White Flower

1962

Director

Directing

A high school boy and girl in the midst of their youth try to get their parents to remarry.

Seinen no isu

Seinen no isu

1962

Director

Directing

1962 Japanese movie

Kimagure tosei

Kimagure tosei

1962

Director

Directing

1962 Japanese movie

Kusa wo karu musume

Kusa wo karu musume

1961

Director

Directing

1961 Japanese movie

Pursuit

Pursuit

1961

Director

Directing

Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.

Doing What I Please

Doing What I Please

1961

Director

Directing

Koichi Haruyama, who works at the Morita Automobile Factory, was driving a convertible through Ginza in search of accident sites. He buys cars that ha...

Ore no furusato wa dai seibu

Ore no furusato wa dai seibu

1960

Director

Directing

George Mihara was ordered by his grandfather Tom to go to Japan. The purpose was to deliver a $100,000 check to Matsuyama, a Japanese soldier who had ...

Shippû kozô

Shippû kozô

1960

Director

Directing
Wakai toppū

Wakai toppū

1960

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

On his way back to Yokohama, a young boy named Kenji Hase encounters a girl named Yoshiko who is being harassed by the Kaminaryu gang. He rescues her ...

六三制愚連隊

六三制愚連隊

1960

Director

Directing

I'm going to help that rebel guy! Young people burst into rage, roaring with dreams and hopes! The sense of justice and humanism of these second-gener...

Tatsumaki kozō

Tatsumaki kozō

1960

Director

Directing

Tommy, a tornado boy who arrived at Arima Onsen in search of his father, whom he separated from when he was young, meets a girl named Eiko after drivi...

Windy Street

Windy Street

1959

Director, Screenplay

6.0
Directing Writing
Downhill Youth

Downhill Youth

1959

Director

Directing
Beneath the Gallows

Beneath the Gallows

1959

Director

Directing

Who is the vicious criminal challenging the investigation team? Mysteries lead to more mysteries, and deductions lead to more deductions in this bizar...

Immoral Lecture

Immoral Lecture

1959

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow

1958

Director

Directing

Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for Daishiro. One day, Daishiro got a call from his re...

The Nun

The Nun

1958

Screenplay, Director

Writing Directing
Frankie the Milkman

Frankie the Milkman

1956

Screenplay

9.0
Writing

Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a di...

Shiawase wa doko ni

Shiawase wa doko ni

1956

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

Family of Sorrow

1956

Director

Directing

Japanese drama film, originally released in two parts.

Funny Friend: The Baby and Express

1956

Screenplay, Director

Writing Directing

East-West Transportation, headquartered in Tokyo, operates daily scheduled cargo flights on the Tokaido Road from Tokyo to Osaka and back, as the name...

Striving to Live

Striving to Live

1955

Director

Directing

Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in troubl...

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

1953

Assistant Director

Directing

Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spend her life serving god, she sets off to a convent ...