Directing
Katsumi Nishikawa
Born July 1, 1918 · Chizu, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Died April 6, 2010 · aged 91
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 Yoshin…
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Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower · 1969Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969
MovieAction
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 love, laughter, melancholy, and human drama of an iron-fisted daughter of a family of expositors who, after her father's death, disbanded her gang and moved to Tokyo by herself, where she becomes a hostess and demonstrates her natural chivalrous temperament, risking her life in the neon-lit Ginza district.
The Nun · 1958The Nun
1958
Movie
The Izu Dancer · 1974The Izu Dancer
★ 8.11974
MovieDrama
While vacationing in the Izu peninsula, a high school student Kawashima becomes intrigued by Kaoru, a pretty young dancer in a troupe of travelling performers, and he tags along with them on their journeys.
No Greater Love · 1966No Greater Love
1966
MovieRomanceDrama
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 the eye can see. People treated him with respect. But even the richest must think about the future. One day, he decides to arrange a marriage between his only son, Junkichi and the daughter of an even more powerful family. Sobei, hoping to benefit from this union, soon discovers that his son was in love with a lower class girl.
Love Comes with Youth · 1963Love Comes with Youth
★ 8.01963
MovieRomance
During his idle journey on the Izu Peninsula, a university student, Kawasaki, encounters a group of traveling entertainers – including Kaoru (Sayuri Yoshinaga), one of the “odoriko”. Kawasaki is taken and cannot take his eyes off her. When he is invited to stay at the same lodgings, the two grow closer. In time, the two come to learn the pain of love.
My Phoenix · 1989My Phoenix
★ 10.01989
MovieRomanceDrama
Romance story about the first female manager of the Nihon University Phoenix
Lost Love · 1967Lost Love
★ 7.01967
MovieDramaRomance
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 garden, he sees a beautiful schoolgirl who lives there. After they coincidentally meet again they fall for each other, but she is already engaged.
Pursuit · 1961Pursuit
1961
MovieActionCrime
Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.
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The Nun · 1958The Nun
1958
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