Katsumi Nishikawa

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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 FlowerWomen of the Night - Butterfly Flower · 1969
Women 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 NunThe Nun · 1958
The Nun
1958
Movie
The Izu DancerThe Izu Dancer · 1974
The 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 LoveNo Greater Love · 1966
No 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 YouthLove Comes with Youth · 1963
Love 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 PhoenixMy Phoenix · 1989
My Phoenix
10.01989
MovieRomanceDrama
Romance story about the first female manager of the Nihon University Phoenix
Lost LoveLost Love · 1967
Lost 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.
PursuitPursuit · 1961
Pursuit
1961
MovieActionCrime
Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.

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One Bowl of KakesobaOne Bowl of Kakesoba · 1992
One Bowl of Kakesoba
8.01992
MovieDrama
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 New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother and her two adorable moppets poke their heads into the restaurant and ask for a single bowl of kakesoba. Noticing that the trio is looking a little low in the heels, she puts in an extra scoop of noodles. The youngest boy declares that the soba is delicious. The next year, the same threesome appears again asking for one bowl of kakesoba. This time the old man dumps in two helpings. He is struck by how much the youngest looks like their own son who was hit by a truck three years previous. The following year, the three return and this time the mother tells her story...

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