Hidetoshi Nishijima Movies

Wie der Wind sich hebt

78/100

A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.

Dolls

77/100

Three stories of never-ending love.

Creepy

62/100

Takakura is a former detective. He receives a request from his ex-colleague, Nogami, to examine a missing family case that occurred 6 years earlier. Takakura follows Saki's memory. She is ... See full summary »

Su-ki-da

72/100

A high school student named Yu has a crush on one of her classmates, Yosuke. The boy spends most of his time sitting outside and playing his guitar, and Yu sits nearby and listens. One day,... See full summary »

Loft

57/100

Reiko, a prize-winning writer, moves to a quiet isolated house to finish up her new novel. One night she sees the man next door transporting an object wrapped in cloth. She finds out he is ... See full summary »

Tokyo Rendezvous

17/100

Cut

55/100

Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society. One day he learns that his loan shark brother...

Sayonara itsuka

69/100

Higashigaito Yutaka is transferred to the Bangkok branch of Eastern Airlines. In three months, he will marry Michiko, a relative of the airline's founder, and though he doesn't love her, he... See full summary »

The Last Recipe: Kirin no shita no kioku

71/100

Sasaki-san is a superlative cook who is on auto-control and can make wondrous meals with nary a thought anymore. In a literal case of last wish on earth, he receives a special request to ... See full summary »

License to Live

72/100

Yoshi, aged 24, awakes after 10 years in a coma, goes on to start a new life and rebuild his family.

Canary

71/100

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Bug's House

54/100

A husband and wife each believe that the other is cheating on them. The upstairs room in their house becomes a point of bizarre physical transformations.

Kanikôsen

58/100

(Japanese with English subtitles) Aboard the Japanese crab ship 'Kanikosen' equipped with a cannery facility, workers are forced to labor under pitiful conditions at minimum wages. Sick of ... See full summary »

Oh-Oku: The Women of the Inner Palace

67/100

Nothings more tragically mesmerizing than scandal behind castle walls amongst power-hungry, back-stabbing, sex-starved wives and concubines.Ooku also known as Oh-Oku: The Women of the Inner... See full synopsis »

Strawberry Night

63/100

Poison Berry in My Brain

65/100

Ichiko Samurai, a 30 years old novelist, has a crush on Saotome, who is only in his twenties. This caused a heated discussion between the 5 personas controlling Ichiko's brain every time she is around Saotome.

Last Scene

69/100

(Japanese with English subtitles) In the year 2000, after being retired for a while, an old time actor is cast in a low-budget film...

While the Women Are Sleeping

63/100

While vacationing with his wife, a writer (Hidetoshi Nishijima) begins following another man (Takeshi Kitano) and woman (Shiori Kutsuna) who are guests at the resort hotel where he stays.

2/Duo

66/100

Sekai no owari to iu na no zakkaten

Zero no shôten

63/100

Spurred by the disappearance of a newly-wed husband, three women in post-war Japan are drawn into a murder mystery.

Vacation

71/100

The prison guards working in penitentiaries where death row inmates are locked up are forced to spend their daily lives constantly facing death.

Freesia: Bullet Over Tears

52/100

Memories Corner

56/100

Double Face: Sen'nyû sôsa hen

69/100

A Japanese made-for-TV remake of Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs (2002).