About

Known credits:
69
Birthday:
1918-07-01
Place of birth:
Chizu, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
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Katsumi Nishikawa

Overview

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 idol singer Momoe Yamaguchi and her future husband Tomokazu Miura. The Katsumi Nishikawa Memorial Film Museum was opened in his hometown of Chizu, Tottori, in 2001. Nishikawa published several books, including one about his war experience and another about filming Yasunari Kawabata's The Dancing Girl of Izu several times. He died of pneumonia on April 6, 2010.

Known for

Directing
1992 One Bowl of Kakesoba Directing Director N/A
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1989 Virgin Road Directing Director N/A
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1989 My Phoenix Directing Director N/A
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1984 Seito shokun! Directing Director N/A
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1983 The Sea of Sparta Directing Director N/A
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1977 Sweet Revenge Directing Director 58
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1977 The Wild Daisy Directing Director N/A
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1976 A Portrait of Shunkin Directing Director 58
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1976 The Sea of Eden Directing Director N/A
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1975 The Last Song Directing Director 59
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1975 The Surf Directing Director 58
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1974 The Izu Dancer Directing Director 58
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1969 Women of the Night - Woman of Seniority Directing Director N/A
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1969 Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower Directing Director N/A
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1968 The Spiders' The Road to Bali Directing Director N/A
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1968 Eternal Love Directing Director N/A
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1967 Lost Love Directing Director 58
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1967 Journey to the North Directing Director N/A
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1966 The Swan Elegy Directing Director N/A
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1966 No Greater Love Directing Director N/A
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1966 Tomo o okuru uta Directing Director N/A
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1966 Night of Sorrow Directing Director N/A
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1965 The Four Loves Directing Director N/A
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1965 Song of Farewell Directing Director N/A
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1964 Homecoming Directing Director N/A
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1963 Love Comes with Youth Directing Director 58
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1963 Gone in the Rain Directing Director N/A
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1963 Beyond the Green Hills Directing Director N/A
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1962 Fresh Leaves Directing Director N/A
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1962 Hoshi no hitomi o motsu otoko Directing Director N/A
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1962 Red Bud and White Flower Directing Director N/A
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1962 Seinen no isu Directing Director N/A
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1962 Kimagure tosei Directing Director N/A
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1961 Kusa wo karu musume Directing Director N/A
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1961 Pursuit Directing Director N/A
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1961 Doing What I Please Directing Director N/A
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1960 Ore no furusato wa dai seibu Directing Director N/A
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1960 Wakai toppū Directing Director N/A
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1960 六三制愚連隊 Directing Director N/A
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1960 Tatsumaki kozō Directing Director N/A
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1959 Windy Street Directing Director 58
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1959 Downhill Youth Directing Director N/A
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1959 Beneath the Gallows Directing Director N/A
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1959 Immoral Lecture Directing Director N/A
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1958 The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow Directing Director N/A
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1958 The Nun Directing Director N/A
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1956 Shiawase wa doko ni Directing Director N/A
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1956 Family of Sorrow Directing Director N/A
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1956 Funny Friend: The Baby and Express Directing Director N/A
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1955 Striving to Live Directing Director N/A
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1953 Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido Directing Assistant Director N/A
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Writing
2020 Black Art Collection -Testimony- Writing Writer N/A
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1989 Virgin Road Writing Screenplay N/A
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1977 The Wild Daisy Writing Screenplay N/A
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1976 A Portrait of Shunkin Writing Screenplay 58
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1968 The Spiders' The Road to Bali Writing Screenplay N/A
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1966 No Greater Love Writing Screenplay N/A
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1964 Homecoming Writing Writer N/A
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1963 Love Comes with Youth Writing Writer 58
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1963 Gone in the Rain Writing Screenplay N/A
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1963 Beyond the Green Hills Writing Writer N/A
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1960 Wakai toppū Writing Screenplay N/A
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1959 Windy Street Writing Screenplay 58
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1959 Immoral Lecture Writing Screenplay N/A
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1958 The Nun Writing Screenplay N/A
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1956 Frankie the Milkman Writing Screenplay 59
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1956 Shiawase wa doko ni Writing Screenplay N/A
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1956 Funny Friend: The Baby and Express Writing Screenplay N/A
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Crew
1975 The Last Song Crew Cinematography 59
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