Kenji Nakanishi

The Blue Bird (2008)

Higashigaoka Junior High School is in turmoil as one of the pupils, Noguchi, who had been bullied, attempted suicide last term. On the first day of the new term, a substitute teacher arrives to take the second year class. When the teacher, Murauchi (Hiroshi Abe), ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Ayumi Ito  •  Hajime Inoue  •  Yuko Araki

Higashigaoka Junior High School is in turmoil as one of the pupils, Noguchi, who had been bullied, attempted suicide last term. On the first day of the new term, a substitute teacher arrives to take the second year class. When the teacher, Murauchi (Hiroshi Abe), ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Ayumi Ito  •  Hajime Inoue  •  Yuko Araki

After the Flowers (2010)

Ito, daughter of a clan official, encounters Magoshiro Eguchi. Magoshiro is a low ranking samurai sparks an attraction with Ito. Ito challenges Magoshiro to a sword match using bamboo sticks. Mahoshiro accepts. The pair's duel causes sparks to fly an attraction ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi
CAST:  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Shuntarô Miyao  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Akiko Aitsuki

Ito, daughter of a clan official, encounters Magoshiro Eguchi. Magoshiro is a low ranking samurai sparks an attraction with Ito. Ito challenges Magoshiro to a sword match using bamboo sticks. Mahoshiro accepts. The pair's duel causes sparks to fly an attraction ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi
CAST:  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Shuntarô Miyao  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Akiko Aitsuki

Desire to Kill (2002)

On a rainy night, while her husband is away, a man appears. It is the young assassin. Rie is frightened, desperate to protect her son and triying to convince the man to leave. But ... he closes himself in a room. A suspense story with great tension.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi
CAST:  Sousuke Takaoka  •  Mayumi Wakamura  •  Yuki Kazamatsuri

On a rainy night, while her husband is away, a man appears. It is the young assassin. Rie is frightened, desperate to protect her son and triying to convince the man to leave. But ... he closes himself in a room. A suspense story with great tension.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi
CAST:  Sousuke Takaoka  •  Mayumi Wakamura  •  Yuki Kazamatsuri

Second Summer, Never See You Again (2017)

Satoshi, who is a high school junior, is doing something against the rules. He is forming a band. Joining him is Rin. They nonetheless perform at the school's cultural festival live in front of their fellow students. There is a mishap and Satoshi travels back in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi
CAST:  Yuki Yamada  •  Madoka Yoshida  •  Nijiro Murakami  •  Rena Kato

Satoshi, who is a high school junior, is doing something against the rules. He is forming a band. Joining him is Rin. They nonetheless perform at the school's cultural festival live in front of their fellow students. There is a mishap and Satoshi travels back in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi
CAST:  Yuki Yamada  •  Madoka Yoshida  •  Nijiro Murakami  •  Rena Kato

Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 1 (2002)

MEINICHI Directed By Tomoyuki Akashi Cast: Sayaka Yamaguchi, Asami Mizukawa "Maybe father was right. Maybe we should not have moved into that house..." When Minako loses her boyfriend in an accident, her sister tries to cheer her up, though sinister forces would ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi  •  Tomoyuki Akashi
CAST:  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Toru Masuoka  •  Renji Ishibashi

MEINICHI Directed By Tomoyuki Akashi Cast: Sayaka Yamaguchi, Asami Mizukawa "Maybe father was right. Maybe we should not have moved into that house..." When Minako loses her boyfriend in an accident, her sister tries to cheer her up, though sinister forces would ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi  •  Tomoyuki Akashi
CAST:  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Toru Masuoka  •  Renji Ishibashi

Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 2 (2002)

Features three shorts: The Wooden Clogs With The Red Straps, Regeneration & Last Day as a Teenager.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi  •  Takayuki Sato
CAST:  Chiaki Kuriyama

Features three shorts: The Wooden Clogs With The Red Straps, Regeneration & Last Day as a Teenager.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi  •  Takayuki Sato
CAST:  Chiaki Kuriyama

To Mariko (1982)

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DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi
CAST:  Sachi Fujii  •  Tomomi Nishimura

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DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi
CAST:  Sachi Fujii  •  Tomomi Nishimura

Dreaming of the Meridian Arc (2022)

In the present day, the local government of Katori City is in the process of sponsoring a taiga drama about its famous historical figure Tadataka Ino, who is known for being the first person to make a map of Japan in 1821. During the process of of making the drama ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi
CAST:  Kiichi Nakai  •  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Yukino Kishii

In the present day, the local government of Katori City is in the process of sponsoring a taiga drama about its famous historical figure Tadataka Ino, who is known for being the first person to make a map of Japan in 1821. During the process of of making the drama ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi
CAST:  Kiichi Nakai  •  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Yukino Kishii