Hiroshi Nishitani

Hiroshi Nishitani is a Japanese film director.

Suspect X (2008)

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A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi

A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi

Midsummer's Equation (2013)

Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead outside the inn where he's staying, Yukawa begins to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Hakuryu

Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead outside the inn where he's staying, Yukawa begins to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Hakuryu

Beautiful World (2012)

A gangster runs a budget nursing home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Tsuruko Hishinuma  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Kaho

A gangster runs a budget nursing home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Tsuruko Hishinuma  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Kaho

Star Reformer (2006)

Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Hisashi Igawa

Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Hisashi Igawa

Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess (2009)

A man arrives in the city upon news of a potential terrorist strike in Italy. He is Japanese foreign diplomat, Kosaku Kuroda, and he’s here under orders of his supervisor at the Foreign Ministry, Hiroshi Kataoka (Kiichi Nakai), to aid in the safeguarding of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Erika Toda  •  Koichi Sato  •  Nene Otsuka

A man arrives in the city upon news of a potential terrorist strike in Italy. He is Japanese foreign diplomat, Kosaku Kuroda, and he’s here under orders of his supervisor at the Foreign Ministry, Hiroshi Kataoka (Kiichi Nakai), to aid in the safeguarding of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Erika Toda  •  Koichi Sato  •  Nene Otsuka

Andalusia: Revenge of the Goddess (2011)

While the Japanese government is trying to crack down on international crime organizations' money laundering in tax havens, the Chief of Police's son is found dead in a hotel in France.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Meisa Kuroki  •  Yuji Oda  •  Hideaki Ito  •  Erika Toda

While the Japanese government is trying to crack down on international crime organizations' money laundering in tax havens, the Chief of Police's son is found dead in a hotel in France.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Meisa Kuroki  •  Yuji Oda  •  Hideaki Ito  •  Erika Toda

Hirugao (2017)

Set 3 years after the drama series. Kitano Yuichiro comes to give a lecture in the town where divorcee Sasamoto Sawa now lives quietly. The two meet again and their love story continue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Aya Ueto  •  Takumi Saitoh  •  Ayumi Ito  •  Hiroyuki Hirayama

Set 3 years after the drama series. Kitano Yuichiro comes to give a lecture in the town where divorcee Sasamoto Sawa now lives quietly. The two meet again and their love story continue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Aya Ueto  •  Takumi Saitoh  •  Ayumi Ito  •  Hiroyuki Hirayama

Matinee (2019)

Satoshi Makino is a genius classical guitarist. One day, he meets journalist Yoko Komine. They become attracted to each other, but Yoko Komine has a fiancé.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Yuriko Ishida  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Yuki Sakurai

Satoshi Makino is a genius classical guitarist. One day, he meets journalist Yoko Komine. They become attracted to each other, but Yoko Komine has a fiancé.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Yuriko Ishida  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Yuki Sakurai

The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie (2022)

Based on the feature-length novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" written by Arthur Conan Doyle, which is the movie version of the TV drama "Sherlock" broadcast on the Fuji TV series in 2019.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Dean Fujioka  •  Takanori Iwata  •  Yuko Araki  •  Ryoko Hirosue

Based on the feature-length novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" written by Arthur Conan Doyle, which is the movie version of the TV drama "Sherlock" broadcast on the Fuji TV series in 2019.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Dean Fujioka  •  Takanori Iwata  •  Yuko Araki  •  Ryoko Hirosue

Silent Parade (2022)

Physicist Manabu Yukawa returns to Japan from America. Detective Kaoru Utsumi visits him and talks about a case. The case is about a popular girl in a town who disappeared and, several years later, her body was found. A suspect was arrested for her murder. That ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Kazuki Kitamura

Physicist Manabu Yukawa returns to Japan from America. Detective Kaoru Utsumi visits him and talks about a case. The case is about a popular girl in a town who disappeared and, several years later, her body was found. A suspect was arrested for her murder. That ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Kazuki Kitamura

Galileo XX (2013)

This is an episode of Galileo in name only, since this story focuses exclusively on Utsumi Koaru, played by Shibasaki Kou. The eccentric scientist makes a cameo appearance in one scene and the final scene is on the same day as episode one of the second series, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Ko Shibasaki  •  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Yuya Yagira

This is an episode of Galileo in name only, since this story focuses exclusively on Utsumi Koaru, played by Shibasaki Kou. The eccentric scientist makes a cameo appearance in one scene and the final scene is on the same day as episode one of the second series, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Ko Shibasaki  •  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Yuya Yagira

Akechi Mitsuhide: The man God hated (2007)

The famed leader Oda Nobunaga had two right-hand men who contributed to unifying the nation. One was Akechi Mitsuhide and the other Kinoshita Tokichiro, both rivals of each other for higher promotions. Eventually Mitsuhide was recognized for his work and was given ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Toshiaki Karasawa  •  Toshiro Yanagiba  •  Masami Nagasawa  •  Yo Oizumi

The famed leader Oda Nobunaga had two right-hand men who contributed to unifying the nation. One was Akechi Mitsuhide and the other Kinoshita Tokichiro, both rivals of each other for higher promotions. Eventually Mitsuhide was recognized for his work and was given ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Toshiaki Karasawa  •  Toshiro Yanagiba  •  Masami Nagasawa  •  Yo Oizumi