Tetsuya Nakashima

Tetsuya Nakashima is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was born in Fukuoka, attending high school in Chikushino. His 2010 film Confessions was awarded Best Picture at the Japanese Academy Awards, where Nakashima was also awarded Director of the Year and Screenplay of the Year.

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad (1988)

Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that Shizuka tries her best to restrict her diet and please Kazuki. "It's So Far Away!" Karuma Sae is an office lady who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi  •  Tetsuya Nakashima  •  Takahito Hara  •  Eri Watanabe
CAST:  Haruko Sagara  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Narumi Yasuda  •  Yasuo Daichi

Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that Shizuka tries her best to restrict her diet and please Kazuki. "It's So Far Away!" Karuma Sae is an office lady who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi  •  Tetsuya Nakashima  •  Takahito Hara  •  Eri Watanabe
CAST:  Haruko Sagara  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Narumi Yasuda  •  Yasuo Daichi

Kamikaze Girls (2004)

Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Kyoko Fukada  •  Anna Tsuchiya  •  Hiroyuki Miyasako  •  Sadawo Abe

Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Kyoko Fukada  •  Anna Tsuchiya  •  Hiroyuki Miyasako  •  Sadawo Abe

Confessions (2010)

A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Takako Matsu  •  Masaki Okada  •  Yoshino Kimura  •  Mana Ashida

A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Takako Matsu  •  Masaki Okada  •  Yoshino Kimura  •  Mana Ashida

Paco and the Magical Book (2008)

There once was a hospital where patients and even doctors & nurses were all weird. Above all, Onuki, a patient who built up his company all by himself from scratch, is a super cranky old man. One day, he meets up a girl called Paco, who cannot retain memory beyond ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Ayaka Wilson  •  Ryo Kase  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki

There once was a hospital where patients and even doctors & nurses were all weird. Above all, Onuki, a patient who built up his company all by himself from scratch, is a super cranky old man. One day, he meets up a girl called Paco, who cannot retain memory beyond ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Ayaka Wilson  •  Ryo Kase  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki

Memories of Matsuko (2006)

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Miki Nakatani  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Mikako Ichikawa

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Miki Nakatani  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Mikako Ichikawa

The World of Kanako (2014)

When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Nana Komatsu  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Ai Hashimoto

When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Nana Komatsu  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Ai Hashimoto

It Comes (2018)

To protect his family from a mysterious being, a man joins forces with a journalist and an exorcist - but they come to learn what they are dealing with is beyond their imagination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Junichi Okada  •  Nana Komatsu  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Haru Kuroki

To protect his family from a mysterious being, a man joins forces with a journalist and an exorcist - but they come to learn what they are dealing with is beyond their imagination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Junichi Okada  •  Nana Komatsu  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Haru Kuroki

Happy Go Lucky (1997)

Takashi and four of his classmates, fourth-grade students, cannot succeed in doing a back pullover around a horizontal bar. Their gym teacher warns them: they have one week to succeed; if they resign now, then, tomorrow, facing life difficulties, they will always ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Hidaka Yoshitomo  •  Nagi Noriko  •  Maki Ishikawa  •  Hiroko Taguchi

Takashi and four of his classmates, fourth-grade students, cannot succeed in doing a back pullover around a horizontal bar. Their gym teacher warns them: they have one week to succeed; if they resign now, then, tomorrow, facing life difficulties, they will always ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Hidaka Yoshitomo  •  Nagi Noriko  •  Maki Ishikawa  •  Hiroko Taguchi

Beautiful Sunday (1998)

A droll and formalistic comic drama about the various relationships among, and odd obsessions of, the residents of a Tokyo apartment block.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Momoko Bitô  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Masatoshi Nagase

A droll and formalistic comic drama about the various relationships among, and odd obsessions of, the residents of a Tokyo apartment block.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Momoko Bitô  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Masatoshi Nagase

Flarella (2010)

The experiences of a woman as she passes through several life stages.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima  •  Tetsuro Takeuchi  •  Kensaku Kakinomoto  •  Ryouichi Mori  •  Mitsuo Shindo  •  Michihiko Yanai
CAST:  Eriko Sato  •  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Yuki Himura  •  Norito Yashima

The experiences of a woman as she passes through several life stages.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima  •  Tetsuro Takeuchi  •  Kensaku Kakinomoto  •  Ryouichi Mori  •  Mitsuo Shindo  •  Michihiko Yanai
CAST:  Eriko Sato  •  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Yuki Himura  •  Norito Yashima

The Birth of Unicorn Ryuji (2004)

The back-story of Unicorn Ryuji from 'Kamikaze Girls'  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Kyoko Fukada

The back-story of Unicorn Ryuji from 'Kamikaze Girls'  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Kyoko Fukada

Rolling Bomber Special (2001)

Rolling Bomber Special is a Web Original that tells the story of Katori Shintaro, and his quest to destroy the world...if the "heroes" of this story are to believed. See, a Sentai team calling themselves Earth Defender Freshman is onto his schemes and will stop at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Shingo Katori

Rolling Bomber Special is a Web Original that tells the story of Katori Shintaro, and his quest to destroy the world...if the "heroes" of this story are to believed. See, a Sentai team calling themselves Earth Defender Freshman is onto his schemes and will stop at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Shingo Katori

SMAP Short Films (2001)

Short films by top CM directors and CG creators: MUSIC POWER GO! GO! ダモン君の巻; BUS PANIC!!!; GAME SHINGO; 治療; Good-bye, cruel world; ROLLING BOMBER SPECIAL; 菅原さん ・コンセント ・トイレ ・のれない ・脱出不可能. Produced for and aired together as TV special of SMAPxSMAP  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhito Ishii  •  Gen Sekiguchi  •  Shunichiro Miki  •  Tetsuya Nakashima  •  Satoshi Tomioka  •  Kenji Yamauchi  •  Masahiro Takata
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Shingo Katori  •  Jai West  •  Kei Yamamoto

Short films by top CM directors and CG creators: MUSIC POWER GO! GO! ダモン君の巻; BUS PANIC!!!; GAME SHINGO; 治療; Good-bye, cruel world; ROLLING BOMBER SPECIAL; 菅原さん ・コンセント ・トイレ ・のれない ・脱出不可能. Produced for and aired together as TV special of SMAPxSMAP  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhito Ishii  •  Gen Sekiguchi  •  Shunichiro Miki  •  Tetsuya Nakashima  •  Satoshi Tomioka  •  Kenji Yamauchi  •  Masahiro Takata
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Shingo Katori  •  Jai West  •  Kei Yamamoto