Shinichi Nishitani

Shinichi Nishitani is a Japanese drama and film director. He is member of the Japan Film Director Association. He was born in Hyogo Prefecture and graduatied from Waseda University in 1982, when he started working for NHK.

Shibuya (2010)

Go Ayano plays Kazunari Mizusawa, a young photographer gathering pictures of girls in Shibuya for a documentary. Suddenly the constant noise of the bustling crowd is drowned out by a high school girl (Aimi Satsukawa) shrieking in anger. Mizusawa is startled, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Nishitani
CAST:  Go Ayano  •  Aimi Satsukawa  •  Miyuki Matsuda  •  Arata Iura

Go Ayano plays Kazunari Mizusawa, a young photographer gathering pictures of girls in Shibuya for a documentary. Suddenly the constant noise of the bustling crowd is drowned out by a high school girl (Aimi Satsukawa) shrieking in anger. Mizusawa is startled, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Nishitani
CAST:  Go Ayano  •  Aimi Satsukawa  •  Miyuki Matsuda  •  Arata Iura

The Eternal Fountain (2012)

The Eternal Founntain was broadcast as the Saturday Drama Special on NHK. Laywer Akio Yamauchi takes over the court-appointed attorney for Yoji Kuramoto who confesses to murdering his wife. While following Kuramoto's action in Yamanaka and being sure of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Nishitani
CAST:  Akira Terao  •  Fumiyo Kohinata  •  Anne Suzuki  •  Koji Yamamoto

The Eternal Founntain was broadcast as the Saturday Drama Special on NHK. Laywer Akio Yamauchi takes over the court-appointed attorney for Yoji Kuramoto who confesses to murdering his wife. While following Kuramoto's action in Yamanaka and being sure of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Nishitani
CAST:  Akira Terao  •  Fumiyo Kohinata  •  Anne Suzuki  •  Koji Yamamoto

Marriage (2017)

Urumi Kenji is a scoundrel who tricks women with his handsome looks and charm into a marriage yarn and swindles them out of their money. He is not a one-man show however. He works with Sengoku Ruriko. They use plotting, scheming, tricking, engagement rings, gourmet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Nishitani
CAST:  Dean Fujioka  •  Shûko  •  Wakana Matsumoto  •  Tamae Ando

Urumi Kenji is a scoundrel who tricks women with his handsome looks and charm into a marriage yarn and swindles them out of their money. He is not a one-man show however. He works with Sengoku Ruriko. They use plotting, scheming, tricking, engagement rings, gourmet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Nishitani
CAST:  Dean Fujioka  •  Shûko  •  Wakana Matsumoto  •  Tamae Ando

Aozora no rûretto (2007)

Window cleaners Tatsuyo, Yuusuke, Kazuma, Kudou, and Hagiwara are of different ages and backgrounds, but work side by side with their heads in the clouds. The oldest of the group, 40-year-old Hagiwara is already a husband and father but hasn't given up his dream of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Nishitani
CAST:  Shun Shioya  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Shugo Oshinari  •  Tomoko Nakajima

Window cleaners Tatsuyo, Yuusuke, Kazuma, Kudou, and Hagiwara are of different ages and backgrounds, but work side by side with their heads in the clouds. The oldest of the group, 40-year-old Hagiwara is already a husband and father but hasn't given up his dream of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Nishitani
CAST:  Shun Shioya  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Shugo Oshinari  •  Tomoko Nakajima

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody (2013)

Set in Kyokuhoku Citizen Hospital in Hokkaido, Japan. "Kyokuhoku Rhapsody" follows the life of a young doctor for a one year period. Yoshio Imanaka works at the Kyokuhoku Hospital that is losing staff members and facing bankruptcy. During this difficult time, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Nishitani
CAST:  Eita Nagayama  •  Ai Kato  •  Yuichiro Yamaguchi  •  Yuu Tokui

Set in Kyokuhoku Citizen Hospital in Hokkaido, Japan. "Kyokuhoku Rhapsody" follows the life of a young doctor for a one year period. Yoshio Imanaka works at the Kyokuhoku Hospital that is losing staff members and facing bankruptcy. During this difficult time, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Nishitani
CAST:  Eita Nagayama  •  Ai Kato  •  Yuichiro Yamaguchi  •  Yuu Tokui

Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother (2004)

Nanako is an ordinary high school girl who lives with her mother, who is a taxi driver. One day, suddenly she has a younger brother - Nanao, the son of her late father's mistress. While Nanao's mother is being put in jail, Nanako's mother decides to take care of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Nishitani
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Yuri Chinen  •  Eri Ishida  •  Mami Nomura

Nanako is an ordinary high school girl who lives with her mother, who is a taxi driver. One day, suddenly she has a younger brother - Nanao, the son of her late father's mistress. While Nanao's mother is being put in jail, Nanako's mother decides to take care of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Nishitani
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Yuri Chinen  •  Eri Ishida  •  Mami Nomura