Katsumi Nishikawa
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 1, 1918
- Died
- April 6, 2010
- Birthplace
- Chizu, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
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.
Filmography
Black Art Collection -Testimony- 2020
Writer
One Bowl of Kakesoba 1992
Director
Virgin Road 1989
Director, Screenplay
My Phoenix 1989
Director
Seito shokun! 1984
Director
The Sea of Sparta 1983
Director
Sweet Revenge 1977
Director
The Wild Daisy 1977
Director, Screenplay
Two Lovers Point 1977
Director
A Portrait of Shunkin 1976
Director, Screenplay
The Sea of Eden 1976
Director
The Last Song 1975
Director, Cinematography
The Surf 1975
Director
The Izu Dancer 1974
Director
Women of the Night - Woman of Seniority 1969
Director
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower 1969
Director
The Spiders' The Road to Bali 1968
Director, Screenplay
Eternal Love 1968
Director
Lost Love 1967
Director
Journey to the North 1967
Director
陽のあたる坂道 1967
Director
The Swan Elegy 1966
Director
No Greater Love 1966
Director, Screenplay
Tomo o okuru uta 1966
Director
Night of Sorrow 1966
Director
The Four Loves 1965
Director
Song of Farewell 1965
Director
Homecoming 1964
Writer, Director
The Sea of Eden 1963
Director
Love Comes with Youth 1963
Director, Writer
Gone in the Rain 1963
Director, Screenplay
Beyond the Green Hills 1963
Director, Writer
Fresh Leaves 1962
Director
The Man With Starry Eyes 1962
Director
Red Bud and White Flower 1962
Director
Seinen no isu 1962
Director
Kimagure tosei 1962
Director
Kusa wo karu musume 1961
Director
Pursuit 1961
Director
Doing What I Please 1961
Director
My Hometown is the Wild West 1960
Director
Shippû kozô 1960
Director
Wakai toppū 1960
Director, Screenplay
素っ飛び小僧 1960
Director
六三制愚連隊 1960
Director
Tatsumaki kozō 1960
Director
Windy Street 1959
Director, Screenplay
Downhill Youth 1959
Director
Beneath the Gallows 1959
Director
Immoral Lecture 1959
Director, Screenplay
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow 1958
Director
The Nun 1958
Director, Screenplay
孤独の人 1957
Director
Frankie the Milkman 1956
Screenplay
Shiawase wa doko ni 1956
Director, Screenplay
- Family of Sorrow
Family of Sorrow 1956
Director
- Funny Friend: The Baby and Express
Funny Friend: The Baby and Express 1956
Director, Screenplay
Striving to Live 1955
Director
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido 1953
Assistant Director
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