Katsumi Nishikawa

Katsumi Nishikawa Trailers

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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.

Most Popular Katsumi Nishikawa Trailers

Total trailers found: 55

Family of Sorrow Trailer (1956)

04 April 1956

Japanese drama film, originally released in two parts.

Gone in the Rain Trailer (1963)

17 March 1963

Ayako (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is a free-willed college girl who shares a room with Takako and Kimie. They each have a clear vision of what they want from their career and love life.

Downhill Youth Trailer (1959)

30 June 1959

Shippû kozô Trailer (1960)

21 August 1960

Pursuit Trailer (1961)

10 September 1961

Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.

Lost Love Trailer (1967)

23 September 1967

Shimamura is a young man whose family went broke and lost their house. One day, as he returns to his former house to get a camellia blooming from the garden, he sees a beautiful schoolgirl who lives there.

The Man With Starry Eyes Trailer (1962)

05 August 1962

1962 Japanese movie

Shiawase wa doko ni Trailer (1956)

19 July 1956

Immoral Lecture Trailer (1959)

09 January 1959

Kimagure tosei Trailer (1962)

18 February 1962

1962 Japanese movie

Homecoming Trailer (1964)

14 August 1964

Moriya Tomoko, a young girl working for a publishing company, is told by a woman art dealer that her real father did not die, as everyone believes, during the revolution in Cuba, but is now living in Japan.

The Sea of Eden Trailer (1963)

31 August 1963

High school student Tomoe's initial apprehension towards Nanjo, a new handsome teacher in her school, is mistakenly perceived as a crush by her classmates, leading to dramatic consequences.

The Four Loves Trailer (1965)

29 December 1965

A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him alone, as he wants some freedom.

Fresh Leaves Trailer (1962)

06 October 1962

Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father's love, she develops a possessive attachment to Mr.

The Wild Daisy Trailer (1977)

09 July 1977

Teenage cousins Masao and Tamiko fall in love when she comes to his riverside brewery house to take care of his sickly mother.

Black Art Collection -Testimony- Trailer (2020)

09 May 2020

Ishino Teiichiro (Tanihara Shosuke) married his wife Sachiko (Nishida Naomi) and took over her family’s clinic in Kanazawa.

Song of Farewell Trailer (1965)

20 March 1965

After her mother's funeral, Yuriko, dressed in mourning clothes, sees off her lover Shintaro as he leaves in the powdery snow, and resolves to part ways with him forever.

Seito shokun! Trailer (1984)

22 December 1984

Based on the comic book of the same name by Youko Shouji

My Hometown is the Wild West Trailer (1960)

27 December 1960

George Mihara was ordered by his grandfather Tom to go to Japan. The purpose was to deliver a $100,000 check to Matsuyama, a Japanese soldier who had helped Tom around the time of World War I, and to perform some act of kindness in Japan using $300 pocket money.

Frankie the Milkman Trailer (1956)

05 December 1956

Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a distant relative of his runs, he encounters the most strangest of clientele.

One Bowl of Kakesoba Trailer (1992)

15 February 1992

Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife.

Tatsumaki kozō Trailer (1960)

11 January 1960

Tommy, a tornado boy who arrived at Arima Onsen in search of his father, whom he separated from when he was young, meets a girl named Eiko after driving away a group of thugs causing trouble at a variety show venue.

The Surf Trailer (1975)

10 October 1975

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo.

The Last Song Trailer (1975)

20 December 1975

Junkichi is the son of a rich landlord, while Koyuki is the daughter of a poor lumber worker. The mismatched pair soon finds love, and against his father's wishes, Junkichi decides to run away with Koyuki to start a new life.

The Izu Dancer Trailer (1974)

28 December 1974

While vacationing in the Izu peninsula, a high school student Kawashima becomes intrigued by Kaoru, a pretty young dancer in a troupe of travelling performers, and he tags along with them on their journeys.

A Portrait of Shunkin Trailer (1976)

25 December 1976

Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly scarred on her face.

Funny Friend: The Baby and Express Trailer (1956)

29 January 1956

East-West Transportation, headquartered in Tokyo, operates daily scheduled cargo flights on the Tokaido Road from Tokyo to Osaka and back, as the name suggests.

Red Bud and White Flower Trailer (1962)

10 June 1962

A high school boy and girl in the midst of their youth try to get their parents to remarry.

Kusa wo karu musume Trailer (1961)

25 October 1961

1961 Japanese movie

Sweet Revenge Trailer (1977)

17 December 1977

Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, specifically to accost Otsuka, Japan's top criminal defence lawyer, and plead with him to take her brother's case.

Striving to Live Trailer (1955)

25 February 1955

Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in trouble because he had a bonus of 10,000 yen more.

Love Comes with Youth Trailer (1963)

01 June 1963

During his idle journey on the Izu Peninsula, a university student, Kawasaki, encounters a group of traveling entertainers – including Kaoru (Sayuri Yoshinaga), one of the “odoriko”.

Virgin Road Trailer (1989)

21 July 1989

Based on the comic book by Tatsuo Kanai

Windy Street Trailer (1959)

13 September 1959

Adapted from the original work by the literary giant Yasunari Kawabata. Through the lives of three sisters each following their own path, the film offers a richly poetic exploration of what constitutes happiness for women.

The Sea of Sparta Trailer (1983)

01 September 1983

Violent delinquent Shunpei is sent to Totsuka Yacht School, a grueling rehabilitation center. The principal fears that this "half-wolf" is too much.

The Spiders' The Road to Bali Trailer (1968)

28 August 1968

The Spiders, a 1960s Japanese Group Sounds band, star. During their Asian tour spies try to smuggle plutonium hidden in The Spiders' guitar amps, but the boys just want to Rock and Roll!

Night of Sorrow Trailer (1966)

27 March 1966

A young lawyer looking for a true culprit to save his innocent friend. But behind the case is the father of a woman he loves.

Journey to the North Trailer (1967)

03 January 1967

Winter holidays at the university. Eikichi visits a city in the north of the country, the hometown of Yuko, a classmate for whom he has feelings.

No Greater Love Trailer (1966)

17 September 1966

In 1943, Japan is amidst the Pacific War. Sobei Sonoda is one of the wealthiest landowners of the San'in region.

Wakai toppū Trailer (1960)

20 July 1960

On his way back to Yokohama, a young boy named Kenji Hase encounters a girl named Yoshiko who is being harassed by the Kaminaryu gang.

Eternal Love Trailer (1968)

11 March 1968

The love story of an aspiring architect and a charcoal-making daughter, who discover that they are actually brother and sister.

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow Trailer (1958)

02 September 1958

Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for Daishiro.

Doing What I Please Trailer (1961)

03 May 1961

Koichi Haruyama, who works at the Morita Automobile Factory, was driving a convertible through Ginza in search of accident sites.

Beyond the Green Hills Trailer (1963)

03 January 1963

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to take a bite out of the forbidden fruit.

The Sea of Eden Trailer (1976)

24 April 1976

Nanjo, a new teacher at a girls' high school, unwittingly becomes the object of gossip when he buys underwear for Shimizu and spends his vacation with a female teacher.

Tomo o okuru uta Trailer (1966)

25 June 1966

The Swan Elegy Trailer (1966)

29 October 1966

One day, Reiko, who is engaged, meets a young man named Kondo, and she likes him, although she has a fiancé.

Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower Trailer (1969)

22 January 1969

A flower is a woman or a man is a butterfly... Love and melancholy bloom wildly in the nighttime garden! This is a moody entertainment work depicting the love, laughter, melancholy, and human drama of an iron-fisted daughter of a family of expositors who, after her father's death, disbanded her gang and moved to Tokyo by herself, where she becomes a hostess and demonstrates her natural chivalrous temperament, risking her life in the neon-lit Ginza district.

Two Lovers Point Trailer (1977)

29 April 1977

Follows a female Japanese television producer and a young man in Guam, touching on suicide and romance.

My Phoenix Trailer (1989)

13 May 1989

Romance story about the first female manager of the Nihon University Phoenix

Seinen no isu Trailer (1962)

08 April 1962

1962 Japanese movie

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido Trailer (1953)

14 January 1953

Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spend her life serving god, she sets off to a convent in Hakodate, Hokkaido, and meets along the way a young bear-hunter with whom she begins an adventure.

The Nun Trailer (1958)

06 May 1958

Beneath the Gallows Trailer (1959)

05 May 1959

Who is the vicious criminal challenging the investigation team? Mysteries lead to more mysteries, and deductions lead to more deductions in this bizarre and terrifying thriller!

Women of the Night - Woman of Seniority Trailer (1969)

16 April 1969

A tragic love story about the heiress of the Kitakyushu Tagawa family who becomes a hostess in Osaka.