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Kenji Nakanishi

Career

Active from 1982 to 2025, with a break from 1983 to 1999, busiest in 2002 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Breathe In, Breathe Out
Breathe In, Breathe Out
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kenji Nakanishi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Crime
    1.7, average 3.6
  • Scare
    1.0, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.7, average 4.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Culture 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

23
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles
Mount Fuji, Coffee, and the Formula for Happiness
Mount Fuji, Coffee, and the Formula for Happiness (2025)

Director

Mt. Fuji and Happiness Code
Mt. Fuji and Happiness Code (2025)

Director

Four Days Tokyo
Four Days Tokyo (2023)

Screenplay, Director

Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc (2022)

Director

2010s

7 titles · average score 70
Japanese Doll Of Terror
Japanese Doll Of Terror (2019)

Producer

Second Summer, Never See You Again
Second Summer, Never See You Again (2017)

Director

Flower and Sword
Flower and Sword (2017)

Co-Writer

Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current
Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current (2016)

Screenplay

Samurai Rock
Samurai Rock (2015)

Producer

Love Gear
Love Gear (2013)

Director

After the Flowers
After the Flowers (2010)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

2000s

10 titles · average score 66
The Blue Bird
The Blue Bird (2008)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

Japan Ghost Stories 2
Japan Ghost Stories 2 (2007)

Director

Japan Ghost Stories 3
Japan Ghost Stories 3 (2007)

Director

Riding the Metro
Riding the Metro (2006)
GoodWatch score 65

Assistant Director

Breathe In, Breathe Out
Breathe In, Breathe Out (2004)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer

Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 1
Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 1 (2002)

Director

Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 2
Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 2 (2002)

Director

Desire to Kill
Desire to Kill (2002)

Director

The Face Burglar
The Face Burglar (2000)

Screenplay, Director

Street of Gravestones
Street of Gravestones (2000)

Director, Writer

1990s

1 title · average score 64
Jubaku: Spellbound
Jubaku: Spellbound (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

Assistant Director

1980s

1 title
To Mariko
To Mariko (1982)

Director, Script