Portrait of Junji Nishimura

Directing

Junji Nishimura

Career

Active from 1981 to 2025, busiest in 1981 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Junji Nishimura Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Class & Capitalism
    2.0, average 3.3
  • Crime
    2.3, average 3.6
  • Historical
    1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Found Family Dynamics 3
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Classic Super Robot 2
  • Emotional Catharsis 2
  • Slow-Burn Narrative 2
  • Nostalgic Atmosphere 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

16
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise
Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise (2025)

Screenplay

2010s

2 titles
The Oath of Winter, The Festival of Summer - The Great Camphor Tree of Takeoshi
The Oath of Winter, The Festival of Summer - The Great Camphor Tree of Takeoshi (2016)

Director

The Pot of Promise - First Love in Arita
The Pot of Promise - First Love in Arita (2016)

Director

2000s

2 titles ยท average score 73
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009)
GoodWatch score 73

Storyboard Artist

Mon Colle Knight: Legendary Fire Dragon
Mon Colle Knight: Legendary Fire Dragon (2000)

Storyboard Artist

1990s

4 titles ยท average score 67
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture (1999)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

Kishin Douji Zenki Gaiden: Anki Kitan
Kishin Douji Zenki Gaiden: Anki Kitan (1997)

Director

Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix
Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix (1994)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

Dr. Typhoon
Dr. Typhoon (1991)

Director

1980s

7 titles ยท average score 72
Six God Combination GodMars - Seventeen Year Old Legend
Six God Combination GodMars - Seventeen Year Old Legend (1988)

Storyboard Artist

Pro Golfer Saru: Kouga Hikyou! Kage no Ninpou Golfer Sanjou!
Pro Golfer Saru: Kouga Hikyou! Kage no Ninpou Golfer Sanjou! (1987)

Director

Barefoot Gen 2
Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
GoodWatch score 69

as Doctor (voice)

Pro Golfer Saru: Super Golf World e no Chousen!!
Pro Golfer Saru: Super Golf World e no Chousen!! (1986)

Director

Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party
Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party (1985)

Storyboard Artist

Barefoot Gen
Barefoot Gen (1983)
GoodWatch score 75

as Boku Pak (voice)

GoShogun
GoShogun (1982)

Assistant Director