Portrait of Hidetoshi Nishijima

Acting

Hidetoshi Nishijima

Career

Active from 1992 to 2027, busiest in 2021 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
92
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Drive My Car
Drive My Car
GoodWatch score85/100

Characters

21

The characters Hidetoshi Nishijima played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hidetoshi Nishijima Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7
  • Satire & Parody
    1.6, average 2.3
  • Pop Culture
    1.5, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 17
  • Japanese Cinema 14
  • Japanese Drama 10
  • Psychological Thriller 9
  • Political Intrigue 7
  • Social Commentary 7
  • Melancholy 7
  • Slow Burn 7
  • Coming-of-Age 6
  • Psychological Drama 6
  • Character Study 5
  • Police Procedural 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

123
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

27 titles · average score 66
Human Specimens
Human Specimens (2025)

TV show · as Professor Shiro Sakaki

Sunny
Sunny (2024)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Masahiko 'Masa' Sakamoto

Serpent's Path
Serpent's Path (2024)
GoodWatch score 50

as Yoshimura

Kubi
Kubi (2023)
GoodWatch score 60

as Akechi Mitsuhide

Shin Ultraman
Shin Ultraman (2022)
GoodWatch score 80

as Kimio Tamura

Kamen Rider Black Sun
Kamen Rider Black Sun (2022)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Kotaro Minami/Kamen Rider Black Sun

Riding a Unicorn
Riding a Unicorn (2022)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Satoshi Kotori

Drive My Car
Drive My Car (2021)
GoodWatch score 85

as Yūsuke Kafuku

Guilty Flag
Guilty Flag (2021)

TV show

What Did You Eat Yesterday?
What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2021)
GoodWatch score 68

as Shiro Kakei

Chef Is a Great Detective
Chef Is a Great Detective (2021)

TV show · as Mifune Shinobu

Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021)
GoodWatch score 64

as Yuhki Isayama / Yuji

2010s

40 titles · average score 69
What Did You Eat Yesterday?
What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2019)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Shiro Kakei

Maison de Police
Maison de Police (2019)

TV show · as Soichiro Natsume

Falling Camellia
Falling Camellia (2018)
GoodWatch score 73

as Uneme Sakakibara

CRISIS: Special Security Squad
CRISIS: Special Security Squad (2017)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Saburo Tamaru

Creepy
Creepy (2016)
GoodWatch score 74

as Takakura Koichi

Toto Nee-chan
Toto Nee-chan (2016)

TV show · as Takezo Kohashi

While the Women Are Sleeping
While the Women Are Sleeping (2016)
GoodWatch score 56

as Kenji

MOZU
MOZU (2014)

TV show · as Naotake Kuraki

The Wind Rises
The Wind Rises (2013)
GoodWatch score 83

as Honjô (voice)

Yae's Sakura
Yae's Sakura (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Kakuma Yamamoto

Strawberry Night
Strawberry Night (2012)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Kazuo Kikuta

99 Days with the Superstar
99 Days with the Superstar (2011)

TV show · as 나미키 코헤이 역

2000s

43 titles · average score 62
Kanikôsen
Kanikôsen (2009)
GoodWatch score 60

as Asakawa

Team Batista no Eikō
Team Batista no Eikō (2008)

TV show · as 速水晃一

Junjo Kirari
Junjo Kirari (2006)

TV show · as Sugi Togo

Loft
Loft (2006)
GoodWatch score 59

as Koichi Kijima

Su-ki-da
Su-ki-da (2006)
GoodWatch score 71

as Yosuke

Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace (2006)
GoodWatch score 66

as Shingorou Ikushima

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs (2005)
GoodWatch score 54

as Renji

Canary
Canary (2005)
GoodWatch score 43

as Akira Izawa

Tony Takitani
Tony Takitani (2004)
GoodWatch score 69

as Narrator

Always Smiling
Always Smiling (2003)

TV show · as Kazuya Yuzuhara

Dolls
Dolls (2002)
GoodWatch score 74

as Matsumoto

Love/Juice
Love/Juice (2000)
GoodWatch score 58

as Sakamoto

1990s

13 titles · average score 73
License to Live
License to Live (1999)
GoodWatch score 74

as Yutaka Yoshii

2/Duo
2/Duo (1997)
GoodWatch score 72

as Kei

Seraphim Night
Seraphim Night (1996)

as Hiroyuki Oshima

MARKS
MARKS (1995)

as Yoshitaka Mori

Kura
Kura (1995)

as Takeda Ryota

Broken Heart
Broken Heart (1995)

as Yosuke

Ghost Pub
Ghost Pub (1994)

as Koichi

The Ordinary People
The Ordinary People (1993)

TV show · as Junichiro Matsuoka

お願いダーリン!
お願いダーリン! (1993)

TV show

Devil's Kiss
Devil's Kiss (1993)

TV show

Mokuyoubi no Shokutaku
Mokuyoubi no Shokutaku (1992)

TV show

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)

TV show