Direction: Kenji Nakanishi

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Kenji Nakanishi. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


After the Flowers

2010 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Nakanishi

Cast Keiko Kitagawa · Miyao Shuntarou · Kamejirô Ichikawa · Jun Kunimura

Plot Ito, daughter of a clan official, encounters low ranking samurai Magoshiro Eguchi. Ito has become famous as a skilled swordwoman, so Magoshiro challenges her to a sword match using bamboo...

6.4

22 votes

6.4

22 votes

The Blue Bird

2008 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

6.4

44 votes

6.4

44 votes

Dreaming of the Meridian Arc

2022 · Movie · 112 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Nakanishi

Cast Kiichi Nakai · Kenichi Matsuyama · Keiko Kitagawa · Isao Hashizume

Plot A small city's efforts to develop a TV series to honor a great figure from the town's history are derailed by a staggering discovery.

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Nezumi, Edo wo hashiru (TV Series)

2014 · Series · min. · Japan

Direction Rintaro Mayuzumi · Taisuke Kawamura · Tomohiko Yamashita · Kenji Nakanishi

Cast Hideaki Takizawa · Nana Katase · Taiga Kyômoto · Masahiro Takashima

Plot Under the rule of Shogun Ienari, the samurais and the townspeople are all discontented and grumbling about their lot in life. Amidst all these, there lives a man by the...

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