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Tetsuya Nakashima is a Director and Scriptwriter Japonais born on 2 september 1959 at Fukuoka (Japon)

Tetsuya Nakashima

Tetsuya Nakashima
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Nationality Japon
Birth 2 september 1959 (64 years) at Fukuoka (Japon)

Tetsuya Nakashima (中島哲也) (born 1959) is a Japanese film director. He was born in Fukuoka, attending high school in Chikushino. Nakashima was given the Best Director award at the 2005 Yokohama Film Festival for his film Kamikaze Girls.

His 2010 film Confessions was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards and made the final shortlist in January 2011.

He was originally slated to direct an adaptation of the hit manga Attack on Titan, but in December 2012 he left the project due to differences with the rest of the production team.

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Filmography of Tetsuya Nakashima (6 films)

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Director

The World of Kanako, 1h58
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Joe Odagiri, Nana Komatsu, Fumi Nikaidō, Ai Hashimoto
Rating64% 3.2491553.2491553.2491553.2491553.249155
A former detective, Akihiro Fujishima (Kōji Yakusho), tries to search for his daughter Kanako (Nana Komatsu), who has been missing for a few days, and learns about his daughter's secret life.
Confessions, 1h46
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Takako Matsu, Masaki Okada, Yoshino Kimura, Mana Ashida, Ai Hashimoto, Kai Inowaki
Rating76% 3.848593.848593.848593.848593.84859
Junior high school teacher Yuko Moriguchi (Takako Matsu) announced to her class that she would resign before spring break. Moriguchi revealed that because the HIV-positive biological father of her daughter Manami was ill, she used to bring Manami (Mana Ashida) to school with her. One day, after school, she returned to the room where Manami was but found her gone. Her daughter was later found drowned in a school swimming pool.
Paco and the Magical Book, 1h45
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Ayaka Wilson, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Ryō Kase, Eiko Koike, Anna Tsuchiya
Rating68% 3.437293.437293.437293.437293.43729
The movie is set in a hospital where "strange" people are sent. One of the older, gruffer patients, is Onuki, a business owner who is sent to the hospital after a heart attack, thinks little of the other hospital patients, and hopes to die without being remembered by such "worthless" people. Another patient, a young girl named Paco, is in the hospital due to a memory disorder- she can only remember the events of one day at a time. Each day she reads a pop-up children's book, and often asks Onuki to read to her. Each day it is a new story for her.
Memories of Matsuko, 2h10
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Psychologie, Musical films
Actors Miki Nakatani, Eita, Yūsuke Iseya, Teruyuki Kagawa, Anna Tsuchiya, Gori
Rating77% 3.897343.897343.897343.897343.89734
The story begins with Sho cleaning out the remaining belongings of his recently deceased aunt Matsuko. Sho gradually learns many details of his aunt's life, and it is through his investigations that the audience learns the story of Matsuko's past.

Scriptwriter

The World of Kanako, 1h58
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Joe Odagiri, Nana Komatsu, Fumi Nikaidō, Ai Hashimoto
Rating64% 3.2491553.2491553.2491553.2491553.249155
A former detective, Akihiro Fujishima (Kōji Yakusho), tries to search for his daughter Kanako (Nana Komatsu), who has been missing for a few days, and learns about his daughter's secret life.
Confessions, 1h46
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Takako Matsu, Masaki Okada, Yoshino Kimura, Mana Ashida, Ai Hashimoto, Kai Inowaki
Roles Writer
Rating76% 3.848593.848593.848593.848593.84859
Junior high school teacher Yuko Moriguchi (Takako Matsu) announced to her class that she would resign before spring break. Moriguchi revealed that because the HIV-positive biological father of her daughter Manami was ill, she used to bring Manami (Mana Ashida) to school with her. One day, after school, she returned to the room where Manami was but found her gone. Her daughter was later found drowned in a school swimming pool.
Paco and the Magical Book, 1h45
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Ayaka Wilson, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Ryō Kase, Eiko Koike, Anna Tsuchiya
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.437293.437293.437293.437293.43729
The movie is set in a hospital where "strange" people are sent. One of the older, gruffer patients, is Onuki, a business owner who is sent to the hospital after a heart attack, thinks little of the other hospital patients, and hopes to die without being remembered by such "worthless" people. Another patient, a young girl named Paco, is in the hospital due to a memory disorder- she can only remember the events of one day at a time. Each day she reads a pop-up children's book, and often asks Onuki to read to her. Each day it is a new story for her.
Memories of Matsuko, 2h10
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Psychologie, Musical films
Actors Miki Nakatani, Eita, Yūsuke Iseya, Teruyuki Kagawa, Anna Tsuchiya, Gori
Rating77% 3.897343.897343.897343.897343.89734
The story begins with Sho cleaning out the remaining belongings of his recently deceased aunt Matsuko. Sho gradually learns many details of his aunt's life, and it is through his investigations that the audience learns the story of Matsuko's past.