Kenji Nakanishi

DirectorProducerWriterDirectingVisual Effects 1982–2025 (43 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Highest Rated

Nezumi-Kozo, Running Around Edo

2014 · Director

10.0

Flower and Sword

2017 · Co-Writer

8.0

Dreaming of the Meridian Arc

2022 · Director

7.7

Known For

Film

After the Flowers

Director

Film

Breathe In, Breathe Out

Writer

Film

Riding the Metro

Assistant Director

Film

Armor Hunter Merowlink

Key Animation

Film

Jubaku: Spellbound

Assistant Director

Film

The Blue Bird

Director

Film

The Japanese Doll

Producer

Film

Dreaming of the Meridian Arc

Director

Filmography

Crew (26)

Movies (23)

Mt. Fuji and Happiness Code

2025

Director

Mount Fuji, Coffee, and the Formula for Happiness

2025

Director

Four Days Tokyo

2023

Director

Dreaming of the Meridian Arc

Director

The Japanese Doll

Producer

Flower and Sword

Co-Writer

Second Summer, Never See You Again

2017

Director

6.5

Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current

2016

Screenplay

5.0

Samurai Rock

2015

Producer

Love Gear

2013

Director

After the Flowers

Director

The Blue Bird

Director

Japan Ghost Stories 3

2007

Director

4.0

Japan Ghost Stories 2

Director

Riding the Metro

Assistant Director

Breathe In, Breathe Out

2004

Writer

7.4

Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 2

2002

Director

5.0

Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 1

2002

Director

2.0

Desire to Kill

2002

Director

Street of Gravestones

2000

Writer

The Face Burglar

2000

Director

Jubaku: Spellbound

1999

Assistant Director

6.2

To Mariko

1982

Director

Television (3)

主夫メゾン

2021

Producer

Nezumi-Kozo, Running Around Edo

2014

Director

10.0

Armor Hunter Merowlink

1988

Key Animation

6.8