Kiyoshi Nishimura

• Name — Kiyoshi Nishimura • Born — 7 September 1932 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Died — 17 November 1993 • Place of death — Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan • Occupation — Film director

Nishimura graduated from the Tachikawa High School in Tokyo. While studying, he worked part-time at a U.S. military base in Tachikawa, where he became interested in filmmaking. In 1956, he graduated from Hitotsubashi University, where he was a classmate of politician Shintaro Ishihara.

Nishimura joined the Toho entertainment corporation and worked as an assistant director for multiple filmmakers, including Akira Kurosawa, Mikio Naruse, Ishirō Honda, Yuzō Kawashima, Hirokawa Horimichi, Yasuki Chiba, Eizō Sugawa, Kengo Furusawa, and Hideo Onchi. In 1969, he made his directorial debut with the action-thriller It's Too Early to Die (Shinu ni wa Mada Hayai), starring Toshio Kurosawa. Nishimura was known for incorporating jazz into his film soundtracks. Due to the decline of the Japanese film industry, Nishimura left Tokyo to work independently and directed numerous television series. In 1987, Nishimura was arrested for using a video camera in a public bathhouse (sentō) to film women. This incident negatively impacted his career and public image, leading to a lack of job opportunities. Following the incident, he directed television series under the pseudonym Yūsai Itō (井藤雄才).

Nishimura was found dead on the Hayama coast in Kanagawa on November 17, 1993, having drowned. A police investigation concluded that his death was a suicide.

As director: • Year — English title — Japanese title — Romanized title — Notes • 1969 — Too Early to Die — 死ぬにはまだ早い — Shinu ni wa Mada Hayai • 1970 — Daylight Attack — 白昼の襲撃 — Hakuchū no Shūgeki • The Creature Called Man — 豹は走った — Jagā wa Hashitta • Comedy: Man for Sale — 喜劇: 男売ります — Kigeki: Otoko Urimasu • 1971 — Amazing Guys — 凄い奴ら — Sugoi Yatsura • 1972 — Hairpin Circus — ヘアピン・サーカス — Heapin Sākasu • Rose Target — 薔薇の標的 — Bara no Hyōteki • 1973 — Tomorrow Has Disappeared into the Sunset — 夕映えに明日は消えた — Yūbae ni Ashita wa Kieta — Unreleased • 1977 — Tree of Youth — 青年の樹 — Seinen no Ki • 1978 — Melodies of a White Night — 白夜の調べ — Byakuya no Shirabe — Codirected with Sergei Solovyov • 1979 — Golden Partner — 黄金のパートナー — Ōgon no Pātonā • 1984 — Eve in a Summer Dress — 夏服のイヴ — Natsufuku no Ibu • 1991 — Madonna's Revenge — マドンナの復讐 — Madonna no Fukushū — Straight-to-video *