
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Actor · Born March 29, 1971 (55) · Tokyo, Japan
Hidetoshi Nishijima (born March 29, 1971) is a Japanese actor. He is widely regarded as one of Japan's leading actors in numerous films and television drama series. He has appeared in a wide range of films from epic science fiction films such as Shin Ultraman (2022) to small-scale art films such as Dolls (2002). He is best known internationally for his leading role in the film Drive My Car (2021). He received the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor for the film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hidetoshi Nishijima, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 29, 1971 (55)
- Tokyo, Japan
- Actor
- 23 on MovieCove · 148 credits in all
What are Hidetoshi Nishijima's films like?
Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 16
Light 2 · Serious 5 · Dark 10
Grounded 3 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 6
Gentle 1 · Charged 11 · Intense 5
Steady 13 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 7
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 8
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 6 of 13 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Matsumoto in Dolls (2002)
- Heraldas Koichi Kijima in Loft (2005)
- Allyas Honjô in The Wind Rises (2013)
- Heroas Ishigami Taketo in Genome Hazard (2013)
- Heroas Takakura in Creepy (2016)
- Heroas Kenji in While the Women Are Sleeping (2016)
- Mentoras Naotaro Yamagata in The Last Recipe: Memory of Giraffe's Tongue (2017)
- Allyas Yûki Isayama in Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021)
- Heroas Yûsuke Kafuku in Drive My Car (2021)
- Threshold guardianas Fumio Tamura in Shin Ultraman (2022)
- Heroas Kamen Rider Black Sun in Kamen Rider Black Sun (2022)
- Mentoras Satoshi Kotori in Riding a Unicorn (2022)
- Shadowas Shiro Sakaki in Human Specimens (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet12
- Ambiguous9
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Hidetoshi Nishijima's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Hidetoshi Nishijima's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
148 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Sonzai no Subete wo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

The Brightest Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Her Private Hell(2026)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Human Specimens(2025)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Dear Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

All About Suomi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Sunny(2024)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Serpent's Path(2024)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Ougon No Toki - Kintaro Hattori Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Sayonara, Maestro! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Kubi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Keishichou Outsider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Kamen Rider Black Sun(2022)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Goodbye Cruel World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Riding a Unicorn(2022)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Shin Ultraman(2022)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
I Told You to Forget It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
99.9 Criminal Lawyer: SP (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

What Did You Eat Yesterday? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

Guilty Flag(2021)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Drive My Car(2021)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Chef Is a Great Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

Welcome Home, Mone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
North Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

Silent Tokyo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

Voices in the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

What Did You Eat Yesterday? New Year's Special 2020 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

People of the Isono Family ~Ms Sazae 20 years from now~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Ninkyo Gakuen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

What Did You Eat Yesterday? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Detective Akechi Kogoro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Maison de Police (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Mario (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Oz Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Samurai's Promise(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Penguin Highway(2018)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Mangan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Caution, Hazardous Wife(2017)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Blanket Cats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

CRISIS: Special Security Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

async - first light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

Creepy(2016)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Spring Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Toto Nee-chan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Mozu The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Painless - Eye Can Diagnose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Red Cross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Poison Berry in my Brain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Second Chance Chauffeur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

MOZU (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Team Batista the Movie: The Portrait of Kerberos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Genome Hazard(2013)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Hameln (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

The Wind Rises(2013)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Strawberry Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Strawberry Night: After the Invisible Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Yae's Sakura (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Double Face: Sen'nyû sôsa hen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Fish on Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Strawberry Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Cut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

99 Days with the Superstar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Memories Corner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

School!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

チーム・バチスタSP2011~さらばジェネラル!天才救命医は愛する人を救えるか~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Strawberry Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Hebi no Hito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Goodbye, Someday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Zero Focus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Kidnapping (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Kanikôsen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

ジャッジII ~島の裁判官奮闘記~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Peeping Tom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Team Batista no Eikō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Tokyo Rendezvous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Oka wo koete (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

ジャッジ~島の裁判官 奮闘記~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Prodigy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Mountain Woman, Wall Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Pacchigi! Love & Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

怪奇大作戰 セカンドファイル (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Freesia: Bullet Over Tears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Umi de no hanashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Loft(2005)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Junjo Kirari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Su-ki-da (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Haru, Bânîzu de (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Three Year Delivery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Unfair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Dirt(y) Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

La Maison de Himiko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Sayonara Midori-chan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Canary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

More Painful than Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Silver Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Dogs & Cats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Going Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Tony Takitani(2004)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Casshern(2004)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Waltz of Her Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

The Diary from the Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Always Smiling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

In The Still Of The Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

A Painful Pair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Last Scene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

tokyo.sora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Dolls(2002)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Somewhere on Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the Barn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Chloe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Self and Others (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Love/Juice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

License to Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

The Cold-Blooded Trap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

The Artful Dodgers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

2/Duo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

Seraphim Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Kura (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Love of Sawako 2: 1000 Miles Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

MARKS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Broken Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Ghost Pub (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

The Ordinary People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Devil's Kiss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Am I Unattractive? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
お願いダーリン! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Mokuyoubi no Shokutaku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Enemies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Road House 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 148 titles, 145 of them dated from 1990 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Biggest box office
The Wind Rises (2013)

Highest rated
The Wind Rises (2013)

Most popular right now
Her Private Hell (2026)
Film career
Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 7 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2002Screen debut· Dolls
- 2014First top-billed film· Genome Hazard
- 2021Career best· Drive My Car
- 2022Career best· Kamen Rider Black Sun
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Hidetoshi Nishijima's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 17; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th8
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
11 of their 23 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Mixed11
Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Hidetoshi Nishijima's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Hidetoshi Nishijima work with?
People who share at least 2 of Hidetoshi Nishijima's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kiyoshi Kurosawa shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Kiyoshi KurosawaShared titles: Serpent's Path (2024), Creepy (2016), Loft (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Kiyoshi Kurosawa

- Naoko KomuroShared titles: Guilty Flag (2021), Caution, Hazardous Wife (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Naoko Komuro
Writers
- Haruki MurakamiShared titles: Drive My Car (2021), Tony Takitani (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Haruki Murakami

- Kazuki KaneshiroShared titles: Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021), Caution, Hazardous Wife (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Kazuki Kaneshiro
Actors
- Rie MiyazawaShared titles: Human Specimens (2025), Guilty Flag (2021), Tony Takitani (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Rie Miyazawa

- Shioli KutsunaShared titles: Her Private Hell (2026), While the Women Are Sleeping (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Shioli Kutsuna

- Jun KunimuraShared titles: Sunny (2024), The Wind Rises (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Jun Kunimura

- Ryôko HirosueShared titles: Riding a Unicorn (2022), Caution, Hazardous Wife (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Ryôko Hirosue

Composers and cinematographers
- Atsuhiro NabeshimaShared titles: Human Specimens (2025), While the Women Are Sleeping (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Atsuhiro Nabeshima
- Shiro SagisuShared titles: Shin Ultraman (2022), Casshern (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Shiro Sagisu

- Katsumi YanagijimaShared titles: Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021), Dolls (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Katsumi Yanagijima

- Masahiro TokudaShared titles: Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021), Caution, Hazardous Wife (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Masahiro Tokuda

Producers
- Yôko EdamiShared titles: Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021), Caution, Hazardous Wife (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Yôko Edami
Mixed roles
- Hideaki AnnoShared titles: Shin Ultraman (2022), The Wind Rises (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Hideaki Anno

- Takeshi KitanoShared titles: While the Women Are Sleeping (2016), Dolls (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Takeshi Kitano



