Hidetoshi Nishijima (actor)

Hidetoshi Nishijima
Hidetoshi Nishijima
	Nishijima in 2018
Born	March 29, 1971; Tokyo
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Hidetoshi Nishijima (西島秀俊, Nishijima Hidetoshi, born March 29, 1971) is a Japanese actor.

Career

Nishijima made his debut in the contemporary detective television drama series Hagure Keiji Junjōha in 1992.

In 1993, he gained public recognition for his portrayal of a gay character in the television series Asunaro Hakusho. He co-starred with Takuya Kimura.[1]

He starred for the first time in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 1998 film License to Live, and co-starred with Kōji Yakusho.[2]

He attracted attention again, by being selected by Takeshi Kitano, for the lead role in Dolls in 2002.[3]

He was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the Yokohama Film Festival in 2008.[4]

In Amir Naderi's 2011 film Cut, he played a leading role, which was described by Chris Cabin of Slant Magazine as "the most convincingly pretentious and frustrated cinephile to ever be portrayed on film".[5] His performance in the film was praised by Dan Fainaru of Screen International as "painfully memorable".[6]

He also played the role of Kiro Honjo in Hayao Miyazaki's 2013 animated film The Wind Rises as a voice actor.[7]

In 2017, he became the first Japanese to be appointed to a model for Giorgio Armani's Made-to-Measure.[8]

He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award at the Japanese Academy Awards in 2019 for his performance in Samurai's Promise.[9]

He has also appeared in films such as Akihiko Shiota's Canary[10] and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Loft.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1994	Ghost Pub	Koichi
1995	Marks no Yama	Mori
1995	Kura	Ryota Takeda
1997	2/Duo	Kei
1998	License to Live	Yutaka
2000	Love/Juice	Sakamoto
2001	Sekai no Owari to Iu Na no Zakkaten
2002	Dolls	Matsumoto
	Tokyo.sora
	Last Scene
2004	Casshern	Lieutenant Colonel Kamijo
	Tony Takitani	Narrator (voice)
	The Cat Leaves Home
	Kikyo
	Angel in the Box
2005	House of Himiko	Hosokawa
	Sayonara Midori-chan
	Su-ki-da	Yosuke
	Loft	Koichi Kijima
	Canary
2006	Oh! Oku	Shingoro Ikushima
2007	Freesia: Bullet Over Tears	Toshio Iwasaki
	Pacchigi! Love & Peace
	Shindo
2008	Tonan Kadobeya Nikai no Onna	Takashi Nogami
2009	Kanikōsen	Asakawa
2009	Zero Focus
2010	Sayonara Itsuka	Yutaka
2011	Cut	Shuji
2012	Seiji: Riku no Sakana	Seiji
2013	Strawberry Night	Kazuo Kikuta
	Memories Corner	Okabe
	The Wind Rises	Kiro Honjo (voice)
2014	Genome Hazard	Taketo Ishigami
2015	Mozu
2015	Poison berry in my brain	Yoshida
2016	Creepy	Takakura
2016	While the Women Are Sleeping
2017	The Last Recipe	Yamagata
2018	Samurai's Promise	Uneme Sakakibara
	The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps	Kazumasa Harima
	Oz Land	Yoshihiko Ozuka
	Penguin Highway	Aoyama's Father (voice)
2019	Ninkyō Gakuen
2019	Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
2020	The Phone of the Wind
	Caution, Hazardous Wife	Yūki Isayama
	Silent Tokyo
2021	Shin Ultraman
2021	What Did You Eat Yesterday?	Shirō Kakei

Television

Asunaro Hakusho (1993)
Mori Motonari (1997)
Ōoku (2004), Tokugawa Iemitsu
Unfair (2006)
Real Clothes (2009)
General Rouge no Gaisen (2010)
School (2011)
Boku to Star no 99 Nichi (2011)
Strawberry Night (2012)
Yae no Sakura (2013), Yamamoto Kakuma
Toto Neechan (2016), Takezō Kohashi
Crisis (2017), Saburo Tamaru
Caution, Hazardous Wife (2017), Yūki Isayama
Maison de Police (2019)
What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2019)

Dubbing roles

Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019), Detective Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds)

References

木村拓哉、西島秀俊ら「あすなろ白書」同窓会していた. modelpress Style (in Japanese). modelpress. July 30, 2017.
Tom Mes (15 August 2001). "Midnight Eye review: License to Live". Midnight Eye.
Roger Ebert (4 February 2005). "Dolls". Rogerebert.com.
"Kim Tae-hee to Star in Romantic Comedy in Japan". The Chosun Ilbo. 26 August 2011.
Chris Cabin (23 April 2012). "Cut - Film Review - Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine.
Dan Fainaru (2 September 2011). "Cut - Review - Screen". Screen.
ジブリ最新作『風立ちぬ』ヒロインに瀧本美織！　西島秀俊ら追加キャストも発表. cinemacafe Style (in Japanese). cinemacafe. June 6, 2013.
西島秀俊のスーツは何色？ジョルジオアルマーニ最高級ラインの顔に. UOMO Style (in Japanese). UOMO. September 20, 2018.
第42回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
Ronnie Scheib (29 July 2008). "Canary". Variety.
"Update on Kiyoshi Kurosawa's LOFT, starring Miki Nakatani, Etsushi Toyokawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima". Twitch Film. 25 July 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2012.

External links

Hidetoshi Nishijima on IMDb
Hidetoshi Nishijima at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
Hidetoshi Nishijima, The Japan Times (in English)

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[1] 木村拓哉、西島秀俊ら「あすなろ白書」同窓会していた. modelpress Style (in Japanese). modelpress. July 30, 2017.

[2] Tom Mes (15 August 2001). "Midnight Eye review: License to Live". Midnight Eye.

[3] Roger Ebert (4 February 2005). "Dolls". Rogerebert.com.

[4] "Kim Tae-hee to Star in Romantic Comedy in Japan". The Chosun Ilbo. 26 August 2011.

[5] Chris Cabin (23 April 2012). "Cut - Film Review - Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine.

[6] Dan Fainaru (2 September 2011). "Cut - Review - Screen". Screen.

[7] ジブリ最新作『風立ちぬ』ヒロインに瀧本美織！　西島秀俊ら追加キャストも発表. cinemacafe Style (in Japanese). cinemacafe. June 6, 2013.

[8] 西島秀俊のスーツは何色？ジョルジオアルマーニ最高級ラインの顔に. UOMO Style (in Japanese). UOMO. September 20, 2018.

[9] 第42回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

[10] Ronnie Scheib (29 July 2008). "Canary". Variety.

[11] "Update on Kiyoshi Kurosawa's LOFT, starring Miki Nakatani, Etsushi Toyokawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima". Twitch Film. 25 July 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2012.