Hidetoshi Nishijima
Biography
Hidetoshi Nishijima, born on March 29 1971 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor whose stage name is written as 西島秀俊. He is widely regarded as one of Japan’s leading actors in both film and television drama series. Nishijima’s career includes a broad range of roles, from the epic science‑fiction film Shin Ultraman (2022) to the small‑scale art film Dolls (2002). International audiences most often recognize him for his leading performance in Drive My Car (2021). For that role he received the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor. The Movie Database lists him with 153 known credits, identifying him primarily for acting.
Career overview
Hidetoshi Nishijima, born on 29 March 1971 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor whose career spans more than two decades. He is credited with over one hundred and fifty film and television roles, reflecting a broad range of work in both mainstream and independent productions. Nishijima’s early screen appearances include the small‑scale art film Dolls (2002), while his later work encompasses large‑scale genre projects such as the science‑fiction feature Shin Ultraman (2022).
International recognition grew after his leading performance in Drive My Car (2021), a film that brought him wider acclaim outside Japan. For this role he received the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor, underscoring his status as one of the country’s leading performers. Throughout his career Nishijima has been identified primarily as an actor, with his professional name rendered in Japanese as 西島秀俊. He is also listed under alternative transliterations, including 西岛俊秀 and هیدتوشی نیشیجیما. His extensive body of work, encompassing more than 150 credited roles, demonstrates a versatility that spans both artistic cinema and commercial genre productions.
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151 titles- Sonzai no Subete wo (2027) as Kadota
- Her Private Hell (2026) as Hayashi
- The Brightest Sun (2026)
- Human Specimens (2025) as Professor Shiro Sakaki
- Dear Stranger (2025) as Kenji Saiga
- Sunny (2024) as Masahiko 'Masa' Sakamoto
- All About Suomi (2024) as Keigo Kusano
- Sayonara, Maestro! (2024) as Shunpei Natsume
- Serpent's Path (2024) as Yoshimura
- Ougon No Toki - Kintaro Hattori Story (2024) as Hattori Kintaro
- Keishichou Outsider (2023) as Eiji Kagawa
- Kubi (2023) as Akechi Mitsuhide
- Shin Ultraman (2022) as Kimio Tamura
- Kamen Rider Black Sun (2022) as Kotaro Minami/Kamen Rider Black Sun
- Riding a Unicorn (2022) as Satoshi Kotori
- I Told You to Forget It (2022)
- Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car (2022) as Self
- Goodbye Cruel World (2022)
- Making of Drive My Car (2022) as Self
- Welcome Home, Mone (2021) as Asaoka Satoru
- Drive My Car (2021) as Yūsuke Kafuku
- Guilty Flag (2021)
- Chef Is a Great Detective (2021) as Mifune Shinobu
- Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021) as Yuhki Isayama / Yuji
- 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie (2021) as Kyohei Nagumo
- What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2021) as Shiro Kakei
- 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: SP (2021) as Kyohei Nagumo
- North Light (2020)
- Voices in the Wind (2020) as Morio
- Silent Tokyo (2020) as Shinobu Seta
- What Did You Eat Yesterday? New Year's Special 2020 (2020) as Shiro Kakei
- What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2019) as Shiro Kakei
- Maison de Police (2019) as Soichiro Natsume
- Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (2019) as Ryota Akitsu, Captain of Ibuki
- Detective Akechi Kogoro (2019) as Akechi Kogoro
- People of the Isono Family ~Ms Sazae 20 years from now~ (2019) as Masuo
- Ninkyo Gakuen (2019)
- Penguin Highway (2018) as Aoyama's Father (voice)
- The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps (2018) as Kazumasa Harima
- Falling Camellia (2018) as Uneme Sakakibara
- Mangan (2018) as Itami Shuhei
- Oz Land (2018) as Yoshiko Ozuka
- Mario (2018) as Mario
- CRISIS: Special Security Squad (2017) as Saburo Tamaru
- Caution, Hazardous Wife (2017) as Yuki Isayama
- The Last Recipe (2017) as Naotaro Yamagata
- Blanket Cats (2017)
- async - first light (2017)
- Toto Nee-chan (2016)
- Creepy (2016) as Takakura Koichi
- While the Women Are Sleeping (2016) as Kenji
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Spring Special (2016)
- Painless - Eye Can Diagnose (2015) as 為頼 英介（ためより えいすけ）
- Second Chance Chauffeur (2015) as Kazuo Nagata
- Red Cross (2015)
- Mozu The Movie (2015) as Naotake Kuraki
- Poison Berry in my Brain (2015) as Chairman Yoshida
- MOZU (2014) as Naotake Kuraki
- Genome Hazard (2014) as Ishigami Taketo
- The Work of Hayao Miyazaki "The Wind Rises" Record of 1000 Days/Retirement Announcement Unknown Story (2014) as himself
- Team Batista the Movie: The Portrait of Kerberos (2014) as Koichi Hayami
- The Wind Rises (2013) as Honjô (voice)
- Yae's Sakura (2013) as Kakuma Yamamoto
- Strawberry Night (2013) as Kazuo Kikuta
- Hameln (2013) as Noda
- Strawberry Night: After the Invisible Rain (2013)
- Strawberry Night (2012) as Kazuo Kikuta
- Double Face: Sen'nyû sôsa hen (2012) as Jun Moriya
- Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen (2012) as Moriya Jun
- Fish on Land (2012) as Seiji
- 99 Days with the Superstar (2011) as 나미키 코헤이 역
- Memories Corner (2011)
- Cut (2011) as Shuji
- 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～ (2011)
- Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen (2010) as Koichi Hayami
- Goodbye, Someday (2010) as Yutaka
- Hebi no Hito (2010)
- Strawberry Night (2010) as Kazuo Kikuta
- Zero Focus (2009) as Kenichi Ubara
- Kanikôsen (2009) as Asakawa
- Kidnapping (2009)
- Team Batista no Eikō (2008) as 速水晃一
- Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage (2008)
- Tokyo Rendezvous (2008) as Takashi Nogami
- Oka wo koete (2008)
- Peeping Tom (2008)
- ジャッジII ~島の裁判官奮闘記~ (2008) as 미사와 쿄스케
- Vacation (2008) as Shinichi Kaneda
- Mountain Woman, Wall Woman (2007) as Shohei Iguchi
- Prodigy (2007) as Koichiro Naruse
- Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File (2007) as Shiro Maki
- Freesia: Bullet Over Tears (2007) as Toshio Iwasaki
- Pacchigi! Love & Peace (2007)
- 怪奇大作戰 セカンドファイル (2007) as 마키 시로
- ジャッジ~島の裁判官 奮闘記~ (2007) as 三沢恭介
- Junjo Kirari (2006) as Sugi Togo
- Unfair (2006) as Ichiro Sezaki
- Loft (2006) as Koichi Kijima
- Su-ki-da (2006) as Yosuke
- Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace (2006) as Shingorou Ikushima
- Three Year Delivery (2006) as Toru
- Haru, Bânîzu de (2006)
- Umi de no hanashi (2006) as Hiroshi Hirono
- Sayonara Midori-chan (2005) as Yutaka
- La Maison de Himiko (2005) as Hosokawa
- Canary (2005) as Akira Izawa
- Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs (2005) as Renji
- 実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還 (2005)
- More Painful than Rain (2005) as Kurasawa
- 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ (2004) as Sukekiyo Inugami / Shizuma Aonuma
- Casshern (2004) as Lieutenant Colonel Kamijo
- 世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編 (2004)
- Waltz of Her Heart (2004) as Minazuki Shinya
- Silver Angel (2004) as Kousuke Satou
- Tony Takitani (2004) as Narrator
- Going Home (2004) as Haruo
- Dogs & Cats (2004) as Furuta
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special (2004) as Yamaoka Takashi
- The Diary from the Past (2004)
- Always Smiling (2003) as Kazuya Yuzuhara
- In The Still Of The Night (2003) as 山形
- Dolls (2002) as Matsumoto
- tokyo.sora (2002) as Editor Michihara
- Last Scene (2002) as Ken Mihara (1965)
- A Painful Pair (2002) as Ryo
- Chloe (2001) as Doctor
- Somewhere on Earth (2001) as Yutaka
- Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the Barn (2001)
- Self and Others (2001) as (Narrator)
- Love/Juice (2000) as Sakamoto
- License to Live (1999) as Yutaka Yoshii
- The Cold-Blooded Trap (1998)
- The Artful Dodgers (1998)
- 2/Duo (1997) as Kei
- Seraphim Night (1996) as Hiroyuki Oshima
- MARKS (1995) as Yoshitaka Mori
- Broken Heart (1995) as Yosuke
- Love of Sawako 2: 1000 Miles Away (1995)
- Kura (1995) as Takeda Ryota
- Ghost Pub (1994) as Koichi
- Devil's Kiss (1993)
- The Ordinary People (1993) as Junichiro Matsuoka
- Am I Unattractive? (1993)
- お願いダーリン！ (1993)
- Mokuyoubi no Shokutaku (1992)
- Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1 (1992)
- Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)
- Golden Horse Awards (1962) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Road House 2
- Enemies
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Hidetoshi Nishijima best known for?
Hidetoshi Nishijima is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Her Private Hell (2026), The Brightest Sun (2026), Dear Stranger (2025), Shin Ultraman (2022).
When and where was Hidetoshi Nishijima born?
Hidetoshi Nishijima was born on March 29, 1971 in Tokyo, Japan.
How many credits does Hidetoshi Nishijima have?
Hidetoshi Nishijima has accumulated over 151 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1953 to 2027.
What is Hidetoshi Nishijima's background in cinema and television?
Hidetoshi Nishijima, born on March 29 1971 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor whose stage name is written as 西島秀俊. He is widely regarded as one of Japan’s leading actors in both film and television drama series. Nishijima’s career includes a broad range of roles, from the epic science‑fiction film Shin Ultraman (2022...
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Age in their best-rated roles
- Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990) — aged about 19
- Golden Horse Awards (1962) as Self — aged about 8
- Toto Nee-chan (2016) — aged about 45
- Yae's Sakura (2013) as Kakuma Yamamoto — aged about 42
- The Wind Rises (2013) as Honjô (voice) — aged about 42
- Welcome Home, Mone (2021) as Asaoka Satoru — aged about 50
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