Directing

Hideo Nanbu

Born

1939-09-07 (87)

Place of birth

Fukui, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

23 titles

Known for

Sekushīredi wa yūkai ga o suki poster
NR

Editor Taku heads to Ishigaki Island with Playmates for a magazine photoshoot. However, a man is following them: private detective Saida. His goal is to find the billion-dollar heir, who is believed to be among the Playmates. Unaware of this, the Playmates are excited. On the second day of shooting, all the models suddenly disappear. Where have they gone, and what is the huge conspiracy hidden behind it? A stylish mystery unfolds on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, featuring Playmates who captivate men all over the world.

Sekushīredi wa yūkai ga o suki

1991

Karate from Shaolin Temple poster
NR

The Japanese karate master Muhashi spent some time in Hong Kong studying various Shaolin martial arts styles. Soon the narcotics brigade calls in his help to combat a powerful drug and prostitution syndicate.

Karate from Shaolin Temple

1976

Shin Karate Jigokuhen poster
NR

A returning veteran and karateka from WW2 starts working for the yakuza, looking for a man strong enough to kill him. After becoming a karate champion, he joins an Italian woman who is looking for revenge against the nazis who killed her family.

Shin Karate Jigokuhen

1990

Love Tomato poster
9.0

Middle-aged farmer Noda Masao (Daichi Yasuo) is a good, honest man, but his attempts for marriage have all met with failure. Through a friend, Masao meets Liberty (Ruby Moreno), a Filipino woman working in Japan. When they decide to get married, Masao borrows money from his Agricultural Association and travels to the Philippines for the wedding - only to discover that it was all a scam. Stranded in Manila with no money, Masao ends up staying to work. One day he meets a beautiful farmer's daughter, Christina (Alice Dixson), reawakening not only his chances for love, but also his love for farming.

Love Tomato

2006

The Legend of Love & Sincerity: Conclusion poster
NR

Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. The young boy saved her life and although she never knew who he was, she never forgot him. Meet Taiga Makoto, a young man with a scar between his eyes who has had a rough life, but has emerged as a rough, tough bully - a thug and a brawler and about as rude as they come - all of which he blames on the incident that gave him his scar. When Ai and Makoto run into each other again, Ai feels guilt for what Makoto has become and decides to intervene and rehabilitate him. But is he a diamond in the rough, or just a bully?

The Legend of Love & Sincerity: Conclusion

1976

Yokohama Meibutsu Otoko Katayama Gumi 2 poster
NR

The city of Yokohama has become a lawless district for biker gangs. One particular gang, the "Crazy Babies", has a 17-year-old leader called Hiromi Katayama that is famous throughout the entire Kanagawa alliance as being a strong fighter with a devout sense of morality. However, when a young rookie by the name of Toshi Ikeda wants in, he swears to Katayama that he wi...

Yokohama Meibutsu Otoko Katayama Gumi 2

1992

Behind the camera

Sekushīredi wa yūkai ga o suki poster
NR

Editor Taku heads to Ishigaki Island with Playmates for a magazine photoshoot. However, a man is following them: private detective Saida. His goal is to find the billion-dollar heir, who is believed to be among the Playmates. Unaware of this, the Playmates are excited. On the second day of shooting, all the models suddenly disappear. Where have they gone, and what is the huge conspiracy hidden behind it? A stylish mystery unfolds on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, featuring Playmates who captivate men all over the world.

Sekushīredi wa yūkai ga o suki

1991

Karate from Shaolin Temple poster
NR

The Japanese karate master Muhashi spent some time in Hong Kong studying various Shaolin martial arts styles. Soon the narcotics brigade calls in his help to combat a powerful drug and prostitution syndicate.

Karate from Shaolin Temple

1976

Karate from Shaolin Temple poster
NR

The Japanese karate master Muhashi spent some time in Hong Kong studying various Shaolin martial arts styles. Soon the narcotics brigade calls in his help to combat a powerful drug and prostitution syndicate.

Karate from Shaolin Temple

1976

Shin Karate Jigokuhen poster
NR

A returning veteran and karateka from WW2 starts working for the yakuza, looking for a man strong enough to kill him. After becoming a karate champion, he joins an Italian woman who is looking for revenge against the nazis who killed her family.

Shin Karate Jigokuhen

1990

Love Tomato poster
9.0

Middle-aged farmer Noda Masao (Daichi Yasuo) is a good, honest man, but his attempts for marriage have all met with failure. Through a friend, Masao meets Liberty (Ruby Moreno), a Filipino woman working in Japan. When they decide to get married, Masao borrows money from his Agricultural Association and travels to the Philippines for the wedding - only to discover that it was all a scam. Stranded in Manila with no money, Masao ends up staying to work. One day he meets a beautiful farmer's daughter, Christina (Alice Dixson), reawakening not only his chances for love, but also his love for farming.

Love Tomato

2006

The Legend of Love & Sincerity: Conclusion poster
NR

Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. The young boy saved her life and although she never knew who he was, she never forgot him. Meet Taiga Makoto, a young man with a scar between his eyes who has had a rough life, but has emerged as a rough, tough bully - a thug and a brawler and about as rude as they come - all of which he blames on the incident that gave him his scar. When Ai and Makoto run into each other again, Ai feels guilt for what Makoto has become and decides to intervene and rehabilitate him. But is he a diamond in the rough, or just a bully?

The Legend of Love & Sincerity: Conclusion

1976

The Legend of Love & Sincerity: Conclusion poster
NR

Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. The young boy saved her life and although she never knew who he was, she never forgot him. Meet Taiga Makoto, a young man with a scar between his eyes who has had a rough life, but has emerged as a rough, tough bully - a thug and a brawler and about as rude as they come - all of which he blames on the incident that gave him his scar. When Ai and Makoto run into each other again, Ai feels guilt for what Makoto has become and decides to intervene and rehabilitate him. But is he a diamond in the rough, or just a bully?

The Legend of Love & Sincerity: Conclusion

1976

Yokohama Meibutsu Otoko Katayama Gumi 2 poster
NR

The city of Yokohama has become a lawless district for biker gangs. One particular gang, the "Crazy Babies", has a 17-year-old leader called Hiromi Katayama that is famous throughout the entire Kanagawa alliance as being a strong fighter with a devout sense of morality. However, when a young rookie by the name of Toshi Ikeda wants in, he swears to Katayama that he wi...

Yokohama Meibutsu Otoko Katayama Gumi 2

1992

Yokohama Meibutsu Otoko Katayama Gumi! poster
NR

When a number of biker gangs ranging from small to large started to appear in Yokohama, Hiromi Katayama united them at the risk of his own life. Set in the present, this OAV tells the story of Toshi Ikeda, a young rookie who returns to Yokohama to join Katayama's group. There, he will encounter an old friend and things will turn violent when the yakuza gang Mad Emperor attacks them.

Yokohama Meibutsu Otoko Katayama Gumi!

1991

The Man from Shimizu poster
NR

On the day his mother dies, young gambler Jirocho swears in front of her grave that he'll never gamble again. But, that night, Jirocho heads to a gambling den, where he bets the condolence money for his mother's funeral. No surprise to learn he loses the lot. Not the hard-boiled yakuza story it seems, this is a comedy featuring many new artists who were making a name for themselves at the time.

The Man from Shimizu

1982

Heaven Sent poster
6.2

Sayoko is desperate to bear a child of her own, but her live-in boyfriend Shinsaku strenuously objects to the idea. One day, someone leaves behind a six-year-old child at their door, claiming that Shinsaku—or four other men—is the child's father! Sayoko and Shinsaku set out on a journey to find the real father.

Heaven Sent

1979

Abayo Hakusho poster
NR

1995 DTV Japanese film. Based on Ayumi Tachihara's manga.

Abayo Hakusho

1995

Jingi 2 poster
6.0

The battle gang Yakuza Hitoshi Kamibayashi (Riki Takeuchi) and the brain gang Yakuza Yoshiro Yazaki (Toshihiko Sakakibara) from the University of Tokyo challenge the summit decisive battle of the extreme society.

Jingi 2

1994

Spoonful of Happiness poster
NR

A coming-of-age film in which Junko Sakurada, who was immensely popular as a girl star, plays the leading role in a movie for the first time. Based on Keiko Ochiai's book of the same title, the film tells the story of a 17-year-old girl's first love and growth who yearns for an older teacher.

Spoonful of Happiness

1975

No artwork available
NR

A cobbler gets selected as heading his neighborhood association for measures against the impending earthquake hitting Tokyo.

喜劇・日本列島震度0

1973

No artwork available
NR

Hiroshi Hamano, a professor at a medical university, is found dead. Going by the results of the autopsy, it appears he committed suicide by jumping off a roof, but going by eyewitness testimony and physical evidence at the scene, Detective Kamei suspects murder. A ticket for a train trip around Japan is found in the professor's pocket. However, nobody then could have known the shocking truth hidden behind the tour the dead man was supposed to attend...

Kyotaro Nishimura Special: Murder on the ‘Traveling Go’ around Japan.

2003

No artwork available
NR

Maki travels from Japan to Hong Kong and Thailand in order to show the superiority of Japanese karate to those countries' native to martial arts.

Karate Wars

1978

Jingi 3 poster
6.5

The martial arts group Jin and the economic yakuza Yoshiro Jinyoshi combination ended the conflict with the homology group, and after receiving the orders of Sumida River Association Chairman Sunagawa, Jin was finally appointed as acting leader of the Sunagawa group. Mizuta, the leader of the Ryugumi, who had long wanted to smoke the existence of the two, was dissatisfied with this decision of Sunagawa, and suspected that Sunagawa might be trying to take over the Sumida River Association and eventually the Kanto Ichienkai in the future.Come to embrace. Paddy looks at Aoki, the remnant of the Kurokawa group, who was once crushed by the two, trying to hold his breath while Hitoshi is still in the position of acting group leader.

Jingi 3

1994

Jingi 3 poster
6.5

The martial arts group Jin and the economic yakuza Yoshiro Jinyoshi combination ended the conflict with the homology group, and after receiving the orders of Sumida River Association Chairman Sunagawa, Jin was finally appointed as acting leader of the Sunagawa group. Mizuta, the leader of the Ryugumi, who had long wanted to smoke the existence of the two, was dissatisfied with this decision of Sunagawa, and suspected that Sunagawa might be trying to take over the Sumida River Association and eventually the Kanto Ichienkai in the future.Come to embrace. Paddy looks at Aoki, the remnant of the Kurokawa group, who was once crushed by the two, trying to hold his breath while Hitoshi is still in the position of acting group leader.

Jingi 3

1994

三人兄妹 poster
NR

This film is an audio-visual educational material that deepens awareness of Buraku discrimination (Dowa issue), cultivates the feeling of sharing the emotional pain of those who are discriminated against, raises human rights awareness, and develops practical skills to eliminate discrimination.

三人兄妹

No artwork available
NR

1977 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume Soseki's novel.

Botchan

1977

Ghosts of the Dolls poster
NR

A high school girl is invited to an old family's historic Hinamatsuri (Girls' Festival), but becomes entangled in an anomaly caused by the curse of the Hina dolls.

Ghosts of the Dolls

1978

Tomorrow Will Shine poster
NR

This work depicts the life of a young woman, set in China and Japan, just before the end of the war.

Tomorrow Will Shine

1974