Nishimoto Tadashi

Nishimoto was born in Chikushino City, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan in 1921. He joined the Manchuria Film Association as a photography apprentice in 1941. Believing the cinematography skills used were a decade behind Japan's he worked to advance Hong Kong's cinematography. He worked on nearly 50 films in Hong Kong while he was there. Nishimoto brought an unprecedented style of photography to Hong Kong films and influenced many Hong Kong filmmakers for years to come.

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Name Nishimoto Tadashi

Nationality Japanese

Gender Male

Born 1921

Died 1997

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Type Japanese

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Historical film based on the life of Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history

Lee gets invited to a martial arts tournament held on a private island by Han, a former shaolin student, who is now involved in drug trafficking and prostitution. Lee is then asked to go on an undercover mission during this tournament and investigate what is happening on Han's island. ~~ Directed b...

Humble medicine store apprentice Xu Xian falls in love with Bai Niang, a woman who claims to be the descendant of a rich family. However, Xu Xian soon discovers that Bai Niang is actually a white snake sorceress who has taken human form. The young couple is then torn apart by a group of monks who wi...

Tang Lung is sent from Hong Kong to Rome to help a family friend, Uncle Wang, and Wang's niece, Chen Ching Hua, whose restaurant is targeted by the local mafia. The chief of the mafia tried to force them to sign a contract giving him the property of the restaurant, using violence and intimidation. T...

A scientist has been attacked and a secret recipe stolen, so a private detective duo is hired to unravel the mystery. (Source: Karmarts Club YouTube)

Demon Princess Elzebub plots to conquer the Earth. She destroys a few major cities in China to prove her power to terror-stricken humanity. Returning to her lair in Inner-Earth, she awakens her army of Skeleton Ghosts and various Ice Monsters to wreak havoc on the surface. But there is hope, the hig...

The year is 1937, just before the Japanese invasion of China. The painters Ju Rui and Lao San fall on He Hua, a woman sold in the sex industry in a local brothel. Little by little, feelings develop between the shy couple, but the Japanese army arrives in town, and everyone's life changes radically.....

Amidst a rebellion during the Ching Dynasty in ancient China, a nurse flees the palace with a young prince. As an adult, he convinces the daughter of the usurper to betray her father and to assist in restoring him as the rightful monarch. (Source: IMDB)

Li Bing, a nightclub entertainer and a reformed thief was caught up in a fight against a criminal syndicate after forcing a cohort to return the wallet he previously stole from an assistant of a scientist who has just recently completed a doomsday device. (Source: Letterboxd)

Agent 009 has to break up a ring of Hong Kong counterfeiters who are shipping forged US dollars all over Asia. (Source: Letterboxd)

Private eye Chang Wen Chiang receives a telephone call from his girlfriend Li Lan Hsing. He rushes over and finds her dying in a pool of blood. (Source: Letterboxd)

This Classic seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure down viewers’ backs. It tells the story of two sister serpents, Pak Su Cheng and Ching Ching. Su Cheng meets Hsu Hsien one day and recognizes him as her savior in another life 1,000 years ago. She marries h...

A general’s son is taken hostage and used as leverage to free a bandit leader. The general’s other offspring, a girl named Golden Swallow, is sent to rescue the son. When the bandit gang encounter the Golden Swallow in a local inn, the prisoner negotiation escalates to bloodshed and the goons are sw...

The Goddess of Hua Mountain is imprisoned for falling in love with a mortal, meanwhile her son is raised in secret until he can attempt to free her. (Source: Letterboxd)

In this stirring saga of the "Martial Arts World," Lo Lieh plays a righteous swordsman trying to protect another hero's wife and daughter from a corrupt minister's murderous plans. (Source: IMDb)

Chuan Yuan is the noble, powerful hero and Shu Pei Pei, one of Shaw’s top swordswoman, is a reluctant bride who comes upon a rebellion plot. They are joined by a large cast of expert fighters and actors all keeping the intrigue and adventure foremost in the film. (Source: Letterboxd)

In this movie, Bruce Lee is a very famous martial-arts master who stars in many films. After an unsuccessful murder attempt against him, everyone thinks he is dead, but he's just hiding, preparing his revenge. (Source: IMDB)

It’s a no-holds-barred battle to the death for possession of the invaluable Purple Sword.

1960s fashions, pop tunes, and gorgeous stars combine to make this one of Hong Kong's most sumptuous Hollywood-style musical extravaganzas. Following the success of "Les Belles", the director reunited Shaws' top light comedy team in a tale set in the worlds of fashion and medicine. The fun includes...

A 400-year old national treasure painting will be exhibited for the first time in Taipei. Jay, the hot-shot security officer in charge of the painting’s safety, is busy preparing for the event when his life is turned upside down by a bumbling tourist from Beijing – Ocean. He is the only witness to t...

The Love Eterne is a 1963 Hong Kong musical film of the Huangmei opera genre directed by Li Han Hsiang,one of the major directors in Shaw Brothers Studio. It is based on the Chinese classic story The Butterfly Lovers, which is sometimes referred to as the Romeo and Juliet of the Far East.

This gripping story centers on the romance between Wang Chin Lung and Sue San. Although they may be perfectly matched when it comes to their love for one other, the two come from remarkably different social ranks. While Chin Lung is the son of a respected government official, Su San is a prostitute,...

"Kanki no Uta" is set in a small town somewhere in Japan. Trouble begins when Iizuka, a manager of a local cultural center, realizes the center's concert hall has been double-booked for two all-housewives chorus groups on New Year's Eve. The lazy and usually irresponsible Iizuka tries to make both c...

A survivor of an attack on a rebel group opposing the Manchu invasion of China creates the Goose Fist fighting technique and tries for revenge on a traitor. (Source: IMDb)

The tale of a female trio singing and dancing in night city of Hong Kong's everyday life. (Source: IMDb)

A young girl runs away from her abusive father to join a group of circus performance, expecting that one day she would be a greatest trapeze artist. Later, she falls in love with one of the members of the circus staff who used to be a trapeze performer in previous times. (Source: IMDB)

Drama

Sui Ning always had a good relationship with her father when she was little because her mother was dead. As she grew older, their relationship grew father apart. Soon, she becomes a workaholic and thinks her father was just plain annoying. One day, her father tells her to go with him to his home vi...

Bai Su Zhen is a white snake spirit who wants to ascend to the heavenly kingdom as a fairy goddess. To reach her goal, she must atone her past life mistakes. She was the beauty Xi Shi who bewitched the King Fuchai and caused the befall of his kingdom. Now that King Fu Chai is reborn as a total worth...

A serpent-lady, Bai Su Zhen, has a dream to be a goddess someday. The goddess Guan Yin tells her that it is going to be a long and arduous process, in which she is required to increase her virtue and to sever all forms of worldly relations. Yet, during the process, she meets the scholar Xu Xian. The...

TV Show

A music contest program in which 10 'uncontrollable' idols representing the music industry compete for the 'best duet' spot. (Source: Naver)

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