Kichitaro Negishi has not been credited with a distinctive style but he has been called a subtle director who often elicits strong performances from his actors.
11 Facts About Kichitaro Negishi
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Kichitaro Negishi won the award for Best Director at the 3rd Yokohama Film Festival for Enrai and Crazy Fruit.
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Kichitaro Negishi graduated from Waseda University in the Faculty of Theatre and Film Arts, and as with several other filmmakers of his generation, began his career directing Roman porno films for the Nikkatsu studio.
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Kichitaro Negishi worked as Assistant Director on Toshiya Fujita's March 1978 Dangerous Liaisons, based on the French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, but his debut as a director for Nikkatsu was with the June 1978 erotic thriller From Orion's Testimony: Formula For Murder.
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The young Kichitaro Negishi's success with this film was a factor in Nikkatsu's decision to focus more on projects emphasizing story.
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Kichitaro Negishi began 1981 with Female Teacher: Dirty After School, the third entry in the 8 episode "Female Teacher" series from Nikkatsu, all based loosely on Noboru Tanaka's 1973 hit film for Nikkatsu, Female Teacher: Private Life.
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Kichitaro Negishi's film is considered to be one of the best in the series and he was by this time one of Nikkatsu's top directors.
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Kichitaro Negishi made his breakthrough into mainstream film with his October 1981 Enrai or Distant Thunder, produced by ATG, New Century Producers and Nikkatsu.
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Kichitaro Negishi made one more Roman porno film for Nikkatsu, the June 1982 Cabaret Diary, a satirical look at hostesses and clients in a topless bar in Tokyo's Kabukicho district.
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Kichitaro Negishi left Nikkatsu after this film and was one of the founding members of Director's Company along with eight other young directors.
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Kichitaro Negishi received much favorable notice from his 1986 drama Uhohho tankentai written by fellow director Yoshimitsu Morita.