Movies such as "Dancing Girls of Izu" or "Zessho" (main actor was Kazuo FUNAKI) from above which were remade, became even more popular than the original ones and established Nishikawa's solid position as a movie director, thus these movies can represent Nishikawa's movies.
中でも『伊豆の踊子』と『絶唱』（主演舟木一夫）はいずれもリメイク作品であるが、ともに前作を大きく上回ってヒットし、西河監督の地位を揺るぎのないものにした、まさに代表作といえる。