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Writing

Ryo Takada

Career

Active from 2003 to 2026, busiest in 2014 and 2022 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Being Good
Being Good
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ryo Takada Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Class & Capitalism
    2.5, average 3.3
  • Politics
    1.8, average 2.6
  • Showbiz
    0.4, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 8
  • Japanese Drama 4
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Melancholy Romance 2
  • Psychological Depth 2
  • Slow Burn 2
  • Yakuza 2
  • Slice-of-Life 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

33
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

12 titles · average score 66
How Dare You?
How Dare You? (2025)

Screenplay

Hero's Island
Hero's Island (2025)

Screenplay

Confession
Confession (2024)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

How to Find a Lover
How to Find a Lover (2023)

Screenplay

Lesson in Murder
Lesson in Murder (2022)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

Goodbye Cruel World
Goodbye Cruel World (2022)

Screenplay

Nighttime Warbles
Nighttime Warbles (2022)

Screenplay

Missing
Missing (2022)
GoodWatch score 71

Co-Writer

We Couldn't Become Adults
We Couldn't Become Adults (2021)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay

You're Not Normal, Either!
You're Not Normal, Either! (2021)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay, Original Film Writer

Ura Aka: L'Aventure
Ura Aka: L'Aventure (2021)

Screenplay

Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Crash! Scribble Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Crash! Scribble Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes (2020)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

2010s

13 titles · average score 65
The Cat in Their Arms
The Cat in Their Arms (2018)

Screenplay

Over the Fence
Over the Fence (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation (2016)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay

Museum: Introduction
Museum: Introduction (2016)

Screenplay

Autumn
Autumn (2016)

Screenplay

Being Good
Being Good (2015)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay, Writer

The Light Shines Only There
The Light Shines Only There (2014)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Silver Spoon
Silver Spoon (2014)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

My Hawaiian Discovery
My Hawaiian Discovery (2014)

Screenplay

Ondine's Curse
Ondine's Curse (2014)

Screenplay

The Ravine of Goodbye
The Ravine of Goodbye (2013)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

Cannonball Wedlock
Cannonball Wedlock (2011)

Screenplay

2000s

5 titles
Rinko Eighteen
Rinko Eighteen (2009)

Screenplay

Nineteen
Nineteen (2005)

Screenplay

Yakuza Detective
Yakuza Detective (2003)

Writer

Frozen Confinement: Abnormal Love at Zero Celsius
Frozen Confinement: Abnormal Love at Zero Celsius (2003)

Writer

Barber's Widow
Barber's Widow (2000)

Assistant Director

1990s

3 titles
Joshi ana: Tôsatsu kahanshin
Joshi ana: Tôsatsu kahanshin (1999)

Assistant Director

The Sex Life of an Office Lady
The Sex Life of an Office Lady (1999)

First Assistant Director

A Female Jailhouse
A Female Jailhouse (1999)

Assistant Director