

Directing
Ryutaro Nakagawa
- Titles
- 21movies4TV shows
- Career
Active from 2012 to 2026, busiest in 2023 and 2025 with 4 main titles each.
- Directed
- 22titles as director
- Average score
68/100
- Highest rated
Nevertheless: The Shapes of Love72/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism9.0average 5.2
- Melancholy7.5average 4.7
- Coming of Age5.3average 2.9
- Pathos7.3average 5.2
- Romance5.8average 3.8
- Catharsis7.0average 5.1
- Wholesome5.0average 3.3
- Psychological6.5average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Violence1.0, average 4.3
- Adrenaline1.8, average 5.1
- Crime1.0, average 3.7
- Historical0.3, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Human Connection 2
- Female Friendship 2
- Character Study 2
- Japanese Drama 2
- Melancholy 2
- Contemplative 2
- Grief and Loss 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- YYasuhiro KonnoEditorTale of a Raindrop, August in Tokyo, Plastic Love Story, Tokyo Sunrise
Ken MitsuishiActorOne Day, You Will Reach the Sea, Mio on the Shore, August in Tokyo
Kaito YoshimuraActorMio on the Shore, Kamata Prelude
Taiga NakanoActorIt Stopped Raining, Tokyo Sunrise- MManami TakahashiActorAugust in Tokyo, Plastic Love Story
Hisaki KatoComposerSummer Blooms, One Day, You Will Reach the Sea- YYoichi EmotoWriterCalling, Tale of a Raindrop
- GGenta TamakiEditorOne Day, You Will Reach the Sea, It Stopped Raining
- TTai OuchiCinematographerOne Day, You Will Reach the Sea, The Deepest Space in Us
- RRei HiranoCinematographerSummer Blooms, Mio on the Shore
Eiji UmeharaWriterOne Day, You Will Reach the Sea, It Stopped Raining
Movies and TV shows
212020s
14 titles · average score 67

The Deepest Space in Us (2025)
as Nakano

Yakushima's Illusion (2025)
as Hitomi's father

Kokoro (2025)
Director

欲望(蜘蛛の糸のように) (2025)
Director

MY (K)NIGHT (2023)
Director

Lonely Glory (2023)
Original Story

Birth of Melos (2023)
Screenplay, Director

イカロス 片羽の街 (2023)
Director

Leave Behind (2023)
Director
67
One Day, You Will Reach the Sea (2022)
Director, Screenplay

It Stopped Raining (2020)
Screenplay, Director

Kamata Prelude (2020)
Director, Screenplay
2010s
7 titles · average score 68
69
Mio on the Shore (2019)
Director, Screenplay
66
Summer Blooms (2018)
Director, Screenplay

Tokyo Sunrise (2015)
Writer, Director

August in Tokyo (2014)
Director

Plastic Love Story (2014)
Director, Writer

Tale of a Raindrop (2012)
Writer, Director

Calling (2012)
Director, Writer