Yutaro Nakamura

Grab the Sun (2016)

Not satisfied with his achievements as a child actor, Yat (Kaito Yoshimura) is now pursuing his dream to be a musician. His high school friends Takuma (Kodai Asaka), a photographer, and Yumika (Yukino Kishii), Takuma's ex, are also feeling discontent with their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yutaro Nakamura
CAST:  Kodai Asaka  •  Kaito Yoshimura  •  Yukino Kishii  •  Moe Miura

Not satisfied with his achievements as a child actor, Yat (Kaito Yoshimura) is now pursuing his dream to be a musician. His high school friends Takuma (Kodai Asaka), a photographer, and Yumika (Yukino Kishii), Takuma's ex, are also feeling discontent with their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yutaro Nakamura
CAST:  Kodai Asaka  •  Kaito Yoshimura  •  Yukino Kishii  •  Moe Miura

Joryu Tohaiden Aki (2017)

Aki was practically born and raised in a mahjong parlor. At the age of 15, she goes to Tokyo during winter and although she is knocked around by the harshness of the big city, she is determined to survive by the one-and-only weapon she possesses: mahjong. However, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yutaro Nakamura
CAST:  Natsumi Okamoto  •  Yuka Masuda  •  Erina Nakayama  •  Nao Ayaki

Aki was practically born and raised in a mahjong parlor. At the age of 15, she goes to Tokyo during winter and although she is knocked around by the harshness of the big city, she is determined to survive by the one-and-only weapon she possesses: mahjong. However, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yutaro Nakamura
CAST:  Natsumi Okamoto  •  Yuka Masuda  •  Erina Nakayama  •  Nao Ayaki

Siblings of the Cape (2019)

A pair of siblings are living together in the outskirts of society. The brother, Yoshio, has a hurt leg, the sister, Mariko, has an intellectual disability and spends most of her time at home. When Yoshio loses his job he does the unthinkable and sells his sister's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinzo Katayama
CAST:  Yuya Matsuura  •  Misa Wada  •  Kenji Iwaya  •  Yuki Kazamatsuri

A pair of siblings are living together in the outskirts of society. The brother, Yoshio, has a hurt leg, the sister, Mariko, has an intellectual disability and spends most of her time at home. When Yoshio loses his job he does the unthinkable and sells his sister's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinzo Katayama
CAST:  Yuya Matsuura  •  Misa Wada  •  Kenji Iwaya  •  Yuki Kazamatsuri

Wakasa and Bakasa (2019)

Takaya and Sakura have been living in the same apartment splitting the rent. But Sakura wants to move out of there as soon as possible. In addition, Takaya was recently fired from his part-time job, so Sakura has to work harder, even more when Takaya is not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yutaro Nakamura
CAST:  Takaya Shibata  •  Mio Matsutake  •  Nanako Kudo  •  Hisada Murasaki

Takaya and Sakura have been living in the same apartment splitting the rent. But Sakura wants to move out of there as soon as possible. In addition, Takaya was recently fired from his part-time job, so Sakura has to work harder, even more when Takaya is not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yutaro Nakamura
CAST:  Takaya Shibata  •  Mio Matsutake  •  Nanako Kudo  •  Hisada Murasaki

Sweet Bitter Candy (2022)

Sanae (An Ogawa) is a high school girl preparing to take university entrance exams. She isn't very good at socializing. She wants to hurry up and become an adult, but it isn't going very well. Over summer vacation, Sanae's sister comes home from college in Tokyo, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yutaro Nakamura
CAST:  An Ogawa  •  Hoshi Ishida  •  Shunsuke Tanaka  •  Kurumi Shimizu

Sanae (An Ogawa) is a high school girl preparing to take university entrance exams. She isn't very good at socializing. She wants to hurry up and become an adult, but it isn't going very well. Over summer vacation, Sanae's sister comes home from college in Tokyo, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yutaro Nakamura
CAST:  An Ogawa  •  Hoshi Ishida  •  Shunsuke Tanaka  •  Kurumi Shimizu

A New Wind Blows (2021)

This is the question posited by director Nakamura Yutaro at the start of his latest film, a series of vignettes that bleed into each other. Memories? dreams? Whatever they are, they belong to highschooler Hikari who, along with a friend named Yujiro, get involved ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yutaro Nakamura
CAST:  Yutaro Nakamura  •  Hikaru Saiki  •  An Ogawa  •  Takaya Shibata

This is the question posited by director Nakamura Yutaro at the start of his latest film, a series of vignettes that bleed into each other. Memories? dreams? Whatever they are, they belong to highschooler Hikari who, along with a friend named Yujiro, get involved ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yutaro Nakamura
CAST:  Yutaro Nakamura  •  Hikaru Saiki  •  An Ogawa  •  Takaya Shibata