Ryota Nakano

Ryota Nakano is a Japanese film director, most famous for his film "Her Love Boils Bathwater"

Capturing Dad (2013)

Part-time worker Hazuki lives with her younger sister, high school student Koharu, and their mother Sawa. One day they receive word that their estranged father is on his deathbed, so Sawa asks Hazuki and Koharu to visit him and take one last photo to remember him by.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryota Nakano
CAST:  Makiko Watanabe  •  Nanoka Matsubara  •  Elisa Yanagi  •  Satoshi Nikaido

Part-time worker Hazuki lives with her younger sister, high school student Koharu, and their mother Sawa. One day they receive word that their estranged father is on his deathbed, so Sawa asks Hazuki and Koharu to visit him and take one last photo to remember him by.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryota Nakano
CAST:  Makiko Watanabe  •  Nanoka Matsubara  •  Elisa Yanagi  •  Satoshi Nikaido

Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)

A strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryota Nakano
CAST:  Rie Miyazawa  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Hana Sugisaki  •  Tori Matsuzaka

A strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryota Nakano
CAST:  Rie Miyazawa  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Hana Sugisaki  •  Tori Matsuzaka

A Long Goodbye (2019)

A seventy-year-old retired school headmaster informs his wife and daughters that he has Alzheimer’s disease. They are all concerned, but react differently due to their individual situations. The family watches as the husband and father regresses due to the disease ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryota Nakano
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Yûko Takeuchi  •  Chieko Matsubara  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki

A seventy-year-old retired school headmaster informs his wife and daughters that he has Alzheimer’s disease. They are all concerned, but react differently due to their individual situations. The family watches as the husband and father regresses due to the disease ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryota Nakano
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Yûko Takeuchi  •  Chieko Matsubara  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki

The Asadas! (2020)

Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryota Nakano
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Haru Kuroki  •  Masaki Suda

Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryota Nakano
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Haru Kuroki  •  Masaki Suda

State of Emergency (2020)

An omnibus film consisting of 4 short films and a documentary related to COVID-19.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono  •  Satoshi Miki  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Ryota Nakano  •  Tetsuya Mariko  •  Daito Manabe  •  Ueda Makoto
CAST:  Yuzu Aoki  •  Yukino Kishii  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Takumi Saitoh

An omnibus film consisting of 4 short films and a documentary related to COVID-19.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono  •  Satoshi Miki  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Ryota Nakano  •  Tetsuya Mariko  •  Daito Manabe  •  Ueda Makoto
CAST:  Yuzu Aoki  •  Yukino Kishii  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Takumi Saitoh

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DIRECTION:  Ryota Nakano
CAST:  Haruka Uchimura  •  Iku Arai