Ruka Ishikawa

Ruka Ishikawa is a Japanese actress. Before acting, she was a model while attending Sophia University. She took an interest in acting after taking an acting workshop in college then subsequently joining production company Cheese Film as an actress where she trained for 6 months. Her debut was a stage play "SUGAR WORKS". However, her first appearance on video was in 2019 for "Colorless" as part of an "unfinished movie trailer awards" contest where director Takashi Koyama discovered her on Instagram. The trailer won 1st place which lead to the trailer being turned into a full movie thus also being her movie debut. She won best new actress award from the Japanese Movie Critics Award for her lead role in "Colorless". In 2020, she transferred to Sony Music Artists. (Source: Japanese Wikipedia)

Colorless (2019)

A bittersweet love story depicting the end of the romance between an amateur model named Yuka and Koyamada, a photographer who wants to capture her real face. A photographer named Koyamada met an amateur model named Yuka during a photoshoot. Koyamada gets attracted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Koyama
CAST:  Daichi Kaneko  •  Ruka Ishikawa  •  Shuntaro Yanagi  •  Sakurako Konishi

A bittersweet love story depicting the end of the romance between an amateur model named Yuka and Koyamada, a photographer who wants to capture her real face. A photographer named Koyamada met an amateur model named Yuka during a photoshoot. Koyamada gets attracted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Koyama
CAST:  Daichi Kaneko  •  Ruka Ishikawa  •  Shuntaro Yanagi  •  Sakurako Konishi

Aesop's Game (2019)

Three girls - Miwa, an introvert who's best friend is her turtle, Saori, a rich girl from a celebrity family, and Koyuzu, a member of a revenge agency - wind up in a complex rivalry with one another.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoya Asanuma  •  Shinichiro Ueda  •  Yûya Nakaizumi
CAST:  Ruka Ishikawa  •  Guama  •  Hiroe Igeta  •  Yohta Kawase

Three girls - Miwa, an introvert who's best friend is her turtle, Saori, a rich girl from a celebrity family, and Koyuzu, a member of a revenge agency - wind up in a complex rivalry with one another.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoya Asanuma  •  Shinichiro Ueda  •  Yûya Nakaizumi
CAST:  Ruka Ishikawa  •  Guama  •  Hiroe Igeta  •  Yohta Kawase

Shell and Joint (2019)

Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Hirabayashi
CAST:  Mariko Tsutsui  •  Keisuke Horibe  •  Hiromi Kitagawa  •  Kanako Higashi

Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Hirabayashi
CAST:  Mariko Tsutsui  •  Keisuke Horibe  •  Hiromi Kitagawa  •  Kanako Higashi

Sayounara (2018)

When Yuki's classmate suddenly dies, rumors begin to spread about her death and the relationships between Yuki and her classmates are disrupted amidst grief and forced normalcy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuho Ishibashi
CAST:  Kirara Inori  •  Amon Hirai  •  Taichi Kodama  •  Shino Natsume

When Yuki's classmate suddenly dies, rumors begin to spread about her death and the relationships between Yuki and her classmates are disrupted amidst grief and forced normalcy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuho Ishibashi
CAST:  Kirara Inori  •  Amon Hirai  •  Taichi Kodama  •  Shino Natsume

The Japanese Doll (2019)

University students Yuri and Masato accept a peculiar invitation to a campground party, but things turn deadly when a cursed doll starts to attack.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarô Miyaoka
CAST:  Nao Kosaka  •  Riku Hagiwara  •  Mario Kuroba  •  Kyouka

University students Yuri and Masato accept a peculiar invitation to a campground party, but things turn deadly when a cursed doll starts to attack.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarô Miyaoka
CAST:  Nao Kosaka  •  Riku Hagiwara  •  Mario Kuroba  •  Kyouka

Girls of the Thirteenth Month (2020)

Kazuho Anamori, a high school girl, was unable to fit in with her class because she was reluctant to withdraw. One day, by chance, she met Miko Karakida, who was born with heart disease, and they became closer. However, six months later, the shrine maiden died ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Toda
CAST:  Arisa Komiya  •  Honoka Akimoto  •  Minori Hagiwara  •  Himika Akaneya

Kazuho Anamori, a high school girl, was unable to fit in with her class because she was reluctant to withdraw. One day, by chance, she met Miko Karakida, who was born with heart disease, and they became closer. However, six months later, the shrine maiden died ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Toda
CAST:  Arisa Komiya  •  Honoka Akimoto  •  Minori Hagiwara  •  Himika Akaneya

Where is the Mind (2020)

Atsushi limps and escapes from a closed facility for drug addicts. He has only one goal: to kill his wife. Straying around, he is hit on a country road at night. When the driver gets out to check on him, Atsushi takes the opportunity and steals his car. Completely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yusuke Kaida
CAST:  Ruka Ishikawa  •  Tomoki Kimura  •  Jin Arai

Atsushi limps and escapes from a closed facility for drug addicts. He has only one goal: to kill his wife. Straying around, he is hit on a country road at night. When the driver gets out to check on him, Atsushi takes the opportunity and steals his car. Completely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yusuke Kaida
CAST:  Ruka Ishikawa  •  Tomoki Kimura  •  Jin Arai

Beats Per Mizu (2019)

Sumiko is a university student who is blessed (or suffers) from a special ability to instantly grasp the BPM (beats per minute) of almost anything. One day she meets a boy who inexplicably sends her own BPM off the charts!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miki Tomita
CAST:  Ruka Ishikawa  •  Endo Fumiya  •  Eri Saito  •  Sakata Hideaki

Sumiko is a university student who is blessed (or suffers) from a special ability to instantly grasp the BPM (beats per minute) of almost anything. One day she meets a boy who inexplicably sends her own BPM off the charts!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miki Tomita
CAST:  Ruka Ishikawa  •  Endo Fumiya  •  Eri Saito  •  Sakata Hideaki

A Girl on the Shore (2021)

In a seaside town where very little happens, middle school students Keisuke Isobe and Koume Satou live a rather dull life. But when Koume's crush breaks her heart, their situation becomes quite unordinary. She starts a "no-strings-attached" relationship with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Ueda
CAST:  Ruka Ishikawa  •  Yuzu Aoki  •  Oshirō Maeda  •  Yuki Kura

In a seaside town where very little happens, middle school students Keisuke Isobe and Koume Satou live a rather dull life. But when Koume's crush breaks her heart, their situation becomes quite unordinary. She starts a "no-strings-attached" relationship with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Ueda
CAST:  Ruka Ishikawa  •  Yuzu Aoki  •  Oshirō Maeda  •  Yuki Kura

Shrieking in the Rain (2021)

At a movie studio in 1988, rookie director Hanako Hayashi is making her directorial debut, the erotic As Far as Love Will Take Us. She's under pressure from her producer and crew. When she is about to shoot the climax of the film, numerous problems arise. To make ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Uchida
CAST:  Marika Matsumoto  •  Maeko Oyama  •  Serena Motola  •  Kiyohiko Shibukawa

At a movie studio in 1988, rookie director Hanako Hayashi is making her directorial debut, the erotic As Far as Love Will Take Us. She's under pressure from her producer and crew. When she is about to shoot the climax of the film, numerous problems arise. To make ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Uchida
CAST:  Marika Matsumoto  •  Maeko Oyama  •  Serena Motola  •  Kiyohiko Shibukawa

あいつをよろしく (2022)

Koharu (26) is looking for a new job and she has older brother, Taichi (29 years old) who has taken care of Koharu in place of her mother who died in an accident when she was young. One day, Taichi disappeared from the sight of her family. Koharu and Taichi's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Tachizono
CAST:  Ruka Ishikawa  •  Kyuichiro Nakayama  •  Chiho Fujii  •  Yuka Nakao

Koharu (26) is looking for a new job and she has older brother, Taichi (29 years old) who has taken care of Koharu in place of her mother who died in an accident when she was young. One day, Taichi disappeared from the sight of her family. Koharu and Taichi's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Tachizono
CAST:  Ruka Ishikawa  •  Kyuichiro Nakayama  •  Chiho Fujii  •  Yuka Nakao

Anger Girl (2022)

Nico, a girl who has closed her mind from noise and whose only emotional support is her favorite coffee shop, one day meets Ryota, a boy who is being abused by his parents. Nico, who had been abused herself, could not forgive Ryota's parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitonori Taniguchi
CAST:  Ruka Ishikawa  •  Kiyotake Nakamura  •  Ririko Tachibana  •  Kozo Takeda

Nico, a girl who has closed her mind from noise and whose only emotional support is her favorite coffee shop, one day meets Ryota, a boy who is being abused by his parents. Nico, who had been abused herself, could not forgive Ryota's parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitonori Taniguchi
CAST:  Ruka Ishikawa  •  Kiyotake Nakamura  •  Ririko Tachibana  •  Kozo Takeda