Ryoko Nakano

Yanagawa (2022)

At a Japanese restaurant nestled within the busy streets of Beijing, Li Dong convinces his older brother Li Chun to travel together to the Japanese city of Yanagawa to find and catch up with their childhood sweetheart Liu Chuan. ...

Avalokitesvara (2013)

In the time of the Tang Dynasty, Yu Xiufeng, a porcelain maker from Mount Meicen, makes a ceramic statue of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara to consecrate at Mount Wutai to protect the princeling Li Yi. ...

Dr. Sun Yat-sen (1986)

Dr. Sun Zhongshan leads a democratic revolution in China. ...

Headphone Lullaby (1983)

The story of friendship, love and sportsmanship among high-school students. ...

Writhing Tongue (1980)

Masako, a five-year-old girl living, gets a scratch on her finger. After that, she suffered horrible spasms. The doctor checks on her and arrives at the conclusion that she has tetanus. Her parents have to bear the sufferings of their child. The once peace ...

Drive for the Future (1980)

Never Give Up (1978)

Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko: the sole survival of a bloodbath for which he is responsible. Years later, Ajisawa is forced to return to the scene of the tragedy for his new ...

Love and Faith (1978)

Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daughter, the beautiful Lady Ogin, has an unrequited love for Lord Ukon, who has angered Hideyoshi by becoming a Christian convert. Ogin's father Riky ...

Village of Eight Gravestones (1977)

The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. ...

Love in the North (1976)

Japanese film based on the song by Harumi Miyako. ...

Manhunt (1976)

A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man. ...

Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru (1975)

Based on the life of artist Yumeji Takehisa ...

Aoi sanmyaku (1975)

Remake of 1949 film ...

Kobayashi Takiji (1974)

A tribute to proletarian author Takiji Kobayashi (1903-1933) ...

Second Chance (1973)

A man survives a double suicide attempt, while his girlfriend does not. ...

The Fearless Avenger (1972)

Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by yakuza. His life is spared by Boss Juzaburo, in order that the harmony of an important commemoration not be further disturbed. Though now even more ...

The Trail of Blood (1972)

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three y ...

Morning for Two (1971)

While Keisuke and Jiro were brothers, the characters of the two were opposite. My older brother Keisuke was a sophomore college graduate, a honest and passionate young man, but his brother Jiro was only a student of a ronin who failed in taking the univers ...