
Directing
Ryota Nakano
Born
1973-07-27 (53)
Place of birth
Kyoto, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
18 titles
Ryota Nakano is a Japanese film director, most famous for his film "Her Love Boils Bathwater"
Known for
7.3Masashi 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.
The Asadas!
2020
7.4After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Futaba resolves to spend her remaining time reuniting her broken family, reopening the long-closed bathhouse, and helping her shy daughter Azumi learn to stand on her own.
Her Love Boils Bathwater
2016
6.8Four hectic days unfold as a family reunites after the death of the world’s most troublesome big brother.
Bring Him Down to a Portable Size
2025
7.0Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare themselves for the emotions to follow.
A Long Goodbye
2019
7.8An omnibus film consisting of 4 short films and a documentary related to COVID-19.
State of Emergency
2020
6.3Part-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.
Capturing Dad
2013
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.3Masashi 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.
The Asadas!
2020
7.3Masashi 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.
The Asadas!
2020
7.4After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Futaba resolves to spend her remaining time reuniting her broken family, reopening the long-closed bathhouse, and helping her shy daughter Azumi learn to stand on her own.
Her Love Boils Bathwater
2016
7.4After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Futaba resolves to spend her remaining time reuniting her broken family, reopening the long-closed bathhouse, and helping her shy daughter Azumi learn to stand on her own.
Her Love Boils Bathwater
2016
6.8Four hectic days unfold as a family reunites after the death of the world’s most troublesome big brother.
Bring Him Down to a Portable Size
2025
7.0Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare themselves for the emotions to follow.
A Long Goodbye
2019
7.0Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare themselves for the emotions to follow.
A Long Goodbye
2019
7.8An omnibus film consisting of 4 short films and a documentary related to COVID-19.
State of Emergency
2020
6.3Part-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.
Capturing Dad
2013
6.3Part-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.
Capturing Dad
2013
NRAn emotional drama about teenage Asako and her relationship with Yuhei, a man who became a father figure to her for six months when she was five years old after he started dating her mother. Thirteen years later, she discovers he is serving a prison sentence, having been convicted of her mother’s murder.
I Don't Know You
2026
NRAn emotional drama about teenage Asako and her relationship with Yuhei, a man who became a father figure to her for six months when she was five years old after he started dating her mother. Thirteen years later, she discovers he is serving a prison sentence, having been convicted of her mother’s murder.
I Don't Know You
2026
The bobbed-head Ryoko is a shy middle school student. She has been living with her dad, just the 2 of them ever since her mother died of an illness. It was in this Aizawa household that 3 months ago, suddenly, that the Kansai dialect wielding Michiko with her hair fastened tightly above her head came in. This is the story of amber of the three whom were like a family and yet not.
The Sparkling Amber
2013
The bobbed-head Ryoko is a shy middle school student. She has been living with her dad, just the 2 of them ever since her mother died of an illness. It was in this Aizawa household that 3 months ago, suddenly, that the Kansai dialect wielding Michiko with her hair fastened tightly above her head came in. This is the story of amber of the three whom were like a family and yet not.
The Sparkling Amber
2013
NRNo synopsis available yet.
My Brother Went to the Battlefield!?
2013
NRNo synopsis available yet.
My Brother Went to the Battlefield!?
2013
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Three Houses That Don't Sink
2013

