Ryo Amamiya

Acting

Ryo Amamiya

Born

1962-04-09 (64)

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Known for

Mission To Kill poster
7.0

Continuation of the popular series of films about the assassins in Edo. This show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin," which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. The franchise came back in 2007 with a one-shot special, but this is its first full season since 1992. Makoto Fujita returns as the protagonist Nakamura Mondo, one of the "shigotonin," a team of hired assassins.

Mission To Kill

2009

Sky High poster
5.0

Sky High is a live-action, supernatural Japanese television drama series, starring actress and model, Yumiko Shaku. It aired in Japan, first run, from 2003 to 2004, and was popular enough to spawn the 2003 feature film of the same name. Both are based on the Japanese manga, Skyhigh. Shaku stars as Izuko, the Guardian of the Gate to the afterlife. The basic premise of the television series is somewhat similar in concept to the American series, Ghost Whisperer, in which the protagonist must use her powers to guide the dead on their journey to the afterlife by helping them determine the meaning or circumstance of their death. However, in Izuko's case, no matter how hard she tries, her guidance does not always result in a happy ending.

Sky High

2003

Me, Him and You poster
NR

Takumi Amase, an aspiring chef, becomes homeless after his restaurant closes. While job hunting, he reunites with Ryoji Sakiyama, a photographer he once liked, at a coffee shop. Ryoji doesn’t remember him, but Takumi moves in with Ryoji and his friend Daiya, who are seeking a third roommate. As they live together, Takumi grapples with his feelings for Ryoji, who is hesitant about love, while Daiya keeps his own secrets.

Me, Him and You

2024

Seizaemon Remaining Diary poster
NR

Romanized : Seizaemon Zanji Tsuroku

Seizaemon Remaining Diary

2016

Beijing Watermelon poster
7.0

Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a poor college student from China.

Beijing Watermelon

1989

The Rocking Horsemen poster
7.4

It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life in Japan in the 60's.

The Rocking Horsemen

1992

Film credits

2000s · 11 titles

Graveyard of Honor poster
6.3

A barkeeper saves a yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.

Graveyard of Honor

2002

Thug Business Worker Sabu poster
NR

The truth of a sniper becomes clear in the turmoil of a drug robbery that shakes the underworld.

Thug Business Worker Sabu

2000

The King of Minami: Formula for Deception poster
NR

#37 in the series, following "Yakuza Finance."

The King of Minami: Formula for Deception

2001

Picaresque poster
NR

On June 19, 1948, the bodies of Japanese novelist and short-story writer Osamu Dazai and his lover Tomie Yamazaki are found drowned in the Tamagawa Canal in Tokyo. Osamu Dazai previously attempted to take his own life at least three other times. During the post war period, Osamu Dazai's reached the reached the height of his popularity and he became the literary voice for a "lost generation." After their bodies are found people wondered if Tomie Yamazaki was the cause of Osamu Dazai's death.

Picaresque

2002

北アルプス山岳救助隊・紫門一鬼8 白馬八方尾根 雪どけの叫び poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

北アルプス山岳救助隊・紫門一鬼8 白馬八方尾根 雪どけの叫び

2006

Mafia Family Yanagawa - Part 2 poster
5.0

The movie is set one year after the events of Mafia Family Yanagawa - Part 1, in which 8 Yanagawas faced off against 100 Devil Dragons in an epic bloody battle. Jiro Yanagawa (Takeuchi Riki) continues his feud with the Devil Dragons as he attempts to usurp their western territory.

Mafia Family Yanagawa - Part 2

2002

Prime Minister's Office Lady poster
NR

A woman, disguised as an office lady, takes revenge for her dead lover.

Prime Minister's Office Lady

2001

Shura ga Yuku 12 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shura ga Yuku 12

2000

The Exposer - Insurance Investigation poster
NR

Hinata, the managing director of Sakura Fire & Marine Insurance, appears to Tetsu, who is hospitalised due to injury. Tetsu accepts a job from his former colleague Hyuga on condition that he pays for his hospitalisation. He tries to expose the fraudulent claims by involving Pussy, but at the same time it brings back his own ruthless past.

The Exposer - Insurance Investigation

2000

A Surgeon Named Hitman poster
NR

A trainee at a university hospital named Yoshioka, was in charge of a patient but the patient dies due to a failure with a heart transplant. One day, someone stabs his sister and dies. In front of the annoying Yoshioka, a mysterious doctor, Shimizu, appears. , who used to stop by the hospital.

A Surgeon Named Hitman

2006

Ashura's Legend Death Fight poster
NR

Yusaku who became the Japanese martial arts champion, is blinded by a mysterious woman in a red dress that night. After three years of bloody training, Yusaku returns to the gym and, despite being blind, quickly defeats the yakuza who had come to collect his debt.

Ashura's Legend Death Fight

2001

1990s · 13 titles

The Rocking Horsemen poster
7.4

It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life in Japan in the 60's.

The Rocking Horsemen

1992

Diary of Early Winter Shower poster
7.7

Kounosuke Mibu and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell in love 20 years ago. They had promised each other that they would build a retreat in Shiguretei, but Ushio was hospitalized after a stroke a few days later, and when his wife, Takako, rushed to the hospital, she discovered their love affair, which in reality had not gone beyond kissing. Now, 20 years later, against the advice of her ikebana mentor, Tae rushes to meet Ushio at Shiguretei, only to see him clutching his chest in pain. Eventually, the design and plans for the dream retreat are seen by Tae, but she has to visit Kyoto alone... or maybe she's heading for somewhere else.

Diary of Early Winter Shower

1998

Door III poster
5.5

Ambitious insurance saleswoman Miyako is stalked by by the strange and supernatural after meeting the mysterious Mitsuru.

Door III

1996

Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki” poster
6.5

A dying pianist composes one final song for his childhood friend.

Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”

1993

One Summer's Day poster
10.0

Absent-minded fifth-grader Yuta is sent to spend the summer with his grandfather, whom Yuta's parents think is becoming senile and could benefit from Yuta's companionship. At first, Yuta thinks Gramps is a bit addled, too, but as he gets to know the old man better, he finds that his grandfather sees things quite differently from others.

One Summer's Day

1999

Like a Rolling Stone poster
5.5

Tanaka is a yakuza who collects 'protection money' from establishments. He has just been released from jail, where he had spent eight years, and finds out that his boss wants to get rid of him. Tanaka is not an archetypal yakuza; he travels by public transport. But he does have two mistresses: Ayumi, who runs a nightclub, and Yoshie, a brothel-keeper. When Tanaka's boss ends up in hospital, second man Kurauchi exerts increasing pressure on Tanaka. Tanaka deliberately has himself wounded by a fighter to dodge several of Kurauchi's demands.

Like a Rolling Stone

1994

A Brief Message from the Heart poster
8.0

A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man.

A Brief Message from the Heart

1995

Wandering Brain poster
6.3

A psychological suspense based on the novel of the same name by Naoki Prize-winning author Tsuyoshi Osaka. Psychiatrist Aiko Minamikawa was asked to conduct a psychiatric evaluation on a man named Oiwake who assaulted a woman. At that time, a series of murders targeting women who cut off her eyelids after killing them occurred.

Wandering Brain

1993

Knife poster
7.0

Arina is a beautiful assassin who uses a knife and her own body to kill high-profile individuals in the political and business world. The next task received from the head of the organization, Kojiro, was to eliminate En, an arms dealer from Southeast Asia. Arina tries to get closer to him while he is in Japan. However, due to a partner's mistake, the plan is revealed and she becomes a prisoner...

Knife

1996

Let's Get Happy poster
8.0

A comedy about the uproar in a yakuza office, before the dissolution ceremony the next day. The day before the dissolution of the Yamamuro group, it is reported that the leader of the hostile organization was assassinated by someone.

Let's Get Happy

1998

Kwaidan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kwaidan

1992

Those incorrigible blokes behind bars! poster
NR

Shinji Hanada, a member of the Yoshioka-gumi who idolises the yakuza, is ordered to act as a hitman to assassinate the boss of the rival Kawada-gumi. However, he fails miserably and is arrested, landing him in prison. Whilst there, in a shared cell block, he comes face to face with Kurokawa, a member of the Kawada-gumi with whom he has long sought to settle the score...

Those incorrigible blokes behind bars!

1993

Ikiryo poster
NR

Japanese horror film.

Ikiryo

1999

Series credits

Mission To Kill poster
7.0

Continuation of the popular series of films about the assassins in Edo. This show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin," which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. The franchise came back in 2007 with a one-shot special, but this is its first full season since 1992. Makoto Fujita returns as the protagonist Nakamura Mondo, one of the "shigotonin," a team of hired assassins.

Mission To Kill

2009

Sky High poster
5.0

Sky High is a live-action, supernatural Japanese television drama series, starring actress and model, Yumiko Shaku. It aired in Japan, first run, from 2003 to 2004, and was popular enough to spawn the 2003 feature film of the same name. Both are based on the Japanese manga, Skyhigh. Shaku stars as Izuko, the Guardian of the Gate to the afterlife. The basic premise of the television series is somewhat similar in concept to the American series, Ghost Whisperer, in which the protagonist must use her powers to guide the dead on their journey to the afterlife by helping them determine the meaning or circumstance of their death. However, in Izuko's case, no matter how hard she tries, her guidance does not always result in a happy ending.

Sky High

2003

Me, Him and You poster
NR

Takumi Amase, an aspiring chef, becomes homeless after his restaurant closes. While job hunting, he reunites with Ryoji Sakiyama, a photographer he once liked, at a coffee shop. Ryoji doesn’t remember him, but Takumi moves in with Ryoji and his friend Daiya, who are seeking a third roommate. As they live together, Takumi grapples with his feelings for Ryoji, who is hesitant about love, while Daiya keeps his own secrets.

Me, Him and You

2024

Seizaemon Remaining Diary poster
NR

Romanized : Seizaemon Zanji Tsuroku

Seizaemon Remaining Diary

2016

HATU: Vampire Syndrome poster
NR

The protagonist, high school student Akira Sakaguchi (played by Atsushi Harada), desires a normal human life, yet he is a vampire who cannot survive without consuming human blood. The series depicts the various human relationships surrounding Akira. It faced accusations of plagiarism for bearing striking similarities to Kazumasa Hirai's novel “The Wolf's Crest,” leading Hirai to publicly criticize Naoyuki Tomomatsu, who served as both screenwriter and director for this work.

HATU: Vampire Syndrome

2002

No artwork available
NR

This is a detective drama featuring Shinichi, the physically "fit" older brother with a lax and unreliable personality, and his younger sister Kyoko, a kindergarten teacher who specializes in karate.

Komarasenaide!

1989

Yesterday in Hibetsu poster
NR

Ryuichi Nakagomi (Ryo Amagiya), 20 years old. He moved to Tokyo last fall from the small coal mining town of Hibetsu in Hokkaido and is training to become a dancer while working as a waiter at a tap show venue in Akasaka. His father died in a mine accident, and he lives in his hometown with his mother Haruko (Midori Satsuki) and sister Yuko (Keiko Saito), who work in the mine during the day and run a bar at night. One day, Ryuichi decides to audition for a musical. At the venue, he spots his high school crush Yukari Onuma (Eri Ishida), who had gone missing.

Yesterday in Hibetsu

1984