Hiroyuki Nakano

Directing

Hiroyuki Nakano

Born 1958-01-22 · Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Samurai Fiction poster
6.7

A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.

Samurai Fiction

1998

Samurai Fiction poster
6.7

A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.

Samurai Fiction

1998

SHORT FILMS poster
NR

Omnibus of six short films: Return; Ken-do star; Hana to oji-san; Adagietto Sehr, langsam; Nakayoki koto wa yoki koto ka na; Slow is Beautiful. Third installment of "SF" series produced by Hiroyuki Nakano.

SHORT FILMS

2003

SHORT FILMS poster
NR

Omnibus of six short films: Return; Ken-do star; Hana to oji-san; Adagietto Sehr, langsam; Nakayoki koto wa yoki koto ka na; Slow is Beautiful. Third installment of "SF" series produced by Hiroyuki Nakano.

SHORT FILMS

2003

Red Shadow poster
4.9

The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information and defeat the enemy to build a world of peace. Akakage, Aokage, and Asuka are rookie ninjas under the tutelage of Shirokage. Their life is a series of perilous missions that entail intrigue, deception and intimidation.

Red Shadow

2001

Tajomaru: Avenging Blade poster
7.2

TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves, only to find a series of harrowing adventures along the way which lead him back to where he came from, and then disinheriting his past to become the bandit TAJOMARU.

Tajomaru: Avenging Blade

2009

No artwork available
NR

Collection of short films: Spaghetti Napolitan (Atsushi Kaneshige) 3:15 PM (Hiroyuki Nakano) Iron (Hiroyuki Nakano) Lighthouse (Hiroyuki Nakano) Fuji & Donuts (Yasuhisa Serizawa)

Otokotachi no uta

2008

Pace poster
NR

Hiroyuki Nakano combines relaxing nature and surreal humor to connect with the world: "nothing better than this, right?"

Pace

1990

Have a Nice Day poster
NR

Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Masahiko Nagasawa ("Yoru no Picnic"), Masaya Kakehi ("Bijokan), and more for a total of 18 shorts. This time around the theme is "24 hours," where filming for each work must have been completed in 24 hours in order to appear in this film.

Have a Nice Day

2006

Ramo Trip poster
NR

Film on the life of Ramo Nakajima, part adaptation of his short stories, part documentary

Ramo Trip

2012

Stereo Future poster
7.7

Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a director who has nothing but scorn for him, but who continually fawns over the film’s obnoxious ham of a star.

Stereo Future

2001

Stereo Future poster
7.7

Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a director who has nothing but scorn for him, but who continually fawns over the film’s obnoxious ham of a star.

Stereo Future

2001

Tokyo OnlyPic 2008 poster
6.5

Virtuoso animated satire on the Olympic Games as a media spectacle. In the form of a news broadcast, the strangest sports, rituals and participants are included. The maker invited several animation artists to provide contributions to this truly colourful procession. Fun. Great fun.

Tokyo OnlyPic 2008

2008

FOOL COOL ROCK! ONE OK ROCK DOCUMENTARY FILM poster
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This work provides full-scale documentation of ONE OK ROCK's 2013 "Who are you?? Who are we??" TOUR, which covered Asia and their first-ever European tour. Over the course of one and a half months, it traces the band's journey across 12 performances in 11 countries: France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Taiwan. The members deliver awe-inspiring live performances in venues packed with local fans, while the overwhelming enthusiasm of international audiences is vividly captured through live footage. The documentary is directed by **Hiroshi Nakano**, a visionary filmmaker known for revolutionizing music videos and directing feature films. With his extensive experience in capturing artists' essence, Nakano records ONE OK ROCK's evolving "present" as they carve their path into a new era.

FOOL COOL ROCK! ONE OK ROCK DOCUMENTARY FILM

2014

FOOL COOL ROCK! ONE OK ROCK DOCUMENTARY FILM poster
NR

This work provides full-scale documentation of ONE OK ROCK's 2013 "Who are you?? Who are we??" TOUR, which covered Asia and their first-ever European tour. Over the course of one and a half months, it traces the band's journey across 12 performances in 11 countries: France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Taiwan. The members deliver awe-inspiring live performances in venues packed with local fans, while the overwhelming enthusiasm of international audiences is vividly captured through live footage. The documentary is directed by **Hiroshi Nakano**, a visionary filmmaker known for revolutionizing music videos and directing feature films. With his extensive experience in capturing artists' essence, Nakano records ONE OK ROCK's evolving "present" as they carve their path into a new era.

FOOL COOL ROCK! ONE OK ROCK DOCUMENTARY FILM

2014

Peace Nippon poster
NR

This documentary was shot in more than 200 locations around Japan to show "the real beauty of Japan".

Peace Nippon

2018

Tomoyasu Hotei - MONSTER DRIVE PARTY!!! poster
8.0

Live DVD recorded on Zepp Tokyo on July 18, 2005

Tomoyasu Hotei - MONSTER DRIVE PARTY!!!

2005

FLYING BODIES a Hiroyuki Nakano Nonfiction Film poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

FLYING BODIES a Hiroyuki Nakano Nonfiction Film

2013

Jun Togawa & Yapoos - Tour-Live'85-86 poster
NR

Live concert

Jun Togawa & Yapoos - Tour-Live'85-86

1986

Jun Togawa & Yapoos - Tour-Live'85-86 poster
NR

Live concert

Jun Togawa & Yapoos - Tour-Live'85-86

1986

No artwork available
6.9

No synopsis available yet.

IRON

2006

No artwork available
6.9

No synopsis available yet.

IRON

2006

Spiritual Earth: Aloha Wave poster
8.0

1999 Japanese short film

Spiritual Earth: Aloha Wave

1999