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Ryûtarô Nakagawa

Ryûtarô Nakagawa

Director and writer, also actor · Born January 29, 1990 (36) · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Director, screenwriter, poet, and essayist.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 29, 1990 (36)
From
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Works as
Director and writer, also actor
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 46% in 30 days

What are Ryûtarô Nakagawa's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
43%
Self
21%
Survival
21%
Society
11%
Ideas
4%
Romantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
6
Hopeful
4
Tense
2
Contemplative
2
Bittersweet
2
Other
1

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet5
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ryûtarô Nakagawa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Ryûtarô Nakagawa's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

25 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • Your Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • Echoes of Motherhood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • Kokoro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director

  • Kokoro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Deepest Space in Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Idea · as Nakano

  • Yakushima's Illusion(2025)

    as Hitomi's father

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • 欲望（蜘蛛の糸のように） (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director

  • Nevertheless: The Shapes of Love(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Birth of Melos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · Screenplay

  • MY (K)NIGHT (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Leave Behind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Lonely Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Original Story

  • Icarus: The City of One Wing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • One Day, You Will Reach the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Yuagari Sketch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Screenplay

  • Hold on, look ahead. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

  • Kamata Prelude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Shizukana ame(2019)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Mio on the Shore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Summer Blooms(2017)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Tokyo Sunrise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Writer

  • Ai no chîsana rekishi(2014)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Plastic Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Writer

  • Calling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • Amatsubu no Chiisana Rekishi(2012)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

Career shape

A full career of 25 titles, 23 of them dated from 2012 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Yakushima's Illusion (2025)

$315K worldwide

Highest rated

Yakushima's Illusion (2025)

Midcredits 72nd

Most popular right now

Nevertheless: The Shapes of Love (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 25: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting22 of 25: 10 only directing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score56thWriting13 of 25: 1 only writing, 12 with another roleOther crew1 of 25: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

25 titles, 13 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

2010s7 · crew2020s16 · 2 acting · 15 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Ryûtarô Nakagawa's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 6 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · director, writer

Ai no chîsana rekishi (2014)

80th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Yakushima's Illusion (2025)

Midcredits 72nd · 68% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Ryûtarô Nakagawa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ryûtarô Nakagawa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Takashi Fujimura shares the most, 4.

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles