Ryuichi Hiroki

Ryuichi Hiroki

January 1, 1954 · 72 years old

Ryūichi Hiroki (廣木 隆一 Hiroki Ryūichi, born January 1, 1954) is a Japanese film director. He won critical acclaim for 800 Two Lap Runners. Film critic and researcher Alexander Jacoby has described Hiroki as "one of the modern Japanese cinema's most intelligent students of character".

Known For

20 titles
1
Ride or Die

Ride or Die

2021 · 2h 22m · Movie

Rei helps the woman she's been in love with for years escape her abusive husband. While on the run, their feelings for each other catch fire.

5.1
2
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

2017 · 2h 9m · Movie

A general store that gives advice turns magical one night. Accidentally, the time line switched which somehow makes the current present and the best present for the people who want to be advised.

6.7
3
Wolf Girl and Black Prince

Wolf Girl and Black Prince

2016 · 1h 56m · Movie

Erika captured a photo of a handsome guy and told her friends that he is her boyfriend. Upon finding this out, the boy proposed to go with her pretense as long as she acts as his pet dog.

5.9
4
Strobe Edge

Strobe Edge

2015 · 1h 55m · Movie

Ninako confesses her love to Ren. But get rejected because he is already have a girlfriend. They promise to stay as a friend. Some other guy confess their love to her but she rejects them. Is it because she still wants to be with ...

6.0
5
Kabukicho Love Hotel

Kabukicho Love Hotel

2014 · 2h 15m · Movie

Over one day at this love hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo - where guests have the choice of staying for a short time or overnight - the dreams and desires of these characters intersect while aspiring for something greater.

6.9
6
Marmalade Boy

Marmalade Boy

2018 · 2h 7m · Movie

Two sets of parents divorce and marry each other, while their children Miki and Yuu are caught in the middle and start falling for each other.

5.7
7
Yawarakai seikatsu

Yawarakai seikatsu

2006 · 2h 6m · Movie

Yuko is 35 years old, single, out of work, and on medication from her psychiatrist to combat her manic depression. Living in Kamata Town, Yuko divides her time between a variety of men friends, each with his own peculiarities. Her...

7.0
8
Policeman and Me

Policeman and Me

2017 · 2h 4m · Movie

A single high school freshman attends an adult dating mixer under the pretense that she is older. There she meets a man and soon finds out he's a cop.

5.3
9
Noise

Noise

2022 · 2h 8m · Movie

Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi begins to produce black fig on Shishikari Island. Because of his well received product...

6.2
10
Side Job.

Side Job.

2017 · 2h 0m · Movie

Based on the novel "Kanojo no Jinsei wa Machigai ja Nai" (literal translation: Her life is not at fault) by Director Hiroki, it is a powerful story of survivors, who are all trying to find their own silver linings in life.

6.2
11
Motherhood

Motherhood

2022 · 1h 56m · Movie

Rumiko loves her mother Hanae dearly, but is somehow unable to feel the same way about her daughter Sayaka and their relationship is fraught with tension and fractures.

7.4
12
The Many Faces of Ito

The Many Faces of Ito

2018 · 2h 6m · Movie

Seijiro smiles a lot, wears patterned shirts, has his hair over his forehead like all cool boys do and generally has a large ego fed constantly and made larger by the number of women who clamour for his bad boys ways and supposed ...

5.3
13
Phases of the Moon

Phases of the Moon

2022 · 2h 8m · Movie

Tsuyoshi Osanai (Yo Oizumi) enjoys a peaceful and happy life with his wife Kozue Osanai (Kou Shibasaki) and daughter Ruri Osanai, but his wife and daughter die in an accident. Tsuyoshi Osanai's life suddenly changes. One day, a ma...

6.0
14
Piece of Cake

Piece of Cake

2015 · 2h 1m · Movie

Shino is the type of girl that is easy and available to men. She detests being alone. She cheats and moves on even to new regions. Shino meets her new neighbour Kyoshiro who just happens to be her boss. Of course, she desires him....

6.1
15
Love on Sunday

Love on Sunday

2006 · 1h 29m · Movie

On the last day before high school sophomore Akira moves to Tokyo to join another school, a bizarre love quadrangle develops between her old schoolmates Nao, Gaku, Tamaki and her, one which must be resolved in an archery duel.

6.5
16
The Lightning Tree

The Lightning Tree

2010 · 2h 13m · Movie

The mentally troubled son of a shogun falls for a girl who's been raised in the mountains.

6.0
17
Koi suru nichiyobi watashi. Koishita

Koi suru nichiyobi watashi. Koishita

2007 · 1h 37m · Movie

Nagisa, a high school girl who has been given only 3 months to live. Without telling her widowed father where she's going, she sets out from the city to the small town where she was born. She recalls her childhood memories, and he...

6.6
18
It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up

It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up

2018 · 1h 38m · Movie

Two girls dream of the same man. One remained in their hometown, went with Shiina and wants to revisit the happy times with him again. The other moved away, returned to move back in with her parents and establishes contact with Sh...

5.2
19
2 Women

2 Women

2022 · 2h 19m · Movie

The special relationship between a man and two women.

4.0