Ryota Bando
8 titles
Filmography
8 results

Light of My Lion
Hiroto, a kind and earnest older brother and his autistic younger brother, Michito, led an ordinary life together -- until one day, a five-year-old boy appeared at their doorstep claiming to be their nephew. This boy, who refers to himself as "Lion," says he is the son of Hiroto and Michito's sister, who they believed was dead. However, she was actually alive only to vanish again, entrusting her young son to the brothers' care. The trio develop a strong camaraderie as they seek to unravel a thicket of lies and a grand scheme of love, surrounding the mysterious sister.

Howling Village
(2020)A psychologist looking to find out how her brother disappeared goes to a cursed town called Howling Village and finds out dark and shocking truths.

Fureru
(2024)Aki, Ryo, and Yuta grew up on a tiny Japanese island with Fureru, a small yellow hedgehog with mysterious powers. Now in their 20s and chasing a fresh start in Tokyo, the trio tries to build new lives while keeping their unusual companion out of sight. But as Fureru's powers awaken, buried emotions and old tensions reemerge, pushing their friendship into unpredictable new territory.
Synanthrope
Synanthrope—a quiet burger joint with eight ordinary young employees. That is, until it falls victim to the most inexplicable robbery. Now, what was once unremarkable grows increasingly off-kilter… ©Kazuya Konomoto, "Synanthrope" Film Partners

Wife of a Spy
(2020)Master filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s riveting, gorgeously crafted, old-school Hitchockian thriller follows a Japanese woman during WWII who begins to suspect her husband’s Western connections may be hiding something more sinister. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2017.

It Stopped Raining
(2020)Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized, however, by a car accident on a rainy day after they go out together, and wakes up with short term memory loss, where she cannot remember anything beyond the present day. Yukisuke tries to live close to her as before but the lack of collective memory starts to stagger him.

Captivated, by You
Follows the lives of two very different students—one carefree and charming, the other unhappy and lonely—as they try to make it through high school.

Riding a Unicorn
Determined to revive her startup's dwindling success, an innovative young CEO hires a middle-aged, traditional businessman to join her hardworking team.