Known for Art
Ryo Sugimoto (杉本 亮, Sugimoto Ryō, born 1976) is a Japanese art director. He received the the Best Art Award of the Japan Academy for the films Villain and Unforgiven directed by Lee Sang-il.
Birthplace
Japan
Filmography
32 films, 3 shows


Suzuki=Bakudan
2025 · 2h 16m
country: Japan
An unemployed man named Suzuki is taken in by police after breaking a booze vending machine. When he predicts the explosions of two bombs and claims there are more, the police start to investigate him as a terrorist. However, Suzuki first claims to know about the bombs through psychic clairvoyance, and then claims he was hypnotized to forget. He gives hints about the bombs with riddles while riling up his interrogators, especially senior detective Kiyomiya and his junior Ruike. Things seem to be connected to a disgraced cop named Hasebe, who committed suicide after a scandal some years ago. But is Suzuki actually the perpetrator behind the bombs or not?


Climbing for Life
2025 · 2h 10m
country: Japan
In 1975, a woman reached the summit of Mount Everest: Junko, the first woman in history to reach the world's highest peak. Junko's unforgettable feat stunned the world, bringing her into the spotlight but casting a huge shadow over her friends and family. Despite being diagnosed with a terminal illness in her final years, Junko continued to challenge the mountains. What was the last thing she saw beyond the summit?


Exit 8
2025 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?


1st Kiss
2025 · 2h 4m
country: Japan
After losing her husband to death following a troubled marriage, a woman unexpectedly travels back to the moment before their first meeting, allowing them to reconnect and rekindle their romance.


Penalty Loop
2024 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
When Jun's lover is killed, he decides to kill her murderer. He's then stuck in a time loop and forced to relive the same day over and over, but he continues to kill the same man every day.


A Hundred Flowers
2022 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Diagnosed with dementia, Yuriko's mind quickly begins to fade. Yet, for her son Izumi, memories of the mother feel as vivid as when he lived them. One in particular, when he believed she had disappeared, haunts him terribly.


Character
2021 · 2h 5m
country: Japan
A kind man aspires to become a manga writer, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him, for he has little experience or natural inclination for them. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no more. He uses the real-life situation for his work.


We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021 · 2h 4m
country: Japan
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.


The Town of Headcounts
2020 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
Pursued by loan sharks, Aoyama is rescued by a mysterious man in orange overalls, and spirited away to “The Town,” where other dropouts hide out from debtors, abusive partners or the police. It’s a perpetual holiday resort where every need is catered to but hidden in it is a sinister conspiracy.


Beneath the Shadow
2019 · 2h 14m
country: Japan
From coworkers to close friends, Konno and Hiasa drift apart. When Hiasa goes missing, Konno must face what he didn’t say in time.


After the Rain
2018 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club. Working part-time at a restaurant, she finds herself inexplicably falling in love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man.


Amy Said
2017 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Twenty years have passed since the sudden disappearance of Amy, who was the femme fatale in her film studies group. Something that Naoko said triggers emotions that were frozen in time for the group's members, who see each other for the first time after a long absence: Asada Iida,Naoko,Okamoto,Miho,Goto and Kizuka.


Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High
2017 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
Teiichi Akaba is a student at a prestigious private male high school known for producing important politicians and bureaucrats. His dream is to become the prime minster and make his own country. To help achieve his dream, he wants to become elected as his school's student council president. The elected student president receives privileges and a better chance for promotions later in the political & bureaucrat world. A power struggle takes place surrounding the student election.


The Blue Hearts
2017 · 2h 39m
country: Japan
Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song.


Haruta & Chika
2017 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
Haruta is handsome and smart, Chika is bright and naive. When they were children, they were friends until Haruta's family moved away while he was in the 3rd grade. They meet again during a high school entrance ceremony. After all of these years, Chika is eager to join the wind instrument club. Due to an incident, the wind instrument club is about to be disbanded. Chika can't give up the flute so she attracts Haruta to her side and tries to recruit members from the wind instrument club. The group attempts to solve various cases taking place at their school while they plan to take part in a contest.


If Cats Disappeared from the World
2016 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
A postman learns that he doesn't have much time left to live due to a terminal illness. A devil then appears in front of him and offers to extend his life if he picks something in the world that will disappear. The man thinks about his relationships with ex-friends, ex-lovers, relatives and colleagues who will be sincerely sad when he dies.


Miracle: Devil Claus' Love and Magic
2014 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
The intertwined love story of four young people on Christmas night.


A Bolt from the Blue
2014 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Haruo has a dream to become the best magician, but, so far, he is only a marginal magician. Haruo also doesn't have parents. He then goes back 40 years in time to Asakusa, Tokyo. There, he meets his parents when they were young and he learns the secret of his birth.


Unforgiven
2013 · 2h 15m
country: Japan
An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.


Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man
2012
country: Japan


Monsters Club
2011 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
Having abandoned modern civilization, Ryoichi lives an isolated, self-sufficient life on a snow-covered mountain and sends mail bombs to the CEOs of corporations and TV networks. One day, he encounters a mysterious creature in the forest. That night, his older brother, who had committed suicide, appears before him at his cabin. The apparition takes Ryoichi beyond a door, where Ryoichi learns the truth about his family.


A Crowd of Three
2010 · 2h 11m
country: Japan
A Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at a children's facility. Kenta & Jun now works as part of a demolition crew but become fed up with their jobs. The friends then decide to take a road trip up north to visit Kenta's brother at the Abashiri prison.


Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
2009 · 1h 49m
country: Spain
A Japanese assassin falls in love with the Spanish wine seller she was hired to kill.


Bare Essence of Life
2009 · 2h
country: Japan
Yojin, an eccentric young farmer living in the countryside, falls in love for the first time in his life. Her name is Machiko, she teaches in a kindergarten and is from Tokyo.


Chameleon
2008 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Keiko who leads a lonely life as a fortune teller on the streets meets Goro, a leader of the con-artists. One day, Goro witnesses a group of men kidnapping a middle-aged man in the parking garage. Goro records the man on his cell phone without knowing he could be in big trouble.