Ryōichi Takayanagi
Known for Acting
Born
January 31, 1964 (age 62)
Filmography
8 films, 2 shows
Known for Acting
Born
January 31, 1964 (age 62)
Filmography
8 films, 2 shows

His Motorbike, Her Island
1986 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Ko, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree local Miyo and teaches her how to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy, Ko begins to fear she's destined to crash.

Cabaret
1986 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.

Let Him Rest in Peace
1985 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
A man returns to his seaside roots to confront a yakuza boss. Along the way, he charms young men, softens a hard woman and busts a few heads.

The Island Closest to Heaven
1984 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.

Kenya Boy
1984 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
An 11-year-old boy who goes to Africa with his father in 1941. Because he is Japanese, the father is detained by the British. The boy joins up with a beautiful native girl, and the adventure begins.

Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983 · 2h 13m
country: Japan
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1983 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Kazuko Yoshiyama is a third-year junior-high-school student. One day, while cleaning the lab, she smells lavender and faints. From then on, she has the power to travel through time.

School in the Crosshairs
1981 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills, creating a force of psychic Nazi student enforcers, Yuka and her friends vow to stop her. But behind it all is a mysterious force that will put Yuka's powers to the ultimate test!