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Ryota Nakanishi(I)

  • Actor
  • Editor
  • Cinematographer
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His theatrical feature film The Rakugo Movie (2012) is his master piece and best seller. He has extensive experiences in all aspects of both filmmaking and social movements. He studied at the best film school in Taiwan, National Taiwan University of Arts where the best Chinese film directors Ang Lee and Hsiao-Hsien Hou had learned filmmaking. Not only he attended their lectures, but also He made US award winning horror short movie Ryota Nakanishi's Moxina (2012) during this Batchelor degree program period at the film department. Besides these, he was one of film school representatives of Taiwan to attend the largest academic film conference Pak Tong Cheuk's Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Class (2007) (V) at Baptist University Hong Kong in 2007. In which, he dedicated to the series of lectures and conversations with Hsiao-Hsien Hou and representatives of film schools in the Greater China Region.

His master piece short horror film won the Best Foreign Short, Roger Corman Award at the largest horror film festival, Fright Night Film Festival in USA in 2012.

After graduation from National Taiwan University of Arts, he successfully entered M.F.A. Filmmaking program at Taipei University of the Arts where is the most prestigious film school in Taiwan. He had engaged in making of the S3D film for Taiwan government, Shih-Han Tsao's The Blue Sky (2012) as a directorial assistant and film dialogue translator for the Japanese role. The entire production notes were published as a film book in Taiwan.

Then, he transferred into the best film school in Japan, Tokyo University of the Arts and its film department to further develop his film career. In 2011, he went to UCLA and Hollywood to complete his summer program. He attended Michael Moore and Leonard Nimoy 's film and photography classes. He made his fist theatrical feature film debut by making an anthology film, Takeshi Tanaka's The Rakugo Movie (2012). It staring the most famous Japanese actor Takayuki Yamada and the best actress Tsubasa Honda as protagonists, 2013, Japan. This film won the best seller top #1 in drama and comedy categories in Amazon.co.jp and the top #1 best seller record in general sales of DVD category in Oricon.

He also had experiences in working with famous film directors as assistant and actor. Such as Palme d'Or winner Abbas Kiarostami's Like Someone in Love (2012) which nominated for Palmed'Or at Cannes Film Festival. And Japanese famous film director Takeshi Kitano's Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015).

For TV shows, he made six documentary episodes Ryota Nakanishi's "Furusato-Time" (2015) with well known actor Shingo Kazami for the largest cable TV station, J:COM. And he also created TV drama series for NHK-E Television, such as E-TV-Judge with legendary Samurai star Ken Matsudaira . He created and edited homage to Samurai movie and Western movie series, Ken Matsudaira's Ken Matsudaira's the Governor! (2015) (TV) and Ken Matsudaira's the Governor! Part 2 (2015) (TV) . He made professional TV editing works for the series of drama for NHK in 2015.

Besides these, his main priority of life has been changed into social movements after graduation of TUA, he had experiences of political campaigns with ex-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Masahiko Yamada on the 1st. Anti-TPP law suit from May 2015 to June 7, 2017. Then he co-organized anti-Abe regime political campaigns with ex-prime minister of Japan Government Yukio Hatoyama and the richest Japanese politician Ichirô Ozawa for All Japan: Episode II 3.18 Grand Convention -The Force of the People Awakens (2016). TV production, photography and video making in different fields, ranged from independent entities, local to multinational companies (2005-2016). And every thing was meaningful for the next. 6 TV shows for major TV stations and 6 award winning films are his representative works.

In 2017, his TV and film editing master piece, The Rakugo Movie (2012) was successfully nominated for the International Emmy Awards in Comedy.
BornNovember 26, 1981
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      • 2 wins & 6 nominations total

    Known for

    Moxina (2012)
    Moxina
    5.3
    Short
    • Moxina's P.O.V.
    • Mô-sîn-á(uncredited)
    • 2012
    Taiwanese School: The Experiment of Sergei Eisenstein's Montage Theory (2009)
    Taiwanese School: The Experiment of Sergei Eisenstein's Montage Theory
    5.7
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2009
    The Rakugo Movie (2012)
    The Rakugo Movie
    4.5
    • Editor(segment "Life Rate")
    • 2012
    Happy Potter: A Fan Movie for UCLA (2011)
    Happy Potter: A Fan Movie for UCLA
    2.7
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2011

    Credits

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    Actor



    • Kumokiri Nizaemon (2013)
      Kumokiri Nizaemon
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Asakusa no Masazô
      • 2017–2022
    • PM International Japan Convention Movie Opener (2016)
      PM International Japan Convention Movie Opener
      5.4
      Video
      • Rocky
      • 2016
    • Moxina (2012)
      Moxina
      5.3
      Short
      • Moxina's P.O.V.
      • Mô-sîn-á (uncredited)
      • 2012
    • Rin Takanashi in Like Someone in Love (2012)
      Like Someone in Love
      7.0
      • Student (uncredited)
      • 2012

    Editor



    • Sammo Kam-Bo Hung in Face to Face with Sammo Hung (2019)
      Face to Face with Sammo Hung
      Video
      • segment
      • 2019
    • Shinzo Abe in All Japan for Peace and Coexistence: Gerbera Revolution (2019)
      All Japan for Peace and Coexistence: Gerbera Revolution
      Video
      • supervising editor
      • 2019
    • Shinzo Abe in All Japan Peace and Coexistence: Moritomo Scandal Returns (2018)
      All Japan Peace and Coexistence: Moritomo Scandal Returns
      2.2
      Video
      • Editor
      • 2018
    • Yuriko Koike in Intolerance: All Japan's Struggle Throughout the Abe Regime Period (2017)
      Intolerance: All Japan's Struggle Throughout the Abe Regime Period
      5.1
      Video
      • Editor
      • 2017
    • Ryota Nakanishi, Kek Huat Lau, Mian-Mian Lu, and Jinx-Huai Lee in Takao eiga (2016)
      Takao eiga
      6.0
      Video
      • co-editor
      • 2016
    • PM International Japan Convention Movie Opener (2016)
      PM International Japan Convention Movie Opener
      5.4
      Video
      • supervising editor
      • 2016
    • Shôko Takasaki in Shoko Takasaki Muteki JAV Debut (2016)
      Shoko Takasaki Muteki JAV Debut
      7.0
      Video
      • Editor (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Yukio Hatoyama in All Japan: Episode II 3.18 Grand Convention -The Force of the People Awakens (2016)
      All Japan: Episode II 3.18 Grand Convention -The Force of the People Awakens
      5.1
      Video
      • supervising editor
      • 2016
    • This documentary shows that how Japanese citizens determined to fight against Abe regime's War and the Law of Jungle policy. Instead more than eight hundreds participants stated that opposition to TPP, rising consumer taxation, US military base construction in Okinawa, building nuclear plants, rising inequality and war justification laws which initiated by Abe regime.
      All Japan: Peace and Coexistence
      5.2
      Video
      • editing supervisor
      • picture editor
      • 2015
    • The Rakugo Movie (2012)
      The Rakugo Movie
      4.5
      • Editor (segment "Life Rate")
      • 2012
    • Moxina (2012)
      Moxina
      5.3
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2012
    • This 16mm film ''Running After the Kite'' won NTUA Film Award, the best film, the best technical- achievement (Steadicam work and editing)and the best sound awards.
      Running After the Kite
      5.7
      Short
      • Editor (uncredited)
      • 2012
    • Happy Potter: A Fan Movie for UCLA (2011)
      Happy Potter: A Fan Movie for UCLA
      2.7
      Short
      • supervising editor
      • 2011
    • A still in the 16mm film in which the filmmakers intend to revive the image of traditional Japanese woman, and to succeed the legacy of Yasujiro Ozu's filmmaking.
      Yasujirô Ozu's Bakushû: The Remake of Early Summer
      5.9
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2011
    • Tsugumi in Clandestine (2011)
      Clandestine
      6.8
      Video
      • Editor
      • 2011

    Cinematographer



    • Shôko Takasaki in Shoko Takasaki Muteki JAV Debut (2016)
      Shoko Takasaki Muteki JAV Debut
      7.0
      Video
      • Cinematographer (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Yukio Hatoyama in All Japan: Episode II 3.18 Grand Convention -The Force of the People Awakens (2016)
      All Japan: Episode II 3.18 Grand Convention -The Force of the People Awakens
      5.1
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • This documentary shows that how Japanese citizens determined to fight against Abe regime's War and the Law of Jungle policy. Instead more than eight hundreds participants stated that opposition to TPP, rising consumer taxation, US military base construction in Okinawa, building nuclear plants, rising inequality and war justification laws which initiated by Abe regime.
      All Japan: Peace and Coexistence
      5.2
      Video
      • shot by
      • 2015
    • Moxina (2012)
      Moxina
      5.3
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2012
    • This 16mm film ''Running After the Kite'' won NTUA Film Award, the best film, the best technical- achievement (Steadicam work and editing)and the best sound awards.
      Running After the Kite
      5.7
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2012
    • Happy Potter: A Fan Movie for UCLA (2011)
      Happy Potter: A Fan Movie for UCLA
      2.7
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2011
    • Tsugumi in Clandestine (2011)
      Clandestine
      6.8
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Tsugumi in Actress (2010)
      Actress
      5.7
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Taiwanese School: The Experiment of Sergei Eisenstein's Montage Theory (2009)
      Taiwanese School: The Experiment of Sergei Eisenstein's Montage Theory
      5.7
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2009

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    Personal details

    • Official sites
      • Flickr
      • Japan's Theatrical Feature Filmmakers' Profile
    • Height
      • 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
    • Born
      • November 26, 1981
      • Japan
    • Other works
      Book: ''Reasoning Process of Realist Approach of Post-Hegelianism-on the Various Issues Related to the Cultural Production Logic''. Taipei, Republic of China(Taiwan) : Chinese Taipei Film Archive. 040.1 5634
    • Publicity listings
      • 8 Articles
      • 1 Pictorial

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    • Trivia
      Also intelligenzia, a social activist.
    • Quotes
      You can't do anything new with special effects; you can't get any mileage out of killing more people or being more graphic, because it's all been done - you should excuse the expression - to death. The pornography of violence is similar to the pornography of sex, in that when it's presented without substance it becomes a turn-off and it self-destructs.
    • Trademarks
        The Hat of Indiana Jones
    • Nicknames
      • Ryota
      • Braddock
      • Ryotan
      • Robert
      • Lone Wolf
      • McQuade
      • Nakanishi-san
      • Ryota Nakanishi, JSE
      • Nakanishi-kun
      • Ryota Nakanishi, J.S.E.
      • Ryota-kun
      • Ground Ryota
      • Ground Chuck Fan
      • People's Commissar of Art Affairs of All Japan Soviet
      • True Grit
      • R.N.
      • The Gorbachev of Film
      • Rambo
      • One man army
      • The Scourge of the Bourgeoisie

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