Director
Ryo Katayama
46 years · Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan · 26 films
Ryo Katayama (片山享) born in Sabae, Fukui Prefecture, in 1980, is a Japanese film director, screnwriter and actor. After graduating from college in 2003, Katayama started a career as an actor, mainly performing in independent films. As a director, his short films received acclaim at numerous domestic film festivals, including the Special Jury Prize at Tachikawa Meigazadori Cinema Festival in 2018 for Meisoujyushi, and he wrote the screenplay for (1人のダンス). Roar (2020) is his directorial debut feature.
Best known for
Filmography 26
When the Island Floats
2026 · Director, Writer
Cadence
2026 · Director, Screenplay
Ravens
2025 · Yamagishi
Share-Kowa: Urban Legends That Will Scare You to Death
2025 · Actor
End of Dinosaurs
2024 · Screenplay, Cinematography
Icchorai
2023 · Director, Screenplay
Michikusa
2022 · Director, Screenplay
わかりません
2022 · Director, Screenplay
Todo no tsumari
2022 · Director, Screenplay
Light Up
2021 · Actor
Tailwind
2020 · Actor
Roar
2020 · Actor, Writer
Tsumugu
2020 · Director, Screenplay
Ghost Mask: Scar
2019 · Actor
1人のダンス
2019 · Actor, Screenplay
Ringside Story
2017 · Actor
Memoirs of a Murderer
2017 · Actor
DEVOTE
2016 · Natsuo
Mount. NABI
2014 · Tada
Tokyo Legends II: Distorted City of Anomalies
2014 · Actor
Futaridetsukuru
2014 · Yusuke
Wolf Children
2012 · Shino no chichi (voice)
The Brat!
2012 · Actor
Fantasy World Eros Scripture: Tale of the Bamboo Cutter - Moon Princess
2011 · Actor