Ryo Sato

Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Japanese Soldier

Thailand, 1941 — a handful of Japanese soldiers and their prisoners are trapped in a cursed mine. As tensions between enemies reach a breaking point, they are forced to confront a terrifying, ancient monster lurking in the shadows.

Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Ryouhei / Mamoru Noguchi

Hamaguchi wrote and directed this film as a graduation project for the students at ENBU Seminar (film and theater school in Tokyo) when he taught there. It is a three-part film: The first part is a documentary-style production of a play; Then the actual full stage production of the play; and the epilogue. Poetry and written words play the central role in the movie.