Movies: Shunji Iwai

An actor who has lost his job due to the coronavirus buys capsule monsters online and begins to raise them....

The film "Summer Solstice Story" was produced in 1992. Now, with Aina The End as the new heroine, director Shunji Iwai himself takes on the task of remaking it. Through his unique style, characterized by the heavy use of monologues, the story depicts...

Making-of documentary for Swallowtail Butterfly...

Extra, behind scenes from Hideaki Anno's film Ritual (also known as Shiki-Jitsu)....

Swallowtail Butterfly 20th Anniversary concert at Inujima Seirensho Museum as part of Setouchi Triennale 2016...

A documentary about Hideaki Anno's project, Japan Animator Expo....

ARITA is a short film told in pictures and in small moments. It is about a girl whose first friend is a small drawing named Arita, a cute nosed endearment she found everywhere. From her notebooks to her illustrations and school supplies, Arita appear...

The short film shot within the movie "Ritual" (2000)...

A story about a divorce....

Short directed by Shunji Iwai for the song Miracle by illion, Youjirou Noda's solo project, in the album "P.Y.L."...

An omnibus work portraying the lives of youth who have just started to work. Town Workers was produced using rotoscoping, an animation technique which traces live-action performances. It was created in collaboration with Town Work, a part-time job ma...

A woman sits around at home....

A film about a pregnancy...

The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa....

At the beginning of the film, the filmmaker begins to talk to the camera. I don't know what kind of film I'm going to make, but I'm going to make it. The camera is set up in a room. He moves into a bigger room and tries to capture more of his everyda...

Documentary following the Japanese national football team preparing for the 2002 World Cup...

A professional hitman comes to kill a man as his final job. He manages to shoot him to death, but when he is leaving the house, the man he killed shows up again....

Shunji Iwai's unreleased film adapted from his own latest novel...

Businessman Yohei Kogure is being treated for a psychosomatic disorder. He's forgetful and regularly dreams about a girl who he believes to be his daughter....

A short film consisting of rotoscoped clips from 'Swallotwail Butterfly,' set to the music of the film's Yentown band....