Shunji Iwai

Directing

Born 1963-01-24 Sendai, Miyagi, Japan 80 credits Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer 1 Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award 1

Awards

Won 1 Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer Award

Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer 1 won

1995 Best Newcomer Won Love Letter

Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award 1 won

1994 Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award Won

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Shunji Iwai (岩井俊二, Iwai Shunji, born 24 January 1963) is a Japanese film director, video artist, writer and documentary maker.

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Filmography — top 60 of 80

Directing 33 credits

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

1990 · Director

All About Lily Chou-Chou

2001 · 74% · Director, Creator

Love Letter

1995 · ★ 7.8 · Director, Screenplay

Swallowtail Butterfly

1996 · ★ 7.5 · Director, Editor

Luca on the Road

2024 · Director, Screenplay

April Story

1998 · ★ 7.1 · Writer, Director

Ritual

2000 · 80% · Director

Hana & Alice

2004 · ★ 7.0 · Director, Writer

Undo

1994 · Director, Writer

Picnic

1996 · ★ 6.8 · Director, Writer

World Map

2025 · Director, Writer

Jam Films

2002 · Writer, Director

Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?

1993 · Director, Screenplay

All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"

2002 · Director

Chang-ok's Letter

2017 · Writer, Director

Even If I Could Find You In My Dreams

2020 · Cinematography, Director

if: Moshimo

1993 · Director, Teleplay

Hana & Alice

2003 · Original Music Composer, Director

Chang-ok's Letter

2017 · Director, Writer

Lemon-Colored Dream

2023 · Director, Writer

Ghost Soup

1992 · Director, Writer

Blood-sucking Tree

1992 · Director

Arita

2002 · Director, Editor

The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8

2020 · Director, Writer

Friends After 3.11

2011 · Director, Editor

Fried Dragon Fish

1993 · Writer, Director

The Boys Wanted to See Fireworks from the Side

1999 · Director

Maria

1992 · Screenplay, Director

A Summer Solstice Story

2023 · Writer, Director

The Kon Ichikawa Story

2006 · Director, Music

The Snow King

1993 · Director

Town Workers

2014 · Writer, Director

A Summer Solstice Story

1992 · Director, Editor

Writing 33 credits

All About Lily Chou-Chou

2001 · 74% · Director, Creator

Love Letter

1995 · ★ 7.8 · Director, Screenplay

New York, I Love You

2008 · 50% · Writer, Editor

Luca on the Road

2024 · Director, Screenplay

April Story

1998 · ★ 7.1 · Writer, Director

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

2016 · ★ 6.9 · Novel, Editor

The Case of Hana & Alice

2015 · ★ 7.3 · Editor, Writer

Hana & Alice

2004 · ★ 7.0 · Director, Writer

Undo

1994 · Director, Writer

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle: Serial Edition

2016 · Screenplay, Editor

Picnic

1996 · ★ 6.8 · Director, Writer

World Map

2025 · Director, Writer

Rainbow Song

2006 · Screenplay, Producer

Baton

2009 · Writer, Producer

Kyrie

2023 · Editor, Screenplay

Jam Films

2002 · Writer, Director

Vampire

2011 · ★ 6.0 · Producer, Writer

Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?

1993 · Director, Screenplay

Bandage

2010 · Producer, Screenplay

Chang-ok's Letter

2017 · Writer, Director

Last Letter

2020 · 71% · Co-Producer, Novel

if: Moshimo

1993 · Director, Teleplay

The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8

2020 · Editor, Screenplay

Chang-ok's Letter

2017 · Director, Writer

Lemon-Colored Dream

2023 · Director, Writer

ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius

1996 · Story

Baton

2009 · Writer, Producer

Ghost Soup

1992 · Director, Writer

The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8

2020 · Director, Writer

Fried Dragon Fish

1993 · Writer, Director

Maria

1992 · Screenplay, Director

A Summer Solstice Story

2023 · Writer, Director

Town Workers

2014 · Writer, Director

Other credits 19 credits

New York, I Love You

2008 · 50% · Writer, Editor

Swallowtail Butterfly

1996 · ★ 7.5 · Director, Editor

Mysterious Transfer Student

2014 · Producer, Editor

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

2016 · ★ 6.9 · Novel, Editor

The Case of Hana & Alice

2015 · ★ 7.3 · Editor, Writer

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle: Serial Edition

2016 · Screenplay, Editor

Kyrie

2023 · Editor, Screenplay

Last Letter

2018 · Music, Editor

I Have to Buy New Shoes

2012 · Producer, Editor

Ribbon

2022

Hana & Alice

2003 · Original Music Composer, Director

Halfway

2009 · Editor, Producer

The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8

2020 · Editor, Screenplay

Arita

2002 · Director, Editor

Friends After 3.11

2011 · Director, Editor

The Kon Ichikawa Story

2006 · Director, Music

A Summer Solstice Story

1992 · Director, Editor

Producing 13 credits

Mysterious Transfer Student

2014 · Producer, Editor

Rainbow Song

2006 · Screenplay, Producer

Baton

2009 · Writer, Producer

Vampire

2011 · ★ 6.0 · Producer, Writer

Bandage

2010 · Producer, Screenplay

GAMERA 1999

1999 · Co-Producer

Last Letter

2020 · 71% · Co-Producer, Novel

I Have to Buy New Shoes

2012 · Producer, Editor

Halfway

2009 · Editor, Producer

Baton

2009 · Writer, Producer

Cities in Love

2015 · Executive Producer

Gift of the Magi

2001 · Executive Producer

Documentary of AKB48 The Future 1mm Ahead

2011 · Executive Producer

Acting 4 credits

Fireworks

2017 · ★ 6.6 · Original Film Writer

Even If I Could Find You In My Dreams

2020 · Cinematography, Director

From the End of the World

2023 · Teacher

20th year reunion

2021 · self

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