Shunji Iwai Movies

Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak. However, her singing voice shakes the hearts of those...

Set in the 1990s during Japan's "band boom" era, the film tells the tale of a girl in high school, Asako, who goes to a concert and meets Natsu,...

Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the...

The year is 2020, the middle of the corona crisis. Art student Itsuka has her graduation exhibition canceled and must take home the piece which she...

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

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

Moemi is not overly pleased when Yukio brings home a couple of turtles to keep her company. Although Yukio works at home as a writer, Moemi feels...

A documentary looking back on the making of Shunji Iwai's TV play Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom?.

Hana is a normal high school student, unsatisfied in her daily life. One day she had a dream and met a 10-year-old girl living in Sengoku Era. The...

Florence, Prague, Paris, Shanghai, Otaru of Hokkaido, five different love stories in five different cities.

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

Making-of documentary for Swallowtail Butterfly

A woman battles her spending habits.

A man tries to figure out who his ex-girlfriend is dating.

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

A documentary about actress and singer-songwriter Lily, who passed away in 2016 at the age of 64. The theatrical version combines live footage of...

A girl gets a message from her mother during an stressful exam period.

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...

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...