Shunji Iwai Movies

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...

This is Hanataba

Three stories: 1 - A tree that prefers blood. 2 - A woman stressed with uncontrolled time. 2 - A man who believes his daughter is a demon

A film about a pregnancy

The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.

A woman sits around at home.

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...

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

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

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

27-year-old Sakumi Shimura lost the last 10 years of her memory from a car accident. Sakumi can only remember events up to when she was 17-years-old,...

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

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

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

Christmas-themed omnibus TV movie: Hotdog Express; Documentarytic; 祭典の日

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

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

An omnibus work portraying the lives of youth who have just started to work. Town Workers was produced using rotoscoping, an animation technique...

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

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