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Shunji Iwai

Writer | Director | Producer

Having received his education at Yokohama National University, Shunji Iwai started out in the entertainment industry by directing music videos and television dramas, including the likes of Maria, Lunatic Love and Fireworks, for which he received the award for Best Newcomer from the Japanese Director's Association... See full bio »

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in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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2011/I Vampire (written by)
 
2010 Bandage (screenplay)
 
2009 Baton (written by)
 
2009 Halfway (screenplay)
 
2009 New York, I Love You (segment "Shunji Iwai" / written by)
 
2006 The Kon Ichikawa Story (documentary) (screenplay)
 
2006 Rainbow Song (screenplay / as San Amino)
 
2004 Hana and Alice
 
2002 Jam Films (segment 'Arita')
 
2001 All About Lily Chou-Chou
 
1998 April Story (writer)
 
1996 Swallowtail Butterfly
 
1996 Acri (story)
 
1996 Picnic
 
1995 Letters of Love
 
1994 Undo
 
1993 Fried Dragon Fish (TV movie)
 
1993 Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (TV movie)
 
1992 Geshi monogatari (TV short)
 
1992 Ghost Soup (TV movie)
 
Show ShowDirector (19 titles)
2011 Friends After 3.11 (documentary)
 
2011/I Vampire
 
2009 New York, I Love You (segment "Shunji Iwai")
 
2006 The Kon Ichikawa Story (documentary)
 
2004 Hana and Alice
 
2002 Jam Films (segment "Arita")
 
2001 All About Lily Chou-Chou
 
1998 April Story
 
1996 Swallowtail Butterfly
 
1996 Picnic
 
1995 Letters of Love
 
1994 Undo
 
1993 If: Moshimo (TV series)
 
1993 Fried Dragon Fish (TV movie)
 
1993 Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (TV movie)
 
1992 Geshi monogatari (TV short)
 
1992 Ghost Soup (TV movie)
 
1990 Yonimo kimyô na monogatari (TV series)
 
1986 Mina densetsu (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (10 titles)
2012 Atarashii kutsu wo kawanakucha (producer) (post-production)
 
2011 Documentary of AKB48: To Be Continued (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2011/I Vampire (producer)
 
2011 Documentary of AKB48: 1mm saki no mirai (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2011 Fukushima Day (producer)
 
2010 Bandage (producer)
 
2009 Baton (producer)
 
2009 Halfway (producer)
 
2006 Rainbow Song (producer)
 
2004 Hana and Alice (producer)
 
Show ShowEditor (9 titles)
2011 Friends After 3.11 (documentary)
 
2009 Halfway
 
2009 New York, I Love You (segment "Shunji Iwai")
 
2006 The Kon Ichikawa Story (documentary)
 
1998 April Story
 
1996 Picnic
 
1995 Letters of Love
 
1992 Geshi monogatari (TV short)
 
1992 Ghost Soup (TV movie)
 
Show ShowComposer (4 titles)
2011/I Vampire
 
2006 The Kon Ichikawa Story (documentary)
 
2004 Hana and Alice
 
2002 Jam Films (segment "Arita")
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
2008 Tokyo!
(segment "Interior Design")
 
2000 Ritual
Director
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
2011/I Vampire
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2009 New York, I Love You (arranger: "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" 1916, "Music", "Sarabande" 1884)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2010 Year Without a Summer (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
2012 Ryûichi Sakamoto x Shunji Iwai (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 34 jikan genki TV (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 News Zero (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 March 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Cinemaholic (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 February 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Bokura no jidai (TV series)
Himself
– Jin Akanishi, Takeshi Kobayashi & Shunji Iwai (2010) … Himself
 

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Letters of Love -- In order to get close to the tycoon Schuwald, Johan used Schuwald's mistress, Margot Langer. Schuwald thinks back to the time he visited the building with the sign with the three frogs. New York, I Love You -- New York, I Love You Trailer - A collaboration of storytelling from some of today's most imaginative filmmakers and creative actors who together create a kaleidoscope of the spontaneous, surprising, electrifying human connections that pump the city's heartbeat. Ritual -- The villagers band together to free their town from the grips of the Shiki. Meanwhile, Tatsumi decides what to do with Seishin.
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Personal Details

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San Amino
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Trivia:

In 2008 he served on the World Dramatic Competition Jury for the Sundance Film Festival. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently casts Chara, Tadanobu Asano, Yu Aoi, Ayumi Ito and Tomohiro Kaku See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius