Shunji Iwai Movies

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

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...

A story about a divorce.

A dragon fish is stolen by Tetsu Tobiyama and biologist Thomas Earwing seeks its return. Poo is led to Natsuro after she worms her way into a top...

Behind the scenes documentary about the filming of "Hana & Alice", which began as a series of shorts promoting Kit Kat

In March 2011, Japan was struck by a catastrophic earthquake, with the devastating tsunami that followed causing a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear...

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 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...

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

A woman battles her spending habits.

The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.

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

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

A film about a pregnancy

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

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

A woman sits around at home.

Shunji Iwai directed video for The Moonriders 1996 song “Knit Cap Man”.

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

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