Ryo Iwamatsu Movies

In Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for nearly twenty years. Each day passes eventlessly......

Single father Kenichi has raised his daughter Miki alone for the past ten years, from when she attended nursery school until her graduation from...

Nagasaki in 1986. Young friends Hisada and Takemoto decide to go to Boomerang Island to "see the dolphins". The friendship between the two deepens as...

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.

A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.

Nursing student Asuka has just moved into an apartment complex with her parents and younger brother. On the first night in her new room, she is...

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.

Kato is an up-and-coming scriptwriter in the middle of a severe slump. He submits ideas for potential movies but makes no headway whatsoever, and...

Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.

Laid-back baby boomer Yuichi (Ryo Iwamatsu) is a middle-aged manga artist and singer-songwriter when he isn't at his salaryman day job or watching...

Osamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication make an equally strong impression on his reluctant...

Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change...

After learning her boyfriend and colleague was already in a relationship and about to marry another colleague, Takako quits her job and falls into a...

A female projectionist is haunted by the image of a small boy while a killer prowls the city. The projectionist's relationship with her attractive...

Follows high school teacher Seiji Hasumi's background history and in the process depicts the horror inherent in daily life.

Ryoro Kurojima is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his...

Hitoshi Nagano, who works at an electronics store, picks up a cellphone left behind by a customer and goes about a scam. He calls the person's mother...

Based on a novel by Bo Nishimura, the film is about an extramarital affair between the wife of an estate agent and a 22 year old man.

High school seniors Mikayo, Chuko and Kei are forced to join a historical research club to fulfill a graduation requirement. Their teacher, Mr....