Iwai Shunji

Name: Iwai Shunji
Native name: 岩井俊二
Also Known as: いわいしゅんじ
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: January 24, 1963
Age: 62

Iwai Shunji is a Japanese film director, filmmaker, screenwriter, and musician born in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Education, Yokohama National University in 1987.

He 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.

He eventually moved onto larger things with his short film "Undo" (1994), later followed by the hit "Suwaroteiru" (1996) starring Japanese pop singer, Chara. As his career progressed, he received even more awards, especially for his films "Love Letter" (1995) and "All About Lily Chou-Chou" (2001). Edit Biography

Year	Title	Type	Rating
TBA	First Love	Drama	0.0
2010	Bandage	Movie	7.2

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2023	Lemon-iro no Yume	Drama	0.0
2014	Nazo no Tenkousei	Drama	7.1
1994	Lunatic Love	Movie	7.1
1992	Yo nimo Kimyou na Monogatari Series 3: Unbroadcasted Special	Special	0.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2024	Rojo no Ruka	Drama	7.6
2023	A Summer Solstice Story	Movie	0.0
2023	Kyrie	Movie	7.4
2020	The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8	Movie	6.5
2020	Last Letter	Movie	7.6
2018	Last Letter	Movie	7.3
2017	Chang Ok's Letter	Special	7.5
2016	A Bride for Rip Van Winkle	Movie	7.7
2016	The Bride of Rip Van Winkle	Drama	7.4
2012	Vampire	Movie	7.5
2006	The Kon Ichikawa Story	Movie	7.5
2004	Hana & Alice	Movie	7.1
2002	Jam Films	Movie	6.4
2001	All about Lily Chou Chou	Movie	7.8
1998	April Story	Movie	7.3
1996	Swallowtail Butterfly	Movie	7.7
1996	Picnic	Movie	7.4
1995	Love Letter	Movie	8.3
1994	Undo	Movie	7.0
1994	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1994 Winter Special	Special	0.0
1993	Fried Dragon Fish	Movie	6.6
1993	Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?	Movie	6.9
1992	Ghost Soup	Special	7.0
1992	A Summer Solstice Story	Movie	6.6

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2009	Halfway	Movie	6.5

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2015	Cities in Love	Movie	6.7

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2013	Toku de Zutto Soba ni Iru	Movie	6.8

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2023	From the End of the World Japanese Movie, 2023, (Support Role)	Support Role	7.5
2017	The Ringside Story Japanese Movie, 2017, Himself (Guest Role)	Himself Guest Role	6.5
2000	Shiki-jitsu Japanese Movie, 2000, Director (Main Role)	Director Main Role	7.7

Year	Title	#	Role	Rating
2023	The Popcorn Show Season 2 Hong Kong TV Show, 2023, 29 eps (Ep. 19) (Guest)	29	(Ep. 19) Guest	0.0
2008	Shabekuri 007 Japanese TV Show, 2008, 610 eps (Ep. 281) (Guest)	610	(Ep. 281) Guest	8.2
2007	Bokura no Jidai Japanese TV Show, 2007, 900 eps (Guest)	900	Guest	0.0
2004	Cinemaholic Japanese TV Show, 2004, 56 eps (Guest)	56	Guest	0.0

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