Best movies of Shunji Iwai

Riri Shushu no subete(2001)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 37

The problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society.



Love Letter(1995)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When exchanging letters two women discover new things about a man they knew.



Hana to Arisu(2004)

Combined Rating:
10
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When two best friends develop a crush on the same boy, they develop a plan to trick him into dating them.



Suwarôteiru(1996)

Combined Rating:
10
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The struggles of a group of immigrant outcasts living in an alternative-future, xenophobic Japanese metropolis.



Shigatsu monogatari(1998)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she's very lonely and finds out people aren't anywhere near as friendly like she'd hoped.



Vampire(2011)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A biology teacher looks for young suicidal women online to satisfy his taste for blood. Rather than violent, his acts are quite peaceful and always consented.



Pikunikku(1996)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a ...



Hana to Arisu satsujin jiken(2015)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

After her parents separate, 14 year-old Tetsuko (who will soon be nick-named Alice) moves with her mother to a new town in what she calls "The Boonies" and must enroll as a transfer student...



Rippu Van Winkuru no hanayome(2016)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Gô Jibiki, Cocco, Haru Kuroki, Gô Ayano,
Shunji Iwai,

Nanami is an apathetic, part-time junior high school teacher, whose only solace comes from connecting with others on "Planet", a new social network service. One day, a young man named ...



Last Letter(2020)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's ...



Undo(1994)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Moemi is not overly pleased when Yukio brings home a couple of turtles to keep her company. Although Yukio works at home as a writer, Moemi feels neglected and desired a dog or a cat, but ...



Ni hao, Zhihua(2018)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Xun Zhou, Zifeng Zhang, Hao Qin, Yanshu Wu,
Shunji Iwai,

Attending the reunion in lieu of her late elder sister, Zhihua accidentally runs into Yin Chuan, on whom she had a crush in her youth. As old memories are evoked Zhihua slowly uncovers the intricate story of the trio.