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Ryo Iwamatsu

Ryo Iwamatsu

Playwright, stage director, actor, and film director.

Known for

Diamonds in the Sand

Diamonds in the Sand

2025 • Kawase

Don’t Look for Me

Don’t Look for Me

峠の我が家

峠の我が家

Tokyo Cowboy

2024 • President Miwa

Wakamusha

カモメよ、そこから銀座は見えるか？

カモメよ、そこから銀座は見えるか？

Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition

Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition

Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~

Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~

2022 • Kobayashi Hiroshi

Full filmography

Diamonds in the Sand

Diamonds in the Sand

2025 • Kawase

Don’t Look for Me

Don’t Look for Me

2025

峠の我が家

峠の我が家

2024

Tokyo Cowboy

2024 • President Miwa

Wakamusha

2024

カモメよ、そこから銀座は見えるか？

カモメよ、そこから銀座は見えるか？

2023

Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition

Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition

2023

Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~

Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~

2022 • Kobayashi Hiroshi

Sabakan

2022 • Uchida

Convenience Story

Convenience Story

2022

Shin Ultraman

2022 • Hajime Komuro

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

2022 • Bokudo Ioroi

In the Wake

2021 • Narazaki

Every Trick In The Book

Every Trick In The Book

2021

Inubu: The Dog Club

Inubu: The Dog Club

2021 • Genjiro Amuro

Remain In Twilight

Remain In Twilight

2021

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

2021 • Yoshiaki Hachiya

A Family

2021 • Kazuhiko Osako

Step

2020

Aging Police / Resurrection Special

Aging Police / Resurrection Special

2019

LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!

LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!

2018 • Muryo Record Company CEO

Black Dahlia

2018

The Cat in Their Arms

The Cat in Their Arms

2018 • old cat

吹く風は秋

吹く風は秋

2017

Goodbye, Grandpa!

Goodbye, Grandpa!

2017 • Akio Haruno

Tokyo Ghoul

2017 • Akihiro Kano

Memoirs of a Murderer

Memoirs of a Murderer

2017 • Akihiro Yamagata

Joryu Tohaiden Aki

Joryu Tohaiden Aki

2017 • Takeo Kojima

Laughing Lucky Cats

Laughing Lucky Cats

2017 • Joji Iwakura

March Goes out Like a Lamb

March Goes out Like a Lamb

2017 • Takanori Jinguji

March Comes In Like a Lion

March Comes In Like a Lion

2017 • Takanori Jinguji

The Man of the Political Economy

The Man of the Political Economy

2015

Pieta in the Toilet

Pieta in the Toilet

2015 • Hiroshi's Father

The Vancouver Asahi

The Vancouver Asahi

2014 • Tadakura Miyake

Pecoross' Mother and Her Days

Pecoross' Mother and Her Days

2013 • Yuichi Okano

The Apology King

The Apology King

2013 • Film director

It's Me It's Me

It's Me It's Me

2013 • Detective Murano

The Complex

2013

Maruyama, the Middle Schooler

Maruyama, the Middle Schooler

2013

Lesson of the Evil

Lesson of the Evil

2012 • Masao Nadamori

Lesson of the Evil: Prologue

Lesson of the Evil: Prologue

2012

The Last Days of the World

The Last Days of the World

2012

Crossroads

2011

Early Autumn

2011

Guilty of Romance

Guilty of Romance

2011 • Supermarket Manager

A Man with Style

A Man with Style

2011

The Days of Morisaki Bookstore

The Days of Morisaki Bookstore

2010 • Sabu

8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper

8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper

2010

Sawako Decides

2010 • Nobuo

Air Doll

2009 • Video Shop Owner

Yamagata Scream

Yamagata Scream

2009 • Chomei Okagaitokon

Dear Doctor

2009 • Yoshifumi Okayasu

Instant Swamp

2009 • Kamesaka

Love Exposure

2008 • President

Adrift in Tokyo

Adrift in Tokyo

2007 • Kunimatsu

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia

2007 • Gang Boss

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2007 • Editor on the phone (voice)

Invisible War

2007 • Tajiri

Faces of a Fig Tree

Faces of a Fig Tree

2006

Damejin

2006 • Numa-san

A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth

A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth

2006

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

2005 • Shizuo Kugitani

Into a Dream

2005 • Machida

In the Pool

2005 • General Manager Maenishi

Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims

Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims

2005 • Foreman

Cutie Honey

2004 • Goki

Zebraman

2004 • Kanda

TRUNK

2003

Hush!

2001 • Gynecologist

Quartet for Two

Quartet for Two

2001 • Taxi driver

The Last Day

2000

Sunday's Dream

1999

Samurai Fiction

Samurai Fiction

1998 • Muroto

Dog Race

1998 • Asano

MIND GAME

1998

Gonin

1995 • Man at the Toilet

MARKS

1995 • Director Takeuchi

119

1994 • Member of Main Station

Turning Point

1994

A Night in Nude

A Night in Nude

1993 • Shimura

Sky Cannot Be This Blue

Sky Cannot Be This Blue

1993 • Banker

Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers

Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers

1993

The Hit-and-Run Family

The Hit-and-Run Family

1992

Original Sin

1992

A Canned Crab

1992

Bakayarō! 4 You!

Bakayarō! 4 You!

1991 • (segment "カラダだけの男")

Beijing Watermelon

Beijing Watermelon

1989 • Policeman

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

1988 • Tokyo Shoji Employee

Ryo Iwamatsu – Biography, Known For & Filmography