Ryo Iwamatsu Trailers

Guilty of Romance Trailer (2011)

30 September 2011

While police investigate a woman found dead in a derelict love hotel, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance.

Shin Ultraman Trailer (2022)

13 May 2022

The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country.

It's Me It's Me Trailer (2013)

24 May 2013

Hitoshi Nagano, who works at an electronics store, picks up a cellphone left behind by a customer and goes about a scam.

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You Trailer (1988)

26 November 1988

A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life.

The Apology King Trailer (2013)

28 September 2013

Ryoro Kurojima is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize.

Love Exposure Trailer (2008)

29 November 2008

The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry.

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet Trailer (2021)

29 January 2021

Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.

Convenience Story Trailer (2022)

01 August 2022

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 spends his days downhearted and distressed.

Aging Police / Resurrection Special Trailer (2019)

29 September 2019

Cutie Honey Trailer (2004)

29 May 2004

When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him.

The Hit-and-Run Family Trailer (1992)

19 December 1992

Set in the 1990s, this film uses black humour to cast a sharp, satirical eye at the problems facing modern Japanese families.

Samurai Fiction Trailer (1998)

27 October 1998

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

March Comes In Like a Lion Trailer (2017)

18 March 2017

Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school.

Air Doll Trailer (2009)

26 September 2009

A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi.

A Family Trailer (2021)

29 January 2021

Taken in by the yakuza at a young age, Kenji swears allegiance to his old-school boss, pledging to adhere to the family code amid ever-changing times.

Lesson of the Evil Trailer (2012)

10 November 2012

Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer who concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.

In the Pool Trailer (2005)

21 May 2005

A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.

Diamonds in the Sand Trailer (2025)

30 October 2025

Divorced salaryman Yoji has just buried his mother in Tokyo. With few meaningful relationships left, he comes to grips with the realization that he has nothing to live for.

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia Trailer (2007)

23 June 2007

A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife.

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? Trailer (2022)

04 February 2022

A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and bloat.

March Goes out Like a Lamb Trailer (2017)

22 April 2017

The time spent between professional Shogi player Kiriyama and his three stories helps to heal his wounds.

The Last Days of the World Trailer (2012)

18 February 2012

The life of a student named Kanou is transformed when a tiny man informs him that Earth will soon be annihilated.

Tokyo Ghoul Trailer (2017)

16 July 2017

A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a super-powered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run.

Lesson of the Evil: Prologue Trailer (2012)

15 October 2012

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

Dear Doctor Trailer (2009)

27 July 2009

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 medical intern, Keisuke Soma.

Memoirs of a Murderer Trailer (2017)

10 June 2017

The movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would always get someone close to the victim to witness how he would strangle the victim from behind with a rope but he would let the witnesses go and speak to the media on how the murders happened.

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Trailer (2007)

14 April 2007

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan.

The Cat in Their Arms Trailer (2018)

23 June 2018

A 33-year-old supermarket worker at a provincial city used to be an idol, but could not see a future as a singer.

Every Trick In The Book Trailer (2021)

27 August 2021

Shinichi Tsuda, a Naoki Prize winning author, is working to publish his newest story. It revolves around Tsuyama, a driver for a call girl business in Toyama Prefecture, who comes across a mysterious counterfeit bill and has his life targeted by underworld kingpin Kurata.

MARKS Trailer (1995)

22 April 1995

Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later in a similar manner, he begins to suspect that something bigger is going on.

LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp! Trailer (2018)

12 October 2018

Sin is a rock star. He has an amazingly loud voice with a range of four octaves. His secret is that he has created his voice through a method of vocal cord doping.

Quartet for Two Trailer (2001)

31 March 2001

Shotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs him of her intention to leave him.

Pieta in the Toilet Trailer (2015)

06 June 2015

Hiroshi has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows.

Joryu Tohaiden Aki Trailer (2017)

03 June 2017

Aki was practically born and raised in a mahjong parlor. At the age of 15, she goes to Tokyo during winter and although she is knocked around by the harshness of the big city, she is determined to survive by the one-and-only weapon she possesses: mahjong.

Inubu: The Dog Club Trailer (2021)

22 July 2021

Hanai Sota is 22-years-old and a university student in the veterinary department. Since he was little, he has always loved animals.

A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth Trailer (2006)

13 May 2006

Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought together by chance when they inadvertently team up to thwart a bank robbery.

Then Summer Came Trailer (2008)

19 July 2008

A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new “good guys.

The Days of Morisaki Bookstore Trailer (2010)

23 October 2010

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 slump.

Adrift in Tokyo Trailer (2007)

10 November 2007

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

Maruyama, the Middle Schooler Trailer (2013)

18 April 2013

Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, a single father who moves into the same apartment complex.

Zebraman Trailer (2004)

30 January 2004

A down-and-out schoolteacher receives the calling to become the real life personification of an old television superhero, Zebraman.

Step Trailer (2020)

17 July 2020

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

A Night in Nude Trailer (1993)

18 December 1993

Jiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to be from Fukuoka wants to be shown around Tokyo and see the sights.

Gonin Trailer (1995)

23 September 1995

Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.

Hush! Trailer (2001)

09 September 2001

Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious and closeted—but nothing compares to the chaos that arrives when Asako, a troubled woman with a history of psychiatric problems, abortions, and casual sex, asks Katsuhiro to conceive a child with her.

Dog Race Trailer (1998)

26 September 1998

Ethnically Korean Japanese filmmaker Yoichi Sai directs this madcap crime comedy. Nakayama (Goro Kishitani) is a suave police detective who doesn't play by the rules.

Pecoross' Mother and Her Days Trailer (2013)

16 November 2013

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 out for his elderly mother.

Instant Swamp Trailer (2009)

23 May 2009

A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature.

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers Trailer (2005)

02 July 2005

Suzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle.

Sunday's Dream Trailer (1999)

21 October 1999

Kazuya goes to live with his mother Shinobu because his father, Yoshiki, who works in the same company, has fired him according to the company policy regarding redundancy.

Crickets Trailer (2006)

23 November 2006

Kaoru, a wealthy woman whose youth is fading, abandons the hustle and bustle of the city to live a peaceful life in a house on the coast.

Damejin Trailer (2006)

01 July 2006

An off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives doing nothing.

In the Wake Trailer (2021)

01 October 2021

Baffling serial killings unfold in which the victims are tied up and left to starve. Tone was just released from prison after finishing his sentence for another crime, and he surfaces as a suspect but detective Tomashiro can't nail down conclusive proof.

Tokyo Fair Weather Trailer (1997)

18 October 1997

This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.

Into a Dream Trailer (2005)

11 June 2005

Low-profile theatre troupe actor Mutsugoro Suzuki begins an oneiric journey home, marked by his quest to find the one responsible of infecting him with a STD.

The Vancouver Asahi Trailer (2014)

29 September 2014

In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrimination, hatred and injustice at the hands of their Caucasian counterparts.