Shunji Iwai — Playwright (24)
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Love Letter (1995) [Movie] Douban WikiData NeoDB IMDb TMDB Bangumi
ラブレター
8.5 (34 ratings) director: Shunji Iwai actor: Miho Nakayama / Etsushi Toyokawa …
other title: Carta de amor / ラブレター
Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to be called Itsuki Fujii.
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Picnic (1996) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB WikiData Douban TMDB
PiCNiC
7.6 (5 ratings) director: Shunji Iwai actor: Chara / Tadanobu Asano …
other title: PicNic / PiCNiC
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 picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.
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Jam Films (2002) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb
Jam Films
director: 北村龙平 / 筱原哲雄 … actor: 广末凉子 / 大泽隆夫 …
other title: 果酱 / 果酱短片集
《果酱短片集》由七位日本影坛一线导演拍摄而成，共七部短片。《地狱使者》由北村龙平导演，被称为“The messenger”的黑衣女子神代忧子（鱼谷佳苗饰）出现在报废的大厦房间时，独身强盗权藤（北村一辉饰）的命运由此受到了冲击，极富魔幻色彩；《正义》行定勋导演描写一个正值青春期的男生东条（妻夫木聪饰）被操场上体育课的女生所吸引的故事；《阿里塔》由岩井俊二导演，讲述女孩（广末凉子饰）跟自己幻想出来的“阿里塔”之间的成长故事；以及筱原哲雄执导的《剑玉》、坂田让治导演的《冰冻》、堤辛彦导演的《羊栖菜》和望月六郎导演的《潘朵拉》。
七部短片各自取材编排，情节各异。也有众多日本著名演员参演，共同演绎这七部电影，七处生活。
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April Story (1998) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
四月物語
8.6 (9 ratings) director: Shunji Iwai actor: Takako Matsu / Seiichi Tanabe …
other title: Historia de Abril / 四月物語 …
In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.
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Last Letter (2020) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
ラストレター
director: Shunji Iwai actor: Takako Matsu / Masaharu Fukuyama …
other title: Last letter / ラストレター
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 friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to symbolically accept the demise of her mother. In the midst of all this an old flame messages the sister to say he is still in love with her, but is he messaging the living sister or the dead one?
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Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1995) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
打ち上げ花火、下から見るか？横から見るか？
director: Shunji Iwai actor: Megumi Okina / Yuta Yamazaki …
other title: 打ち上げ花火、下から見るか？横から見るか？
One summer day, a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their classmates, Nazuna, is troubled by her parents' separation and decides to choose one of the boys to run away with.
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Kyrie (2023) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban
キリエのうた
director: 岩井俊二 actor: AiNA THE END / 松村北斗 …
other title: 祈怜之歌(港) / キリエのうた …
Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak. However, her singing voice shakes the hearts of those who listen to her. It is a hymn of compassion played by Luca and the people.
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The Case of Hana & Alice (2015) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData Douban
花とアリス殺人事件
director: Shunji Iwai actor: Yu Aoi / Anne Suzuki …
other title: Hana e Alice - Il caso di omicidio / O Caso de Ana e Alice …
After transferring to Ishinomori Middle School, Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa overhears her classmates discussing a strange rumor. The previous occupant of her seat, a nondescript "Judas," is missing and presumed murdered. Amidst dealing with her mother's undesired meddling in her affairs and warding off her classmates' bullying, the troubled Alice starts to investigate the mystery surrounding Judas' disappearance. The trail of clues leads her to the house of her next-door neighbor, the quirky and reclusive Hana Arai.
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Bandage (2010) [Movie] TMDB
BANDAGE バンデイジ
director: Takeshi Kobayashi actor: Jin Akanishi / Kie Kitano …
other title: BANDAGE バンデイジ
Set in the 1990s during Japan's "band boom" era, the film tells the tale of a girl in high school, Asako, who goes to a concert and meets Natsu, vocalist of the new band LANDS. Asako ends up being the band manager, but as the band's popularity starts to soar, the band's friendship begins to suffer.
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All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData Douban
リリイ・シュシュのすべて
8.1 (13 ratings) director: Shunji Iwai actor: Hayato Ichihara / Shugo Oshinari …
other title: Todo sobre Lily / リリイ・シュシュのすべて …
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
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Hana & Alice (2004) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB NeoDB Douban
花とアリス
8.1 (7 ratings) director: Shunji Iwai actor: Anne Suzuki / Yu Aoi …
other title: Ana e Alice / Hana et Alice …
Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.
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Rainbow Song (2006) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban
虹の女神
director: Naoto Kumazawa actor: Hayato Ichihara / Juri Ueno …
other title: 虹の女神 / 听说你爱我 …
Tomoya Kishida is working as a staffer in a television studio when he hears about the death of his close friend, Aoi Sato. This sparks his recollection of the events in life they shared from meeting at a record store, shooting a short film as part of their university film club, to saying their last goodbyes. Though in love with each other, neither had the courage to confess their feelings before it was too late.
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Ghost Soup (1992) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Ghost Soup
director: 岩井俊二 actor: 铃木兰兰 / Hiroyuki Watari …
other title: 鬼汤 / ゴーストスープ
It's Christmas Eve in Tokyo as Ichiro is moving into his new apartment one month ahead of schedule. As he is getting settled in, two strangers enter the apartment and are surprised to find him there. They begin complaining that he is upsetting their plans for a Christmas party to be thrown in the apartment that night before attempting to kick him out.
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New York, I Love You (2009) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb
New York, I Love You
director: 法提赫·阿金 / 伊万·阿达勒 … actor: 海登·克里斯滕森 / 娜塔莉·波特曼 …
other title: Nova York, Eu Te Amo / 纽约我爱你 …
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.
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Last Letter (2018) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
你好，之华
director: Shunji Iwai actor: Zhou Xun / Qin Hao …
other title: 你好，之华 / Ni hao, Zhihua
All Yuan Zhinan has left behind when she passed away is a letter and an invitation to a school reunion. 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, and correspondences travel through different contexts and times, Zhihua slowly uncovers the intricate story of the trio.
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夏至物語 (2023) [TV] Douban NeoDB
夏至物語
director: 岩井俊二 actor: 饭谷爱菜 / 村中暖奈 …
「夏至物語【完全版】」(2023)1992年深夜に放映され、今なおカルト的な人気を誇る『夏至物語』。新たなヒロインにアイナ・ジ・エンドを迎え、岩井俊二監督自らリメイク。モノローグを多用した独特の手法で、愛する人の帰宅を待つ女の子の、愛と狂気に満ちた夏の日を描く。
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The Kon Ichikawa Story (2006) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
市川崑物語
director: 岩井俊二 actor: 市川昆 / 和田夏十
other title: 市川昆物语 / 市川崑物語 …
日本导演市川昆（市川昆）出生在一个开和服批发店的家庭中，幼年父亲离世，他随母亲到姐姐、姐夫家生活。市川昆自幼喜爱画画，后入J.O.摄影厂从事动画师工作，再入电影业。之后公司与P.C.L等合并重组为东宝公司时，东宝新东宝之争，市川昆都亲眼见证了。二战时候，市川昆两次接到征兵令，但都神奇了免掉了兵役。
后来市川昆与妻子和田夏十（市川由美子）相识结婚，她是市川昆一生的伴侣也是电影上的合作伙伴，单独为他撰写许多剧本。后来妻子被发现患乳腺癌，市川昆始终在她身旁与病魔抗争，她最后为丈夫写下《细雪》的结尾。