Ryo Iwamatsu — Actor (50)
Zebraman (2004) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
ゼブラーマン
director: Takashi Miike actor: Show Aikawa / Kyoka Suzuki
other title: ゼブラーマン
A failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as the superhero "Zebraman". Although the TV series was canceled after only 6 episodes, this cannot stop him from acting out his escapist fantasy in a self made zebra-suit. He gets more then he could ever wish for when his black-and-white dressed alter-ego seems to be the only thing to stand between absolute (green) evil and a happy ending.
Sawako Decides (2010) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
川の底からこんにちは
director: Yuya Ishii actor: Hikari Mitsushima / Masashi Endô
other title: 川の底からこんにちは
After 5 years in Tokyo, 5 part-time jobs, 5 boyfriends, Sawako's life is going nowhere. When her father gets seriously ill, she has to take over his struggling factory. Gradually she becomes the decider of her own life.
Guilty of Romance (2011) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
恋の罪
director: Sion Sono actor: Makoto Togashi / Megumi Kagurazaka
other title: El Romance y la Culpa / 恋の罪
In a Tokyo love hotel district, a woman is found dead in a derelict apartment. As police investigate, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To break away from the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model enacting sex in front of a camera. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade that she's still the doting wife she's supposed to be.
Dear Doctor (2009) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
ディア・ドクター
director: Miwa Nishikawa actor: Eita Nagayama / Tsurube Shofukutei
other title: ディア・ドクター / Cher docteur
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. But, Soma and the villagers reconsider their opinion when they learn about a shameful incident from Dr. Ino's past. Now the once-respected doctor must account for his past actions.
March Goes out Like a Lamb (2017) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb
3月のライオン 後編
director: Keishi Otomo actor: Ryunosuke Kamiki / Kasumi Arimura
other title: 3月のライオン 後編
The time spent between professional Shogi player Kiriyama and his three stories helps to heal his wounds. As he prepares to secure another win in an upcoming tournament, the father who left the three sisters appears and disturbs the peace.
March Comes In Like a Lion (2017) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
3月のライオン 前編
director: Keishi Otomo actor: Ryunosuke Kamiki / Kasumi Arimura
other title: March comes in like a Lion / 3-gatsu no Lion
Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by himself in Tokyo, because his parents and younger sister died in an traffic accident when he was little. One day, Rei Kiriyama meets three sisters who are his neighbors. The three sisters are Akari Kawamoto, Hinata Kawamoto and Momo Kawamoto. This is his first meeting with someone outside of the shogi world in many years. Having meals with the Kawamoto family brings warm feelings to Rei Kiriyama. As Rei Kiriyama continues his shogi career, his interactions with his neighbors allows him to grow as a shogi player and as a person.
A Night in Nude (1993) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
ヌードの夜
director: 石井隆 actor: Naoto Takenaka / 余贵美子
other title: ヌードの夜 / 裸体之夜
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. What Jiro doesn't know is that this woman isn't who she says she is. She's on the run from her Yakuza boyfriend, and Jiro is going to be unwittingly entwined in the situation.
Tokyo Ghoul (2017) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb
東京喰種 トーキョーグール
director: Kentaro Hagiwara actor: Masataka Kubota / Yoshiko Sengen
other title: Tokyo ghoul - Il film / Tokyo Ghoul - The Movie
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.
Yakuza and the Family (2020) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
ヤクザと家族
director: 藤井道人 actor: 绫野刚 / 馆博
other title: 黑道与家族 / ヤクザと家族
凭借《新闻记者》荣获2019年日本电影学院奖最佳影片的藤井道人导演,其最新力作转而呈现黑帮家族史诗,以1999,2005,2019三个年份为切入点,故事线跨越平成与令和时代的风云变迁,以极度压迫性的镜头语言诠释现代社会中的黑社会真相以及黑道族人的生存准则。绫野刚再度贡献影帝级别的表演,实力演绎年少漂泊被黑帮收留的主人公贤治,自此一生陷入残酷恶斗与亲情挚爱的两难之中。
Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
真夜中の弥次さん喜多さん
director: 宫藤官九郎 actor: 长濑智也 / 中村七之助
other title: 真夜中的喜多郎和弥次郎 / 真夜中の弥次さん喜多さん
Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.
Atami's Police Investigators (2010) [TV] TMDB
熱海の捜査官
director: Satoshi Miki actor: Joe Odagiri / Chiaki Kuriyama
other title: 熱海の捜査官 / Atami no Sousakan
The story begins with the disappearance of a school bus and four high school girls. Still unsolved three years later, the case gets revived when one of the girls reappears. Odagiri plays a sharp national investigator searching for the truth behind the incident, which leads back to a seemingly peaceful town.
Lesson of the Evil (2012) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
悪の教典
6.4 (5 ratings) director: Takashi Miike actor: Hideaki Ito / Fumi Nikaido
other title: 悪の教典
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.
Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow (2008) [TV] TMDB
あしたの、喜多善男
director: Masahiko Shimada actor: Fumiyo Kohinata / Ryuhei Matsuda
other title: あしたの、喜多善男 / Ashita no, Kita Yoshio
Can a coward commit suicide?

Meet Kita Yoshio, a very unlucky man who has chosen his close friend's death anniversary as his suicide date, which is 11 days away. The number 11 has been quite significant throughout his life: he was born on November 11th; his roll call number at school was #11; and 11 years ago, he and his wife, Mizuho, went through a divorce. Debt-laden and feeling unneeded to the world, he sells off all his belongings and plans for his death date. However, on the 1st day, he meets Yashiro Heita as well as numerous other characters who will cause him to experience the most eventful 11 days of his life.
A Fading Summer (2015) [TV] TMDB
翳りゆく夏
actor: Atsuro Watabe / Saburo Tokito
other title: 翳りゆく夏 / Kageri Yuku Natsu
A major newspaper has informally decided to employ a female university student. However, shock ripples within the newspaper because of a weekly magazine’s scoop that she is the daughter of the criminal in a serious case. This was the kidnapping of a newborn baby at a big hospital 20 years ago. The criminal demanded a ransom from the director of the hospital instead of the parents. But after the criminal had the large sum of money in hand, he died in an accident while being pursued by the police. The baby was never found. Kaji Hidekazu, a former hotshot journalist who has become deadwood in the wake of an incident, is ordered by the newspaper to re-investigate the kidnapping case. He finds out the shocking, tragic truth which had been kept under wraps.
Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama? (2016) [TV] TMDB
徳山大五郎を誰が殺したか?
director: Yasushi Akimoto actor: Yurina Hirate / Neru Nagahama
other title: 徳山大五郎を誰が殺したか? / ¿Quién mató a Daigoro Tokuyama?
One morning, students find their homeroom teacher Tokuyama Daigoro’s body on the floor of the classroom. A strange school life begins as the students work hard to hide the presence of their teacher's corpse in their classroom. Other teachers from the Academy, their homeroom teacher's wife, his mistress, police, and reporters... One-by-one they visit the classroom and the students face the risk of being discovered. Is it possible to continue to hide it?! And who was it who killed him?!
Time Limit Investigator (2006) [TV] TMDB IMDb
時効警察
director: Satoshi Miki actor: Joe Odagiri / Kumiko Aso
other title: 時効警察 / Jikou Keisatsu
Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed.

Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, because it seems important to him to have a hobby.

So he decides to puzzle out the unsolved cases on his free time, helped by his coworker Mikazuki, who seems to have a crush on him.