Shunji Iwai Movies

The making of 'All About Lily Chou-Chou' starting from its conception as an interactive story that played out on a BBS

Extra, behind scenes from Hideaki Anno's film Ritual (also known as Shiki-Jitsu).

Making-of documentary for Swallowtail Butterfly

Behind the scenes documentary about the filming of "Hana & Alice", which began as a series of shorts promoting Kit Kat

Three stories: 1 - A tree that prefers blood. 2 - A woman stressed with uncontrolled time. 2 - A man who believes his daughter is a demon

The short film shot within the movie "Ritual" (2000)

A short film consisting of rotoscoped clips from 'Swallotwail Butterfly,' set to the music of the film's Yentown band.

A professional hitman comes to kill a man as his final job. He manages to shoot him to death, but when he is leaving the house, the man he killed...

Short directed by Shunji Iwai for the song Miracle by illion, Youjirou Noda's solo project, in the album "P.Y.L."

Swallowtail Butterfly 20th Anniversary concert at Inujima Seirensho Museum as part of Setouchi Triennale 2016

Businessman Yohei Kogure is being treated for a psychosomatic disorder. He's forgetful and regularly dreams about a girl who he believes to be his...

A girl gets a message from her mother during an stressful exam period.

The film "Summer Solstice Story" was produced in 1992. Now, with Aina The End as the new heroine, director Shunji Iwai himself takes on the task of...

A woman sits around at home.

A film about a pregnancy

An omnibus work portraying the lives of youth who have just started to work. Town Workers was produced using rotoscoping, an animation technique...

Shunji Iwai's unreleased film adapted from his own latest novel

A documentary about Hideaki Anno's project, Japan Animator Expo.

At the beginning of the film, the filmmaker begins to talk to the camera. I don't know what kind of film I'm going to make, but I'm going to make it....

Shunji Iwai directed video for The Moonriders 1996 song “Knit Cap Man”.