Ryo Iwamatsu

Ryo Iwamatsu

Acting

Born March 26, 1952 · Kawatana, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

9 films as director · Active 1989–2025

Playwright, stage director, actor, and film director.

Known for

Hanako & Anne

Hanako & Anne

2014

CSI: Crime Scene Talks

CSI: Crime Scene Talks

2011

Shin Ultraman

Shin Ultraman

2022

Time Limit Investigator

Time Limit Investigator

2006

Midnight Diner

Midnight Diner

2009

Sins of Kujo

Sins of Kujo

2026

The Private Detective Mike

The Private Detective Mike

2002

Nodame Cantabile

Nodame Cantabile

2006

Directed(9)

Don’t Look for Me

2025Don’t Look for Me

峠の我が家

2024峠の我が家

カモメよ、そこから銀座は見えるか？

2023カモメよ、そこから銀座は見えるか？

Then Summer Came

2008Then Summer Came★ 4.0

The Tomb & the Divorce

1993The Tomb & the Divorce

Bakayarō! 2: I Want to Be Happy

1989Bakayarō! 2: I Want to Be Happy★ 8.0

Acting(128)

2026The Light We CastKashida Atsushi

2026Sins of KujoYuzo Yamashiro

2025Diamonds in the SandKawase

2025Don’t Look for Me

2024峠の我が家

2024Tokyo CowboyPresident Miwa

2024The Great Passage: I'll Make a DictionaryAraki Kohei

2024Mars: Zero's RevolutionKomiyama Shigeru

2023A Town Without SeasonsKyota

2023カモメよ、そこから銀座は見えるか？

2023Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition

2023Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition

2022Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~Kobayashi Hiroshi

2022SabakanUchida

2022Convenience Story

2022Renovation Like Magic

2022Shin UltramanHajime Komuro

2022He's Expecting

2022Ningen Kowai

2022What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?Bokudo Ioroi

2021In the WakeNarazaki

2021Every Trick In The Book

2021Inubu: The Dog ClubGenjiro Amuro

2021Remain In Twilight

2021How to be Likable in a Crisis

2021My Dear ExesOsuke Omameda

2021THE LIMIT斉藤学

2021A FamilyKazuhiko Osako

2021We Made a Beautiful BouquetYoshiaki Hachiya

2020‎Lesson of the Evil: PrologueNadamori Masao

2020劇場の灯を消すな！本多劇場編

2019Aging Police / Resurrection Special

2018LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!Muryo Record Company CEO

2018Black Dahlia

2018The Cat in Their Armsold cat

2017吹く風は秋

2017Goodbye, Grandpa!Akio Haruno

2017Love and HongkongNari Katagiri

2017Tokyo GhoulAkihiro Kano

2017Memoirs of a MurdererAkihiro Yamagata

2017Joryu Tohaiden AkiTakeo Kojima

2017Laughing Lucky CatsJoji Iwakura

2017March Goes out Like a LambTakanori Jinguji

2017March Comes In Like a LionTakanori Jinguji

2016Doctor-Y ~Gekai Kaji Hideki~

2016Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?[Principal]

2015The Man of the Political Economy

2015Napoleon's VillageFumio Kita

2015Pieta in the ToiletHiroshi's Father

2015A Fading SummerShuhei Inoue

2014Gu Gu the CatHideo Tachibana

2014The Vancouver AsahiTadakura Miyake

2014The Long GoodbyeZaizen

2014Hanako & AnneUrushibara Mitsuma

2014The Next Generation: Patlabor

2013Pecoross' Mother and Her DaysYuichi Okano

2013The Apology KingFilm director

2013It's Me It's MeDetective Murano

2013The Complex

2013Maruyama, the Middle Schooler

2013Neo Ultra QProfessor Fukuda

2012Lesson of the EvilMasao Nadamori

2012Lesson of the Evil: Prologue

2012TokkanHajime Mayosato

2012The Locked Room MurdersTogashi Kotatsu

2012The Last Days of the World

2011Madame ButterflyOhta Kisaburo

2011Early Autumn

2011Guilty of RomanceSupermarket Manager

2011A Man with Style

2011大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１２「サッドソング・フォー・アグリードーター」

2011CSI: Crime Scene Talks

2010The Days of Morisaki BookstoreSabu

2010Atami's Police InvestigatorsTokusaburo Sagami

20108000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper

2010Sawako DecidesNobuo

2010Azamijô no lullaby

2009Midnight DinerMasao Toyama

2009Air DollVideo Shop Owner

2009Yamagata ScreamChomei Okagaitokon

2009Dear DoctorYoshifumi Okayasu

2009Instant SwampKamesaka

2008Love ExposurePresident

2008Kita Yoshio's TomorrowEbata Tatsuo

2007Adrift in TokyoKunimatsu

2007The Insects Unlisted in the EncyclopediaGang Boss

2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadEditor on the phone (voice)

2007Invisible WarTajiri

2006Faces of a Fig Tree

2006Nodame CantabileNoda Tatsuo

2006DamejinNuma-san

2006A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth

2006Time Limit Investigator熊本

2005Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast SwimmersShizuo Kugitani

2005Into a DreamMachida

2005In the PoolGeneral Manager Maenishi

2005Yaji & Kita: The Midnight PilgrimsForeman

2004Cutie HoneyGoki

2004ZebramanKanda

2003Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon SeriesAni (2033)

2002The Private Detective Mike

2001Hush!Gynecologist

2001Quartet for TwoTaxi driver

2000The Last Day

1999Sunday's Dream

1998Samurai FictionMuroto

1998Dog RaceAsano

1995GoninMan at the Toilet

1995MARKSDirector Takeuchi

1994119Member of Main Station

1994Turning Point

1993A Night in NudeShimura

1993Sky Cannot Be This BlueBanker

1993Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers

1992The Hit-and-Run Family

1992Original Sin

1992Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki

1992A Canned Crab

1991Bakayarō! 4 You!(segment "カラダだけの男")

1989Beijing WatermelonPoliceman

1988Kaisha monogatari: Memories of YouTokyo Shoji Employee

横山秀夫サスペンス「第三の時効」

横山秀夫サスペンス「沈黙のアリバイ」

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