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Kyrie 2023 star_border 8
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.

A Summer Solstice Story 2023 star_border 9
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 remaking it. Through his unique style, characterized by the heavy use of monologues, the story depicts a summer day filled with love and madness as a girl awaits the return of her beloved.

The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 2020 star_border 5.7
An actor who has lost his job due to the coronavirus buys capsule monsters online and begins to raise them.

Last Letter 2018 star_border 6.2
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.

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle 2016 star_border 7
A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.

Vampire 2011 star_border 6
An outwardly normal schoolteacher preys on suicidal women to slake his overwhelming thirst for human blood.

Friends After 3.11 劇場版 2011 star_border 7
In March 2011, Japan was struck by a catastrophic earthquake, with the devastating tsunami that followed causing a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power station that sent ripples of discontent throughout the country. Director Iwai Shunji's Friends after 3.11 (2011) is a deeply personal documentary which uses the statements of some of his closest friends to express the views of a society in a state of political despondency.

Bandage 2010 star_border 6
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.

Baton 2009 star_border 4
Baton is a collection of three 20-minute Sci-fi anime films dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Yokohama city. On Planet Abel, human-like robot Apollo (Ichihara Hayato, Rookies) and robot-like human Mikaru (Ueto Aya, Azumi) come upon a stowaway robot with a mysterious "Cipher" chip. Not knowing Cipher's powers, Apollo takes the chip for fun, throwing both him and Mikaru headfirst into a mind-boggling mystery that affects the past, present, and future.

Halfway 2009 star_border 6.1
In this high school romance Hiro is dismayed to learn her new love Shu will be going away to college in Tokyo. She asks him not to go.

Filming H&A 2005
Behind the scenes documentary about the filming of "Hana & Alice", which began as a series of shorts promoting Kit Kat

Hana and Alice 2004 star_border 7
Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.

All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou" 2002 star_border 6.3
The making of 'All About Lily Chou-Chou' starting from its conception as an interactive story that played out on a BBS

All About Lily Chou-Chou 2001 star_border 7.3
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.

The Boys Wanted to See Fireworks from the Side 1999 star_border 6
A documentary looking back on the making of Shunji Iwai's TV play Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom?.

April Story 1998 star_border 7.3
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.

Luca on the Road 2024
A young girl named Ruka, who had been living a wandering life in Osaka, is taken in by Fumi, an elementary school teacher. Later, Ruka spends time in Obihiro, Hokkaido, with Natsuhiko, who was her sister's lover, and forms a friendship with a high school girl named Maori. However, the fate that awaits her is always harsh. After arriving in Tokyo, Ruka becomes a musician and begins singing on the streets under the name Kyrie. There, she reunites with Maori, who now goes by the name Ikko and survives in Tokyo through her ever-changing cosplay and relationships with men. From Ishinomaki, Osaka, and Obihiro to Tokyo—Ruka, while being tossed about by fate, weaves a grand lyrical poem through her determined life.

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle: Serial Edition 2016 star_border 7.7
A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.

Baton 2009 star_border 4
On Planet Abel, humans and robots co-exist. One day a mysterious stowaway on a transport vessel tries to invade the planet, but is discovered by Apollo, a robot that looks like a human; and Mikaru, a human that looks like a robot. The stowaway had in his possession a memory chip containing the latest in camouflage software, the mysterious "Cipher" OS. Apollo takes the Cipher chip simply for fun, but has no idea what he's getting himself into. He suddenly starts acting strange, but Mikaru has no idea what's wrong or that Cipher is behind it. What exactly is Cipher? What sort of secrets does it hold? Apollo and Mikaru will unravel a mystery encompassing the past, present, and future to find out.

Hana & Alice 2003
Web/video series by Shunji Iwai. Commissioned by Nestle for breaktown.com. Later adapted into feature film.