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Ryo Iwamatsu

Actor

Ryo Iwamatsu

Born March 26, 1952 in Kawatana, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan92 films

Playwright, stage director, actor, and film director.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Tokyo Ghoul poster7.0Tokyo Ghoul2017Shin Ultraman poster7.5Shin Ultraman2022Air Doll poster6.9Air Doll2009Guilty of Romance poster6.9Guilty of Romance2011We Made a Beautiful Bouquet poster7.7We Made a Beautiful Bouquet2021Lesson of the Evil poster6.7Lesson of the Evil2012A Family poster7.4A Family2021Memoirs of a Murderer poster6.8Memoirs of a Murderer2017

Filmography

92 films as actor
  1. 2025Diamonds in the SandKawase
  2. 2025Don’t Look for Me
  3. 2024峠の我が家
  4. 2024Tokyo CowboyPresident Miwa
  5. 2024Wakamusha
  6. 2023カモメよ、そこから銀座は見えるか？
  7. 2023Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition
  8. 2022Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~Kobayashi Hiroshi
  9. 2022SabakanUchida
  10. 2022Convenience Story
  11. 2022Shin UltramanHajime Komuro
  12. 2022What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?Bokudo Ioroi
  13. 2021In the WakeNarazaki
  14. 2021Every Trick In The Book
  15. 2021Inubu: The Dog ClubGenjiro Amuro
  16. 2021Remain In Twilight
  17. 2021A FamilyKazuhiko Osako
  18. 2021We Made a Beautiful BouquetYoshiaki Hachiya
  19. 2020Step
  20. 2019Aging Police / Resurrection Special
  21. 2018LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!Muryo Record Company CEO
  22. 2018Black Dahlia
  23. 2018The Cat in Their Armsold cat
  24. 2017吹く風は秋
  25. 2017Goodbye, Grandpa!Akio Haruno
  26. 2017Tokyo GhoulAkihiro Kano
  27. 2017Memoirs of a MurdererAkihiro Yamagata
  28. 2017Joryu Tohaiden AkiTakeo Kojima
  29. 2017Laughing Lucky CatsJoji Iwakura
  30. 2017March Goes out Like a LambTakanori Jinguji
  31. 2017March Comes In Like a LionTakanori Jinguji
  32. 2015The Man of the Political Economy
  33. 2015Pieta in the ToiletHiroshi's Father
  34. 2014The Vancouver AsahiTadakura Miyake
  35. 2013Pecoross' Mother and Her DaysYuichi Okano
  36. 2013The Apology KingFilm director
  37. 2013It's Me It's MeDetective Murano
  38. 2013The Complex
  39. 2013Maruyama, the Middle Schooler
  40. 2012Lesson of the EvilMasao Nadamori
  41. 2012Lesson of the Evil: Prologue
  42. 2012The Last Days of the World
  43. 2011Crossroads
  44. 2011Early Autumn
  45. 2011Guilty of RomanceSupermarket Manager
  46. 2011A Man with Style
  47. 2010The Days of Morisaki BookstoreSabu
  48. 20108000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
  49. 2010Sawako DecidesNobuo
  50. 2009Air DollVideo Shop Owner
  51. 2009Yamagata ScreamChomei Okagaitokon
  52. 2009Dear DoctorYoshifumi Okayasu
  53. 2009Instant SwampKamesaka
  54. 2008Love ExposurePresident
  55. 2007Adrift in TokyoKunimatsu
  56. 2007The Insects Unlisted in the EncyclopediaGang Boss
  57. 2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadEditor on the phone (voice)
  58. 2007Invisible WarTajiri
  59. 2006Faces of a Fig Tree
  60. 2006DamejinNuma-san
  61. 2006A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
  62. 2005Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast SwimmersShizuo Kugitani
  63. 2005Into a DreamMachida
  64. 2005In the PoolGeneral Manager Maenishi
  65. 2005Yaji & Kita: The Midnight PilgrimsForeman
  66. 2004Cutie HoneyGoki
  67. 2004ZebramanKanda
  68. 2003Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon SeriesAni (2033)
  69. 2003TRUNK
  70. 2003横山秀夫サスペンス「第三の時効」
  71. 2002横山秀夫サスペンス「沈黙のアリバイ」
  72. 2001Hush!Gynecologist
  73. 2001Quartet for TwoTaxi driver
  74. 2000The Last Day
  75. 1999Sunday's Dream
  76. 1998Samurai FictionMuroto
  77. 1998Dog RaceAsano
  78. 1998MIND GAME
  79. 1995GoninMan at the Toilet
  80. 1995MARKSDirector Takeuchi
  81. 1994119Member of Main Station
  82. 1994Turning Point
  83. 1993A Night in NudeShimura
  84. 1993Sky Cannot Be This BlueBanker
  85. 1993Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers
  86. 1992The Hit-and-Run Family
  87. 1992Original Sin
  88. 1992Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
  89. 1992A Canned Crab
  90. 1991Bakayarō! 4 You!(segment "カラダだけの男")
  91. 1989Beijing WatermelonPoliceman
  92. 1988Kaisha monogatari: Memories of YouTokyo Shoji Employee