Writing

Shimako Iwai

Born 1964-12-05

Acting credits

Why Don't You Play in Hell? poster
7.3

In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

2013

Lesson in Murder poster
7.5

Masaya is a university student, but he attends a school that's not his ideal school. His days are generally gloomy. One day, he receives a letter from serial killer Haimura. He was convicted for nine murders and received the death penalty. Back when Haimura was committing his murders, he ran a bakery store. At that time, Masaya was a middle-school student and a customer at his bakery store. According to the letter, Haimura confesses to having committed eight murders, but he insists that he did not commit the last murder. Masaya begins to investigate the last murder case involving Haimura.

Lesson in Murder

2022

Meg Lion poster
NR

A special effects science fiction comedy starring Mami Hase.

Meg Lion

2020

Junji Inagawa: Sleepless Ghost Stories: Tales 1 poster
NR

This is the first volume of a horror variety show featuring Junji Inagawa, the "King of Nemurenae" as the main dealer.

Junji Inagawa: Sleepless Ghost Stories: Tales 1

2009

Game of Shark poster
NR

Tomoko wakes up trapped in an unknown and terrifying place. She tries to ask for help, but no one comes. After rolling a dice she travels to an even stranger place where a kung fu expert cybernetic shark awaits her.

Game of Shark

2024

Junji Inagawa: Sleepless Ghost Stories: All-Stars 2 poster
NR

This is the second volume of a horror variety series with Junji Inagawa, the master of ghost stories, as the host.

Junji Inagawa: Sleepless Ghost Stories: All-Stars 2

2010

No artwork available
NR

Almost all of the dialogue and narration is extracted from the original work, with only minor differences in the storyline as follows. Yashiro Ryusuke's own home is located on Y Koji. When he first accompanies Kanako on the road, Kagawa meets her in front of Yashiro's house, and Kamei also appears there. Dr Asano's wife did not show up. It is explained that Kagawa has two girls (in the original story, one is a student at a girls' school, but the gender of the other is unknown). The introduction of the 'one in 500 murderers' is told against the backdrop of Kindaichi excavating an air-raid shelter (which appears to have been made from a natural cave).

Satsujinki

2016

Invasion! Galpanda Z poster
NR

Directed by Minoru Kawasaki

Invasion! Galpanda Z

2016

Etrangel CheerRat Gaiden: Chat Noir's Revenge poster
NR

Chat Noir, a supernatural cat spirit, is consumed by rage after CheerRat dupes her with a false promise of a place in the Chinese zodiac. Determined to take revenge, she begins hatching an elaborate plan. But when her loyal followers tell her she must first understand the human world if she hopes to succeed, Chat Noir takes an unlikely step: becoming an office worker. There she meets the handsome Ikebata, and for the first time, experiences the unexpected power of love.

Etrangel CheerRat Gaiden: Chat Noir's Revenge

2018

An Affair poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

An Affair

2013

Kaidan Saikyou Sen 2018 The Decisive Battle poster
NR

Finalists, semi-finals, and finals of the competition to determine the "Kaiou," the most powerful ghost storyteller who tells the scariest ghost stories. The 10 winners of the preliminary rounds held in Tokyo and Osaka, including Tanishi Matsubara, Ami, and Daizo Miki, as well as the seeded player, Kinzo Sakura, tell ghost stories under the watchful eye of Junji Inagawa, the chief advisor of the competition.

Kaidan Saikyou Sen 2018 The Decisive Battle

2019

Shinjuku Midnight Baby poster
1.0

Secret auctions have been held for decades in Shinjuku, Tokyo, where people buy and sell babies. These exclusive gatherings accurately portray the selfishness and greediness of the various people who come to buy, or to sell. The film also focuses on minorities and the disabled who are championed by the Minister, Machiko, and the people in her orbit. Machiko's son, Akira, and Toru, one of her political supporters, are lovers. These two brave young men have decided to undertake the first same-sex marriage in Japan, despite a rigidly enforced legal ban on gay marriage. They are guided through this political and emotional minefield by Masaru, a hard-of-hearing lawyer who stands firmly behind them. Masaru is actually Minister Machiko's son who had been given to his mother at one of the very early Midnight Baby Parties. The film ends on a high note, celebrating Japan's first gay marriage.

Shinjuku Midnight Baby

2015