Cast: Kenji Iwaya

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Kenji Iwaya. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Siblings of the Cape

2018 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Shinzô Katayama

Cast Yûya Matsuura · Misa Wada · Masayasu Kitayama · Kenji Iwaya

Synopsis A pair of siblings are living together in the outskirts of society. The brother, Yoshio, has a hurt leg, the sister, Mariko, has an intellectual disability and spends most of her time at home. When Yoshio loses his job he...

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Direction Santa Yamagishi · Junta Yamaguchi

Cast Riho Yoshioka · Eita · Marika Itô · Shô Nishigaki

Synopsis Megu Tokiwa (Riho Yoshioka) works as an art director for an advertising company. She is smooth at her job, but, when it comes to dating, not nearly as smooth. She has feelings for Wataru Hirose (Sho Nishigaki), who works at...

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Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

2019 · Movie · 134 min. · Japan

Direction Setsurô Wakamatsu

Cast Hidetoshi Nishijima · Kuranosuke Sasaki · Tsubasa Honda · Hisahiro Ogura

Synopsis What were to ostensibly be fishing boats fire upon nationals and occupy southern islands of Japan suddenly. Enlisted members of the Japanese coast guard are detained and all Japan can do is send an aircraft carrier and a supporting armada...

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Dearest (TV Series)

2021 · Series · Japan

Direction Yoshiaki Murao · Ayuko Tsukahara · Takeyoshi Yamamoto

Cast Yuriko Yoshitaka · Kôhei Matsushita · Arata Iura · Hiroko Yakushimaru

Synopsis TV Series (2021-). In 2006, Sanada Rio (Yoshitaka Yuriko) becomes entangled in a crime. Fifteen years later, she is the president of a successful drug development company when she is involved in a murder case.

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A Far Shore

2022 · Movie · 128 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Kudô

Cast Kotone Hanase · Tsuki Hasegawa · Narushi Ikeda · Yumemi Ishida

Synopsis A perspective on impoverished life in Okinawa, an island in southern Japan whose modern history was tainted by the bloody battle for the Pacific. 17-year-old Aoi works as a nightclub hostess in order to earn rent money and to provide...

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9 Border

2024 · Series · Japan

Direction Momoko Fukuda · Takuya Sakagami · Kana Torii

Cast You · Kai Inowaki · Kôhei Matsushita · Haruna Kawaguchi

Synopsis A human love story centers around three sisters aged 19, 29, and 39. The drama focuses on how the sisters started living together again after their father's sudden disappearance, trying their best to find their happiness.

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At the Terrace

2016 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Yamauchi

Cast Kei Ishibashi · Kami Hiraiwa · Ryuta Furuya · Kenji Iwaya

Synopsis A gaunt, middle-aged man barely recovered from a serious illness, an awkward company employee, the hosts’ likable son, who comes home late — each of the men on the terrace are captivated by Haruko’s pale, white arms, inflaming the jealousy...

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Do Unto Others

2023 · Movie · 114 min. · Japan

Direction Tetsu Maeda

Cast Kenichi Matsuyama · Masami Nagasawa · Ouji Suzuka · Maki Sakai

Synopsis On an early morning, two dead bodies are found at a house. One deceased person is a senior citizen and the other deceased person is their caregiver. Shiba Munenori works for the same home health care agency that the deceased...

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What's Going on with My Sister?

2014 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan

Direction Yûki Aoyama · Iggy Coen

Cast Tenka Hashimoto · Yukichi Kobayashi · Mayu Mitsui · Mika Yano

Synopsis Mitsuki and Yuya become stepsister and stepbrother because of their parents' marriage. Mitsuki can't get along with her new family and Yuya doesn't know how to approach his new stepsister. One day, Mitsuki becomes possessed by the spirit of Hiyori....

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Broken Heart of the 56th Year (TV)

2020 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

Direction Toda Yukihiro

Cast Ayami Nakajô · Kanata Hongô · Kenji Iwaya · Sara Shida

Synopsis Nakagawa Saori is a chef apprentice at "Chez Nishijima", a prestigious French restaurant in Tokyo in year 2020. Despite winning various French cuisine contests, Saori does not appreciate her cookings and spends her days washing dishes. While Saori slowly loses...

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