Ryo Iwamatsu

Biography

Playwright, stage director, actor, and film director.

Known For

CSI: Crime Scene Talks

Time Limit Investigator

The Private Detective Mike

Midnight Diner

Ningen Kowai

Renovation Like Magic

Nodame Cantabile

A Town Without Seasons

All Movies (91)

• Diamonds in the Sand2025 · as Kawase
• Don’t Look for Me2025
• 峠の我が家2024
• Tokyo Cowboy2024 · as President Miwa
• Wakamusha2024
• カモメよ、そこから銀座は見えるか？2023
• Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition2023
• Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~2022 · as Kobayashi Hiroshi
• Sabakan2022 · as Uchida
• Convenience Story2022
• Shin Ultraman2022 · as Hajime Komuro
• What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?2022 · as Bokudo Ioroi
• In the Wake2021 · as Narazaki
• Every Trick In The Book2021
• Inubu: The Dog Club2021 · as Genjiro Amuro
• Remain In Twilight2021
• A Family2021 · as Kazuhiko Osako
• We Made a Beautiful Bouquet2021 · as Yoshiaki Hachiya
• Step2020
• Aging Police / Resurrection Special2019
• LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!2018 · as Muryo Record Company CEO
• Black Dahlia2018
• The Cat in Their Arms2018 · as old cat
• 吹く風は秋2017
• Goodbye, Grandpa!2017 · as Akio Haruno
• Tokyo Ghoul2017 · as Akihiro Kano
• Memoirs of a Murderer2017 · as Akihiro Yamagata
• Joryu Tohaiden Aki2017 · as Takeo Kojima
• Laughing Lucky Cats2017 · as Joji Iwakura
• March Goes out Like a Lamb2017 · as Takanori Jinguji
• March Comes In Like a Lion2017 · as Takanori Jinguji
• The Man of the Political Economy2015
• Pieta in the Toilet2015 · as Hiroshi's Father
• The Vancouver Asahi2014 · as Tadakura Miyake
• Pecoross' Mother and Her Days2013 · as Yuichi Okano
• The Apology King2013 · as Film director
• It's Me It's Me2013 · as Detective Murano
• The Complex2013
• Maruyama, the Middle Schooler2013
• Lesson of the Evil2012 · as Masao Nadamori
• Lesson of the Evil: Prologue2012
• The Last Days of the World2012
• Crossroads2011
• Early Autumn2011
• Guilty of Romance2011 · as Supermarket Manager
• A Man with Style2011
• The Days of Morisaki Bookstore2010 · as Sabu
• 8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper2010
• Sawako Decides2010 · as Nobuo
• Air Doll2009 · as Video Shop Owner
• Yamagata Scream2009 · as Chomei Okagaitokon
• Dear Doctor2009 · as Yoshifumi Okayasu
• Instant Swamp2009 · as Kamesaka
• Love Exposure2008 · as President
• Adrift in Tokyo2007 · as Kunimatsu
• The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia2007 · as Gang Boss
• Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad2007 · as Editor on the phone (voice)
• Invisible War2007 · as Tajiri
• Faces of a Fig Tree2006
• Damejin2006 · as Numa-san
• A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth2006
• Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers2005 · as Shizuo Kugitani
• Into a Dream2005 · as Machida
• In the Pool2005 · as General Manager Maenishi
• Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims2005 · as Foreman
• Cutie Honey2004 · as Goki
• Zebraman2004 · as Kanda
• TRUNK2003
• Hush!2001 · as Gynecologist
• Quartet for Two2001 · as Taxi driver
• The Last Day2000
• Sunday's Dream1999
• Samurai Fiction1998 · as Muroto
• Dog Race1998 · as Asano
• MIND GAME1998
• Gonin1995 · as Man at the Toilet
• MARKS1995 · as Director Takeuchi
• 1191994 · as Member of Main Station
• Turning Point1994
• A Night in Nude1993 · as Shimura
• Sky Cannot Be This Blue1993 · as Banker
• Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers1993
• The Hit-and-Run Family1992
• Original Sin1992
• Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki1992
• A Canned Crab1992
• Bakayarō! 4 You!1991 · as (segment "カラダだけの男")
• Beijing Watermelon1989 · as Policeman
• Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You1988 · as Tokyo 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」—

All TV Shows (36)

• The Light We Cast2026 · as 樫田敦史
• Sins of Kujo2026 · as Yuzo Yamashiro
• The Great Passage: I'll Make a Dictionary2024 · as Araki Kohei
• Mars: Zero's Revolution2024 · as Komiyama Shigeru
• A Town Without Seasons2023 · as Kyota
• Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition2023
• Renovation Like Magic2022
• He's Expecting2022
• Ningen Kowai2022
• How to be Likable in a Crisis2021
• My Dear Exes2021 · as Osuke Omameda
• THE LIMIT2021 · as 斉藤学
• ‎Lesson of the Evil: Prologue2020 · as Nadamori Masao
• 劇場の灯を消すな！本多劇場編2020
• Love and Hongkong2017 · as Nari Katagiri
• Doctor-Y ~Gekai Kaji Hideki~2016
• Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?2016 · as [Principal]
• Napoleon's Village2015 · as Fumio Kita
• A Fading Summer2015 · as Shuhei Inoue
• Gu Gu the Cat2014 · as Hideo Tachibana
• The Long Goodbye2014 · as Zaizen
• Hanako & Anne2014 · as Urushibara Mitsuma
• The Next Generation: Patlabor2014
• Neo Ultra Q2013 · as Professor Fukuda
• Tokkan2012 · as Hajime Mayosato
• The Locked Room Murders2012 · as Togashi Kotatsu
• Madame Butterfly2011 · as Ohta Kisaburo
• 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」2011
• CSI: Crime Scene Talks2011
• Atami's Police Investigators2010 · as Tokusaburo Sagami
• Azamijô no lullaby2010
• Midnight Diner2009 · as Masao Toyama
• Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow2008 · as Ebata Tatsuo
• Nodame Cantabile2006 · as Noda Tatsuo
• Time Limit Investigator2006 · as 熊本
• The Private Detective Mike2002