Kenji Iwaisawa

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1981-01-01 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Iwaisawa

Biography

Kenji Iwaisawa is an independent filmmaker and animator who was born in Tokyo Prefecture in 1981. After graduating from high school, Iwaisawa became an apprentice to the director Teruo Ishii. He began creating his own animation works by drawing on influences from live-action movies. In 2008 he finished his first animation piece, Fukuraicho, The Man in the Tunnel Alley. Henceforth, he focused on short film animations and began production on his independent feature-length animation On-Gaku: Our Sound.

Production

2010

Mountain

as Director

2009

Mourning Ice Pop

as Director

2021

Taro Wanted to Become Water

as Animation Director

2009

Mourning Ice Pop

as Animation Director

2010

Mountain

as Animation Director

2008

Nicky

as Director

2008

Nicky

as Animation Director

2009

Mourning Ice Pop

as Director of Photography

2010

Mountain

as Director of Photography

2008

Nicky

as Director of Photography

2021

Taro Wanted to Become Water

as Director of Photography

2008

Nicky

as Editor

2009

2008

Nicky

as Writer

2015

Fussa Dancing Animation

as Director of Photography

2010

Mountain

as Editor

2009

Man in the Tunnel Alley

as Director of Photography

2009

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2025

100 Meters

as Director

2012

Kotatsu Man

as Director

2020

2020

On-Gaku: Our Sound

as Art Direction

2020

On-Gaku: Our Sound

as Animation Director

2020

2020

On-Gaku: Our Sound

as Screenplay

2020

On-Gaku: Our Sound

as Character Designer

2020

On-Gaku: Our Sound

as Supervising Animator

2020

On-Gaku: Our Sound

as Storyboard

2025

Jinsei

as Producer

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