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Ryô Iwamatsu

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Director
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When a successful cisgender man who's got it all figured out becomes pregnant, he's forced to confront social inequities he'd never considered before.
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Ryô Iwamatsu was born on 26 March 1952 in Nagasaki, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for Tamio no shiawase (2008), Tokyo biyori (1997) and Love Exposure (2008).
BornMarch 26, 1952
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Tamio no shiawase (2008)
    Tamio no shiawase
    6.1
    • Writer
    • 2008
    Tokyo biyori (1997)
    Tokyo biyori
    6.8
    • Groom(uncredited)
    • 1997
    Atsurō Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hikari Mitsushima, and Takahiro Nishijima in Love Exposure (2008)
    Love Exposure
    8.0
    • Bukkake-sha Shachô
    • 2008
    Bakayarô! 2: Shiawase ni naritai
    4.5
    • Director
    • 1989

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Kayo Noro and Haru Kuroki in Ginga no Ippyô (2026)
      Ginga no Ippyô
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Atsushi Kashida
      • 2026
    • Sins of Kujo (2026)
      Sins of Kujo
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Yuzo Yamashiro (as Ryo Iwamatsu)
      • 2026
    • Watashi wo Sagasanaide (2026)
      Watashi wo Sagasanaide
      Video
      • 2026
    • Hashi monogatari fuku kaze wa aki
      Video
      • Yoshinosuke
      • 2026
    • Nihon ichi no saitei otoko (2025)
      Nihon ichi no saitei otoko
      6.8
      TV Series
      • 2025
    • Touge No Wagaya (2025)
      Touge No Wagaya
      Video
      • Minoru Saeki
      • 2025
    • The Beginning of the Sea (2024)
      The Beginning of the Sea
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Shigeru Tanabe
      • 2024
    • Daburu chîto Ituwari no keikan (2024)
      Daburu chîto Ituwari no keikan
      TV Series
      • Toshiyuki Takami
      • 2024
    • Wakamusha (2024)
      Wakamusha
      6.5
      • Heikichi
      • 2024
    • Mars - zero no kakumei - (2024)
      Mars - zero no kakumei -
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Arata Mori
      • 2024
    • Fune o Amu ~Watashi, Jisho Tsukurimasu~ (2024)
      Fune o Amu ~Watashi, Jisho Tsukurimasu~
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Kohei Araki
      • 2024
    • Arata Iura in Tokyo Cowboy (2023)
      Tokyo Cowboy
      7.0
      • President Miwa (as Ryo Iwamatsu)
      • 2023
    • A Town Without Seasons (2023)
      A Town Without Seasons
      7.6
      TV Series
      • 2023
    • Sabakan (2022)
      Sabakan
      7.2
      • Uchida
      • 2022
    • Haru and Shôtarô Mamiya in Mahou no Rinobe (2022)
      Mahou no Rinobe
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Takehiko Kamata
      • 2022

    Writer

    • Touge No Wagaya (2025)
      Touge No Wagaya
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2025
    • Last Dinner
      TV Mini Series
      • teleplay
      • 2013
    • Tamio no shiawase (2008)
      Tamio no shiawase
      6.1
      • screenplay
      • 2008
    • Kyôka Suzuki and Tsutomu Yamazaki in Crickets (2006)
      Crickets
      6.0
      • screenplay
      • 2006
    • Kumiko Asō and Joe Odagiri in Prescription Police (2006)
      Prescription Police
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2006
    • Nichiyobi wa owaranai (1999)
      Nichiyobi wa owaranai
      7.5
      • Writer
      • 1999
    • Tokyo biyori (1997)
      Tokyo biyori
      6.8
      • Writer
      • 1997
    • Hot staff: Kaikan sex clinic (1987)
      Hot staff: Kaikan sex clinic
      7.5
      • Writer
      • 1987
    • Keiji yoroshiku
      TV Series
      • teleplay (1982)
      • 1982

    Director

    • Watashi wo Sagasanaide (2026)
      Watashi wo Sagasanaide
      Video
      • director
      • 2026
    • Touge No Wagaya (2025)
      Touge No Wagaya
      Video
      • direction
      • 2025
    • Tamio no shiawase (2008)
      Tamio no shiawase
      6.1
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Kumiko Asō and Joe Odagiri in Prescription Police (2006)
      Prescription Police
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Masatoshi Nagase in Shiritsu tantei Hama Maiku (2002)
      Shiritsu tantei Hama Maiku
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002
    • The Tomb & the Divorce
      • Director
      • 1993
    • Ijô no hitobito: Densetsuno nijino sankyôdai
      5.7
      • Director
      • 1993
    • Bakayarô! 2: Shiawase ni naritai
      4.5
      • segment 3
      • 1989

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    • Alternative name
      • Ryo Iwamatsu
    • Born
      • March 26, 1952
      • Nagasaki, Japan

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