Kenji Iwaisawa
Directing1981 (45)Tokyo, Japan
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.
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11- 2025100 METERSMovieDirector · Storyboard Artist
- 2025JinseiMovieProducer
- 2021Taro Wanted to Become WaterMovieAnimation Director · Director · Director of Photography · Editor
- 2020On-Gaku: Our SoundMovieEditor · Art Direction · Animation Director · Director · Screenplay · Character Designer · Supervising Animator · Storyboard
- 2015Fussa Dancing AnimationMovieDirector of Photography · Editor · Writer · Director
- 2012Kotatsu ManMovieDirector
- 2010MountainMovieDirector · Animation Director · Director of Photography · Editor
- 2009Man in the Tunnel AlleyMovieEditor · Writer · Director of Photography · Director
- 2009Mourning Ice PopMovieDirector · Animation Director · Director of Photography · Writer · Editor
- 2008NickyMovieDirector · Animation Director · Director of Photography · Editor · Writer
- —Hina Is BeautifulMovieDirector