Shunji IWAI 岩井俊二
A Bride For Rip Van Winkle
リップヴァンウィンクルの花嫁
Nippon Cinema ª
Insecure part-time teacher Nanami passively goes through life with no aim. Failing in her job, she decides to marry an online acquaintance. When hiring the mysterious Amuro to provide seat fillers for her wedding, her life takes an unexpected turn. Shunji IWAI’s return to fiction is a light-hearted and poetical coming-of-age film celebrating individual freedom.
リップヴァンウィンクルの花嫁
Rippu Van Winkuru no hanayome
Japan 2016
179 minutes
Production
RVW Film Partners
World sales
Toei
Cast
Haru KUROKI, Cocco, Go AYANO, Hideko HARA, Go JIBIKI
About Shunji IWAI
岩井俊二
Shunji IWAI, born in Miyagi Prefecture in 1963, graduated from Yokohama National University. After beginning his directing career with commercials, TV dramas and music videos in 1988, his feature debut LOVE LETTER (1995) became a commercial and critical success and received numerous awards. The teen drama ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU (2001 NC ’02) brought him international renown. He has already made several films outside Japan, with VAMPIRE (2011) having been his first English-language film. In addition to writing and directing his films, IWAI often composes his own scores.