Masaki Iwana

Biography

Masaki Iwana (born c. February 1945 - Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Also a noted Butoh dancer. Iwana has presented his performances and workshops continuously – and has created works built on his sharpened aesthetic in more than 100 cities and 40 countries around the world. Iwana represents the institute for the research of Butoh – La Maison du Butoh Blanc, based in southern Normandy in France. In 2008 he produced and created the theatrical film Vermilion Souls, following this with A Summer Family in 2010, Princess Betrayal in 2012, and Charlotte-Susabi in 2017.

Directed

1. Vermilion Souls (2007) — Director
2. CHARLOTTE-Susabi (2018) — Director
3. Princess Betrayal (2013) — Director
4. Who Stands Risks the Lightning — Director
5. A Summer Family (2010) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (1975) — Iron Tube Mask (voice)
2. Inazuman (1973) — Udesper (voice)
3. Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Blue Fortress (1975) — Rainbow Mask (voice)
4. Yoshido (The Other Life) (2010) — Haruki
5. A Summer Family (2010) — Kamimura