Ryo Iwamatsu

Ryo Iwamatsu

Born in Nagasaki Prefecture, Iwamatsu dropped out of college while majoring in Russian at the Foreign Language Department of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. He became active as a playwright, director and actor building on careers at the Jiyu Gekijo (Théâtre Libre) and Tokyo Kandenchi theater companies. Iwamatsu has written screenplays for and directed numerous TV dramas and movies. His representative plays include Futon and Daruma (1989, winner of the 33rd Kishida Drama Award), Hato wo Kau Shimai and Kowareyuku Otoko (1993, 28th Kinokuniya Drama Awards Individual Award), TV Days (1998, 49th Yomiuri Literature Drama Awards, Scenario Award), Usui Momoiro no Katamari (2017, 21st Tsuruya Nanboku Drama Award) and others. President of the Hyogo Prefectural Piccolo Theater Company since 2009.