Shunji IWAI 岩井俊二

The Case Of Hana & Alice

花とアリス殺人事件

Nippon Animation   ³ 

14-year-old Alice fails to make any friends at her new school. Instead, she plans to solve the mystery surrounding the disappearance of a fellow student. She soon receives some unexpected help from Hana, the weird girl next door. In his animation debut, Shunji IWAI tells the prequel story to his smash hit HANA & ALICE and once again proves himself to be a master of coming-of-age stories.

花とアリス殺人事件
Hana to Alice satsujin jiken

Japan 2015

100 minutes

Director
Shunji IWAI

Script
Shunji IWAI

Music
Shunji IWAI

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.