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232 Results
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END-end? (2014)
- Director
- SASAKI Tomonori
- Cast
- SASANO Suzune, KAGEYAMA Yuko, ONO Marie
A film from the third Enbu Seminar Cinema Project. It depicts the despair and hope felt by three pairs of people of different ages, genders, and backgrounds who experience a sudden tragedy. Its writer and director is Sasaki Tomonori, whose previous w...
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Dawn (2014)
- Director
- KAWAMURA Kiyoto
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rina, KASAJIMA Tomo, MURAKI Yu
A film from the third Enbu Seminar Cinema Project. It depicts the inconceivable fate of a woman and the mistress of her late husband. Takeda Rina of {The Tale of Iya} and {Attack on Titan} fame gives a fine performance as a girl who holds the key to ...
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Misty (2014)
- Director
- MASUI Daichi
- Cast
- KAN Yuki, TAKEKO Aya, SHINOHARA Yukiko
Suspense film depicting the anguish of a couple whose child has been kidnapped, interweaving supernatural themes like necromancy, unexplained disappearances, and overwhelmingly deep mist. Directed by Masui Daichi, who helmed Ibara no bara in the omni...
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Unknown Town (2013)
- Director
- Ohuchi Shingo
- Cast
- YANAGISAWA Shigeki, HOSOE Yuko, MATSUURA Yuya
A death-themed drama. Its director is Ohuchi Shingo, whose Tama Art University graduation film Clear People was an official selection of the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2006. Screened in the Japanese Cinema Splash section of the 2014 Tok...
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Five Minutes to Tomorrow (2014)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- MIURA Haruma, LIU Shishi, CHANG Hsiao-Chuan
Romance with an element of suspense about the fate of a Japanese guy who falls in love with Chinese twin sisters in Shanghai. Directed by Yukisada Isao of Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World. Japan-China-Taiwan co-production with cast members...
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Embers (2014)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Jumpei
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, YANO Masato, HIRUKAWA Yu
Film adaptation of Akutagawa Prize winning author Nakamura Fuminori‘s same-named novel, starring Yagira Yuya from Nobody Knows. Suspense-filled portrayal of two guys burdened by a tragic childhood memory and the murder that prompts them to confront t...
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Pale Moon (2014)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Daihachi
- Cast
- MIYAZAWA Rie, IKEMATSU Sosuke, KOBAYASHI Satomi
An adaptation of popular author Kakuta Mitsuyo's eponymous novel by The Kirishima Thing director Yoshida Daihachi. It depicts the downfall of a housewife who falls head over heels in love and into a life of crime. Miyazawa Rie, starring in her first ...
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FUJA (2013)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Izo
- Cast
- KONISHI Manami, KUBOZUKA Yosuke, WADA Tet
Suspense about a grand power struggle for a medicine effective against the cold virus, said to be worthy of the Nobel Prize if discovered. Stars Konishi Manami of Noriben the Recipe of Fortune, with Kubozuka Yosuke playing the genius scientist with a...
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MOTHER (2014)
- Director
- UMEZZ Kazuo
- Cast
- KATAOKA Ainosuke, MAIHANE Mimi, SHINGYOJI Kimie
Horror film marking the directorial debut for 77-year-old manga master Umezz Kazuo. He penned the script for this autobiographical horror story dealing with memories of his deceased mother. Replete with shocking scenes featuring his signature aesthet...
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Summmer when my wife was in love (2014)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- MIYAJI Mao, KANEKO Noboru, KAWAI Ryunosuke
Fourth installation in the "Love Stories" series in which six directors explore the possibilities within different kinds of love. Imaoka Shinji, one of Japan's best-known adult film directors and The Drudgery Train scriptwriter, tells a couple's secr...
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Z (2014)
- Director
- TSURUTA Norio
- Cast
- KAWAMOTO Mayu, KIJIMA Noriko, TANAKA Miharu
J-Horror pioneer Tsuruta Norio directs this adaptation of Aihara Koji's horror manga. Set in a hospital surrounded by a horde of zombies, it depicts a desperate battle between the survivors and their undead assailants. Its star is Kawamoto Mayu, an u...
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AO ONI (2014)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Daisuke
- Cast
- IRIYAMA Anna, SUGA Kenta, JINNAI Sho
A live-action adaptation of popular role-playing video game "Ao Oni" (blue demon). Idol group AKB48's Iriyama Anna, in her first film appearance, gives an intensely terrified performance as her character tries to escape a randomly-appearing demon wit...
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NO ZO KI A NA (2014)
- Director
- UEDA Nakaba, TSUKUDA Kensuke
- Cast
- IKEDA Chocolat, Atsumi, ITO Beni
A live-action adaptation of Honna Wako's eponymous manga that gained popularity on a manga website for mobile phone users. It depicts the erotic romantic fortunes and growth of a man and woman who spy on each other's personal lives. Director Ueda Nak...
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Uwakoi 2 (2014)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Hitoshi
- Cast
- YANAGI Yurina, ISHIDA Tomoyuki, MOTOYAMA Nami
The second half of a two-part adaptation of Itosugi Masahiro's manga. Its director is Ishikawa Hitoshi, the writer of the first film, who uses striking visuals to depict love-hate relationships between high schoolers caught up in a love triangle. Yu...
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Kotodama – Spiritual Curse (2014)
- Director
- OCHIAI Masayuki
- Cast
- KONISHI Ayano, YAMABE Miyu, ARAI Hitomi
Latest film in the horror series that has spawned four films to date. Depicts the terrifying Fox Window connected to an alien world in another dimension, starring the five-member dance and vocal group TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE and co-starring Ishibashi Anna...
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FLOWER AND SNAKE： ZERO (2014)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- AMANO Maiko, HAMADA Noriko, SAKURAGI Rina
Fourth feature film in the "Flower and Snake" series based on erotic author Dan Oniroku's original stories. Director Hashimoto Hajime, whose wide-ranging oeuvre encompasses contemporary dramas, period pieces, and yakuza films, interweaves the powerfu...
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Seven Weeks (2014)
- Director
- OBAYASHI Nobuhiko
- Cast
- SHINAGAWA Toru, TOKIWA Takako, MURATA Takehiro
Family drama set in Ashibetsu City, Hokkaido directed by Obayashi Nobuhiko. Building on his previous film Casting Blossoms to the Sky, Obayashi focuses on the border between life and death and brings to light an untold war story that was hidden withi...
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AIBOU: THE MOVIE 3 (2014)
- Director
- IZUMI Seiji
- Cast
- MIZUTANI Yutaka, NARIMIYA Hiroki, IHARA Tsuyoshi
Third film adaptation of "Aibou," the popular TV drama series. Suspense dealing with conspiracy on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean where a fatal accident takes place. Director Izumi Seiji, who also directed the previous film, maintains the unive...
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Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper (2014)
- Director
- SHIZUNO Kobun
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Minami, YAMAZAKI Wakana, KOYAMA Rikiya
The eighteenth installment in a film series based on the popular animated television series "Detective Conan", created by Aoyama Gosho. It was made to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the source manga's serialization. Shizuno Kobun returns as...
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BRIGHT AUDITION (2014)
- Director
- YUSA Kazutoshi
- Cast
- SASAKI Yoshihide, SATO Hisanori, AKUTSU Shintaro
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Real Werewolf Game -crash room- (2014)
- Director
- KAJITA Seisoku
- Cast
- NAGAO Mariya, KAJIMA Hiroyuki, TOKORO Risako
Second suspense film set in a confined space based on the psychological "werewolf" game. Reboots the drama about paranoia with an all-new cast and crew. Direction, script and editing by Kajita Seisoku, who won the 2002 Sundance/NHK Award with The Man...
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The Snow White Murder Case (2014)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- INOUE Mao, AYANO Go, Nanao
A live-action adaptation of bestselling author Minato Kanae's suspense novel, depicting individuals threatened by irresponsible rumors and reporting regarding a brutal murder. Employing the assistance of modern communication tools such as Twitter, it...
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TEAM BATISTA THE MOVIE -The Portrait of Kerberos (2014)
- Director
- HOSHINO Kazunari
- Cast
- ITO Atsushi, NAKAMURA Toru
A live-action adaptation of the conclusion to a series of mystery novels by real-life doctor Kaido Takeru. An unlikely duo of a doctor and a bureaucrat attempt to solve a baffling incident that begins with a mysterious threatening letter. While utili...
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Bilocation (2013)
- Director
- ASATO Mari
- Cast
- MIZUKAWA Asami, SENGA Kento, TAKADA Sho
Horror film that exploits visual effects to depict the terror of a girl whose life is targeted by a "bilocation," her own alter ego. Based on Hojo Haruka's same-named novel, recipient of the 17th Horror Novel Grand Prize. Presents "original" and "B" ...
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Black Butler (2014)
- Director
- OTANI Kentaro, SATO Keiichi
- Cast
- MIZUSHIMA Hiro, GORIKI Ayame, Yuka
An action mystery based on the manga of the same title by Toboso Yana that has also gained an international following. It depicts the adventures of a butler who enters into a contract with the descendant of an aristocratic family, and features stylis...
