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The devil’s envoy probably (2009)
- Director
- ARAGAKI Ippei
- Cast
- MURANAGA Nao, MURATA Makiko, KUROSE Kae
One of a collection of shorts set in situations from popular cell-phone games. An unexpected visitor comes to the door of an ex-office worker who has come to a life impasse and begun living a degenerate lifestyle. Directed by recording engineer Araga...
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classroom (2009)
- Director
- JUJI Toshio
- Cast
- OSADA Ryoko, NAGANO Makiko
The cell-phone game site "Dasshutsu Game@GotMail" (*Escape Game @ Got Mail) has provided a rich variety of "escape" themed games. Prompted by the game world, this is one of a short film from the collection of 11 creators' portrayals of "escape." A di...
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HoneyMoon (2009)
- Director
- ITO Hiromitsu
- Cast
- YAMAKI Mika, ISHIZAKI Chavetaro, masa
One film out of a short film project comprised of 11 filmmakers interpretations of a cell-phone game series. Based upon the "Akuma no kaseifu" (*Devil Housemaid) series, this is a drama portraying a fugitive murderess and her boyfriend. Wakako (Yamam...
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NO MERCY (2009)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Yuichiro
- Cast
- SATO Ui, SUZUKI Junpei, HOSOYA Risa
A thrilling adaptation capturing the essence of the "Shojo tanteidan" (*Girl Investigator), cell-phone game series. One girl sets forth to solve a series of kidnappings in a rural city. Directed by Yoshida Yuichiro, the creator of the first chapter i...
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LOST SONG (2009)
- Director
- OSOZUKA Katsuichi
- Cast
- bamboo, Chie KAJIURA, KANEKO Hiroshi
A short film inspired by the "Sealed Studio" featured on the cell-phone game site "Dasshutsu Game@GotMail" (*Escape Game @ Got Mail). A washed up musician gets closed in his practice studio and must find a way to escape. Directed by TV commercial dir...
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Unfinished painting (2009)
- Director
- YAMADA Hirono
- Cast
- HORIKEN., HASEGAWA Seiji, SUZUKI Mariko
One of a collection of short films expanding the world of cell-phone game. Bearing the same name as the game, this is a comical portrayal of two men's feeble attempts to exorcise ghosts from a kindergarten one night. Popular for his style of self kat...
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”No title.” (2009)
- Director
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Anna
One of a collection of short film spin-off project originating from the cell phone game site "Dasshutsu Game@GotMail" (*Escape Game @ Got Mail). 11 creators use cell-phone games as inspiration for their visual expressions, and widen the scope of the ...
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ROOKIE YEAR (2009)
- Director
- KAWAMURA Kohei
- Cast
- KAWAMURA Kohei
One of a collection of short films originating from cell phone games, created by 11 filmmakers rich in individuality. An animation set as the prequel to the "Koroshiya Junnosuke" (*Assasin Junnosuke) series, with a cynical sense of humor it portrays ...
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Run Away Without Permission! (2009)
- Director
- NISHIYAMA Yoichi
- Cast
- MATSUKAGE Hiroyuki, KONDO Naoki, OIKAWA Satoshi
A short film project originating from the cell phone game site "Dasshutsu Game@GotMail" (*Escape Game @ Got Mail). The evil arm of an "organization" reaches towards the man who can help anyone to "escape" from a spin-off of the game "Nigashiya" (*The...
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A lot of curtaincall (2008)
- Director
- ARIMA Ken
- Cast
- MIKA, NAKAHARA Shoko, Demo TANAKA
A short omnibus film depicting the relationship between two heroines; it vividly portrays a confrontation between a woman who lives in ugliness with a woman who wants to die beautifully. The director, Arima Ken whose other works include Nipples and C...
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lights of little towns (2008)
- Director
- SATO Ryosuke
- Cast
- ADACHI Aki, SAKUMA Takako, HAMAGUCHI Kenji
A short omnibus film that brings together eight individual directors from Tokyo and Nagoya. Sato Ryosuke, one of the producers of this project, takes the director's chair to imaginatively depict the sense of stagnation felt by people living in a mode...
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TUKIAKARI NO UTA (2008)
- Director
- KAMADA Chikako
- Cast
- Yuchin, SAWAKI Satomi, SUZUKI Tsunekichi
An omnibus piece by eight directors each with different careers and directions. The director Kamada Chikako is a member of the Shonenoujakan theatrical group performance team based in Nagoya, and this fantasy drama features its leading actress, Yuchi...
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Get On The Bus (2009)
- Director
- Nario
- Cast
- SHIMIZU Maria, Macha Macha, AKIYAMA Yutaka
A short film project exploring the two-girl heroine theme. Music is created out of the noise of daily life and this miraculous process captivates the heart of a shy young girl. The director, Nario, is also a representative of the video production com...
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American Woman (2009)
- Director
- KAWAMOTO Takashi
- Cast
- SHIMIZU Kei, Milagros KUGA, KAGAWA Kyotaro
The third of the omnibus series of the video project "over8," which is a project to create novel and original films, depicts a worrywart expectant mother and a free-spirited Japanese-Peruvian girl who live together but want different things, against ...
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Straight City (2009)
- Director
- SAKAI Takehiro
- Cast
- OSHIMA Rie, DEGUCHI Kayo, OHASHI Yusuke
A short omnibus feature created by eight new and talented directors, four from Tokyo and four from Nagoya. Against a backdrop of serial terrorist attacks, the film is sprinkled with offbeat dialogue and humorously depicts the interplay between two wo...
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ramify (2009)
- Director
- YAMADA Koei
- Cast
- IWANAMI Mari, TAMURA Yuko, ONO Satoshi
A short film project featuring two heroines. After their lives took separate paths, two former high school classmates meet again for the first time in years, but both notice and are troubled by the sense of distance that has grown between them. The d...
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The Misery of Miss Doi (2009)
- Director
- NISHIJO Masatoshi
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Miho, OTANI Naoko, MORIYAMA Shizuka
One of the short-story titles presented by the "over8" project's spirited film directors. It comically portrays a heroine who tries to use the unhappiness of others as material for a novel, but instead creates moments of happiness. The director, Saij...
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huyunokaidan～bokutowatashitoobaachannomonogatari～ (2009)
- Director
- UENO Koichi
- Cast
- YAJIMA Maimi, KIMURA Nobuo, FUKUDA Kanon
A romantic horror film about an ordinary high school boy who is led by a mysterious beauty to battle in a magical world. As a psychic heroine, Yajima Maimi, the leader of ℃-ute of the Hello! Project, engages in a deadly battle with evil spirits. Kaza...
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Wednesday～another world～ (2009)
- Director
- AZUMA Shinji
- Cast
- KITAMURA Yu, YAMAMOTO Hiroko, KIMURA Yasuo
A fantasy drama film with a sci-fi touch depicting the emotions of youths filled with a sense of loneliness as friendship and family bonds fade away in the modern world. Former boxer Kazama Ryo (Kitamura Yu), playing a theatrical troupe member, shows...
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Quarter (2009)
- Director
- OGAWA Tadashi
- Cast
- KOMINE Rena, SHIMAZAKI Wakako, KATSUNO Yosuke
The question "What is life?" must have crossed the minds of people of all professions, ages and genders. This is a film on the sensitive "quarter life crisis" theme, of people wondering about their position in life. The work depicts the gradual emoti...
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Enko elegy : Asakusa aika (2008)
- Director
- MATSUDA Akira, SUDO Tamegoro
- Cast
- KATSURA Asami, SAKURAI Asami, YOSHIDA Tuzumi
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Once Again! (2007)
- Director
- TANIGAWA Yuji
- Cast
- SAKURAUCHI Yu, TOMIKAWA Junichi
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Selma was my lover (2007)
- Director
- ONIKI Yosuke
- Cast
- NOGUCHI Yuya, ISHIKAWA Michiko, MAEDA Kaori
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Dimension Bomb (2008)
- Director
- MORIMOTO Koji
- Cast
- KANNO Yoko, KOBAYASHI Kensaku
Shin is a boy wearing pupa shell, and one day he meets a girl named Ku. Shin is transformed as he spends time with this unique, freewheeling girl. These are beloved, precious memories. Various word fragments come back to him, including the words that...
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Tojin Kit (2008)
- Director
- TANAKA Tatsuyuki
- Cast
- SANO Shiro, MIZUHARA Kaoru
