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The Legacy of Frida Kahlo (2015)

Director: KOTANI Tadasuke

Cast: ISHIUCHI Miyako

A documentary capturing the process in which prominent Japanese photographer Ishiuchi Miyako shot personal belongings left behind by Frida Kahlo, one of Mexico's most famous female artists. Its director is Kotani Tadasuke (The Cat that Lived a Millio...

Yuwaku yujo Sora to Shido (2015)

Director: TAKEHORA Tetsuya

Cast: KASUMI Kaho, RiKA, KODA Riri

First film in the new project OP PICTURES+ from Okura Pictures. Erotic portrayal of two women in the sex industry as they cultivate relationships with other people in their lives. A town in the countryside. Sora (Kasumi Kaho) and Shido (RiKA) are ju...

Each and Every Battlefield (2015)

Director: KUSUYAMA Tadayuki

Cast: HARADA Kaname, SHIGETA Joji, Richard JIROKKO

Through interviews with various people who personally experienced the battlefront including former American soldiers and the last Zero Fighter pilot, Harada Kaname, this documentary delves into the dark side of war. In the director's chair is Kusuyam...

Obon Brothers (2015)

Director: OSAKI Akira

Cast: SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, MITSUISHI Ken, OKADA Koki

Osaki Akira, winner of the 16th Japan Movie Critics Award for The Catch Man directs this human drama written by Adachi Shin. The strenuous efforts for a comeback made by an unsuccessful film director and his relationship with the people around him ar...

Cu-Bop: Cuba-New York Music Documentary (2015)

Director: TAKAHASHI Shinichi

Cast: Cesar LOPEZ, Axel TOSCA, Rolando LUNA

Documentary about Cuban musicians who persevere in the face of tough political circumstances. Directorial debut for photographer-cum-writer Takahashi Shinichi, who established a record label featuring Cuban music. Kamita Label is run by a Japanese t...

SINBAD -A Flying Princess and a Secret Island- (2015)

Director: MIYASHITA Shinpei

Cast: MURANAKA Tomo, TANABE Momoko, NAGASAWA Nao

The first part of an anime trilogy based on the literary classic 'The Arabian Nights.' A young boy dreaming of being a seaman meets a young girl from a sorcerer clan and heads out on a wondrous adventure. The film commemorates the 40th anniversary of...

Living with “Memories” (2015)

Director: DOI Toshikuni

Cast: KIM Sun-deok, KANG Deok-yeong

Documentary by Doi Toshikuni, whose numerous films include The Town of Iitate: Radiation and the Return Home. "Part One: House of Sharing" brings together the voices of former military sex slaves, and "Part Two: Kang Duk-Kyung" presents in-depth cove...

Blue Demon ver.2.0 (2015)

Director: MAEKAWA Hideaki

Cast: NAKAGAWA Taishi, TAIRA Yuna, MATSUSHIMA Shota

Second film in the horror series based on a free-to-play RPG game. High school students trapped in a mysterious mansion get attacked by a monster called the Blue Demon. The film is a revamped edition rather than a sequel and presents all-new cast and...

HAIKYU!! The End and the Beginning (2015)

Director: MITSUNAKA Susumu

Cast: MURASE Ayumu, ISHIKAWA Kaito, HINO Satoshi

Compilation of the first TV anime season based on Furudate Haruichi's manga. The first of two parts, the story follows the idiosyncratic players on the Karasuno High School volleyball squad as they start playing as a team. The film adds new cuts to t...

Beauty of Tradition -Under the sky of YANGON- (2015)

Director: KAWABATA Jun

Cast: Daw Shunn Le Aung, U Pho La Pyae, U Myo Min Than

A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a traditional Myanmar music themed CD is provided in this documentary directed by Kawabata Jun, a photographer, composer, and film producer involved in film music and production. The CD production staff ha...

Traveling by Leaps and Bounds: Portrait of Noh Actor Reijiro Tsumura (2015)

Director: MIYAKE Nagaru

Cast: TSUMURA Reijiro, KOJIRI Kenta, SAKAI Hana

A documentary film about Noh actor of the Kanze school, Reijiro Tsumura. The camera followed for five years the energetic Noh actor in his 70s who collaborates with performers from various different genres. The director Nagaru Miyake is known for his...

Okinawa: The Afterburn (2015)

Director: John JUNKERMAN

Cast: ISHIKAWA Mao, OTA Masahide, TAMAKI Yoko

Documentary about Okinawa, which saw vicious fighting during the Pacific War, by Japan's Peace Constitution director John Junkerman. Okinawa was the stage for the ground offensive that killed a quarter of the civilian population, and after the war sh...

The guidepost (2015)

Director: TANAKA Juhkou

Cast: NISHINA Takashi, KANAYA Hideyuki, HAMAHATA Kenkichi

A comedy about the turmoil caused by two men with exactly the same family and given names. This is the first film of the "Series Yuyake Gekijou", a project designed as a modern revival of the entertainment double-feature films of yesteryear. In the d...

Raia Prays for... (2015)

Director: KUROKAWA Hiroyuki

Cast: SUZUKI Anju, UKAJI Takashi, TAKEDA Rina

Drama based on Morisawa Akio's novel by the same title. Themed on the Jomon period 16,500 to 3,000 years ago, a divorcee encounters an ancient culture and embarks on a new chapter in her life. Shot in Aomori Prefecture, the film incorporates mysterio...

SEVENDAYS MONDAY→THURSDAY (2015)

Director: YOKOI Takeshi

Cast: HIROSE Tomoki, YAMADA James Takeshi, TANAKA Hinako

The live-action adaptation of the boys' love comic written by Tachibana Benio and illustrated by Takarai Rihito. This first part of a duology relates the start of a week-long romance between two students in the same high school but of different acade...

Happy Landing (2015)

Director: AMANO Chihiro

Cast: NAKAMURA Yuri, NAGAYAMA Takashi, SATO Megumi

Romance featuring an ensemble cast in seven episodes about marriage. Upcoming director Amano Chihiro won both the Audience Award and Grand Prize in the 5th Shitamachi Comedy Film Festival for The Confessions of Figaro. A woman flees her wedding cere...

Typhoon Noruda (2015)

Director: ARAI Yojiro

Cast: NOMURA Shuhei, KANEKO Daichi, KIYOHARA Kaya

Winner of the New Face Award in the Animation Division of the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival. The students of a middle school on an outlying island continue to prepare for their cultural festival. Azuma's (voice: Nomura Shuhei) friendship with Saijo...

Paranormal Photography Club [tentative title] (2015)

Director: NAGAE Jiro

Cast: OKUNAKA Makoto, ITO Yosuke, UENO Yuka

Feature film adaptation of the video series based on Fukutani Osamu's horror novel. Depicts the terror of high school girls who experience hauntings because of paranormal photographs. Director Nagae Jiro is an experienced hand at horror films. Kayu ...

HARAJUKU DENIER (2015)

Director: TAKAHATA Hideta

Cast: TAKEDA Rina, MINSU, JOONHO

Men and women of multiple nationalities and various occupations are depicted in this ensemble film set in the youthful district of Harajuku. In the director's chair is Takahata Hideta, who won the Best Film award in the Perspective Section at the 26t...

Take your time - Arayashiki (2015)

Director: MOTOHASHI Seiichi

Cast: MIYAJIMA Makoto

Documentary capturing the lifestyle of people living on the Kyodo Gakusha Maki Farm in Nagano Prefecture. Directed by Motohashi Seiichi, who won the Don Quixote Special Mention and Reader Jury Award at the Berliner Zeitung at the 52nd Berlin Internat...

Asleep (2015)

Director: WAKAGI Shingo

Cast: ANDO Sakura, IURA Arata, TANIMURA Mitsuki

Live action drama that adapts Yoshimoto Banana's novel by the same title. Tranquil depiction of the inner life of a woman who craves sleeps to escape the funk of reality. Directed by Wakagi Shingo, who is also a photographer. Screened at the 10th Osa...

KUMI TO TYURIPPU (2015)

Director: YOSHIMURA Fumihiro

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A short animation produced through the Agency for Cultural Affairs' "Anime Mirai" project to nurture young animators. Director Yoshimura Fumihiro has worked on "Black Jack" among other Tezuka Productions works. Visualist film director Tezuka Makoto s...

Ongaku shoujo (2015)

Director: ISHIKURA Kenichi

Cast: NUMAKURA Emi, SETO Asami

A short animation produced through the Agency for Cultural Affairs' "Anime Mirai" project to nurture young animators. It depicts two dissimilar high school girls' relationship deepening through music. In the director's chair is Ishikura Kenichi, who ...

YOSHIKO EX MACHINA (2015)

Director: SUDA Yumiko

Cast: WATANABE Naoko, MORIYA Shotaro, AI Ichitaro

A short animation produced through the Agency for Cultural Affairs' "Anime Mirai" project to nurture young animators. The original story and screenplay were written by "Chibi Maruko-chan" series voice actor TARAKO and is directed by Suda Yumiko of Ch...

AKI NO KANADE (2015)

Director: SUZUKI Yohei

Cast: SATO Rina, HAMADA Kenji

A short animation produced through the Agency for Cultural Affairs' "Anime Mirai" project to nurture young animators. The director is Suzuki Yohei known for TV animation titled The Hentai Prince and the Stony Cat. Aki (voice: Sato Rina) came to Toky...

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