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SHIN MASKED RIDER

SHIN MASKED RIDER (2023)

Director
ANNO Hideaki
Cast
IKEMATSU Sosuke, HAMABE Minami, EMOTO Tasuku

"Shin Masked Rider" is a new original work created with respect for the original series. Written and directed by Anno Hideaki, the film stars Ikematsu Sosuke as Hongo Takeshi/Masked Rider, Hamabe Minami as Midorikawa Ruriko and Emoto Tasuku as Ichim...

Release Date
Mar, 17th, 2023
maboroshi

maboroshi (2023)

Director
OKADA Mari
Cast
ENOKI Junya, UEDA Reina, KUNO Misaki

Animation Studio MAPPA's first original animation movie written and directed by Mari Okada, who is also known as the script writer of "anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day". Ever since a bizarre factory explosion, 14-year-old Masamune Kikui...

Release Date
Sep, 15th, 2023
The Imaginary

The Imaginary (2023)

Director
MOMOSE Yoshiyuki
Cast
TERADA Kokoro, SUZUKI Rio, ANDO Sakura

Based on the award-winning novel by A.F. Harrold and illustrator Emily Gravett, Studio Ponoc's "The Imaginary" is a beautifully hand-drawn animated feature film that portrays the depths of humanity and creativity through the eyes of young Amanda and ...

Release Date
Dec, 15th, 2023
ICE CREAM FEVER

ICE CREAM FEVER (2023)

Director
CHIHARA Tetsuya
Cast
YOSHIOKA Riho, MOTOLA Serena, UTAHA (WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA)

A love story adapted from the short story collection ‘Ice Cream Fever' by Akutagawa Award-winning author Kawakami Mieko. This is the first film directed by art director Chihara Tetsuya, who is active in a wide range of fields. Tsuneta Natsumi (Yoshi...

Release Date
Jul, 14th, 2023
DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION (2024)

Director
KUROKAWA Tomoyuki
Cast
IKUTA Lilas, Ano

When a gigantic spaceship suddenly starts hovering over Tokyo, people are terrified and launch an attack on it. However only the city suffers major damages, and the spaceship is unaffected. As the military keeps shooting down the smaller spacecrafts ...

Release Date
Mar, 22nd, 2024
SAND LAND

SAND LAND (2023)

Director
YOKOSHIMA Toshihisa
Cast
TAMURA Mutsumi, YAMAJI Kazuhiro, Cho

Animated film adaptation of the short manga of the same name published by Toriyama Akira of ‘Dragon Ball' fame in 2000. Renowned production studios Sunrise, Kamikaze Douga and ANIMA joined forces for this production. SAND LAND is a desert world wher...

Release Date
Aug, 18th, 2023
S-friends

S-friends (2023)

Director
JOJO Hideo
Cast
YUKIHIRA Aika, AOYAGI Sho

Part one of a two-part film adaptation of the popular manga by Minato Yoriko. Directed by Jojo Hideo On the Edge of Their Seats, the film depicts the emotions of a man and woman who spend the night together at a class reunion. 36-year-old Morimura S...

Release Date
Jul, 21st, 2023
The Women in the Lakes

The Women in the Lakes (2024)

Director
OMORI Tatsushi
Cast
FUKUSHI Sota, MATSUMOTO Marika

A 100 year-old resident of a Lake Biwa nursing home dies mysteriously. Did a respirator keeping him alive suddenly malfunction, or was he murdered? A young detective on the case meets a woman caregiver. The investigation runs into a dead end, but the...

Release Date
May, 17th, 2024

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High Teen

High Teen (1959)

Director
INOUE Kazuo
Cast
SADA Keiji, KUWANO Miyuki, MIKAMI Shinichiro

Terasaki, the new history teacher at the Senior High School, finds encouragement in the words of his Principal. "There are no bad children in this world. Some may be hard to handle but a teacher should never lose courage … never give up." But when p...

Release Date
May, 26th, 1959
The Virgin Witness

The Virgin Witness (1966)

Director
MISUMI Kenji
Cast
WAKAO Ayako, YASUDA Michiyo, JO Kenzaburo

Though still young and beautiful, the head nun of a temple is given a young wayward girl to bring up. This she does successfully but when the head priest dies his successor seduces her and when pregnant she takes her own life. Finally the young girl ...

Release Date
Jan, 29th, 1966
The Dedicated Gunman

The Dedicated Gunman (1965)

Director
MURANO Tetsutaro
Cast
TAMIYA Jiro, MIZUTANI Yoshie, ENAMI Kyoko

Daisuke is a favourite with the ladies, and one of the best gangmen in the country. One day he is picked up by a young woman who tells him that three gangsters are about to kill her. He tries to help but soon gets into trouble, for one of the man is ...

Release Date
Jan, 13th, 1965
Trapped, the Crimson Bat

Trapped, the Crimson Bat (1969)

Director
MATSUDA Sadatsugu
Cast
MATSUYAMA Yoko, , MATSUOKA Kikko

The conflict between Oichi (Yoko Matsuyama), a blind young swordswoman who wanders around winning prize money by killing men wanted by the police, and O-en (Kikko Matsuoka), a woman hoodlum who has as her weapon a whip made of human hair, seems witho...

Release Date
Jun, 21st, 1969