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Dolphin Blue -Soar Again, Fuji- (2007)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, TAKAHATA Mitsuki, NISHIYAMA Maki
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Death of Domomata (2007)
- Director
- OKU Shutaro
- Cast
- EMOTO Junko, MIWA Asumi, FUJITANI Ayako
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Don wo tore (2010)
- Director
- ASAO Masahiro
- Cast
- KANEKO Noboru
Specializing in guns, Asao Masahiro has worked on numerous films as a special effects artist. He helms his own violence/action film this time, with gripping gunfights. The Hanzawa clan's deputy underboss Nabeshima (Kaneko Noboru) of the Otsuru group ...
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DumBeast (2009)
- Director
- HOSONO Hideaki
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, KITAMURA Kazuki, MAKI Yoko
A film version of the stage drama by popular script writer Kudo Kankuro, who won the Kishida Kunio Drama Award in 2004. The director is Hosono Hideaki who has established works in TV commercials and music videos. It humorously depicts the tangled web...
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LAUGHING UNDER THE CLOUDS (2018)
- Director
- MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki
- Cast
- FUKUSHI Sota, NAKAYAMA Yuma, FURUKAWA Yuki
Live action adaptation based on Karakarakemuri's popular comic, which has also been adapted as an animated feature film and TV anime series. Directed by Motohiro Katsuyuki of When the Curtain Rises and Ajin. Lead role played by Fukushi Sota of Strobe...
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LAUGHING UNDER THE CLOUDS GAIDEN Part 1 (2017)
- Director
- WAKANO Tetsuya
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Yuichi, KAJI Yuki, YONAGA Tsubasa
First film in the feature film anime trilogy based on Karakara Kemuri's popular comic "Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden." Produced by WIT STUDIO, which also worked on the TV anime series "Attack on Titan" and "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress." The Yam...
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The Lower Depth (1957)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Akira
- Cast
- MIFUNE Toshiro, YAMADA Isuzu, KAGAWA Kyoko
Maxim Gorky's play of the same name is the basis for this solid drama in which the story has been transplanted to an Edo tenement house. It is written, directed, and produced by Kurosawa Akira. Dwelling in a tenement house at the end of the Edo peri...
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Toilet and Women (2011)
- Director
- OGURI Haruhi
- Cast
- Nahana, NAKAMURA Kuniaki, SUGAWARA Keiko
Feature film debut for director Oguri Haruhi, depicting the crazy run of a traumatized girl. Created a huge stir at this year's Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival, with the lead Nahana winning the Best Actress Award. Siblings Narumi (Nahana...
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Me & 23 Slaves (2014)
- Director
- SATO Sakichi
- Cast
- AKIMOTO Sayaka, HONGO Kanata, OSAWA Hikaru
Survival action film that adapts Okada Shinichi‘s same-titled novel. Thrill-packed depiction of 24 people of different ages and occupations as they go after victory. Directed by Tokyo Zombie's Sato Sakichi. Twins Eia (Akimoto Sayaka) and Yuga (Hong...
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DOREISEN (2010)
- Director
- KANEDA Satoshi
- Cast
- AIZOME Kyoko, SUWA Taro, SAEGUSA Mio
Director Kaneda Satoshi works in a wide range of genres, from films that are catered for a wide audience to pink films. This film is based on a novella of the same title by leading S&M writer Dan Oniroku and is set in a traditional inn, where the mad...
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Muddy Planet (2010)
- Director
- IZUCHI Kishu
- Cast
- CHIBA Miku, KAMIGAWARA Atsushi, KOBAYASHI Fuyuki
Working from the screenplay written by Tengan Daisuke of the Acting Department at the Japan Academy of Moving Images, and on the heels of Rhinoceros horn (Sai no Tsuno), Director Izuchi Kishu has teamed up with students from the academy to deliver a ...
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Double Mints (2017)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- FUCHIKAMI Yasushi, TANAKA Shunsuke, TOMITE Ami
Live-action adaptation of the same-named comic by Nakamura Asumiko, who has a built passionate fan base with works including "Doukyusei - Classmates". Two guys who formed a master-servant relationship in high school fatefully reunite and soon fall ho...
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Dr. Coto's Clinic (2022)
- Director
- NAKAE Isamu
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Hidetaka, SHIBASAKI Ko, TOKITO Saburo
Based on Yamada Takatoshi's manga of the same name, this film version is a sequel to the TV drama series that aired in 2003 and 2006. The original cast and crew have returned, including Yoshioka Hidetaka in the lead role, director Nakae Isamu and scr...
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Dragon Age -Dawn of the Seeker (2012)
- Director
- SORI Fumihiko
- Cast
- KURIYAMA Chiaki, TANIHARA Shosuke, GACKT
Animation adaptation of the videogame that became a worldwide hit, featuring violent action filled with scenes of bloodshed. Directed by Sori Fumihiko, who was handpicked by the producer. The distinctive voice cast includes Kuriyama Chiaki of {Kill B...
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Dressing Up (2012)
- Director
- YASUKAWA Yuka
- Cast
- INORI Kirara, SUZUKI Takuji, SATO Karen
Coming-of-age drama about the struggles of a girl who learns the secret past of her deceased mother. Yasukawa Yuka makes her feature film directorial debut with this film and handles the direction, scriptwriting and editing. Received funding from Cin...
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DRIVE-IN GAMO (2014)
- Director
- TAMURA Masaki
- Cast
- SOMETANI Shota, KUROKAWA Mei, NAGASE Masatoshi
The first directorial effort of veteran cinematographer Tamura Masaki, who has been a key figure in Japan's independent film scene since his debut in 1970. Based on Akutagawa Prizewinning author Ito Takami's eponymous short story, it presents a dista...
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Drive My Car (2021)
- Director
- HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, MIURA Toko, KIRISHIMA Reika
Murakami Haruki's short story is adapted to film by director Hamaguchi Ryusuke, who won the Silver Bear at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival for Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy. It also competed at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, where it becam...
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hoshizoragakudan (2008)
- Director
- MITA Keisuke
- Cast
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Sweating the Small Stuff (2017)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro, YASHIMA Yasumi, MATSUMOTO Daiki
Pia Film Festival alum Ninomiya Ryutaro writes, directs, and stars in his theatrical debut film. The semi-autobiographical film weaves truth and fiction together in depicting the impatience of a young man living a gloomy life. Ryutaro (Ninomiya), wh...
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Eden (2012)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Taro, NAKAMURA Yuri, TAKAHASHI Kazuya
An adaptation of Funado Yoichi's novella "Natsu no uzu" (the vortex of summer), which had been a longtime dream project for actor Harada Yoshio who passed away in 2011. Set in Shinjuku's Nichome district, it warmly depicts the tragicomic lives of a g...
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SMILES LEADING TO HAPPINESS (2019)
- Director
- ENOMOTO Jiro
- Cast
- TAKASUGI Mahiro, YASUDA Seia
A coming-of-age drama which was awarded the Angel Trophy Award at the 16th Monaco International Film Festival. Playing the lead role of dental technician Daichi is Takasugi Mahiro of Gangoose and Rainbow Days. Daichi (Takasugi) is a highly skilled a...
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Egoist (2023)
- Director
- MATSUNAGA Daishi
- Cast
- SUZUKI Ryohei, MIYAZAWA Hio
Drama based on the semi-autobiographical novel by celebrated columnist Takayama Makoto, who passed away in 2020. Matsunaga Daishi of Pieta in the Toilet sensitively depicts the struggles born from love. Kosuke (Suzuki Ryohei) lost his mother at age ...
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1446: An Eternal Minute (2022)
- Director
- SONE Takeshi
- Cast
- Michael KEIDA, Awich, MAIGUMA Katsuya
A humanistic drama directed by Sone Takeshi, who was in charge of cinematography on One Cut of the Dead and written by that film's director Ueda Shinichiro. Steve (Michael Keida), an American film director, is inspired to make a comedy film after se...
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THE ETERNAL ZERO (2013)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, MIURA Haruma, INOUE Mao
Wartime drama based on TV writer Hyakuta Naoki's debut novel. Delves into the tragedy of a Kamikaze pilot who died during World War II, as seen through the eyes of his presentday grandson. Directed by Yamazaki Takashi of ALWAYS -Sunset on Third Stree...
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CHIBI MARUKO CHAN -A Boy from Italy- (2015)
- Director
- TAKAGI Jun
- Cast
- TARAKO, YARA Yusaku, ICHIRYUSAI Teiyu
This is the 25th anniversary film of televised anime "Chibi Maruko chan". For the first time in the series' history, the setting moves from Shimizu City as the well-known characters travel around Osaka and Kyoto. The script was written by the origina...
