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AIRPORT2013 (2013)
- Director
- MITANI Koki
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Yuko, KAGAWA Teruyuki, TODA Erika
Ensemble drama with screenplay and direction by sitcom maestro Mitani Koki. Relentlessly funny drama that powerfully captures the ruckus at a provincial airport in a single one-cut scene. Chigusa (Takeuchi Yuko), a member of the ground staff at Naga...
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A Full Life (1962)
- Director
- HANI Susumu
- Cast
- ARIMA Ineko, I. George, TAMURA Takahiro
Junko Asakura, an actress, had been swept off her feet by the irresistible charms of Yoshioka, and had married him only to find him an inveterate dreamer who has no idea of his responsibilities as a husband. With mingled feelings of relief and regret...
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BITTER HONEY (2016)
- Director
- ISHII Gakuryu
- Cast
- NIKAIDO Fumi, OHSUGI Ren, MAKI Yoko
Film adaptation of a fantasy novel composed exclusively of dialogue by Taisho and Showa era author Muro Saisei and published in his final years in 1959. Directed by Ishii Gakuryu of That's It. An adorable girl named Akako (Nikaido Fumi) lives with a...
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Listen to the Universe (2019)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Kei
- Cast
- MATSUOKA Mayu, MATSUZAKA Tori, MORISAKI Win
Ishikawa Kei, whose directorial debut GUKOROKU–Traces Of Sin officially screened at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, adapts from his own screenplay Onda Riku's identically titled novel. The drama depicts the complex relations among four gifted young pi...
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Mitsukarumade (2002)
- Director
- TSUNEMOTO Takuaki
- Cast
- ITAYA Yuka, MIZUHASHI Kenji, NARASAKA Atsushi
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Being Mitsuko (2011)
- Director
- YAMAUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- HATSUNE Eriko, ISHIBASHI Kei, FURUTACHI Kanji
Tragicomedy that humorously and surreally depicts peculiar sisters in pursuit of happiness. Yamauchi Kenji has created numerous popular commercials, and in recent years has worked as a playwright and theater director. This film is his directorial deb...
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Three Lights (2017)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Kohki
- Cast
- IKEDA Ryo, SUZUKI Hiroshi, KOMIYA Kazuha
Drama directed by Yoshida Kiko of HOUSEHOLD X and Tokyo Bitch, I Love You, which have been lauded at international film festivals. Graphic depiction of hope, frustrations and restlessness through people groping their way through life. Three women tr...
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MIXED DOUBLES (2017)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Junichi
- Cast
- ARAGAKI Yui, Eita
Popular screenwriter, Kosawa Ryota, writes an original story depicting the rejuvenation of love and life through table tennis which is brought to screen by Ishikawa Junichi, director of April Fools. Tamako (Aragaki Yui), who was once known as a "tab...
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ROLELESS (2022)
- Director
- SEKI Yutaro, HIRASE Kentaro, SATO Masahiko
- Cast
- KAGAWA Teruyuki, TSUDA Kanji, OMI Toshinori
A feature film debut from the directorial group "Gogatsu" consisting of Sato Masahiko, who worked on NHK's educational program "PythagoraSwitch," Seki Yutaro, who has directed dramas for NHK, and Hirase Kentaro, who participated in the screenplay for...
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Miyamoto (2019)
- Director
- MARIKO Tetsuya
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, AOI Yu
The maturing of a high-spirited salesman is depicted in this youthful drama directed by Mariko Tetsuya who won the Best Emerging Director Prize at the 69th Locarno Film Festival for Destruction Babies. Miyamoto Hiroshi (Ikematsu Sosuke), an employee...
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MIYOKO (2009)
- Director
- TSUBOTA Yoshifumi
- Cast
- MIZUHASHI Kenji, MACHIDA Marry, HONDA Shoichi
The underground comic magazine "GARO" led Japanese subculture for years. This cinematic drama is based on the first-person narrative novel-like comic series by Abe Shinichi that was published in "GARO" in the 1970s. Asagaya, Tokyo, in the 1970s. Abe ...
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WATER FLOWER (2005)
- Director
- KINOSHITA Yusuke
- Cast
- TERASHIMA Saki, ONO Himawari, TANAKA Tetsushi
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Woman of Water (2002)
- Director
- SUGIMORI Hidenori
- Cast
- UA, ASANO Tadanobu, OGAWA Mayumi
The first film starring UA, one of Japan's leading female singers. The story is structured by comparing the characters in the film to the four elements of the universe in Greek natural philosophy: fire, water, wind and earth. Ryo (UA) is called the ...
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The Voice of Water (2014)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Masashi
- Cast
- Hyunri, Shuri, MURAKAMI Jun
Depicts a woman who leads a fake religion and those around her, set in Tokyo's Korean Town. Directed by Japanese indies film luminary Yamamoto Masashi. Hyunri, who works as an actress in both Korea and Japan, splendidly portrays the heroine's inner d...
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The Voice of Water -prologue- (2013)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Masashi
- Cast
- Hyunri, KAMATAKI Akihoro, ODA Kei
Film in the third group of works from the hands-on filmmaking academy Cinema Impact, which made a stir with the participation of numerous up-and-coming directors. A medium in Shinjuku's Korea Town serves as a vehicle for exploring the wounded souls d...
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The Water Flows to the Sea (2023)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- HIROSE Suzu, ONISHI Riku, KORA Kengo
Film adaptation of the same-named manga by Tajima Rettou that portrays good times in a shared house. Directed by Maeda Tetsu of And So The Baton Is Passed. High school student Naotatsu (Onishi Riku) moves in with his uncle Shigemichi (Kora Kengo). T...
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DEATH WATER (2006)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Kiyoshi
- Cast
- IGAWA Haruka, WATABE Atsuro, HOSHII Nanase
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The Women in the Lakes (2024)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- FUKUSHI Sota, MATSUMOTO Marika, ASANO Tadanobu
After a break of about 10 years following the highly acclaimed The Ravine of Goodbyes, director Omori Tatsushi returns to the mystery genre with another adaptation of author Shuichi Yoshida's work. A 100-year-old bedridden elderly man is murdered at...
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Rice Cake Rhapsody (2015)
- Director
- KASE Satoshi
- Cast
- HOSHINO Mari, YUI Masayuki, TOYOSHIMA Hana
One completed film of the 2014 ndjc: Young Filmmaker Development Project, an Agency of Cultural Affairs venture aimed at discovering and cultivating young filmmakers. The film is directed by Kase Satoshi, whose debut feature, SPINNING KITE, was also ...
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The Night of the Honeymoon (1964)
- Director
- INOUE Umetsugu
- Cast
- WAKAO Ayako, TAKAHASHI Masaya, KAWAZU Yusuke
A young couple start on their honeymoon. There is nothing to mar the girl's happiness as she sits beside the man she loves and respects. As night falls her heart is divided between expectation and fear, for tomorrow she will really be a wife. Yet, de...
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MODERN LOVE (2017)
- Director
- FUKUSHIMA Takuya
- Cast
- INAMURA Azusa, TAKAHASHI Takuro, YOSHINO Seicho
Psycho-fantasy set in parallel worlds. A woman suffering from heartbreak encounters multiple versions of herself. Directed by Fukushima Takuya, who excels at the creation of apocalyptic worlds. Abnormal weather bombards Tokyo, which buzzes with exci...
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MY BOYFRIEND IN ORANGE (2022)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Shosuke
- Cast
- IWAMOTO Hikaru (Snow Man), NUKUMI Meru
Train Man director Murakami Shosuke helms this live-action adaptation of Tamashima Non's same-named manga, which launched in 2016. Depicts the awkward romance between a high school girl and a firefighter. Moe (Nukumi Meru) transfers to a new high sc...
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SUZAKU (1997)
- Director
- KAWASE Naomi
- Cast
- KUNIMURA Jun, ONO Machiko, IZUMI Sachiko
The theatrical debut film by Kawase Naomi who serves as writer and director. It won the Camera d'Or for Best First Feature Film at the 50th Cannes International Film Festival, making Kawase the first Japanese to win the award. Kozo (Kunimura Jun) is...
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Moeagaru Seibutsu (2007)
- Director
- KAGEYAMA Shu
- Cast
- NANAMI Haruka, TAKAO Sakiko
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Burning Clouds (1967)
- Director
- NOMURA Takashi
- Cast
- WATARI Tetsuya, TAKAHASHI Hideki, SHISHIDO Joe
Though Asahina's quick-thinking during a plane accident saved his captain's life; he has his own license taken away. He finally accepts a job with the Air Police among whose duties is the prevention of air smuggling into Japan. One of the suspects i...
