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Tamako in Moratorium (2013)
- Director
- YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, KAN Suon, SUZUKI Keiichi
Official selection for the 18th Busan International Film Festival. Feature-length adaptation of image visuals from Music ON! TV, the music channel. The Drudgery Train director Yamashita Nobuhiro humorously depicts the baby steps of a protagonist lazi...
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MORE (2011)
- Director
- ITO Takehiro
- Cast
- KOMIYAMA Nami, OKUDA Erika, MIMURA Takayo
A drama produced as a fifth-year graduation film for the Tokyo University of the Arts' Graduate School of Film and New Media, whose teaching faculty includes Kurosawa Kiyoshi. Director Ito Takehiro is a newcomer born in 1984, and this film displays h...
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Mori, The Artist's Habitat (2018)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Tsutomu, KIKI Kirin, KASE Ryo
Drama depicting the final years of painter Kumagai Morikazu, who rarely left home and spent his time studying the creatures in his garden. Directed by Okita Shuichi of A Story of Yonosuke and The Mohican Comes Home. Vegetation thrives in painter Mor...
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The Days of Morisaki Bookstore (2010)
- Director
- HYUGA Asako
- Cast
- KIKUCHI Akiko, NAITO Takashi, TANAKA Rena
A local film revolving around the Kanda Jinbocho district in Tokyo--the world's largest shopping street for second-hand books. Based on a collection of short stories by Yagisawa Satoshi, the film tells the story of a former office worker who regains ...
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MORIYAMACHU DRIVING SCHOOL (2016)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- NOMURA Shuhei, KAKU Kento, KISHII Yukino
Youth drama based on the same-named comic by Shinzo Keigo which depicts the summer a free spirited university student and a cool-and-collected yakuza spend at a driving school. At the helm is Toyoshima Keisuke who has worked on numerous genres. Seem...
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MO-RUERANI (2020)
- Director
- TSUBOKAWA Takushi
- Cast
- OSUGI Ren, OHTSUKA Nene, KAGAWA Kyoko
Filmmaker Tsubokawa Takushi moved from Tokyo to Muroran City in Hokkaido. He has written a series of scripts for seven stories based on anecdotes he heard from Muroran residents and turned them into this film of somewhat connected episodes. (Osugi ...
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The Shadow Spirit (2007)
- Director
- HARADA Masato
- Cast
- TSUTSUMI Shinichi, ABE Hiroshi, SHIINA Kippei
A film adaptation of the most popular story from the Kyogoku Natsuhiko mystery series. Directed by Harada Masato of Jubaku: Spellbound (Kinyu Fushoku Retto Jubaku) and The Suicide Song (Densen Uta). A series of murders of beautiful girls occur in To...
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fancy girl (2005)
- Director
- ARAKI Kenji
- Cast
- MORISHITA Chisato, ONISHI Asae, FUJITA Mihoko
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fancy girl 2 (2005)
- Director
- ARAKI Kenji
- Cast
- YAMAGUCHI Ayumi, MURATA Akino, OKAMOTO Fujita
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Moso Shojo Otaku Kei (2007)
- Director
- HORI Teiichi
- Cast
- KAI Asami, NAKAYAMA Masei, BABA Toru
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Thunderfish (2006)
- Director
- HANO Toru
- Cast
- KURITA Masahiro, KIMOTO Junko, KATO Chika
A tale of a man and a woman, produced with the support of the Cineastes Organization Osaka Exhibition (CO2) that aims to cultivate up-and-coming filmmakers. Its director Hano Toru is not only active as a filmmaker, but has also worked as a playwright...
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Love Strikes! (2011)
- Director
- ONE Hitoshi
- Cast
- MORIYAMA Mirai, NAGASAWA Masami, ASO Kumiko
Romantic comedy based on the popular comic that made such a big impact that the title became a buzz word. Depicts a young man who suddenly becomes attractive to the opposite sex, as he searches fortrue love. This film was released after the highly ac...
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Mother (2020)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami, OKUDAIRA Daiken, ABE Sadawo
A crime drama inspired by an actual case of a juvenile murdering his grandparents. Kawamura Mitsunobu, producer of The Journalist and Omori Tatsushi, director of Every Day a Good Day, team up to dig deep into the dark secrets of the young perpetrator...
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MOTHER (2014)
- Director
- UMEZZ Kazuo
- Cast
- KATAOKA Ainosuke, MAIHANE Mimi, SHINGYOJI Kimie
Horror film marking the directorial debut for 77-year-old manga master Umezz Kazuo. He penned the script for this autobiographical horror story dealing with memories of his deceased mother. Replete with shocking scenes featuring his signature aesthet...
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Mother Lake (2016)
- Director
- SEGI Naoki
- Cast
- UCHIDA Asahi, TSURUTA Mayu, TAKAHASHI Maryjun
The summer adventure of 11-year-old children who brave society and mature thanks to the people living around Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture is portrayed by Karaage USA director, Segi Naoki. In 2036, world-famous photographer Ryosuke (Uchida Asahi) re...
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MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA (1964)
- Director
- HONDA Ishiro
- Cast
- TAKARADA Akira, HOSHI Yuriko, KOIZUMI Hiroshi
A violent storm destroys an industrial park and washes a huge egg ashore in Japan. Reporter Sakai and his photographer, Junko, are taking pictures of the devastation when they find a strange organic object, which they give to Professor Miura, who has...
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THE MOTORS (2014)
- Director
- WATANABE Daichi
- Cast
- SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, INUTA Fumiharu, KONOE Yuki
The directorial debut of Watanabe Daichi, lead vocal for the rock band Kuroneko Chelsea and actor in such films as Oh, My Buddha!. Produced as a graduate thesis for the Tokyo University of Art and Design, the film won Special Mention at the 2014 PFF ...
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Motto choetsushita tokoro e (2022)
- Director
- YAMAGISHI Santa
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, KIKUCHI Fuma, ITO Marika
Playwright Nemoto Shuko pens the script for this bold feature film adaptation of her same-named play. Director Yamagishi Santa of Bully School: Devil Full of Scars delightfully depicts the love lives of four women who attract loser men. The story is...
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Once Again! (2007)
- Director
- TANIGAWA Yuji
- Cast
- SAKURAUCHI Yu, TOMIKAWA Junichi
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Mount. NABI (2014)
- Director
- CHIBA Seiji
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Ryo, AKIYAMA Tana, TMOMATSU Sakae
A fake documentary-style horror movie about a film crew who enter an off-limits mountain and suffer the consequences. Its writer and director is Chiba Seiji (THE KUNOICHI -Ninja Girl-, the Gekijoban Tokyo Densetsu series). A group of eight men and w...
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MOYURUTOKI (2006)
- Director
- HOSONO Tatsuoki
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, KAGA Takeshi, TSUGAWA Masahiko
Based on a novel by Takasugi Ryo, also known for his novel for 'Jubaku: Spellbound' ('Kinyu Fushoku Retto - Jubaku'). It is modeled on Toyo Suisan Kaisya Ltd., whose flagship merchandise is the cup of noodles with its familiar "Maruchan" logo. Tok...
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The Shrikes (1961)
- Director
- SHIBUYA Minoru
- Cast
- ARIMA Ineko, AWASHIMA Chikage, KAWAZU Yusuke
Sugako Okada, a restaurant waitress, and her daughter Sachiko meet for the first time in twenty years. But their long separation has made it difficult for them to understand each other and Sachiko leaves to work at a beauty parlor. When her mother fa...
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Mr. HOME (2014)
- Director
- NAGATOMO Takakazu, HASEGAWA Ayumu, KUDO Wataru
- Cast
- HIROSUE Hiromasa, KASAJIMA Tomo, TASAKA Hideki
Five-part omnibus film about the various people living in a shared house. Young directors are in charge of each section, starting off with Tokyo Rendezvous director Ikeda Chihiro. Produced as part of a film acting workshop. An old seaside house. A g...
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Mr.Bubblegum (2009)
- Director
- KATAOKA Sho
- Cast
- SUZUKI Koji, FUNAKOSHI Mamiko
A comedy focusing on the interaction between a middle-aged man facing a major life crisis and a high school girl. Director Kataoka Shoh is known as a skilled maker of short films, and this film won the Audience Award in the Japan Competition of Short...
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MR.LONG (2017)
- Director
- SABU
- Cast
- Chang Chen, AOYAGI Sho, Yao Yi-ti
Monday and Kanikosen director SABU helms this violent film produced through a collaboration between Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Germany. It was screened in the 67th Berlin International Film Festival's competition section. Hitman Long (Chang Chen)...
