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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)...
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Mr.MAXMAN (2015)
- Director
- MASUDA Akihide
- Cast
- CHIBA Yudai, YAMAMOTO Mizuki, SUZUKI Anju
Special effects comedy about the weakest super hero ever starring Chiba Yudai, who made his acting debut in Goseiger Epic on the Movie. Screened in the TV DIRECTOR'S MOVIE section at the 7th Okinawa International Movie Festival. Rookie TV announcer ...
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Mrs. Noisy (2019)
- Director
- AMANO Chihiro
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Yukiko, OOTAKA Yoko, NAGAO Takuma
In this taut drama, a small argument ignites a confrontation between neighbors whose lives are upturned when they become entangled with social media and the news. This original story by Amano Chihiro was selected to screen in the Japanese Cinema Spla...
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A Cappella (2015)
- Director
- YAZAKI Hitoshi
- Cast
- NARUMI Rico, IKEMATSU Sosuke, SAITOH Takumi
Film adaptation from March Comes in Like a Lion director Yazaki Hitoshi based on Naoki Prize-winning author Koike Mariko's partially autobiographical novel. The film interweaves the moving romance of a high school girl who participates in demonstrati...
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Naked of Defenses (2008)
- Director
- ICHII Masahide
- Cast
- MORIYA Ayako, KONNO Sanae, NISHIMOTO Ryuki
The story of an ordinary housewife which drew attention for the inclusion of an actual birth scene. The lonely agony of the heroine, who succumbs to envy over the happiness of a workmate, is sculpted with layers of psychological realism. Ichii Masahi...
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”No title.” (2009)
- Director
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Anna
One of a collection of short film spin-off project originating from the cell phone game site "Dasshutsu Game@GotMail" (*Escape Game @ Got Mail). 11 creators use cell-phone games as inspiration for their visual expressions, and widen the scope of the ...
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MUGEN FOUNDATION (2018)
- Director
- OSAKI Akira
- Cast
- MINAMI Sara, NISHIYAMA Cosame, HARA Nanoka
Coming-of-age film about teenage girls created with improvised performances and inspired by singer/songwriter Nishiyama Cosame's song "Mirai e." Won two awards at MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with music...
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BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL (2017)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- KIMURA Takuya, SUGISAKI Hana, FUKUSHI Sota
Winner of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material, Samura Hiroaki's identically titled manga is adapted into a period action film. At the helm is Shield of Straw director Miike Takashi. It was screened in ...
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Mugentoisupesu (2007)
- Director
- KAGA Kenzo
- Cast
- KOMORI Kunio, KURE Kiriko
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My Little Sweet Pea (2013)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Keisuke
- Cast
- HORIKITA Maki, MATSUDA Ryuhei, YO Kimiko
An abundantly humorous depiction of an anime-obsessed girl with dreams of becoming a voice actor who is forced to grow up when her estranged mother dies. Its director is Yoshida Keisuke (Cafe ISOBE). Lead actress Horikita Maki plays opposite Yo Kimik...
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Nuigulumar Z (2013)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- NAKAGAWA Shoko, TAKEDA Rina, ICHIMICHI Mao
A special effects-laden action film based on the novel "Hosei Ningen Nuiguruma" (Fabricated Humanoid Nuiguruma) by Otsuki Kenji. A hapless who dresses up in lolita garb merges with a stuffed toy and transforms into a righteous hero colored pink from ...
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Bare-assed Japan (2005)
- Director
- ISHII Yuya
- Cast
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The Other Home (2018)
- Director
- NISHIKAWA Tatsuro
- Cast
- MOCHIZUKI Ayumu, OTANI Mai, KIZU Toru
Studying film production as a graduate student at the Tokyo University of the Arts under Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Suwa Nobuhiko, director Nishikawa Tatsuro makes his feature-length debut with this film. It depicts people at the mercy of "inevitable" thin...
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MUKOKU (2017)
- Director
- KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi
- Cast
- AYANO Go, MURAKAMI Nijiro, MAEDA Atsuko
The live-action adaptation of Akutagawa Prize-winning author Fujisawa Shu's novel "Mukoku" which depicts the battles between handsome men burdened by unfortunate fates and tempestuously fiery spirits. Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, whose My Man won the award fo...
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The Mukoda Barber Shop (2022)
- Director
- MORIOKA Toshiyuki
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Katsumi, SHIRASU Jin, ITAO Itsuji
Following Think Again, Junpei, director Morioka Toshiyuki adapts best-selling author Okuda Hideo's novel of the same title for the screen. Set in a desolate former coal-mining town, this human drama depicts the importance of human connections. Mukod...
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Munch no sakebi (2012)
- Director
- HAYAMA Yoichiro
- Cast
- NAKANO Atsushi, AYANO, AKANUMA Yura
Coming-of-age drama depicting the tragic love and heartache of a young man who was born looking exactly like the man in Munch's famous painting "The Scream." Directed by Hayama Yoichiro, scriptwriter for the Chibi Maruko-chan anime. Don't miss the pr...
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HEARTACHE (2012)
- Director
- FUKASAKU Kenta
- Cast
- KAWAKAMI Shizuko, Joey, TOYODA Yu
One of five films to emerge from the first year of the Cinema Impact hands-on filmmaking course produced by director Yamamoto Masashi and featuring the participation of 13 up-and-coming directors. All of the films had to shoot in two different locati...
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HEART BEATS (2021)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Hiroto
- Cast
- UKISHO Hidaka, SHIRAISHI Sei
Feature film adaptation of Konno Risa's popular comic that has sold over 2.5 million copies in total. This teen romance gives a fresh take on universally relatable everyday experiences like unrequited high school love. Arima Hayato (Ukisho Hidaka) t...
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MUNEKATA SISTERS (1950)
- Director
- OZU Yasujiro
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, TAKAMINE Hideko, UEHARA Ken
Melodrama helmed by Ozu Yasujiro that captures Japanese beauty while depicting pained yet beautiful human events. First film directed by Ozu away from Shochiku. The Munekata sisters are Setsuko (Tanaka Kinuyo) and Mariko (Takamine Hideko). Their fa...
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Village Album, The (2004)
- Director
- MIHARA Mitsuhiro
- Cast
- FUJI Tatsuya, KAITO Ken, MIYAJI Mao
Hanatani Village in the valley of Tokushima Prefecture is going to be submerged when a dam is constructed. In order to preserve the beauty of the place for future generations, the villagers decide to take photographs of all the families in the villag...
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Murasaki kagami (2010)
- Director
- MIHARA Mitsuhiro
- Cast
- SAAYA, NAGASAWA Nao, UESUGI Nao
A horror film based on an urban legend whispered amongst the ranks of junior high- and high-school students as if it were true. The film is a thrilling account of the dreadful terror that befalls a group of high-school girls who test the legend half ...
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MUROI SHINJI STAY ALIVE (2024)
- Director
- MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki
- Cast
- YANAGIBA Toshiro, FUKUMOTO Riko
The second part of a new two-part theatrical version of the "Bayside Shakedown" series, which began airing as a TV drama in 1997 and became a social phenomenon. The production team behind the series, including director Motohiro Katsuyuki, reunite. A...
