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BAMY (2017)
- Director
- TANAKA Jun
- Cast
- YUKINAGA Hironobu, NAKAZATO Hiromi, TSUGE Misaki
Horror film produced by the cutting-edge director Tanaka Jun on a shoestring budget of just 700,000 yen. The ability to see ghosts pushes a man and woman to their emotional limits. Official selection for the feature film competition at the 35th Torin...
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BANANA (2013)
- Director
- MURAMATSU Eiji
- Cast
- HORIUCHI Akiko, HATTORI Ryuzaburo, KITAI Makoto
The thirtieth entry in the "Youth H" series, which produces works in a variety of genres from up-and-coming filmmakers that focus on coming-of-age and sexual themes. It depicts the warped romantic interactions between two men and a woman with nowhere...
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Banana, glove and whale shark (2012)
- Director
- YAGI Junichi
- Cast
- NAKAHARA Takeo, SHIOYA Shun, HARADA Kana
Drama that reunites director Yagi Junichi, whose previous film Neko no hige was described as "contemporary Ozu," with Oki Eiji for planning, screenplay, producing and performance. Depicts the discord and reconciliation between a bohemian father and s...
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BANDAGE (2010)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Takeshi
- Cast
- AKANISHI Jin, KITANO Kie
Music producer Kobayashi Takeshi directs a film based on a script by long time companion Iwai Shunji, director of Swallowtail (Suwaroteiru). Kobayashi also takes charge of the music for this film. Akanishi Jin plays the lead and makes his feature fil...
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BANGKOK NITES (2016)
- Director
- TOMITA Katsuya
- Cast
- Subenja PONGKORN, TOMITA Katsuya, KAWASE Yohta
A road movie set in Thailand depicting a Thai prostitute working in the red light district of Bangkok running away with a former Japanese Self-Defense Force serviceman. At the helm is director Tomita Katsuya, who became the focus of attention with Sa...
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THE FINAL PIECE (2025)
- Director
- KUMAZAWA Naoto
- Cast
- SAKAGUCHI Kentaro, WATANABE Ken
What is it that enables us to say we are truly alive?
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ALL-ROUND APPRAISER Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa (2014)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- AYASE Haruka, MATSUZAKA Tori, HATSUNE Eriko
GANTZ director Sato Shinsuke heads up this film adaptation of Matsuoka Keisuke's bestseller "Case Files of All-Round Appraiser Q." Mystery in which a brilliant female appraiser gets tangled up in a huge conspiracy involving a famous painting. The fir...
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Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Toshio
- Cast
- Peter, TSUCHIYA Yoshio, OGASAWARA Osamu
First theatrical film by Matsumoto Toshio, creator of numerous experimental shorts. Depicts a bloody horror story set in late-1960s Shinjuku, Roppongi and Harajuku. Gonda (Tsuchiya Yoshio) owns a gay bar called Genet and Eddie (Peter) is the star ho...
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Boo-ko's Rosy Future (2014)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- SASHIHARA Rino, Yusuke SANTAMARIA, MURO Tsuyoshi
Comedy directed by Kodomo Keisatsu's Fukuda Yuichi starring popular idol Sashihara Rino. Idiosyncratic Fukuda regulars like Muro Tsuyoshi deliver briskly paced dialogue, and Sashihara puts everything on the line in her passionate performance of a her...
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Tezuka's Barbara (2019)
- Director
- TEZKA Macoto
- Cast
- INAGAKI Goro, NIKAIDO Fumi, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko
Tezuka Osamu's son Macoto, director of Hakuchi which was invited to the 56th Venice Film Festival, adapts his father's original comic of the same name into this live-action erotic mystery film. Novelist Mikura Yosuke (Inagaki Goro) has a run-in with...
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Yoshino's Barber Shop (2003)
- Director
- OGIGAMI Naoko
- Cast
- MOTAI Masako, YONEDA Ryo, ASANO Kazuyuki
This light-hearted feature debut from director Ogigami Naoko gained a Special Mention at the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival. In a picturesque rural village, everyone has their hair cut at the local barbershop - the only one - by the fearsom...
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THE ODE TO JOY (2006)
- Director
- DEME Masanobu
- Cast
- MATSUDAIRA Ken, Bruno GANZ, TAKASHIMA Reiko
During the First World War in 1914, the Japanese army took control of Tsingtao, the eastern most stronghold of the German army in China. 4,700 German soldiers are placed in prison camps across Japan as prisoners of war. While most prison camps tre...
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BASHING (2005)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Masahiro
- Cast
- URABE Fusako, TANAKA Ryuzo, KAGAWA Teruyuki
One day, Yuko (Urabe Fusako) is laid off from her part-time job. Yuko has been under heavy criticism from the public as she had previously been taken hostage by an armed group while she was working as a volunteer in a country at war in the Middle Eas...
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Battle Royale 3D (2010)
- Director
- FUKASAKU Kinji
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, MAEDA Aki, YAMAMOTO Taro
A 3D version of Director Fukasaku Kinji's violent action film, which caused a massive stir with the public for the extreme nature of its content at the time of its release in 2000. The film features many popular stars before their big breaks, includi...
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Batsu game (2010)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yohei
- Cast
- ARAKI Hirofumi, KIKUCHI Ayaka, NAKAGAWA Haruka
Based loosely on a novel by Yamada Yusuke, the original author of the story behind The Chasing World (Real Onigokko), this suspense/horror film follows four kidnapped university students who become entangled in a revenge story born out of past bullyi...
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Batsu game 2 (2011)
- Director
- YAMADA Masafumi
- Cast
- OTA Aika, HIRAJIMA Natsumi, YUKI Ryoichi
Suspense horror film starring Ota Aika from the idol group AKB48, based on the novel by the popular author Yamada Yusuke of The Chasing Game fame. An unpredictable survival saga unfolds, filled with shocking punishment games like whittling down a fin...
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The Battery -Future in Our Hands- (2007)
- Director
- TAKITA Yojiro
- Cast
- HAYASHI Kento, YAMADA Kenta, YARITA Akihiro
Harada Takumi (Hayashi Kento) has moved to a country town in Okayama for his sickly younger brother. Takumi is an extraordinarily talented baseball pitcher, but has been unable to pitch to his satisfaction as he couldn't trust the catcher. Nagakura G...
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BATTLE ROYALE Ⅱ [REQUIEM] (2003)
- Director
- FUKASAKU Kinji, FUKASAKU Kenta
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, MAEDA Ai, TAKEUCHI Riki
The film that would become Fukasaku Kinji's posthumous work. After his death, his son Fukasaku Kenta took over the directing duties and completed the film. Three years after the brutal slaughter in BATTLE ROYALE, survivor Nanahara Shuya (Fujiwara Ta...
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Battle King!! Map of the Mind Intro/Outro (2025)
- Director
- TAKIGAWA Genki
- Cast
- YAMASHITA Eiku (ONE N' ONLY), TAKAO Hayato (ONE N' ONLY)
Following the events of the previous movie, Battle King!! -WE'LL RISE AGAIN-, the future of Jackpoz and the Yamagata clan unfolds in two original sequels. Incorporating elements such as delinquent behavior, friendship, youth, and dance battles, the ...
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Battle King!! (2023)
- Director
- TAKIGAWA Genki
- Cast
- YAMASHITA Eiku (ONE N' ONLY), SAKURA Arisa
Coming-of-age drama starring the six members of the dance and vocal group ONE N' ONLY. Directed by Takikawa Genki of "Oni Girl!" fame. Genjiro (Yamashita Eiku), who repeatedly gets into fights with fellow delinquents, meets Kano (Sakura Arisa), a gi...
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The High School SAMURAI BOY –Battle of HIROMI- (2012)
- Director
- MIYASAKA Takeshi
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Riki, Kanna, KURAHA Saya
A feature film adaptation of the straight-to-video movie {Hiromi-kun! Zenkoku Sobancho e no Michi}, in which an extremely mature-looking high schooler played by Takeuchi Riki gets involved in numerous brawls in order to become the toughest juvenile d...
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Baumkuchen (2006)
- Director
- KAKIMOTO Kensaku
- Cast
- Mame YAMADA, YAMAMOTO Hiroshi, HONDA Shoichi
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BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues (2025)
- Director
- HOKIMOTO Sora
- Cast
The story is based on the autobiography of Takuo Honda, the owner of BAUS Theater. Shinji Aoyama was scheduled to direct this movie before he passed away. Sora Hokimoto, Aoyama's favorite disciple, took over the project and completed the film, contin...
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Bay Blues -25years and 364days- (2014)
- Director
- TAKAYAMA Tomohiro
- Cast
- NAMIOKA Kazuki, CHO Tamiyasu, OGAWA Natsumi
Film about the youth of Kawamoto Eitoku, the comedian who was hailed as a genius but died unexpectedly at age 25, directed by his former stand-up comedy partner Takayama Tomohiro. Kawamoto is played by Cho Tamiyasu, who portrayed Matsumoto Hitoshi in...
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BEAT KIDS (2005)
- Director
- SHIOYA Toshi
- Cast
- MORIGUCHI Takahiro, AIBU Saki, TOYOKAWA Etsushi