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Naked Island (1958)
- Director
- NOMURA Hiromasa
- Cast
- NAKAYAMA Shoji, KUBOTA Nahoko, NUMATA Yoichi
On board the ship in which Goro lnada a pro-boxer is returning to Japan he falls in love with Ayame, a popular singer. But their happiness is of short durations as the vessel is wrecked. When lnada awakens from the nightmare of shipwreck, he finds h...
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ZEN (2008)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Banmei
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Kantaro, UCHIDA Yuki, FUJIWARA Tatsuya
Based on Komazawa University president Otani Tetsuo's historical novel which chronicled Zen monk Dogen's achievements in spreading the Soto school of Zen Buddhism across Japan. Engaged solely in zazen, Dogen sacrifices himself to attaining a spiritua...
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It's All My Fault (2022)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Yusaku
- Cast
- SHIRATORI Haruto, KAWASHIMA Ririka, ODAGIRI Joe
Matsumoto Yusaku , the director of Noise, which has been a hot topic at film festivals both in Japan and abroad, presents a drama that depicts via vivid images the interaction between a young boy and lonely people. Thirteen-year-old Yuta (Shiratori ...
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ALL OF TOKYO! (2024)
- Director
- KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi
- Cast
- SHOGENJI Yoko, WATANABE Rina, FUJISHIMA Kaho
A coming-of-age film directed by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi of Yoko fame. Eleven students from the fourth reiteration of the idol group Hinatazaka 46, who are making their acting debut, play students on a school excursion. Group leader Ikezono (Shogenji Yok...
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Zenigata (2018)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- OTANI Ryohei, KOBAYASHI Katsuya, SATSUKAWA Aimi
An anti-hero film dealing with black market loans that realistically depicts the appetite for and anxiety toward money. Ayabe Shinya, who has worked as an assistant director on Sono Shion's films, directs. In a back alley of a rural fishing harbor, ...
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Zenin seppuku (2021)
- Director
- TOYODA Toshiaki
- Cast
- KUBOZUKA Yosuke, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, IMOU Haruka
Toyoda Toshiaki, who has constantly been releasing works including Wolf's Calling and The Day of Destruction, directs this twenty-six-minute period film on which he also serves as planner and producer. Kubozuka Yousuke, known for his roles in Silence...
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Death Row Family (2017)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Yuki
- Cast
- MAMIYA Shotaro, MAIGUMA Katsuya
Up-and-coming director, Kobayashi Yuki who gained attention with Kamikaze Cowboy makes his commercial film debut. Drawing on the true-life 'Omuta Slain Family Murder Case', the film depicts a murderous family's rampage. Satoshi (Maiguma Katsuya), hi...
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Prior Convictions (2021)
- Director
- KISHI Yoshiyuki
- Cast
- ARIMURA Kasumi, MORITA Go
The rehabilitation of those who have gone astray is viewed through the eyes of a probation officer in this social drama written, directed, and edited by TV Man Union graduate Kishi Yoshiyuki, who received high acclaim for his theatrical film debut Do...
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The good person (2011)
- Director
- KATO Yukihiro
- Cast
- YOKOE Tomoko, ISHIKAWA Koji, USUI Shinichi
An absurdist drama featuring unrestrained performances from an eccentric cast and bizarre plot developments. Director Kato Yukihiro has received considerable acclaim for his wildly inventive and humorous works, and has also won several awards at film...
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ZENTAI (2013)
- Director
- HASHIGUCHI Ryosuke
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Ayumu, SHINOHARA Atsushi, NARUSHIMA Touko
An offbeat omnibus comedy featuring six short films that emerged from a workshop led by creator, writer, and director Hashiguchi Ryosuke, whose Like Grains of Sand won awards including the 25th International Film Festival Rotterdam's Tiger Award (gra...
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Zentai (Special Version) (2013)
- Director
- HASHIGUCHI Ryosuke
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Atsushi, YAMASHITA Koji, MATSUSHITA Sadaharu
A product of the fourth edition of a popular project that screens short films created from four-day workshops for actors and directors. Director Hashiguchi Ryosuke, whose All Around Us won awards including best Japanese film and screenplay at the Mai...
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FINE, TOTALLY FINE (2008)
- Director
- FUJITA Yosuke
- Cast
- ARAKAWA Yoshiyoshi, KIMURA Yoshino, OKADA Yoshinori
Officially screened at the 32nd Hong Kong International Film Festival. Directed by Fujita Yosuke who won the Grand Prize in the 8mm film section at the Torino Film Festival for his short film, A Terrible Tiger (1987). This is his feature debut. The h...
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Trumpet of the Cliff (2016)
- Director
- HAN Sang-Hee
- Cast
- SAKURABA Nanami, L.JOE, OHTSUKA Nene
This romance is a Japan-Korea co-production co-starring L. JOE from the Korean music group TEEN POP and Sakuraba Nanami. A female college student visiting Okinawa to recuperate meets a guy who plays the trumpet. College student Aoi (Sakuraba) has un...
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Zero (2003)
- Director
- IDE Yoshifusa
- Cast
- SUGIURA Taiyo, TAKANO Hassei, HENMI Emiri
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Zero Woman R Keishicho 0 ka no Onna Yokubou no Daisho (2007)
- Director
- FUJIWARA Kenichi
- Cast
- MIURA Atsuko, HANDA Sasa, MIURA Masaki
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Winds from Zero (2007)
- Director
- SHIOYA Toshi
- Cast
- TANAKA Yoshiko, SUGIURA Taiyo, TOYOHARA Kosuke
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The Zero Fighter (1962)
- Director
- MASUDA Toshio
- Cast
- ISHIHARA Yujiro, NITANI Hideaki, HAMADA Mitsuo
The tides of war have turned against Japan when Lt. Tanimura flies his Zero fighter to an island in the Solomon to take up his duties as the new commander. He finds most of the small group of men under him more like tough hoodlums in appearance and ...
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DIET (2005)
- Director
- ITO Tadafumi
- Cast
- UENO Miku, NAKAGAWA Shoko
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Extinct Animals (VACATION) (2021)
- Director
- SOEJIMA Masaki
- Cast
- KAKIMORI Manami, GOMI Michiko, SHO Daichi
Psychiatrist-cum-director Soejima Masaki helms this unique music film intercutting two incidents dealing with an extinct bird. Parallel stories unfold about a graduate student studying the extinct bird and a music recording session. Mai (Kakimori Ma...
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Zettai Ryoiki (2014)
- Director
- HORIUCHI Hiroshi
- Cast
- ONO Miku, HIRAMAKI Jin, IKEDA Chocolat
Romance about a shut-in and former girl idol. Sensitive depiction of their clumsy relationship, interweaving real-world gloom. Directed by Horiuchi Hiroshi, who made his mark at the 32nd Pia Film Festival. Mio (Ono Miku), member of the Zettai Ryoiki...
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Court of Zeus (2013)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Gen
- Cast
- KOJIMA Hijiri, NOMURA Hironobu, SHIOYA Shun
A work of suspense from director Takahashi Gen, known for his internationally renowned Confessions of a Dog. This thrill-laden, unusual courtroom drama focuses on a judge and a defendant who are engaged to be married. Received its world premiere as a...
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Walking My Life (2007)
- Director
- ISAKA Satoshi
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, IMAI Miki
Fujiyama Yukihiro (Yakusho Koji) is unexpectedly diagnosed as having terminal cancer with only 6 months to live. It was completely out of the blue for Fujiyama, a 48-year-old head of department at a real estate company, happily married with his wife ...
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Zo no namida (2005)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Kota
- Cast
- KONDO Ayano, ITO Hiroshi, NOGUCHI Ryotaro
This is the second film directed by Yoshida Kota that has enjoyed the spotlight for the his unique style of combining eros and laughter. The film, based on the director's own experiences, invites strained laughter at what lies in the heart of a man w...
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Rabble Tactics (1963)
- Director
- IKEHIRO Kazuo
- Cast
- KATSU Shintaro, FUNAKOSHI Eiji, FUJIMURA Shiho
The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are recruited in groups of fifteen. In Yaju's village, there are only twelve men, so they press Oto, who looks...
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ZOKKI (2021)
- Director
- TAKENAKA Naoto, YAMADA Takayuki, SAITOH Takumi
- Cast
Directors Takenaka Naoto, Yamada Takayuki and Saitoh Takumi bring comic artist Ohashi Hiroyuki's early work to the big screen. A girl is horrified by the sheer number of secrets revealed by her grandfather. A man journeys somewhere south aiming for ...
