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The smell of curry rice (2010)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Satoshi
- Cast
- EGAWA Minako, SENDA Takuya, TATSUMI Tomoaki
Installment in the highly lauded Seishun H (Youth Sex) series created by distinctively original filmmakers on the shared theme of adolescence and love. Director Yamaguchi Satoshi's 2006 film {An Electric Fan of Grandma} won the Short Short Film Festi...
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days of (2007)
- Director
- FUKUSHIMA Takuya
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Yumi, TAMAICHI Nobuya
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eiko (2003)
- Director
- KAMON Ikuo
- Cast
- ASO Kumiko, SAWADA Kenji, ABE Sadawo
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g@me. (2003)
- Director
- ISAKA Satoshi
- Cast
- FUJIKI Naohito, NAKAMA Yukie, ISHIBASHI Ryo
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YAMAGAMI KUN (2011)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru, NISHIMURA Yoshihiro, SHIOZAKI Jun
- Cast
- SHIINA Eihi, SHIMIZU Takashi, MOMOSE Misaki
A feature-length version of a series of short comedy films streamed online starring costumed characters. Surreal-looking deities for whom humans are a delicacy engage in slapstick antics. Co-directed by Iguchi Noboru (KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR) and Nishim...
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gekisha! Kajirena netsuaichu (2014)
- Director
- YASUKAWA Yuka
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Aimi, ARAI Hideyuki, KIGUCHI Kenta
Thirty-eighth instillation in the "Youth-H" series that delivers boldly authorial films about youth and sexuality. Cynical and comical take on a washed-up actress who makes an unusual comeback. Has-been actress Kajinami Rena (Nakamura Aimi) gets a s...
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good-bye (2015)
- Director
- HANYU Toshihiro
- Cast
- ANDO Tamae, TAKENAKA Suzuno, YAZAKI Yusa
One completed film of the 2014 ndjc: Young Filmmaker Development Project, an Agency of Cultural Affairs venture aimed at discovering and cultivating young filmmakers. It was written and directed by Hanyu Toshihiro, who has worked as a director on com...
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halfway (2009)
- Director
- KITAGAWA Eriko
- Cast
- KITANO Kie, OKADA Masaki, MIZOBATA Junpei
The directorial debut of Kitagawa Eriko, who has written a large number of popular TV drama series, including ‘Long Vacation.' Produced by filmmaker Iwai Shunji and musician Kobayashi Takeshi, the film spins the life-sized troubles of a high-school c...
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his (2020)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- MIYAZAWA Hio, FUJIWARA Kisetsu
Two men who were once a couple reunite after eight years in this romance film. It portrays the LGBTQ community's hopes for coexistence, a courtroom drama contesting parental rights, the transformation of the family structure, and the harsh conditions...
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honokaa boy (2009)
- Director
- SANADA Atsushi
- Cast
- OKADA Masaki, BAISHO Chieko, HASEGAWA Jun
A heartfelt coming-of-age story, based on the travel writing of Yoshida Leo. A sensitive college boy comes to Honokaa on the Big Island of Hawaii, an actual town where many of the residents are Japanese immigrants, and through his interactions with t...
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With the dog tag and the croquette (2011)
- Director
- NAGAHARA Seiki
- Cast
- KAMAKARI Kenta, Tisun, NAKAMURA Masaya
Osaka-based comedian Nagahara Seiki directs this adaptation of his autobiographical novel. It presents a realistic retelling of his upbringing as a Zainichi Korean (an ethnic Korean resident of Japan), and his entrance into the world of comedy. Scree...
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Petrel Hotel Blue (2011)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Koji
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Hitomi, JIBIKI Go, IURA Arata
An adaptation of Naoki Prize-winning author Funado Yoichi's eponymous novel by Wakamatsu Koji, the formidably talented director of Caterpillar. Set at the Kaien Hotel, this unusual work depicts the madness of human emotions and the collapse of men's ...
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kasanegafuti (2011)
- Director
- NISHIYAMA Yoichi
- Cast
- MIYATA Aki, SUZUO Keita, NAKUI Mina
Part of a movie project born from a collaboration between three instructors at The Film School of Tokyo and their students. This crime melodrama is a modern spin on the classic rakugo (storytelling) ghost tale "Shinkei Kasanegafuchi." Its director is...
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My Special One (working title) (2025)
- Director
- MATSUDA Ayato
- Cast
- HATA Mei, OHASHI Kazuya
Sahoko, an unremarkable high school girl, despises good-looking boys and has sworn off love after experiencing deep emotional pain. But her life takes an unexpected turn when she meets Kouta, a gorgeous pop star. As she gets to know his passion for h...
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Vampire In Love (2015)
- Director
- SUZUKI Mai
- Cast
- KIRITANI Mirei, TOTSUKA Shota, TANABE Seiichi
Love story in which popular model and actress Kiritani Mirei turns into a vampire girl. Suzuki Mai, who studied theater at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, makes her directorial debut. The film is supported by cast members from Hong Kong, Tai...
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KOTOKO (2011)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Shinya
- Cast
- Cocco, TSUKAMOTO Shinya
Winner of Best Film in the 68th Venice International Film Festival's Orizzonti section. Director Tsukamoto Shinya, known for his Tetsuo series, cast singer-songwriter Cocco in the lead role for this extraordinary work about a mother's intense love fo...
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Kyo-en (2008)
- Director
- TSUJI Hiroyuki
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Shigeyuki, Hakuryu, NAKANO Hideo
A yakuza film based on the life of Agata Mitsunori, a real-life mobster who led a huge force in Shinjuku. Nakamura Shigeyuki passionately plays a young gang leader who rises to the top of the underground community with the philosophy, "become the wor...
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Carol of the old ones (2011)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Hiroshi
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Wakana, NAKAHARA Shoko, TSUDA Kanji
Part of a movie project born from a collaboration between three instructors at The Film School of Tokyo and their students. This depiction of spiraling madness on an independent film set from director Takahashi Hiroshi, best known as a scriptwriter w...
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Men's Egg - Summer Beat (2011)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Yudai
- Cast
- MAEDA Gouki, FURUKAWA Yuki, TAKABE Ai
A coming-of-age drama featuring numerous appearances by popular models from the street fashion magazines Men's Egg and Egg, directed by Yamaguchi Yudai (ELITE YANKEE SABURO). It offers a glimpse of a surprising side to "gyaru-o," men who adopt the sa...
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NECO-BAN (2010)
- Director
- ARIMA Ken
- Cast
- IBU Masato, Lily, OKUDA Iroha
An adaptation of a television series about the heartwarming interaction between a retiree in the autumn of his life and the stray cats that gather at his house. Rather than convert footage from 2D to 3D in post-production, it was filmed entirely with...
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Nude (2010)
- Director
- ONUMA Yuichi
- Cast
- WATANABE Naoko, SATSUKAWA Aimi, NAGAYAMA Takashi
Former popular porn actress Mihiro creates a film out of the novel describing her own conflicting emotions and success. Under the direction of Onuma Yuichi of Musubime (Knot) Watanabe Naoko, who plays the leading role in a film for the first time, pa...
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Hokusai's Daughter (2025)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami
Born as the third daughter of Katsushika Hokusai, one of the world's leading painters in Japan's ukiyo-e world, O-Ei (later Katsushika Oi) continued to support Hokusai as a disciple for about 30 years from her twenties. It is said that most of Hokusa...
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Puppy Oldman (2012)
- Director
- MAENO Tomoya
- Cast
- SAOTOME Bach, GAN Kyotaro, OKITA Anri
The ninth entry in the second season of the "Youth H" series, which produces works with a strong auterist approach that focus on coming-of-age and sexual themes. Its writer and director is Maeno Tomoya, who won a Special Jury Prize and the Cinegar Aw...
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parole (2004)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- UEDA Shinya, ARITA Teppei, KARASUMA Setsuko
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Rubbers Oou onna (2010)
- Director
- WATANABE Takafumi
- Cast
- KISHI Aino, YAMAMOTO Hiroshi, YOSHIDA Satomi
This is the second in a series of erotic films that have the common theme of portraying the curious sexual propensities of women. It portrays people with a fetish for rubber, who derive sexual enjoyment from the feeling of having their bodies covered...
