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I'm Not Here (2018)
- Director
- HIHARA Shintaro
- Cast
- MINE Goichi, YASHIBA Toshihiro, IWAYA Kenji
Drama that wrestles with the question, "Is school about education or profit?" Real-life teacher Hihara Shintaro directs this authentic depiction of education on the front lines by having his students play themselves. Film school instructor Tahara (M...
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Passage of Life (2017)
- Director
- FUJIMOTO Akio
- Cast
- Kaung Myat Thu, Khin Myat Thu, Issace
Drama based on the true story of a Myanmar family living in Japan. Feature film directorial debut for rookie Fujimoto Akio, who works in Japan and Myanmar. It won five awards and screened at over thirty film festivals. A family of four has left the...
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Cyborg, She (2008)
- Director
- KWAK Jae-Yong
- Cast
- AYASE Haruka, KOIDE Keisuke, KIRITANI Kenta
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THE LITTLE GIRL IN ME (2012)
- Director
- KUBOTA Shoji
- Cast
- KAWANO Naoki, NAKAMURA Yuri, KUSANO Kota
An honest coming-of-age film about cross-dressing, in which a reclusive young man learns of the existence of "Josoko" (men who wear women's clothing) and begins to reconnect with society. Written and directed by Kubota Shoji, it was his third movie i...
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My Grandma (2008)
- Director
- SAKAKI Hideo
- Cast
- SUGAI Kin, OKAMOTO Kenichi, HARA Hideko
This is the first movie where 82-years old Sugai Kin plays the lead role, having secured the reputation as a distinguished supporting actress in a number of films directed by the leading Japanese directors including Kurosawa Akira, Kawashima Yuzo and...
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MY SUNSHINE (2024)
- Director
- OKUYAMA Hiroshi
- Cast
- KOSHIYAMA Keitatsu, IKEMATSU Sosuke, NAKANISHI Kiara
The commercial debut film directed, written, filmed and edited by Okuyama Hiroshi of Jesus fame. He was the youngest Japanese director ever selected for Un Certain Regard at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Takuya (Koshiyama Keitatsu), a boy with a st...
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MY UNCLE (2016)
- Director
- YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- MATSUDA Ryuhei, MAKI Yoko, ONISHI Riku
Drama based on Kita Morio's Akutagawa Prize-winning novel by the same name. The story infuses humanity into the relationship between an uncle who constantly spins farfetched tales and his nephew. Directed by Yamashita Nobuhiro of The Drudgery Train a...
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my sweet cactus (2016)
- Director
- NAGATA Koto
- Cast
- MORI Erika, SAKURADA Dori, TANAKA Yoji
One part of UNREQUITED LOVE, an eight episode, romantic omnibus film. Female director, Nagata Koto, sensitively relates the situation between a sullen man who is attracted to his career oriented boss. Ever day, scatterbrained new employee, Toru (Sa...
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Will you marry my wife? (2016)
- Director
- MIYAKE Yoshishige
- Cast
- ODA Yuji, YOSHIDA Yoh, HARADA Taizo
Hankyu Railway - A 15-minute Miracle's Miyake Yoshishige directs Bayside Shakedown series lead Oda Yuji in this film adaptation of Higuchi Takuji's novel, which has previously been adapted for TV and stage. A television writer with six months left to...
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The Last Chance: Diary of Comedians (2013)
- Director
- UCHIMURA Teruyoshi
- Cast
- ITO Atsushi, KOIDE Keisuke, NAGASAWA Masami
Uchimura Teruyoshi of the comedy duo Ucchan Nanchan returns to the director's chair after a 7-year hiatus with this youthful drama. Passionately and graphically depicts the conflicts of struggling comedians. Based on the popular novel "Diary of Comed...
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Boku to Mama no Kiiroi Jitensha (2009)
- Director
- KONO Keita
- Cast
- TAKEI Akashi, ABE Sadawo, SUZUKI Kyoka
From Kono Keita, the director of Helen The Baby Fox (Kogitsune Helen) comes a heartwarming road film based upon the bestseller 'Boku no Yuku Michi' (*My way) by Shindo Fuyuki. Trained by an Japan Academy Prize Association Special Award winning dog t...
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My Father's Tracks (2021)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Rempei
- Cast
- MORISAKI Win, FUKAGAWA Mai
Drama about a young man coming to terms with animosity in his past through motor sport rallies. Directed by Tsukamoto Rempei of Bento Harassment. Taiga (Morisaki Win) has left his hometown to attend college in Tokyo and dreams of becoming an actor, ...
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JESUS (2018)
- Director
- OKUYAMA Hiroshi
- Cast
- SATO Yura, OKUMA Riki, Chad Mullane
The first feature-length film by 22-year-old promising new director, Okuyama Hiroshi, who also wrote, shot, and edited the film. It screened at the 66th San Sebastian International Film Festival where it won the New Directors Award. Yura (Sato Yura)...
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My tomorrow,Your yesterday. (2016)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- FUKUSHI Sota, KOMATSU Nana, HIGASHIDE Masahiro
Film adaptation of Nanatsuki Takafumi's bestselling romance novel. Humorous and sorrowful portrayal of a melancholy romance that transcends space and time for a couple brought together by fate. Director Miki Takahiro's numerous teen romance hits incl...
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Whale-shaped Dream (2018)
- Director
- FUJIWARA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- YANO Masato, TAKEDA Rina, OKAMOTO Rei
Blue Gateway of Happiness director Fujiwara Tomoyuki helms this drama. Kujirai Taichi (Yano Masato) has been selected to be the leader of the staff at the Taiji Municipal Whale Museum. Despite enlisting the aid of Shiraishi Yui (Takeda Rina) who cam...
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I AM A MONK (2015)
- Director
- MAKABE Yukinori
- Cast
- ITO Atsushi, YAMAMOTO Mizuki, MIZOBATA Junpei
Drama feature film adaptation of Shirakawa Missei's same-titled essays about his experiences as the head monk at Eifukuji Temple in Ehime Prefecture's Imabari City. Makabe Yukinori's feature film directorial debut. Shirakata Susumu (Ito Atsushi) gre...
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I killed a person (2011)
- Director
- SAKAIDA Shun
- Cast
- KAWASE Yohta, AOKI Nobuhito, SAITO Yoshihiro
A controversial work that daringly addresses the morally challenging theme of murder. Born in 1984, director Sakaida Shun is an independent filmmaker whose short works to date have enjoyed long theatrical runs, and is increasingly gaining recognition...
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I'm ten, then I'll catch eleven. (2014)
- Director
- JIMBO Yoshimasa
- Cast
- HAMADA Hibiki, Shion, Karmula Kosho
Drama dealing with death. Feature debut for director Jimbo Yoshimasa. The director mines his experiences in India and Bhutan in the employ of a travel agency specializing in remote destinations, and infuses the film with views on life and death. Sho...
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Boku wa umi ga mitaku narimashita (2009)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yoshihisa
- Cast
- OTSUKA Chihiro, ITO Yuki, AKINO Taisaku
This human drama depicts a invigorating journey taken by an autistic young man and a student nurse. The script writer Yamashita Kuniaki, whose own son is autistic, was in charge of planning, the original story, and script. It realistically portrays t...
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Bokunchi - My House (2002)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- MIZUKI Arisa, YAMOTO Yuma, TANAKA Yuki
Kyoko (Ohtori Ran), mother of Itta and Nita, comes back home to Suihei Island after a long absence. This time she's there to introduce the two young boys to their big sister, Kanoko (Mizuki Arisa). All three are born of different fathers and this is ...
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We Were There: First Love (2012)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, YOSHITAKA Yuriko, TAKAOKA Sosuke
Live-action adaptation of Obata Yuuki's romantic comic, which has sold over 10 million copies. Touchingly depicts six years of the turbulent love between a boy and girl who meet at a high school in Kushiro. The first installment focuses on the protag...
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We Were There True Love (2012)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, YOSHITAKA Yuriko, TAKAOKA Sosuke
Live-action adaptation of Obata Yuki's romantic comic, which has sold over 10 million copies. An obsessed girl and shadowed boy are dogged by a fate of near misses. The second installation, which earned 1.8 billion yen at the box office, dramatically...
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Our Escape (2016)
- Director
- UCHIDA Nobuteru
- Cast
- SUMORI Ryubun, SAKURAI Ai, MATSUNAGA Daisuke
A completely independent film by Uchida Nobuteru whose theatrical debut film, Love Addiction, won the TOKYO FILMeX 2010 Grand Prize. It depicts an alternative love story about a man and woman attempting to survive in our current times. Noboru (Sumor...
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Our Meal for Tomorrow (2017)
- Director
- ICHII Masahide
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Yuto, ARAKI Yuko, MIYAMA Karen
A love story of the seven-year destined romance of a young man and woman framed within the motif of "meals". Based on Seo Maiko's identically titled novel, it is written and directed by Ichii Masahide, the former comedian who received high praise for...
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Our Wonderfuldays (2009)
- Director
- HOSHIDA Yoshiko
- Cast
- TAKENAKA Naoto, TAKUMA Shin, ASADA Miyoko
A heart-grabbing and tear-jerking music entertainment film depicting the ties between families and friends through the music band activities of middle-aged men. This film welcomed popular musician Okuda Tamio as a music advisor who also provided musi...
