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TAJOMARU (2009)

Director: NAKANO Hiroyuki

Cast: OGURI Shun, SHIBAMOTO Yuki, TANAKA Kei

An original story which features as main character the great thief Tajomaru who appears in the novel "Yabu no Naka" by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, which was made into the film Rashomon by Kurosawa Akira. Naomitsu (Oguri Shun), a samurai warrior who has been...

The Abashiri Family (2009)

Director: ISHII Teruyoshi

Cast: TONOOKA Erica, Ijiri OKADA, KAMUI Kyoji

A violent action film with an original script based on the comic series by Nagai Go. A heinous criminal family, the Abashiri Ikka, who lost the battle against state power, challenges the immense organization that drove them off to an area outside Jap...

SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO: RESURRECTION (2009)

Director: NISHIZAKI Yoshinori

Cast: YAMADERA Koichi, FUJIMURA Ayumi, IBU Masato

The crowning achievement of Sci-Fi animation since the first TV broadcast in 1974, Space Battleship Yamato returns to the big screen after 26 years since Final Yamato in 1983. The story picks up 17 years after the last installment. To save the human ...

Yona Yona Penguin (2009)

Director: Rintaro

Cast: MORISAKO Ei, TANAKA Rena, OTA Hikaru

A fully computer-generated fantasy animation that follows the adventures of a young girl in a Goblin village. Director Rintaro, one of Japan's leading animation directors, also wrote the original story, while production was handled by MADHOUSE, produ...

BALLAD (2009)

Director: YAMAZAKI Takashi

Cast: KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, ARAGAKI Yui, OSAWA Takao

Of the numerous feature films in the Crayon Shin-chan anime series, Crayon Shinchan Bravo Samurai was particularly well received and honored with many prestigious awards. The world of this anime masterpiece has been reworked here as a live-action, ro...

YATTERMAN (2009)

Director: MIIKE Takashi

Cast: SAKURAI Sho, FUKUDA Saki, FUKADA Kyoko

A comical action flick, based on a popular TV animation series from the late 1970s by Tatsunoko Productions. Gather the four pieces of the legendary Skull Stone and all your wishes will be fulfilled. The Yatterman heroes and the villains of the Doron...

DETECTIVE CONAN: THE RAVEN CHASER (2009)

Director: YAMAMOTO Yasuichiro

Cast: TAKAYAMA Minami, YAMAZAKI Wakana, KAMIYA Akira

he 13th theatrical animated film based on the popular 'Detective Conan' manga and anime series by Aoyama Gosho. It grossed 3.49 billion yen in Japan, surpassing the 6th film in the series, Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street, to become the highe...

KAMUI (2009)

Director: SAI Yoichi

Cast: MATSUYAMA Kenichi, Koyuki, OHGO Suzuka

Director/screenwriter Sai Yoichi and screenwriter Kudo Kankuro have created a live action period piece based on the internationally famous classic Ninja comic by Shirato Sampei. From amidst the massive body of original works, ‘Sugaru no shima' was ch...

THE UNBROKEN (2009)

Director: WAKAMATSU Setsuro

Cast: WATANABE Ken, MIURA Tomokazu, MATSUYUKI Yasuko

Based on the best selling novel by socially-conscious author Yamasaki Toyoko, writer of such books as ‘The Great White Tower.' Set against the backdrop of Japan's economic boom period around 1955–1985, The Unbroken depicts the bitter struggle of a ma...

Good Bye, My Secret Friend (2009)

Director: OOOKA Toshihiko

Cast: FUKAZAWA Arashi, AOI Yu, TOMOSAKA Rie

Based on the heartwarming debut picture book from well-known manga artist Saibara Rieko (‘Everyday Mom'). Popular child actor Fukazawa Arashi (Helen and the Baby Fox) stars as a boy who enjoys an affectionate relationship with the strange little crea...

The Blood of Rebirth (2009)

Director: TOYODA Toshiaki

Cast: NAKAMURA Tatsuya (BLANKEY JET CITY), KUSAKARI Mayuu, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko

A new film, after an absence of four years, by Toyoda Toshiaki, the director known for such films as Pornostar, Blue Spring, and Hanging Garden. With the legend of "Oguri Hangan" from the Kumano region as its inspiration, the film creates an allegori...

CROWS II (2009)

Director: MIIKE Takashi

Cast: OGURI Shun, YABE Kyosuke, KUROKI Meisa

A coming-of-age violence action film, this is the second prequel to the legendary youth manga 'Crows' by Takahashi Hiroshi, but written originally for the screen. The story begins a few months after the first installment at Suzuran High, a veritable ...