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Ken and Kazu (2015)
- Director
- SHOJI Hiroshi
- Cast
- KATO Shinsuke, MAIGUMA Katsuya, FUJIWARA Kisetsu
Drama depicting the conflict between friends who deal drugs. Director Shoji Hiroshi made the feature film based on his short Ken and Kazu, which was screened in four countries including the 41st International Film Festival Rotterdam. Ken (Kato Shins...
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Lord of TSURIMERA (2014)
- Director
- SHIODE Taishi
- Cast
- AKAZAWA Muck, OKADA Agasa, KUZUKI Akira
The first starring roles for "Tsurimela," a vocalist band comprised of three actresses with feline-like beauty. The film is a ludicrous youth comedy portraying the reformation of "Tsurimela" after their breakup. Black humor specialist, Shiode Taishi,...
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Everest -The Summit of the Gods- (2016)
- Director
- HIRAYAMA Hideyuki
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, ABE Hiroshi, ONO Machiko
The film adaptation of Yumemakura Baku's best selling novel, 'The Summit of the Gods' depicting with overwhelming scale men who risk their lives atop the world's highest mountain peak. Filming in Nepal for over a month, this is the first Japanese fil...
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BIKUU THE MOVIE (2015)
- Director
- OHASHI Akira
- Cast
- AKIMOTO Sayaka, SUGA Kenta, ASAKURA Erika
Daring action film featuring priestess Bikuu from the "GARO" series with direction and original story by Amemiya Keita. Film, TV drama and theater actress Akimoto Sayaka tries her hand at action sequences alongside Suga Kenta, acclaimed for his perfo...
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Harmony (2015)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Takashi, MICHAEL ARIAS
- Cast
- SAWASHIRO Miyuki, UEDA Reina, SUZAKI Aya
Anime adaptation of the novel that won the 30th Japanese Science Fiction Grand Prize by SF author Itoh Keikaku, who passed away just two years after making his sensational debut in 2007 with "Genocidal Organ." Produced by Studio 4℃ of the series Bers...
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SLUM-POLIS (2015)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ken
- Cast
- NISHIMURA Horyu, ABERA Hidenobu, ONO Ryoko
A science-fiction film depicting the friendship of three young people chasing their dreams amid a devastated Japan of the near future. In the director's chair is Ninomiya Ken, who won the 2015 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival's Jury Speci...
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Yuwaku yujo Sora to Shido (2015)
- Director
- TAKEHORA Tetsuya
- Cast
- KASUMI Kaho, RiKA, KODA Riri
First film in the new project OP PICTURES+ from Okura Pictures. Erotic portrayal of two women in the sex industry as they cultivate relationships with other people in their lives. A town in the countryside. Sora (Kasumi Kaho) and Shido (RiKA) are ju...
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OSAKA VIOLENCE (2012)
- Director
- ISHIHARA Takahiro
- Cast
- OMIYA Masashi, HORI Masamune, MAENO Tomoya
The realistic portrayal of violence dazzles in this acton film depicting the life and death struggle of two outlaws who scare even the yakuza as told from a 12-year-old juvenile delinquent's perspective. Winner of the Grand Prize in the Off Theater s...
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SINBAD -A Flying Princess and a Secret Island- (2015)
- Director
- MIYASHITA Shinpei
- Cast
- MURANAKA Tomo, TANABE Momoko, NAGASAWA Nao
The first part of an anime trilogy based on the literary classic 'The Arabian Nights.' A young boy dreaming of being a seaman meets a young girl from a sorcerer clan and heads out on a wondrous adventure. The film commemorates the 40th anniversary of...
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SAMURAI OF THE DEAD (2015)
- Director
- WATANABE Kazushi
- Cast
- HIMURA Yuki, YAMAMOTO Chihiro, TAKEISHI Goro
A horror zombie film set at the end of the Tokugawa Era. Kyoto's peacekeeping militia Shinsengumi face off against zombies. The director, Watanabe Kazushi has written the screenplay and also appeared as an actor. An autocratic officer Kuzuyama (Him...
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Samurai Rock (2015)
- Director
- NAKAJIMA Ryo
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Yutaka, MIZUNO Masaru, HONDA Takafumi
Military commanders from the warring states period who time travel to the present day form an idol group and take aim at winning a contest in this sci-fi, young-adult drama. Members of the local idol group, "Boys and Men," comprising of talent and ac...
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TRASH (2015)
- Director
- GONNO Hajime
- Cast
- ELLY, YAGI Masayasu, ENDO Kaname
An action film featuring ELLY, a performer from dance and vocal group Sandaime J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE, in his first starring film role. Its director is Gonno Hajime, who has built a reputation for impressive fight scenes with works such as ...
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Beyond the Boundary-I'LL BE HERE- Future (2015)
- Director
- ISHIDATE Taichi
- Cast
- TANEDA Risa, KENN, CHIHARA Minori
Sequel film for the TV animated series "Beyond the Boundary" produced by Kyoto Animation. Presents completely new material, picking up the story a year after the previous film's conclusion. Directed by Ishidate Taichi, who also handled the TV series ...
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The Empire Of Corpses (2015)
- Director
- MAKIHARA Ryotaro
- Cast
- HOSOYA Yoshimasa, MURASE Ayumu, KUSUNOKI Taitem
Animation adaptation of prematurely deceased author Itoh Keikaku's story based on the novel completed by Akutagawa Prize-winning author Enjo Toh. This enigmatic drama set in an imaginary 19th century deals with the art of bring people back from the d...
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Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 1 "Reunion" (2015)
- Director
- MOTONAGA Keitaro
- Cast
- HANAE Natsuki, MIMORI Suzuko, HOSOYA Yoshimasa
Sequel to the TV anime that boasts a passionate fan base worldwide. This first feature film in the six-part series picks up six years after the first TV series, and three years after the second series. Directed by the versatile Motonaga Keitaro, the ...
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MOZU (2015)
- Director
- HASUMI Eiichiro
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, KAGAWA Teruyuki, MAKI Yoko
A feature film spinoff of a television series based on the hard-boiled novel by Osaka Go. After solving the mystery of his wife's death, a Public Security Bureau agent deals with a new terrorist threat. Beat Takeshi gives an unearthly performance as ...
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GAMBA (2015)
- Director
- KAWAMURA Tomohiro, KOMORI Yoshihiro
- Cast
- KAJI Yuki, KANDA Sayaka, NOMURA Mansai
Based on the juvenile literature classic "The Adventurers, Gamba and his Fifteen Companions" published in 1972, the grand story of gallant mice battling an evil, white ferret is thrillingly told with full 3D animation. City mice Gamba (voice: Kaji Y...
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LIBRARY WARS: THE LAST MISSION (2015)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, EIKURA Nana, TANAKA Kei
The second live-action feature film based on one of bestselling author Arikawa Hiro's most famous works. It presents an exciting depiction of a battle between the Library Defense Force, which uses military might to defend books, and a man plotting th...
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Our Huff and Puff Journey (2015)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- INOUE Sonoko, OZEKI Reika, MAYAMA Saku
A road movie in which four high school girls set off for Tokyo on bicycles to see a concert by rock band CreepHyp. Its director is Matsui Daigo, whose Wonderful World End was an official selection of the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival. High...
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THE BIG BEE (2015)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- EGUCHI Yosuke, MOTOKI Masahiro, NAKAMA Yukie
A suspense film based on the eponymous novel by Higashino Keigo. Its story follows a breathtaking battle between men on both sides of a terrorist plot threatening a nuclear plant. Tsutsumi Yukihiko (the "20th Century Boys" trilogy) directs, and its a...
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Neko Samurai - A Tropical Adventure (2015)
- Director
- WATANABE Takeshi
- Cast
- KITAMURA Kazuki, LiLiCo
The second feature film following the adventures of a stern-faced samurai and a white cat in the Edo period. It tells the amusing story of their incident-filled escapades on a island to the south of Japan. Its director is Watanabe Takeshi, who also w...
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S: THE LAST POLICEMAN-Recovery of Our Future (2015)
- Director
- HIRANO Shunichi
- Cast
- MUKAI Osamu, AYANO Go, ARAGAKI Yui
Live-action adaptation of the action manga by Komori Yoichi and Todo Yutaka. The National Police Safetyrescue, or NPS, fight international terrorism in this sequel to the drama on TV in 2014. Director Hirano Shunichi also helmed the TV drama. Ichigo...
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BORUTO: NARUTO THE MOVIE (2015)
- Director
- YAMASHITA Hiroyuki
- Cast
- SANPEI Yuko, KIKUCHI Cocoro, TAKEUCHI Junko
An animated movie that picks up where the "Naruto" hit ninja manga series left off. It presents an intense depiction of the struggles of a new generation of ninja, filled with battle scenes. Series creator Kishimoto Masashi penned the screenplay, and...
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NOU SHOU SAKURETSU GIRL (2015)
- Director
- ABE Yuichi
- Cast
- KASHIWAGI Hinata, TAKETOMI Seika, KAMISHIRAISHI Moka
Live action adaptation of the bestselling novel based on the world depicting in a hit vocaloid song. Depicts the survival of high school students who get wrapped up in a death game, set at a fancy finishing school for girls. Ichii Hana (Kashiwagi Hi...
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Nowhere Girl (2015)
- Director
- OSHII Mamoru
- Cast
- SEINO Nana, KANEKO Nobuaki, TANAKA Hinako
Suspense film from director Oshii Mamoru, renowned worldwide for THE NEXT GENERATION-PATLABOR series. Seino Nana from TOKYO TRIBE gives an impassioned performance of a high school girl who has shut herself off from the world. Screened at numerous fes...