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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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HAYAKUOKITAASAHA・・・ON STAGE THE MOVIE (2011)
- Director
- MIYAKE Keisuke
- Cast
- MATSUI Naomi, ISONO Kiri, MORIO Yumi
The first movie version of the talk variety show that debuted on television in 1994 and has been performed as a stage version each year since 2000. Revisits previous performances and presents choice skits, discussions and pop music performances. Duri...
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FOOD AND THE MAIDEN (2010)
- Director
- KURIMURA Minoru
- Cast
- SAKUMA Mayu, KAMIMURA Satoshi, TANAKA Rie
An ensemble drama depicting modern Japanese society through three couples with various problems related to food. The directorial debut of exciting newcomer Kurimura Minoru, it won the NETPAC Award at the 32nd Moscow International Film Festival, and w...
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Scabbard Samurai (2011)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hitosi
- Cast
- NOMI Takaaki, KUMADA Sea, ITAO Itsuji
Matsumoto Hitoshi directs his third film with this period drama from an original story. Depicts filial bonds through a thirty-day struggle undertaken by Nomi Kanjuro, a samurai who carries only an empty scabbard, and his daughter Tae, who rebels agai...
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LIFE LINE (2011)
- Director
- WATANABE Yuko
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Renji, ANDO Sakura
A sci-fi domestic drama about an elderly man and a young woman's strange life confined to their home, set in Japan in the near future. It was produced as part of a project endeavoring to discover and cultivate young filmmakers, and director Watanabe ...
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A Honeymoon in Hell Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip (2010)
- Director
- HONDA Ryuichi
- Cast
- TAKENOUCHI Yutaka, MIZUKAWA Asami, ARAKAWA Yoshiyoshi
An adaptation of popular playwright Maeda Shiro's eponymous novel. Director Honda Ryuichi has developed a reputation for his style of comedy direction that blends humor with dark streak. Oki Nobuyoshi (Takenouchi Yutaka) and his wife Saki (Mizukawa A...
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Pink SUBARU (2011)
- Director
- OGAWA Kazuya
- Cast
- AKRAM Telawe, LANA Zreik, MICHAL Yannai
A transnational humanistic drama set in a "car thief district" that actually exists near the Israel-Palestine border. Elzober, an Arab living in Israel, has become a widower and lives an honest life with his younger sister Aisha and his two children....
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Crayon Shin-chan Arashi wo yobu Ougon no Spy Daisakusen (2011)
- Director
- MASUI Soichi
- Cast
- YAJIMA Akiko, NARAHASHI Miki, FUJIWARA Keiji
The 19th entry in a feature film series based on "Crayon Shin-chan", a popular animated television series broadcast in countries all over the world. Its director is Masui Soichi, who provided storyboards for the 15th film in the Crayon Shin-chan seri...
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Hi! Otsuka Drugstore (2010)
- Director
- KATSUMATA Yu
- Cast
- ENJOJI Aya, KOBAYASHI Kana, ARISUE Mayuko
A coming-of-age love story written and directed by filmmaking sensation Katsumata Yu, whose work is drawing attention in Japan and abroad. Screened in the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival's Off-Theater Competition section, it co-stars vet...
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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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Woman who sucks up person's good intentions (2009)
- Director
- KATO Yukihiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Maho, MAKINO Takuya, ISHIKAWA Makoto
A black comedy in which an unknown actress comes up with a plan to produce an online drama series starring herself as a publicity stunt, and ruthlessly exploits others with her innate self-centeredness. Its director is Kato Yukihiro, who won the Mito...
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Citizen Police 69 (2011)
- Director
- HONDA Ryuichi
- Cast
- SAKAI Toshiya, HAYAMI Akari, HARA Saori
An adaptation of the eponymous manga by Yanagisawa Kimio (Tokumei Kakaricho Tadano Hitoshi). Character actor Sakai Toshiya, known for his mild-mannered personality, gives an extraordinary performance as a nondescript and timid middle-aged man who tra...
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HOME COMING (2010)
- Director
- IIJIMA Toshihiro
- Cast
- TAKADA Junji, TAKAHASHI Keiko, REINA
Comedy depicting the challenges facing the elderly generation in new towns, once enviable neighborhoods that are now ridiculed as Senior Citizen Towns. Director Ijima Toshihiro is a veteran TV director behind numerous dramas that have garnered high r...
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Nana to Kaoru (2011)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Atsushi
- Cast
- TOCHIHARA Rakuto, NAGASE Maho, SOMEYA Toshiyuki
A school drama about a rather dangerous liaison between high schoolers discovering the pleasures of SM, based on the popular manga by Amazume Ryuta. This live-action adaptation is brought to the screen by director Shimizu Atsushi, who has developed a...
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RAKUGO Story (2010)
- Director
- HAYASHIYA Shinpei
- Cast
- Pierre TAKI, TABATA Tomoko, YANAGIYA Wasabi
Drama featuring a comedian from the traditional Japanese performing art of rakugo. Director Hayashiya Shinpei stars as an actual rakugo performer. Produced with support from the Rakugo Kyokai Association, featuring some forty popular rakugo comedians...
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Sekai no dokonidemo aru basyo (2011)
- Director
- OMORI Kazuki
- Cast
- KUMAKURA Isao, MARUYAMA Yuko, SAKATA Teppei
An ensemble comedy set in an unorthodox mental institution. With a cast featuring the entire membership of popular theater troupe Super Eccentric Theater, it presents a lively depiction of the slapstick antics of men and women of various ages who hav...
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Mr.Bubblegum (2009)
- Director
- KATAOKA Sho
- Cast
- SUZUKI Koji, FUNAKOSHI Mamiko
A comedy focusing on the interaction between a middle-aged man facing a major life crisis and a high school girl. Director Kataoka Shoh is known as a skilled maker of short films, and this film won the Audience Award in the Japan Competition of Short...
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Wararaifu!! (2010)
- Director
- KIMURA Yuichi
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Jun, KASHII Yu, TABATA Tomoko
A drama about the little joys of everyday life, as seen through a couple on the verge of getting married. It is the second directorial effort of the multi-talented Kimura Yuichi, who is active as a comedian, television show writer, and actor. Yoshika...
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Hybrid Cop(Undercover) (2010)
- Director
- FROGMAN
- Cast
- FROGMAN, KANDA Uno, MATSUZAKI Shigeru
Gag-filled police action movie by Flash animation creator FROGMAN, who handles pretty much the entire production on his own, including direction, scriptwriting, character design and voice acting. Free screenings were made possible by Toyota Motor Cor...
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ISHI NO FURU OKA = Rock Falling Hill = (2011)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Yohei
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Yuta, SASAKI Yoshihide, NAKAJIMA Airi
This black comedy depicts two youths who do their best to deal with a calamity in their village. Second feature by Takahashi Yohei, who also does music videos and commercial films. Ango village gets rained on by rocks instead of rain after being curs...
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DANCING CHAPLIN (2010)
- Director
- SUO Masayuki
- Cast
- Luigi BONINO, KUSAKARI Tamiyo
Director Suo Masayuki depicted the world of ballroom dancing in Shall We Dance?, and went on to marry ballerina Kusakari Tamiyo, who played its heroine. This ambitious work is his film adaptation of the ballet "Dancing Chaplin", inspired by the famou...
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THAT'S THE WAY!! (2011)
- Director
- SATO Eimei
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, HORIKITA Maki, ABE Tsuyoshi
Akatsuka Fujio, king of gag comics who passed away in 2008 after creating numerous masterpieces like "The Genius Bakabon" and "Osomatsu-kun" that elicited laughter around the world. Biographical film that delves into this daring persona based on reco...
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SOMEDAY (2011)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- HARADA Yoshio, OKUSU Michiyo, KISHIBE Ittoku
An ensemble comedy that focuses on the mountain village of Oshika in Nagano Prefecture. Inspired by a local tradition of performing Kabuki that has been passed down over the last 300 years, it presents a warm portrayal of the joys and sorrows of the ...
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MAEBASHI VISUAL ROCKSTARS (2011)
- Director
- OTSURU Gitan
- Cast
- KAZAMA Shunsuke, KIKAWADA Masaya, SUGIURA Takao
Coming-of-age drama depicting youths from a farming town who form a visual-style rock band and aim to make it big. Director Otsuru Gitan also serves as writer and actor. Maebashi City in Gunma Prefecture, far flung from Tokyo. Living in the countrysi...
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High School Debut (2011)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- MIZOBATA Junpei, ONO Ito, SUDA Masaki
A film adaptation of Kawahara Kazune's bestselling girls' manga, co-starring hearthrob actor Mizobata Junpei and popular model Ono Ito, from the makers of popular manga adaptations such as {The Handsome Suit} director Hanabusa Tsutomu. Haruna (Ono) i...
