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ENGIMON (2018)
- Director
- SATOU Koudai
- Cast
- ASAI Ayaka, TARAKO, YAMAMOTO Yuka
Film in the Anime Tamago 2018 project sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Young Animator Training Project. Directed by Satou Koudai, the CGI director for the Nissin Cup Ramen commercial 'Freedom' that was praised for the 3DCG animation. Pa...
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Nine (2017)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Jiro
- Cast
- ICHIKI Rena, MARUYAMA Atsushi, MAEDA Akira
Tsutsumi Yasuyuki's identically titled play is reimagined for this adolescent drama. Turning the male protagonist a female, it comically portrays an obscure actress trying her hand at boxing. In the starring role is former member of idol group Nogiza...
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Melancholic (2018)
- Director
- TANAKA Seiji
- Cast
- MINAGAWA Yoji, ISOZAKI Yoshitomo, YOSHIDA Mebuki
Teenage drama with pathos and cynical laughs along with suspense and action elements. Feature-film debut for Tanaka Seiji, who handles the script and direction. Produced by One Goose, which was established by a same- aged trio including lead actor-cu...
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LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin’ Wimp! (2018)
- Director
- MIKI Satoshi
- Cast
- ABE Sadawo, YOSHIOKA Riho, CHIBA Yudai
A high-energy rock comedy written and directed by Miki Satoshi of It's Me, It's Me and Instant Swamp depicting the meeting between and phenomenon of two troubled musicians played by Abe Sadawo and Yoshioka Riho. Charismatic rock star Sin (Abe) has a...
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LOVE × DOC (2018)
- Director
- SUZUKI Osamu
- Cast
- YOSHIDA Yoh, NOMURA Shuhei, TAMAKI Hiroshi
Directorial debut for popular screenwriter Suzuki Osamu, who has penned the scripts for hit dramas and films including The Handsome Suit. Love Doc is a romance clinic that offers counseling and analyzes DNA to find out your romance genetic type. Pop...
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born, bone, boon. (2016)
- Director
- Gori
- Cast
- Gori, SATO Hitomi, GUSHIKEN Azusa
Short comedy inspired by the "senkotsu" ceremony that involves washing the bones of the deceased. Family members who have lost touch with each other reconnect after coming face-to-face with their true selves. Directed by Gori, the TV personality and ...
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WHAT A WONDERFUL FAMILY! 3: MY WIFE, MY LIFE (2018)
- Director
- YAMADA Yoji
- Cast
- HASHIZUME Isao, YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, TSUMABUKI Satoshi
Third film in the "What a Wonderful Family!" series from director Yamada Yoji. This paean to homemakers depicts a family's plunge into chaos when faced with an emergency situation. The Hirata family have a lively household wi th three generations l...
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CHERRY BOYS (2018)
- Director
- NISHIUMI Kenichiro
- Cast
- HAYASHI Kento, YANAGI Shuntaro, MAENO Tomoya
Having worked as an assistant director to Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Takika Yojiro, and Miike Takashi among others, director Nishiumi Kenichiro makes his feature-length debut in this dramedy about three men who are still virgins. The script was written by Mat...
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Meeting Pinkerton (2017)
- Director
- SAKASHITA Yuichiro
- Cast
- UCHIDA Chika, MATSUMOTO Wakana, TAMURA Kentaro
Fifth work in the original film project from Shochiku Broadcasting, which has also come out with Ecotherapy Getaway Holiday and Three Stories of Love. Depicts the struggles of women who were once pop stars and reunite after their breakup twenty years...
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One Cut of the Dead (2017)
- Director
- UEDA Shinichiro
- Cast
- HAMATSU Takayuki, Mao, SHUHAMA Harumi
Unique horror film produced by ENBU Seminar Cinema Project. Became a social-phenomenon hit when the theatrical run exploded from two theaters in Tokyo to a wide-scale release in response to the peculiar structure including a thirty-seven-minute openi...
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Reon (2018)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Rempei
- Cast
- JIYOUNG, TAKENAKA Naoto, OMASA Aya
Comedy film adaptation of the same-named comic by Okura Kaori and Kiyoshi Tomohide. Directed by Tsukamoto Rempei of 700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police. Script by Yoshida Erika of No Longer Heroine. Feature film acting debut for Jiyoung, who is fro...
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We Make Antiques! (2018)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, SASAKI Kuranosuke
Original comedy from director Take Masaharu and scriptwriter Adachi Shin, who also teamed up for 100 Yen Love. Adds a human touch to the duplicity of scammers trying to outwit each other. Antique dealer Koike Norio (Nakai Kiichi) flounders around a...
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five fire fish (2013)
- Director
- YAMAMURA Koji
- Cast
Short animation by animation artist Yamamura Koji, whose film Mt. Head was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 75th Academy Awards. Extemporaneous work created using the Etching on Film app as part of a demonstration of the McLaren's Works...
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KOJIKI at Hyuga (2013)
- Director
- YAMAMURA Koji
- Cast
Short animation by animation artist Yamamura Koji, whose film Mt. Head was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 75th Academy Awards. Animated rendition of "The Cleansing," "Sun Goddess Amaterasu," "Flowering Trees" and "Umisachi and Yamasac...
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Notes on Monstropedia (2016)
- Director
- YAMAMURA Koji
- Cast
Short animation by animation artist Yamamura Koji, whose film Mt. Head was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 75th Academy Awards. Depicts the habitat of monsters using movements and simple phrases like "the taste of tears" and "tamed wil...
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Happy Wedding (2016)
- Director
- KATAJIMA Shozo
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Riho
Drama that shows what happens behind the scenes in the wedding industry. Directorial debut for Katajima Shozo, who served as assistant director on films including Water Boys and Lady Maiko. Aikawa Aiko (Yoshioka Riho) is a rookie wedding planner who...
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LIFE IN OVERTIME (2018)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- TACHI Hiroshi, KUROKI Hitomi
Feature film drama adaptation of screenwriter and author Uchidate Makiko's bestselling novel "Owatta hito". Directed by Nakata Hideo of Ring. Sosuke (Tachi Hiroshi) reaches retirement age farmed out to a subsidiary after his elite career gets derail...
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Almost Coming, Almost Dying (2017)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Toshimasa
- Cast
- NOU Misoo, YANAGI Elisa, OKI Chizuru
A live-action adaptation of Nakagawa Manabu's manga which itself is based on his personal experiences. It is a true account of a man's secret shame directed by Kobayashi Toshimasa who directed the television series based on Nakagawa's debut work, 'Bo...
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Oh Lucy! (2017)
- Director
- HIRAYANAGI Atsuko
- Cast
- TERAJIMA Shinobu, MINAMI Kaho, KUTSUNA Shioli
Cutting-edge director Hirayanagi Atsuko's feature-length version of her short film by the same title, which was screened in the Cinéfondation selection at the 67th Cannes Film Festival. Stars Terajima Shinobu from Caterpillar. The Japanese and US cas...
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GIRLS und PANZER das FINALE Part1 (2017)
- Director
- MIZUSHIMA Tsutomu
- Cast
- FUCHIGAMI Mai, KAYANO Mei, OZAKI Mami
The film version of the television anime series "Girls and Panzer" which gained popularity for its novel concept of "high school girls" and "tanks". This is the first installment of a 6-part Finale. Oarai Girls Academy barely overcomes the danger to ...
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Matchmaking Cruise (2017)
- Director
- KANEKO Shusuke
- Cast
- KAZAMA Morio, KATASE Nana
A love story dealing with the theme of "one's way of life" depicted through the male and female protagonists as they become sidetracked by the confused state of modern Japan's continued diversification. Kaneko Shusuke of the "Death Note" series, dire...
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The Ringside Story (2017)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- SATO Eriko, Eita
A romantic-comedy depicting a loser with a gargantuan dream and the admirable girlfriend who supports him, directed by Take Masaharu of 100 Yen Love. Kanako (Sato Eriko) and Hideo (Eita) have been living together for ten years. An actor when they fi...
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Dawn Wind in My Poncho (2017)
- Director
- HIROHARA Satoru
- Cast
- Taiga, NAKAMURA Aoi, YAMOTO Yuma
Hayami Kazumasa's identically titled novel is adapted to film by Hirohara Satoru, the rising director of Good Morning to the World!!. The road movie depicts the adolescence of high schoolers on the verge of graduation. Matahachi (Taiga) hasn't decid...
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MIXED DOUBLES (2017)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Junichi
- Cast
- ARAGAKI Yui, Eita
Popular screenwriter, Kosawa Ryota, writes an original story depicting the rejuvenation of love and life through table tennis which is brought to screen by Ishikawa Junichi, director of April Fools. Tamako (Aragaki Yui), who was once known as a "tab...
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The diary about Ayame's easygoing and aggressive days. (2017)
- Director
- SHIBASAKI Hiroki
- Cast
- KUROBA Mario, ADACHI Rika
Film adaptation of the same-named comic by manga artist Machi Mai. Helmed by Shibasaki Hiroki, who directs TV dramas and commercials. Undergrad science major Tsubaki (Adachi Rika) is obsessed with researching animal skeletons, and she meets the quir...
