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JK NINJA GIRLS (2017)
- Director
- SATO Genta
- Cast
- Kobushi Factory, NUKUMIZU Yoichi, ASNO Yuko
A comedy starring idol group "Kobushi Factory" depicting the escapades of the "Ninja Girls", a group of seemingly ordinary female high schoolers who are actually the descendants of ninjas. Ninjas labor behind the scenes in a secret struggle for powe...
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GINTAMA (2017)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, SUDA Masaki, HASHIMOTO Kanna
A live-action adaptation of Sorachi Hideaki's mega-hit manga with Oguri Shun in the lead role. Set in the Edo period of a parallel world in which aliens from outer space called Amanto dominate the Ear th, the film comically por trays various incident...
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Journey of the Tortoise (2016)
- Director
- NAGAYAMA Tadashi
- Cast
- KIMURA Tomoki, SUWA Mizuki, KAWASE Yohta
Road movie by the cutting-edge Nagayama Tadashi, who got his start with Pia Film Festival. Grand Prize winner in the Off Theater Competition at the 2017 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Father Jiro (Kimura Tomoki) and his son Noboru (Su...
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The movie Watashi no atama no naka no Park-doll (2017)
- Director
- TANAKA Sanae
- Cast
- PARK DOLL, OKAMOTO Rei, ARSMAGNA
Theatrical screening of an episode from the TV drama "Konya mo LL," aired from April 2017. The drama unfolds along with live concert footage of the 2.5-dimension cosplay dance group ARSMAGNA and PARK DOLL. Rena (Okamoto Rei) is an office worker who ...
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Kyokasyo ni nai! 4 (2017)
- Director
- SASAKI Shota
- Cast
- MORIKAWA Ayaka, BABA Ryoma, HONGO Anna
Fourth film in the "Kyokasyo ni nai" series based on manga artist Okada Kazuto's original story. High school romantic comedy about a high school teacher who ends up living with the daughter of a yakuza boss. Directed by Sasaki Shota, who has helmed t...
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Kyokasyo ni nai! 3 (2017)
- Director
- SASAKI Shota
- Cast
- MORIKAWA Ayaka, BABA Ryoma, HONGO Anna
Third film in the "Kyokasyo ni nai" series based on manga artist Okada Kazuto's original story. High school romantic comedy about a high school teacher who ends up living with the daughter of a yakuza boss. Otome Girl's High School teacher Tairaku A...
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FLOWER AND SWORD (2017)
- Director
- SHINOHARA Tetsuo
- Cast
- NOMURA Mansai, ICHIKAWA Ennosuke, NAKAI Kiichi
A film adaptation using Onitsuka Tadashi's novel relating episodes about Ikenobo Senko, a master of flower arrangement during the end of the Warring States Period, as a motif. In the director's chair is Shinohara Tetsuo of TERMINAL. Ikenobo Senko (N...
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PEACH GIRL (2017)
- Director
- SHINTOKU Koji
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Mizuki, INOO Kei, Mackenyu
Live-action adaptation of Ueda Miwa's popular comic that was a big hit with junior high and high school girls in the late 1990s through the early 2000s. Director Shintoku Koji makes his directorial debut with this film. Momo (Yamamoto Mizuki) is in ...
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TEIICHI -Battle of Supreme High- (2017)
- Director
- NAGAI Akira
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, NOMURA Shuhei, TAKEUCHI Ryoma
Nagai Akira, director of If Cats Disappeared From the World, adapts Furuya Usamaru's identically titled comic, which has also been adapted as a stage play. It depicts the student council presidency election race between high school students. Teiichi...
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Sundome new 2 (2017)
- Director
- YOKOYAMA Kazuhiro
- Cast
- ODAJIMA Nagisa, KAWAI Ryo, OZAWA Raimu
The second film in a reboot of the "Sundome" series based on the manga by Okada Kazuto. Transfer student Kurumi (Odajima Nagisa) has started getting accustomed to school as well as club life, and has become popular with the male students. "Romantici...
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Sundome new (2017)
- Director
- YOKOYAMA Kazuhiro
- Cast
- ODAJIMA Nagisa, KAWAI Ryo, OZAWA Raimu
The first film in a reboot of the "Sundome" series based on the manga by Okada Kazuto. Aiba Hideo (Kawai Ryo) is a high schooler who belongs to the "romanticist club" where fans of the occult gather. Unable to become romantically involved other than...
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ZUNDA HORIZON (2017)
- Director
- TAKEUCHI Hiroshi
- Cast
- SATO Satomi, AKANEYA Himika, KIDO Ibuki
Work from Anime Tamago 2017, which emerged from the Young Animator Training Project initiated by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2010. Produced by SSS, Studio Live, and Wao Corporation. Tohoku Zunko (voice: Sato Satomi) has the ability to turn or...
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Love and Goodbye and Hawaii (2017)
- Director
- MATSUMURA Shingo
- Cast
- AYANO Aya, TAMURA Kentaro, AYUKAWA Momoka
Romantic comedy that is the second feature film by Matsumura Shingo of Romance Road. Nominated for Best Script Writer in the Asian New Talent Award at the 20th Shanghai International Film Festival. Rinko (Ayano Aya) has been living with grad student...
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OCHIRU (2017)
- Director
- MURAYAMA Kazuya
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Makoto, NISHIKIORI Megumi, FURUKAWA Jun
Short film about a protagonist obsessed with an underground idol, set in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture. Won the Special Mention award in the Off Theater Competition at the 2017 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Kohei (Nakamura Makoto) is ...
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Neko Atsume House (2017)
- Director
- KURAKATA Masatoshi
- Cast
- ITO Atsushi, KUTSUNA Shioli, KIMURA Tae
Film adaptation of the smartphone game app "Neko Atsume," which has been downloaded over 20 million times to date. The unique cast includes Ito Atsushi and Kutsuna Shioli, who also stars in Deadpool 2 (tentative title). Writer Sakumoto Masaru (Ito) ...
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Night is Short, Walk On Girl (2017)
- Director
- YUASA Masaaki
- Cast
- HOSHINO Gen, HANAZAWA Kana, KAMIYA Hiroshi
Yuasa Masaaki directs this animated film adapting Morimi Tomihiko's identically titled novel. Senpai (voice:Hoshino Gen) is in love with Otome (voice:Hanazawa Kana), secretly. He seeks her at Ponto-cho at night, at the used book market at Shimogamo...
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You Still Don't Get Gunma (2017)
- Director
- MIZUNO Itaru
- Cast
- MAMIYA Shotaro, YOSHIMURA Kaito, BABA Fumika
Teen comedy live-action adaptation of Ida Hiroto's manga "You Still Don't Get Gunma," which is based on well-worn topics that all Gunma prefecture residents can relate to. Screened in the TV Director's Movie section of the 9th Okinawa International F...
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Laughing Lucky Cats (2017)
- Director
- IIDUKA Ken
- Cast
- SHIMIZU Fumika, MATSUI Rena
Iizuka Ken, who directed Drops in Your Hand, adapts to film the debut work of novelist, Yamamoto Yukihisa. It depicts with plenty of affection and humor two comediennes' love and friendship amid a life resembling a standup routine composed of a color...
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Tora-San, Our Lovable Tramp (1969)
- Director
- YAMADA Yoji
- Cast
- ATSUMI Kiyoshi, BAISHO Chieko, MORIKAWA Shin
Torajiro (Kiyoshi Atsumi) from a poor family has a wild and untamed nature that only those born in like circumstances can understand. It is therefore easy to understand how he turned to the life of a racketeer. One day, he learns his parents have di...
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Dynamyte Wolf (2017)
- Director
- TANIGUCHI Kohei
- Cast
- KAWASE Yohta, MATSUDA Yusuke, KOBAYASHI Haruto
Taniguchi Kohei, who comes from a documentary and horror background, directs his first entertainment film. A real wrestling match was shot with the full cooperation of the Osaka-based Dotombori Pro Wrestling organization. The film is a 13th Cineastes...
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Manga-jima: The Island of Cartoon (2016)
- Director
- MORIYA Fumio
- Cast
- MIZUSAWA Shingo, MORIYA Fumio, MATSUURA Yuya
A unique film depicting manga creators with a passion for manga trying to survive on a remote island of a distant sea. Moriya Fumio, the screenwriter of The Woodsman and the Rain among others, makes his feature-length directorial debut. On a remote ...
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complex × COMPLEX (2015)
- Director
- FUKUDA Miyuki
- Cast
- HAYASHI Kanae, AGATSUMA Seigo, HARUNA Fuka
Unique animation about armpit hair that deals with the emotional subtleties unique to complex-ridden junior high school students. Directed by freelance filmmaker Fukuda Miyuki. Eighth grader Yui (voice: Hayashi Kanae) yearns to grow up and is irrepr...
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RANMARU: THE MAN WITH THE GOD TONGUE (2016)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- MUKAI Osamu, KIMURA Fumino, SATO Jiro
The theatrical edition of a television series depicting the exploits of its protagonist who, analyzing every component of anything he tastes with his tongue, solves a variety of cases. Tsutsumi Yukihiko, known for his comedic style on the "Trick" ser...
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Hurt (2015)
- Director
- HORIE Takahiro
- Cast
- MINE Goichi, SHIBUYA Asami, YOSHIIE Kakeru
Coming-of-age drama about pro-wrestling that humorously portrays an average guy working at a mail order company as he deals with love and growing up. Directed by the up-and-coming Horie Takahiro, who also helmed Hana Kujira Chichi. Hoshino (Mine Goi...
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Zipang Punk-Goemon Rock III (2014)
- Director
- INOUE Hidenori
- Cast
- FURUTA Arata, MIURA Haruma, AOI Yu
Twelfth work in the GEKI X CINE series, which screens works by the popular theater group Gekidan Shinkansen known for furious on-stage combat and flashy concert-style direction. Headlining star Furuta Arata portrays Ishikawa Goemon's frenzied antics....
