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Ongaku shoujo (2015)
- Director
- ISHIKURA Kenichi
- Cast
- NUMAKURA Emi, SETO Asami
A short animation produced through the Agency for Cultural Affairs' "Anime Mirai" project to nurture young animators. It depicts two dissimilar high school girls' relationship deepening through music. In the director's chair is Ishikura Kenichi, who ...
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YOSHIKO EX MACHINA (2015)
- Director
- SUDA Yumiko
- Cast
- WATANABE Naoko, MORIYA Shotaro, AI Ichitaro
A short animation produced through the Agency for Cultural Affairs' "Anime Mirai" project to nurture young animators. The original story and screenplay were written by "Chibi Maruko-chan" series voice actor TARAKO and is directed by Suda Yumiko of Ch...
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BAR KAMIKAZE (2015)
- Director
- KUBOTA Shoji
- Cast
- TAKAGI Shinpei, TAKIUCHI Kumi, MASAKI Reiya
Comedy from director Kubota Shoji, whose film THE LITTLE GIRL IN ME was an official selection for the 36th Montreal World Film Festival. Slapstick ensues at a bar. Up-and-coming stage actor Takagi Shinpei plays the lead. Sasazuka Shuhei (Takagi) run...
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CHIBI MARUKO CHAN -A Boy from Italy- (2015)
- Director
- TAKAGI Jun
- Cast
- TARAKO, YARA Yusaku, ICHIRYUSAI Teiyu
This is the 25th anniversary film of televised anime "Chibi Maruko chan". For the first time in the series' history, the setting moves from Shimizu City as the well-known characters travel around Osaka and Kyoto. The script was written by the origina...
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DEAR DEER (2015)
- Director
- KIKUCHI Takeo
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Yuri, SAITO Yoichiro, KIRYU Koji
Comedy set in the mountains. Feature film debut by Kikuchi Takeo, who has worked as an assistant director for Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Zeze Takahisa. Official selection for the 36th Montreal World Film Festival. Fujio (Kiryu Koji), Yoshio (Saito Yoichir...
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MY love STORY!! (2015)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- SUZUKI Ryohei, NAGANO Mei, SAKAGUCHI Kentaro
Live adaptation of the unique girls' manga, which has also been turned into a TV anime. Follows the slapstick romantic antics of a pure-hearted and sincere guy with the looks of a meathead. The film recreates the humorous appearance of the characters...
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GALAXY TURNPIKE (2015)
- Director
- MITANI Koki
- Cast
- KATORI Shingo, AYASE Haruka, OGURI Shun
Wacky SF comedy with lots of aliens set in a burger joint in outer space. Direction and script by Mitani Koki of Suite Dreams and The Magic Hour. The year is 2265. The "Uzu-Shio" residential district near Jupiter is connected to Earth by the so-call...
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No Longer Heroine (2015)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- KIRITANI Mirei, YAMAZAKI Kento, SAKAGUCHI Kentaro
A live action adaptation of Koda Momoko's bestselling girl's comic. Depicts the affections of the heroine, who vacillates between her childhood friend and the school's best looking guy. Directed by Hanabusa Tsutomu of Sadako 3D. High school student ...
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The Virgin Psychics (2015)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- SOMETANI Shota, IKEDA Elaiza, MANO Erina
Feature film based on the TV drama adaptation of Wakasugi Kiminori‘s comic by the same title. Slapstick comedy about a virgin high school student who realizes that he has supernatural powers and tries to rescue humanity from danger. The funny and sex...
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TOKYO PR WOMAN (2015)
- Director
- SUZUKI Kosuke
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Mizuki, YAMAMOTO Yusuke, KIRIYAMA Ren
Drama about a ditzy woman low on self-confidence who grows up thanks to her work, set at a PR firm that really exists. The lead is played by model-cum-actress Yamamoto Mizuki. Directed by Suzuki Kosuke of Omoide no nagisa and the TV drama "War of Mon...
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Rolling (2015)
- Director
- TOMINAGA Masanori
- Cast
- MIURA Takahiro, YANAGI Elisa, KAWASE Yohta
A drama about the erotic misadventures of a disgraced teacher and his former students, set in the city of Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture. Its writer and director is Tominaga Masanori, who won the Mito Short Film Festival's Grand Prize in 2002 for his VIC...
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Good Stripes (2015)
- Director
- SODE Yukiko
- Cast
- KIKUCHI Akiko, NAKAJIMA Ayumu, USUDA Asami
The first theatrically-released film from director Sode Yukiko, whose feature Mime-Mime was screened at several festivals including the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival. A couple who intend to break up decide to get married when a pregnancy...
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Till Death Do Us What? (2015)
- Director
- MAEDA Koji
- Cast
- SASAKI Kuranosuke, NAGASAKU Hiromi, SATO Hitomi
Fantasy adaptation of the nonfiction work "Fu Fu Cancer Diary," which was based on a blog about a couple grappling with illness. Nagasaku Hiromi plays the cheerful and big-hearted wife, and Sasaki Kuranosuke gives a lively portrayal of the wishy-wash...
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Tensai bakabuon yomigaeru furandasu no inu (2015)
- Director
- FROGMAN
- Cast
- FROGMAN, TAKIMOTO Miori, HAMADA Gaku
An anime commemorating the 80th anniversary of manga artist Akatsuka Fujio's birth in which Nello and Patrasche from the famed anime "A Dog of Flanders" appear in the world of Akatsuka's masterpiece, "Tensai Bakabon," to surrealistically hilarious ef...
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AKEGARASU (2015)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, SHIROTA Yu, WAKABA Ryuya
Humorous depiction of 12 hours with a male host mired in debt and his utterly unreliable host pals, based on classic rakugo stories like "Akegarasu" and "Shinagawa Shinju." Suda Masaki of The Light Shines Only There has a ball playing a pathetic host...
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POISON BERRY IN MY BRAIN (2015)
- Director
- SATOH Yuichi
- Cast
- MAKI Yoko, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, FURUKAWA Yuki
Romantic comedy that adapts Mizushiro Setona's same-named manga for film, directed by Kisaragi's Satoh Yuichi. A 30-year-old woman's mind is portrayed as a conference with humorous verbal sparing among thoughts that are "positive," "negative," "impul...
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RYUZO AND HIS SEVEN HENCHMEN (2015)
- Director
- KITANO Takeshi
- Cast
- FUJI Tatsuya, KONDO Masaomi
An ex-yakuza boss duped by a conman impersonating his son rallies his former henchmen in the name of justice. The racy plot is driven by veteran actors with an average age of 72, including Fuji Tatsuya, Kondo Masaomi, Nakao Akira and Shinagawa Toru. ...
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Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack! (2015)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Masakazu
- Cast
- YAJIMA Akiko, NARAHASHI Miki, FUJIWARA Keiji
The twenty-third entry in the popular animated film series about the raucous misadventures of kindergarten kid Shinnosuke. This time it follows the Nohara family to their new home in Mexico, where they come face-to-face with mysterious man-eating cac...
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Vampire In Love (2015)
- Director
- SUZUKI Mai
- Cast
- KIRITANI Mirei, TOTSUKA Shota, TANABE Seiichi
Love story in which popular model and actress Kiritani Mirei turns into a vampire girl. Suzuki Mai, who studied theater at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, makes her directorial debut. The film is supported by cast members from Hong Kong, Tai...
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A Farewell to Jinu (2015)
- Director
- MATSUO Suzuki
- Cast
- MATSUDA Ryuhei, ABE Sadawo, MATSU Takako
A live-action adaptation by director Matsuo Suzuki of Igarashi Mikio's manga. This farcical tale revolves around a young man with a morbid fear of money and the residents of a sparsely populated village. The cast features such unique actors as Matsud...
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April Fools (2015)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Junichi
- Cast
- TODA Erika, MATSUZAKA Tori
Ensemble film from screenplay writer Kosawa Ryota and director Ishikawa Junichi of the popular TV drama "Legal High." Hysterically funny story about romance sparked by a lie, featuring a 27-member cast including popular young actors like Matsuzaka To...
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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Space Heroes (2015)
- Director
- OSUGI Yoshihiro
- Cast
- MIZUTA Wasabi, OHARA Megumi, KAKAZU Yumi
A film that commemorates the thirty-fifth anniversary of the beginning of the nationally popular "Doraemon" film series. Nobita and his friends take a stand to keep the peace in space. Osugi Yoshihiro, who has performed various tasks for films in the...
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Present For You (2013)
- Director
- DAI Yoshihiko
- Cast
- ODAGIRI Joe, FUBUKI Jun, AOKI Munetaka
An offbeat work that combines live action and stop-motion animation via 3D. It depicts the fate of a man who takes on a job in the criminal underworld with a dual cast of actors and identical puppets. Winner of Best Live action International Feature ...
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I ALONE (2013)
- Director
- TSUKIKAWA Sho
- Cast
- MAKITA SPORTS, IKEMATSU Sosuke, SANO Shiro
Action comedy in which a troubled middle-aged company employee and a wayward youth deliver a getaway drama driven purely by instinct. Comedian-cum-actor Makita Sports and the young character actor Ikematsu Sosuke form an unusual pair. Ito (Makita) u...
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Bali Big Brother (2014)
- Director
- LEE Toshio
- Cast
- TSUTSUMI Shinichi, ONO Machiko, NAOTO INTI RAYMI
A comedy based on the instructional book "Dekasegeba Daigoyu" (Work Overseas to Get Rich) and directed by Lee Toshio (Detroit Metal City). Prolific film actor Tsutsumi Shinichi gives an unbridled performance as a wild and wealthy man who adheres to h...
