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YOCHO (FOREBODING） (2017)

Director: KUROSAWA Kiyoshi

Cast: Kaho, SOMETANI Shota, HIGASHIDE Masahiro

Companion piece to Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Before We Vanish, which was an official selection for the 70th Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard section. Etsuko's (Kaho) colleague Miyuki (Kishii Yukino) reveals that her house is haunted. Etsuko is worr...

BRAVESTORM (2017)

Director: OKABE Junya

Cast: DAITOH Shunsuke, WATANABE Shu, YAMAMOTO Chihiro

Sci-fi action reboot of the hero TV series "Silver Mask" and "Super Robot Red Barron". Producer, screenwriter and director Okabe Junya creates radically new visual scenes. The year is 2050, and humans are mostly extinct from earth. The surviving fiv...

THE LIMIT OF SLEEPING BEAUTY (2017)

Director: NINOMIYA Ken

Cast: SAKURAI Yuki, TAKAHASHI Issey

A drama portraying the intertwining of past & present and reality & delusion written and directed by the promising filmmaker of SLUM-POLIS and Matsumoto Tribe, Ninomiya Ken. Oria Aki (Sakurai Yuki) came to Tokyo with dreams of becoming an actress. S...

Saimon & Tada Takashi (2017)

Director: ODA Manabu

Cast: SAKAMOTO Itsuki, SUGA Kenta

Teenage film produced with scholarship funding from the 24th PFF Scholarship. Up-and-coming Oda Manabu scripts and directs this lighthearted romance about two high school boys. High school senior Saimon (Sakamoto Itsuki) is headed for college, and ...

The Man From the Sea (2018)

Director: FUKADA Koji

Cast: Dean FUJIOKA, Taiga, ABE Junko

Drama addressing the themes of humanity and nature through Indonesia's beautiful ocean and the friendships among youths whose origins transcend nationality and religion. Japan, France and Indonesia co-production. Directed by Fukada Koji, who won the ...

MATASABURO of the Wind (2016)

Director: YAMADA Yuki

Cast: YAMAZAKI Satoshi, INABA Natsuki, TANAKA Masahiko

Animation produced through Anime Tamago 2016, the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Young Animator Training Project. Produced by Buemon, which was involved in "GRANBLUE FANTASY The Animation." A girl (voice: Inaba Natsuki) temporarily relocates from the ...

Water Dream (2017)

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. Produced for the stage at the behest of French pianist Catherine Verhelst and stage designer Herv? Tougeron...

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...

Fig (2006)

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. Yamamura's contribution to the omnibus TOKYO LOOP commemorating the centennial of animation with works inspi...

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...

Les Garcons- Bonbons 2 L'Oiseau du paradis (2017)

Director: HIROTA Leona

Cast: KURIHARA Rui, ARAMAKI Yoshihiko, SOMEYA Toshiyuki

The sequel to 2015's Les Garcons-Bonbons directed by Hirota Leona, who is also known as an actress. Kitazawa Haku (Kurihara Rui) had watched a movie and dreamed he was in a parallel universe. Meanwhile, Ryu (Kamiya Riku), the older brother of Haku's...

SMOKIN' ON THE MOON (2018)

Director: Kanata WOLF

Cast: IURA Arata, NARITA Ryo, SARA Mary

A fantastical drama depicting those who inhabit the underworld of society. It is written and directed by Kanata Wolf (who changed his name from Tanaka Yuichiro), who functions as a visual planner, director, and musician. Sota (Iura Arata) and Rakuto...

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST (2017)

Director: SORI Fumihiko

Cast: YAMADA Ryosuke, HONDA Tsubasa, Dean FUJIOKA

A live-action adaptation of Arakawa Hiromu's 'Fullmetal Alchemist', which has sold 70 million copies worldwide, from director Sori Fumihiko, who took part in the CG effects of Titanic. Gifted alchemist Edward (Yamada Ryosuke) and his younger brother...

Dance with Devils -Fortuna- (2017)

Director: YOSHIMURA Ai

Cast: AKANEYA Himika, SAITO Soma, HATANO Wataru

This film is the theatrical version of "Dance with Devils", the television anime series produced through the teaming up of Rejet, a creator of media content aimed at women, and Elements Garden, a music production brand. It depicts a different ending ...

Fate/stay night THE MOVIE [Heaven's Feel] I. presage flower (2017)

Director: SUDO Tomonori

Cast: SUGIYAMA Noriaki, SHITAYA Noriko

The first of a theatrical trilogy based on the third route, Heaven's Feel, of the popular PC game 'Fate/stay night'. It has been ten years since the last Holy Grail War which involved mages (masters) and their spiritual familiars (servants) battling...

SECOND SUMMER, NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN (2017)

Director: NAKANISHI Kenji

Cast: MURAKAMI Nijiro, YOSHIDA Madoka, KATO Rena

A live-action adolescent love story adapted from Akagi Hirotaka's popular light novel of the same name starring Murakami Nijiro of Still the Water and MUKOKU. In the director's chair is Nakanishi Kenji of Hana no Ato and Love Gear fame. Third year h...

MEATBALL MACHINE KODOKU (2017)

Director: NISHIMURA Yoshihiro

Cast: TANAKA Yoji, Yurisa, SHIINA Eihi

The sequel to the splatter film, Meatball Machine. Serving as character designer, screenwriter, director, and editor is Tokyo Gore Police director, Nishimura Yoshihiro, who was also involved with the special makeup effects on Attack on Titan and Shi...

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection (2017)

Director: HAMANA Takayuki

Cast: TAMURA Yukari, MIZUKI Nana, UEDA Kana

The return of TV anime series "Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha" to the theaters after five years. This is the first of a 2-part arc telling a completely new story. Eltria is a decaying planet. Only the Florian family remain there: a husband and wife who...

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...

Gui aiueo:S A stone from another mountain to polish your own stone (2016)

Director: SHIBATA Go

Cast: SHIBATA Go, NISHIMURA Risshi, MORINO Jun

Experimental road movie sequel to Gui aiueo:S. Shot like a documentary and edited as a narrative piece. Directed by Shibata Go of Late Bloomer. A car called "Whale Number 2" crosses a vast prairie. The car's occupants are Gui aiuos:S, a band without...

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...

Mary and The Witch's Flower (2017)

Director: YONEBAYASHI Hiromasa

Cast: SUGISAKI Hana, KAMIKI Ryunosuke, AMAMI Yuki

Debut feature film from Studio Ponoc, established by former Studio Ghibli producer Nishimura Yoshiaki. Directed by Yonebayashi Hiromasa, who also was previously with Studio Ghibli and directed on When Marnie Was There. Mary (voice: Sugisaki Hana) ha...

The World We Live In (2017)

Director: AKABANE Hiroshi

Cast: UMESAKI Kaito, MIZUKI Yuko, OKAWA Hiroshi

Supernatural mystery with a twist, produced by New Star Production. Kenta (Umesaki Kaito), Asahi (Okawa Hiroshi) and Akari (Mizuki Yuko) show up for their new part time jobs where they live and work at an inn in Nagano called Tachibana. One night, ...

SAGRADA RESET Part2 (2017)

Director: FUKAGAWA Yoshihiro

Cast: NOMURA Shuhei, KUROSHIMA Yuina, TAIRA Yuna

The second of a two-part film adaptation of the "Sagrada Reset" series by young novelist, Kono Yutaka. The story depicts the momentary elation and sorrow of youths who possess the power of "reset". In the director's chair is Fukagawa Yoshihiro who di...

SAGRADA RESET Part1 (2017)

Director: FUKAGAWA Yoshihiro

Cast: NOMURA Shuhei, KUROSHIMA Yuina, TAIRA Yuna

The first of a two-part film adaptation of the "Sagrada Reset" series by young novelist, Kono Yutaka. The story revolves around the ability to turn back the world three days by uttering the word "reset" and depicts the adolescence of youths who posse...

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