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BLAME! (2017)
- Director
- SESHITA Hiroyuki
- Cast
- SAKURAI Takahiro, HANAZAWA Kana, AMAMIYA Sora
Feature film animation adaptation of the masterpiece SF manga that enjoys a worldwide fan base. The completely new story was created with the full cooperation of the manga author Nihei Tsutomu, who served as creative consultant. Directed by Seshita H...
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Lu over the wall (2017)
- Director
- YUASA Masaaki
- Cast
- TANI Kanon, SHIMODA Shouta, SHINOHARA Shinichi
The first, completely original theatrical film by director Yuasa Masaaki. This tale of the encounter and separation of a young boy and a young mermaid is composed of careful depictions of life and delicate emotional portrayals rendered through animat...
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highheels - a fairy tale born of obsession (2016)
- Director
- Inchul LEE
- Cast
- KIKUCHI Rinko, Hyunri, KOJIMA Fujiko
Short film starring actress Kikuchi Rinko, who is known for her performances in Babel and Pacific Rim. Kai (Kikuchi) is an android shoemaker who takes the craft very seriously. One day, a customer who wants perfectly fitting shoes orders a pair of h...
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Violence Voyager (2018)
- Director
- Ujicha
- Cast
- YUKI Aoi, ONO Daisuke
Visual artist Ujicha writes, directs, shoots, and edits this animation in which he also constructed the character figures and drew every image. Winner of the Bronze Audience Award at the 22nd Fantasia International Film Festival, it has been screened...
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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (2017)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, KAMIKI Ryunosuke, KOMATSU Nana
Live-action adaptation of Araki Hirohiko's popular comic "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure," which has over 100 million copies in print to date. Helmed by internationally renowned director Miike Takashi. A series of bizarre deaths happen in Morioh, home to ...
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Before We Vanish (2017)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami, MATSUDA Ryuhei, HASEGAWA Hiroki
Feature film adaptation of the popular play "Before We Vanish" from the theatrical group Ikiume led by dramaturge Maekawa Tomohiro. Director Kurosawa Kiyoshi has earned international acclaim for films including Journey to the Shore. Narumi (Nagasawa...
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The Sword of Zatoichi (1964)
- Director
- IKEHIRO Kazuo
- Cast
- KATSU Shintaro, KUBOTA Nahoko, NAGISA Mayumi
Zatoichi is pursued by killers whose boss, Sukegoro, he has slain. A gambler named Seiroku fails to kill him, and the blind masseur goes to thank Okuni, the older daughter of the local boss Bunkichi Tsumugi, who rescued him. Yasu, whose headquarters...
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Visualized Hearts (2017)
- Director
- IGARASHI Akiko
- Cast
- YOSHIDA Ryuichi, SHIRAKAWA Nanami, SHIN Yoshio
Director Igarashi Akiko, who studied at film school while holding down her company job, remakes her own short film, Kokoro wo Kashikasuru Kikai. The film is a 13th Cineastes Organization Osaka (CO2) grant-recipient production. During an experiment o...
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2045 Carnival Folklore (2016)
- Director
- KATO Naoki
- Cast
- ISHII Junya, OKA Misaki, OKUSE Shigeru
The third feature-length film by director Kato Naoki is a sci-fi, noise rock motion picture set in Japan 100 years after the dropping of an atomic bomb. Nagashima Hiroyuki (Dowser), Hamamoto Ryo, Okamoto Hideyuki, and other musicians along with noise...
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KUDAN (2008)
- Director
- KIMURA Taku
- Cast
- SENA Keigo, KODURU Rina
An animated short film which has been awarded the Excellence Prize at the 12th Japan Media Arts Festival among many other awards from countries across the globe. Writer and director, Kimura Taku, is an art director and CG artist who has been at the f...
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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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Remini sentexia (2016)
- Director
- INOUE Masaki
- Cast
- Alexander Tsirkov, INOUE Mirena, Julia Asadova
Dealing with the theme of "memories", this science fiction film depicts people struggling with memories they want to forget and those they want to remember. Director Inoue Masaki makes his feature-length debut with this independent film he made in Ru...
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THE BRAND NEW LEGEND OF THE STARDUST BROTHERS (2016)
- Director
- TEZKA Macoto
- Cast
- MIURA Ryosuke, TAKEDA Kohei, ARAKAWA Chika
A drama remaking the 80s cult-classic musical film, Legend of the Stardust Brothers, with a brand new story. Tezka Macoto, director of the original, also assumes the director's chair for this film. In the near future, Tokyo is a cyber-metropolis whe...
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Snow Woman (2016)
- Director
- SUGINO Kiki
- Cast
- SUGINO Kiki, AOKI Munetaka, YAMAGUCHI Mayu
This drama introduces a fresh interpretation of "Yuki Onna", an episode from Lafcadio Hearn's collection of Japanese ghost stories, "Kwaidan". Sugino Kiki, director of Kyoto Elegy, also directs and stars in this film which was selected to compete in ...
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Genocidal Organ (2016)
- Director
- MURASE Shuko
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Yuichi, MIKAMI Satoshi, SAKURAI Takahiro
The animated adaptation of the identically titled 2007 Japan SF Award-nominated debut work by science-fiction novelist Project Itoh, who suddenly died after only a two-year career as a writer. Murase Shuko of the television anime series "Ergo Proxy" ...
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INTERN! (2016)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Akio
- Cast
- ARAKI Yuko, OKAMOTO Anri, SANO Gaku
A coming-of-age drama dealing with the subject of job-hunting through a fantastic touch. It depicts an indecisive, timid, female university student maturing through her internship. At the helm is veteran television director, Yoshida Akio. Third year...
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Whisper of Yuzu Leaves a.k.a. Yuzu no ha yurete (2016)
- Director
- KAMIZONO Koji
- Cast
- MATSUBARA Chieko, TSUGAWA Masahiko, NISHIMURA Kazuhiko
The film adaptation of a children's literary book, "Bokuto aitsu no rasuto ran," written and directed by Kamizono Koji, who also make his feature length film debut. 10-year-old Takeshi (Santoki Souma) is asked by Granma (Matsubara Chieko), a neighbo...
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THE TOP SECRET: MURDER IN MIND (2016)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, OKADA Masaki, KIKKAWA Koji
Live-action adaptation of Shimizu Reiko's popular mystery manga which won the 15th Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award. It depicts police investigators exposing the truth of difficult cases by using a system which turns the memories of the dec...
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Magic Utopia (2015)
- Director
- TOYAMA Shoji, TAN Shuichi
- Cast
- YONEMURA Ryotaro, YANAGI Elisa, WADA Shu
The present lives and past memories of two men and a woman intersect as their souls move toward utopia. Directed by Our Night is Not Long‘s Toyama Shoji and music video director Tan Shuichi. Lisa (Yanagi Erisa) lost her mother when she was a child, ...
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A Wild Namahage (2016)
- Director
- ARAI Kenichi
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Ren, IMATANI Futoshi, CHOSOKABE Yoko
Fantasy comedy about the relationship between a boy and a wild "namahage" ogre from traditional culture in Northeastern Japan with the premise that namahage are animals. Directed by Arai Kenichi of Ossan Sukebo. A namahage captured in the wild escap...
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KAIJYU MONO (2016)
- Director
- KAWASAKI Minoru
- Cast
- IBUSHI Kota, SAITO Shusuke, KAWANISHI Miki
Visual effects movie featuring battles between a giant monster and professional wrestler Ibushi Kota, who makes his film debut. Director Kawasaki Minoru is known for The World Sinks Except Japan and Outer Man. A giant monster shows up in Tokyo and t...
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HANAKO VS YOSUKE (2016)
- Director
- TORII Yasutake
- Cast
- SHIDA Yumi, TAKEUCHI Eri, SUGIE Taishi
Horror film based on a famous urban legend. Depicts the clash between the female ghost Hanako who lives in the girl's toilet at an abandoned school and Yosuke, the male ghost in the boy's toilet. The lead is played by Shida Yumi from the idol group Y...
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forgotten (2016)
- Director
- KUMAZAWA Naoto
- Cast
- OCHIAI Motoki, KANEKO Nobuaki, Saori
Short film in the four-part mystery omnibus Tokyo Thrilling. Depicts the anguish of a guy who suddenly vanishes from people's memories. Directed by Kumazawa Naoto, who excels at films about teenagers. Daiki (Ochiai Motoki), who is forgotten by every...
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Q chan (2016)
- Director
- KOROYASU Yusuke
- Cast
- U-KWON, KATO Aoi, FUJITA Tomu
Short film in the four-part mystery omnibus Tokyo Thrilling. Dark humor and fantasy color this story about the bizarre life of a guy who picks up Dracula. Directed by Koroyasu Yusuke of Otaku's Daughter. Korean exchange student Im (U-Kwon) finds an ...
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The Little Match Girl (2016)
- Director
- UCHIDA Hiroshi
- Cast
- SATO Sumire, KOBAYASHI Yutaka, HONDA Takafumi
A dark-fantasy adapting Suzuki Sanami's popular comic to the big screen with idol group SKE48's Sato Sumire in the starring role. It portrays the cruel fate pursued by people with a wicked heart who become engrossed in the "wish match" which fulfills...
