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LYRICAL SCHOOL’S CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (2016)
- Director
- Demo TANAKA
- Cast
- ayaka, mei, yumi
Teenage fantasy featuring the hip hop idol unit Lyrical School. Girls who dream of becoming rap stars grow up after meeting a mysterious alien. Director Demo Tanaka makes his commercial film debut. Six friends including record store employee ayaka (...
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GARM WARS: The Last Druid (2016)
- Director
- OSHII Mamoru
- Cast
- Lance HENRIKSEN, Kevin DURAND, Mélanie St-PIERRE
A fantasy film fusing live-action and anime costing 2 billion yen. Science fiction maestro, Oshii Mamoru, tells an all English story about the anguish of clone warriors in a parallel world. The producer of the Japanese language version is Studio Ghib...
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Yu-Gi-Oh! THE DARK SIDE OF DIMENSIONS (2016)
- Director
- KUWABARA Satoshi
- Cast
- KAZAMA Shunsuke, TSUDA Kenjiro, HANAZAWA Kana
2016 marks the 20th anniversary since the start of the manga's serialization. Takahashi Kazuki, author of the original manga, personally takes overall command of the production in this highly talked about film depicting a story after the end of the o...
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BITTER HONEY (2016)
- Director
- ISHII Gakuryu
- Cast
- NIKAIDO Fumi, OHSUGI Ren, MAKI Yoko
Film adaptation of a fantasy novel composed exclusively of dialogue by Taisho and Showa era author Muro Saisei and published in his final years in 1959. Directed by Ishii Gakuryu of That's It. An adorable girl named Akako (Nikaido Fumi) lives with a...
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Chieri and Cherry (2015)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Makoto
- Cast
- TAKAMORI Natsumi, HOSHINO Gen, ONO Machiko
The emotional growth of a young girl who confronts the importance of life and sets out toward a new future is depicted in this stop motion animated feature film directed by Nakamura Makoto who helmed 2010's Cheburashka. Sixth grader Chiery (voice: T...
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The temptation came at stormy night (2016)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- TAKAKI Mio, ISHIKAWA Yumi, NAGAOKA Tasuku
Romantic fantasy about the ruckus that ensues after a mother and daughter switch bodies. Director Imaoka Shinji wrote the script for The Drudgery Train and has worked on numerous erotic films. Housewife Suda Sawako (Takaki Mio) is dissatisfied with ...
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Kaiso densya (2016)
- Director
- HIRO Kei
- Cast
- MIYAZAWA Sae, MIYAMA Karen, KOIKE Ryosuke
Film from the "9 Windows" short film omnibus produced in collaboration between the popular idol group AKB48 and Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, the largest international short film festival in Asia. Directed by Hiro Kei of Kchisake onna in L.A. E...
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ULTRAMAN X THE MOVIE (2016)
- Director
- TAGUCHI Kiyotaka
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Kensuke, SAKANOUE Akane, HOSODA Yoshihiko
Ultraman X is joined by seven other Ultramen from the "Ultraman" television series in this theatrical release directed by Taguchi Kiyotaka, who has excelled in special effects for the "Patlabor" series among others. The seal in the ancient ruins of...
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ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM -Graduation- (2016)
- Director
- HASUMI Eiichiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Ryosuke, NINOMIYA Kazunari, SUDA Masaki
Sequel to Assassination Classroom, the 2015 live-action adaptation of Matsui Yusei's popular comic. Depicts the relationship between a mysterious yellow octopus-shaped creature named Koro-Sensei, whose name is a pun meaning "unkillable teacher," and ...
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Girls of the Sea (2014)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Ryugo
- Cast
- GIMA Kanan, TAIRA Yudai, KIMURA Kaira
A film dealing with the issue of military bases on Okinawa the staff which is comprised entirely of native Okinawan university students. The director is Nakamura Ryugo, who at the age of 13, was the youngest director in Japan when he released The Cat...
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Garakowa -Restore the World- (2015)
- Director
- ISHIHAMA Masashi
- Cast
- HANAMORI Yumiri, TANEDA Risa, SAKURA Ayane
Ishihama Masashi, director of the opening sequence from the "Attack on Titan" TV series, directs this film adaptation of Pony Canyon's 2013 Anime Adaptation Competition Grand Prize winner. Girls who meet in a zero gravity world known as the "box of w...
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Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory (2015)
- Director
- TAKEBA Lisa
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Aoi, NOZAKI Moeka, KOHINATA Fumiyo
Wacky romance featuring characters unique to the extreme alongside elements of comedy and the occult. Lauded at the 44th Rotterdam International Film Festival and screened at numerous festivals. Director Takeba Risa is known for The Pinkie. TV man (...
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DAMAGER (2015)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- KAZAMA Yu, YAMAMOTO Airi, Demo TANAKA
Indies special effects action film produced by Iguchi Noboru, director of the special effects robot film Karate-Robo Zaborgar, upon the request of a salaryman friend who asked him to shoot a film for him to star in. A masochistic hero who gains power...
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Nihon local hero dai kessen (2015)
- Director
- KAMIKURA Eiji
- Cast
- HANADA Suguru, NITTA Masaaki, TSUJI Ayaka
This film rallies together over 100 local heroes and villains from throughout Japan, from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Directed by Kamikura Eiji of Houjin Yatsurugi. Produced as a fundraiser for polio vaccinations. It's the day of an event that brings toget...
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The Idols and the Undead (2015)
- Director
- ASAKURA Kayoko
- Cast
- Mone, Kechon, Chiffon
Fantastical horror film that marks the feature film debut for the new wave idol group You'll Melt More! Directed by Asakura Kayoko of It's a Beautiful Day. Mone, Kechon, Chiffon, Younapi and Chibo work part time at a cleaning company. Their work is ...
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Death and Tanya (2013)
- Director
- SHIODE Taishi
- Cast
- SERIZAWA Tateto, KOBORI Yurie, OKADA Agasa
Death possesses a human and causes turmoil in this comedic fantasy. Writer and director, Shiode Taishi, makes his feature length directorial debut with this film which screened in the Japanese Cinema Splash section at the 26th Tokyo International Fil...
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Sayonara (2015)
- Director
- FUKADA Koji
- Cast
- Bryerly LONG, ARAI Hirofumi, Geminoid F
Film adaptation of the unique stage play by dramaturge Hirata Oriza and robot researcher Ishiguro Hiroshi. Directed by Fukuda Koji, who earned international acclaim for hospitalité and Au revoir l' été. Near future Japan has been contaminated by rad...
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THE HYBRID (2015)
- Director
- HANO Toru, KURATANI Yoshio
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Honoka, YAMAMURA Ken, SHIBATA Kotaro
This sci-fi fantasy tells of the love-hate relationship of a couple, and the battles of Unidentified Mysterious Animal (UMA) hunters using the enigmatic "Nue," a monster from ancient Japan, as a motif. Yamamura Ken, who appeared in Hollywood's versio...
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Udagawacho de mattete yo (2015)
- Director
- YUASA Noriko
- Cast
- KUROBA Mario, YOKOTA Ryugi, AYUKAWA Momoka
Live-action adaptation of the boys' love comic by Hide Yoshiko. A high school boy falls for a classmate who likes to dress up as a girl, and then ventures into true love. Yuasa Noriko of the popular 2016 TV drama "Higanbana" makes her feature film di...
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SEVENDAYS FRIDAY→SUNDAY (2015)
- Director
- YOKOI Takeshi
- Cast
- HIROSE Tomoki, YAMADA James Takeshi, TANAKA Hinako
The live-action adaptation of the boys' love comic written by Tachibana Benio and illustrated by Takarai Rihito. This final part of a duology relates the hesitation in the hearts of two high students who become lovers but only for a week. The screenp...
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BIKUU THE MOVIE (2015)
- Director
- OHASHI Akira
- Cast
- AKIMOTO Sayaka, SUGA Kenta, ASAKURA Erika
Daring action film featuring priestess Bikuu from the "GARO" series with direction and original story by Amemiya Keita. Film, TV drama and theater actress Akimoto Sayaka tries her hand at action sequences alongside Suga Kenta, acclaimed for his perfo...
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Harmony (2015)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Takashi, MICHAEL ARIAS
- Cast
- SAWASHIRO Miyuki, UEDA Reina, SUZAKI Aya
Anime adaptation of the novel that won the 30th Japanese Science Fiction Grand Prize by SF author Itoh Keikaku, who passed away just two years after making his sensational debut in 2007 with "Genocidal Organ." Produced by Studio 4℃ of the series Bers...
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SLUM-POLIS (2015)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ken
- Cast
- NISHIMURA Horyu, ABERA Hidenobu, ONO Ryoko
A science-fiction film depicting the friendship of three young people chasing their dreams amid a devastated Japan of the near future. In the director's chair is Ninomiya Ken, who won the 2015 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival's Jury Speci...
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SEVENDAYS MONDAY→THURSDAY (2015)
- Director
- YOKOI Takeshi
- Cast
- HIROSE Tomoki, YAMADA James Takeshi, TANAKA Hinako
The live-action adaptation of the boys' love comic written by Tachibana Benio and illustrated by Takarai Rihito. This first part of a duology relates the start of a week-long romance between two students in the same high school but of different acade...
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KUMI TO TYURIPPU (2015)
- Director
- YOSHIMURA Fumihiro
- Cast
A short animation produced through the Agency for Cultural Affairs' "Anime Mirai" project to nurture young animators. Director Yoshimura Fumihiro has worked on "Black Jack" among other Tezuka Productions works. Visualist film director Tezuka Makoto s...
