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PARASYTE (2014)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- SOMETANI Shota, FUKATSU Eri, ABE Sadawo
Always: Sunset on Third Street director Yamazaki Takashi uses lavish special effects in his live action adaptation of Iwaaki Hitoshi's world-renowned SF manga. Thrilling and humor-laced depiction of the battle between humans and "parasytes" that take...
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Attack on Titan -the first part- (2014)
- Director
- ARAKI Tetsuro
- Cast
- KAJI Yuki, ISHIKAWA Yui, INOUE Marina
Film adaptation of the popular "Attack on Titan" TV anime series, based on the comic which has sold a total of 40 million books. First half of a 2-part film that re-edits episodes 1 through 13 from the TV anime. The world is ruled by titans. Humans ...
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RARKUEN TSUIHO -Expelled from Paradise- (2014)
- Director
- MIZUSHIMA Seiji
- Cast
- KUGIMIYA Rie, MIKI Shin-ichiro, KAMIYA Hiroshi
An original science fiction anime with a theme of human dignity. A female investigator from a cybernetic realm descends to Earth and engages in a spectacular battle with a mysterious hacker. Its director is Mizushima Seiji, known for his work on the ...
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WONOGAWA (2014)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Hiroki
- Cast
- MAEDA Nozomi, OIKAWA Nao, FUKAMI Motoki
Science fiction suspense film shot primarily with local production staff to revitalize the Onogawa hot springs in Yamagata Prefecture's Yonezawa City. The film is infused with iridescent visuals and retro-future worldview from Messiah shikkoku no sho...
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AKANE (2014)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yuno
- Cast
- SATO Fuko, SATO Rina, MORITA Yuki
A coming-of-age fantasy made through a collaboration between grown-up film professionals and junior high and high school students, including its director, first year high school student Sakamoto Yuno. Kotoni Town in Hokkaido provided full location su...
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Harmonics Minyoung (2014)
- Director
- SASAKI Shoichiro
- Cast
- Min-young, Yoon-young, MUTO Hideaki
The first feature film by Sasaki Shoichiro, who has won numerous awards for his direction of NHK television dramas. Through the travel in Japan of a Korean woman who loves Mozart, it depicts present anxiety and past wars, as well as the human ability...
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Carefree fairies the movie (2014)
- Director
- SUGAHARA Sota
- Cast
- MIMORI Suzuko, MIZUHARA Kaoru, AKESAKA Satomi
A feature film version of a short animated television series with a loose touch about the daily lives of fairies. They set off on a journey to change their destinies, and get into strange situations wherever they go. It explores its unique outlook, i...
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The Pinkie (2014)
- Director
- TAKEBA Lisa
- Cast
- OZAWA Ryota, WAGATSUMA Miwako, TSUDA Kanji
The debut feature from director Takeba Risa that won the 2014 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival's Grand Prize. It utilizes a blend of colorful imagery and black humor to nimbly render the fantastic story of a young woman living with a clon...
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Shiroihane "Light from Phony" (2013)
- Director
- MAENO Yusuke
- Cast
- OKAMOTO Shogo, OSHIMA Roi, MANABE Tokiko
Short drama about a boy in a single-mother household who engages with an angel. Maeno Yusuke, who has done film trailers and documentaries, works with a script by illustrated book author Kimura Rei. This feature film debut delivers a heartfelt rendit...
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Lilou's Adventure (2012)
- Director
- KUMASAKA Izuru
- Cast
- Lilou DIABATE, NAKANDAKARI Saera, Lamine Youl DIABATE
The second feature from director Kumasaka Izuru, whose Asyl won the 2008 Berlin Film Festival's Best First Feature Award. Using a cast of children with no prior acting experience, it creates a natural and vibrant depiction of friendship between girls...
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Uchukyodai Number Zero (2014)
- Director
- WATANABE Ayumu
- Cast
- HIRATA Hiroaki, KENN
The first animated movie in the "Uchukyodai" series, which has included an animated television show and a live-action film. It features an original script from Koyama Chuya, creator of the manga on which the series is based, and has a story that func...
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STAND BY ME DORAEMON (2014)
- Director
- YAGI Ryuichi, YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- MIZUTA Wasabi, OHARA Megumi, KAKAZU Yumi
The first-ever 3D CG movie in the nationally popular animated film and television series "Doraemon." It reconstructs Fujiko F Fujio's original manga, and depicts the relationship between a robot from the future and an awkward elementary school boy. I...
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TIME TRIP APP (2014)
- Director
- LEE Toshio
- Cast
- TAMAKI Hiroshi, ISHIHARA Satomi, SATO Koichi
Humorous period piece inspired by the 1994 TV drama by the same title. Nodame Cantabile's Tamaki Hiroshi and Unforgiven's Sato Koichi deliver contemporary portrayals of historical figures. Directed by Detroit Metal City's Lee Toshio. High school tea...
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When Marnie Was There (2014)
- Director
- YONEBAYASHI Hiromasa
- Cast
- TAKATSUKI Sara, ARIMURA Kasumi, MATSUSHIMA Nanako
A Studio Ghibli animated adaptation of British author Joan G. Robinson's children's book. It shifts the setting to modernday Hokkaido, and follows the experiences of a lonely girl one summer. The director is Yonebayashi Hiromasa, who made his debut w...
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K MISSING KINGS (2014)
- Director
- SUZUKI Shingo
- Cast
- NAMIKAWA Daisuke, ONO Daisuke, KOMATSU Mikako
Film version of the hit TV anime by the writer's group GoRA with animation production by GoHands. Depicts the battle between "Kings" with special powers and their comrades, set in a Japan with a history that differs slightly from reality. Four "King...
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Mount. NABI (2014)
- Director
- CHIBA Seiji
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Ryo, AKIYAMA Tana, TMOMATSU Sakae
A fake documentary-style horror movie about a film crew who enter an off-limits mountain and suffer the consequences. Its writer and director is Chiba Seiji (THE KUNOICHI -Ninja Girl-, the Gekijoban Tokyo Densetsu series). A group of eight men and w...
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AO ONI (2014)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Daisuke
- Cast
- IRIYAMA Anna, SUGA Kenta, JINNAI Sho
A live-action adaptation of popular role-playing video game "Ao Oni" (blue demon). Idol group AKB48's Iriyama Anna, in her first film appearance, gives an intensely terrified performance as her character tries to escape a randomly-appearing demon wit...
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A Woman’s Holes (2014)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Kota
- Cast
- ICHIHASHI Naoho, ISHIKAWA Yumi, KOBAYASHI Yuichi
This love story about two unusual couples: a male teacher and an alien high school girl, and an honor's student with a gay middle-aged teacher. Based on the same-titled comic by manga artist Fumi Fumiko. Magazine pin-up girls Ichihashi Naoho and Ishi...
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SAINT SEIYA LEGEND of SANCTUARY (2014)
- Director
- SATO Keiichi
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Kaito, AKABANE Kenji, ONO Kensho
3DCG feature film adaptation of the international-hit TV anime. Depicts the deadly battle between the Bronze and Gold Saints, based on "The Sanctuary," Kurumada Masami‘s enormously popular original story. Directed by Sato Keiichi of "TIGER & BUNNY". ...
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Oh！ Invisible Man The Invisible Girl appears!? (2014)
- Director
- MIGITA Masakazu
- Cast
- IIO Kazuki, KISHI Asuka, KOTANI Yoshikazu
The second erotic comedy inspired by Nakanishi Yasuhiro's manga. Set decades after the events depicted in the manga, it presents a lively depiction of the misadventures of a father and daughter with the ability to become invisible. Middle-aged dad T...
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Maria's breast (2014)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- SASAKI Kokone, ONISHI Shima
First installation in the "Love Stories" series in which six directors explore the possibilities within different kinds of love. Heaven's Story director Zeze Takahisa depicts a complex love-hate drama featuring a prostitute with psychic powers and a ...
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Dream On Dreamer (2014)
- Director
- UENO Koichi
- Cast
- FUJIE Reina, TAKEUCHI Miyu, NAKAYAMA Erina
A fantasy-horror film that employs a magical touch to evoke the fear of an adolescent girl who is gradually consumed by the darkness that lurks in the gap between reality and fiction. Its writer and director is Ueno Koichi, who also helmed video segm...
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The Adventures of BELLRING Girls Heart Across the 6th Dimension (2014)
- Director
- TSUGITA Jun
- Cast
- ASAKURA Mizuho, NAKANO Juri, MIZUKI Yuka
A fantasy featuring Bellring Girls Heart in their first starring vehicle. Its writer and director is Tsugita Jun, who has helmed many films such as Fashion Hell and television dramas including "CLAMP Drama Holic xxxHOLiC", and is also known for his w...
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Seven Weeks (2014)
- Director
- OBAYASHI Nobuhiko
- Cast
- SHINAGAWA Toru, TOKIWA Takako, MURATA Takehiro
Family drama set in Ashibetsu City, Hokkaido directed by Obayashi Nobuhiko. Building on his previous film Casting Blossoms to the Sky, Obayashi focuses on the border between life and death and brings to light an untold war story that was hidden withi...
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The Black Square (2012)
- Director
- OKUHARA Hiroshi
- Cast
- NAKAIZUMI Hideo, DAN Hong, CHEN Xixiu
Japan-China collaboration about "war and the present" that depicts complex human events involving tangled eras and national borders. Directed by Okuhara Hiroshi, who was honored with the New Currents Award at the 4th Busan International Film Festival...
