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HENTAI SAMURAI (2015)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- BAN Hidemitsu, HARUNO Miko, AYANA Rei
Suspense film produced as a graduation piece for the Wakuwaku Eigajuku workshop run by The Machine Girl director Iguchi Noboru. A cameraman with an excrement fetish meets people with various sexual obsessions as he pursues a high school girl who has ...
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Nihon Zero-year: Wind from Fukushima II (2015)
- Director
- KATO Tetsu
- Cast
- TOBA Jun, SAEKI Hinako, MEGURO Maki
A docu-drama that portrays the world two years after the Fukushima nuclear accident. Kato Tetsu directs this sequel to his documentary, Wind from Fukushima, utilizing a blend of the documentary and drama genres. On March 11, two years after the brea...
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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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The Inerasable (2016)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Yuko, HASHIMOTO Ai, SASAKI Kuranosuke
An adaptation of Ono Fuyumi's documentary-style horror novel "Zang-e" by The Snow White Murder Case director Nakamura Yoshihiro. Palpably tense visuals enhance this story of two women, an author and one of her readers, who seek the truth about an apa...
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STROBE LIGHT (2013)
- Director
- KATAMOTO Ryo
- Cast
- FUKUCHI Takamitshu, MIYAO Maiko, KINOSHITA Kiyohiro
Suspense film about a bizarre murder in a peaceful residential neighborhood. Osaka University of Arts graduate Katamoto Ryo makes his directorial debut. Preview screenings held in 2013 in Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe, with the Tokyo opening in 2015. The pr...
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MOZU (2015)
- Director
- HASUMI Eiichiro
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, KAGAWA Teruyuki, MAKI Yoko
A feature film spinoff of a television series based on the hard-boiled novel by Osaka Go. After solving the mystery of his wife's death, a Public Security Bureau agent deals with a new terrorist threat. Beat Takeshi gives an unearthly performance as ...
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Fires on the Plain (2014)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Shinya
- Cast
- TSUKAMOTO Shinya, Lily Franky, NAKAMURA Tatsuya (BLANKEY JET CITY)
Live adaption of Ooka Shohei‘s same-named seminal novel about war, produced after two decades in germination. Although an indie film with Tetsuo: The Iron Man director Tsukamoto Shinya handling six roles including director, lead actor and cinematogra...
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Iniｔiation Love (2015)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- MATSUDA Shota, MAEDA Atsuko, KIMURA Fumino
"SPEC" series director Tsutsumi Yukihiko delivers the film adaptation of Inui Kurumi's bestselling novel, which made waves with the surprise ending. Set in the late 1980s, the Tokyo and Shizuoka parts of the story depict a love triangle between two w...
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Solomon's PerjuryⅡ: Judgement (2015)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- FUJINO Ryoko, ITAGAKI Mizuki, SASAKI Kuranosuke
Sequel to the film adaptation of Naoki Prize-winner Miyabe Miyuki's mystery by REBIRTH director Narushima Izuru. Immersive directorial approach tells the story of a school trial held by and for children after the death of a junior high school boy. S...
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A Cup of Life (2015)
- Director
- HONEKAWA Ko
- Cast
- SEKI Megumi, ICHIKAWA Yui, FUJIWARA Kaoru
Mystery dealing with bone-marrow transplants that casts a compassionate gaze on people who have made missteps in life. Produced by Hashiguchi Kazunari, whose honors include the Grand Prix at the 29th Montreal World Film Festival 2006 for A Long Walk,...
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Solomon's PerjuryⅠ: Suspicion (2015)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- FUJINO Ryoko, ITAGAKI Mizuki, SASAKI Kuranosuke
The first half of a two-part adaptation of Naoki Prize-winning author Miyabe Miyuki's mystery. Junior high students attempt to hold a mock trial after one of their classmates apparently falls from a building and dies within the school grounds. Its di...
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THE FURTHEST END AWAITS (2014)
- Director
- CHIANG Hsiu‐Chiung
- Cast
- NAGASAKU Hiromi, SASAKI Nozomi, ASADA Miyoko
A drama set on the Noto Peninsula. It presents a warm depiction of two women of different generations and outlooks whose lives are dependent on each other's support. Its director is Chiang Hsiu-Chung, a Taiwanese protege of master filmmaker Hou Hsiao...
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END-end? (2014)
- Director
- SASAKI Tomonori
- Cast
- SASANO Suzune, KAGEYAMA Yuko, ONO Marie
A film from the third Enbu Seminar Cinema Project. It depicts the despair and hope felt by three pairs of people of different ages, genders, and backgrounds who experience a sudden tragedy. Its writer and director is Sasaki Tomonori, whose previous w...
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Dawn (2014)
- Director
- KAWAMURA Kiyoto
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rina, KASAJIMA Tomo, MURAKI Yu
A film from the third Enbu Seminar Cinema Project. It depicts the inconceivable fate of a woman and the mistress of her late husband. Takeda Rina of {The Tale of Iya} and {Attack on Titan} fame gives a fine performance as a girl who holds the key to ...
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Misty (2014)
- Director
- MASUI Daichi
- Cast
- KAN Yuki, TAKEKO Aya, SHINOHARA Yukiko
Suspense film depicting the anguish of a couple whose child has been kidnapped, interweaving supernatural themes like necromancy, unexplained disappearances, and overwhelmingly deep mist. Directed by Masui Daichi, who helmed Ibara no bara in the omni...
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Unknown Town (2013)
- Director
- Ohuchi Shingo
- Cast
- YANAGISAWA Shigeki, HOSOE Yuko, MATSUURA Yuya
A death-themed drama. Its director is Ohuchi Shingo, whose Tama Art University graduation film Clear People was an official selection of the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2006. Screened in the Japanese Cinema Splash section of the 2014 Tok...
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Five Minutes to Tomorrow (2014)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- MIURA Haruma, LIU Shishi, CHANG Hsiao-Chuan
Romance with an element of suspense about the fate of a Japanese guy who falls in love with Chinese twin sisters in Shanghai. Directed by Yukisada Isao of Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World. Japan-China-Taiwan co-production with cast members...
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Embers (2014)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Jumpei
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, YANO Masato, HIRUKAWA Yu
Film adaptation of Akutagawa Prize winning author Nakamura Fuminori‘s same-named novel, starring Yagira Yuya from Nobody Knows. Suspense-filled portrayal of two guys burdened by a tragic childhood memory and the murder that prompts them to confront t...
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Pale Moon (2014)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Daihachi
- Cast
- MIYAZAWA Rie, IKEMATSU Sosuke, KOBAYASHI Satomi
An adaptation of popular author Kakuta Mitsuyo's eponymous novel by The Kirishima Thing director Yoshida Daihachi. It depicts the downfall of a housewife who falls head over heels in love and into a life of crime. Miyazawa Rie, starring in her first ...
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FUJA (2013)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Izo
- Cast
- KONISHI Manami, KUBOZUKA Yosuke, WADA Tet
Suspense about a grand power struggle for a medicine effective against the cold virus, said to be worthy of the Nobel Prize if discovered. Stars Konishi Manami of Noriben the Recipe of Fortune, with Kubozuka Yosuke playing the genius scientist with a...
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MOTHER (2014)
- Director
- UMEZZ Kazuo
- Cast
- KATAOKA Ainosuke, MAIHANE Mimi, SHINGYOJI Kimie
Horror film marking the directorial debut for 77-year-old manga master Umezz Kazuo. He penned the script for this autobiographical horror story dealing with memories of his deceased mother. Replete with shocking scenes featuring his signature aesthet...
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Summmer when my wife was in love (2014)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- MIYAJI Mao, KANEKO Noboru, KAWAI Ryunosuke
Fourth installation in the "Love Stories" series in which six directors explore the possibilities within different kinds of love. Imaoka Shinji, one of Japan's best-known adult film directors and The Drudgery Train scriptwriter, tells a couple's secr...
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Z (2014)
- Director
- TSURUTA Norio
- Cast
- KAWAMOTO Mayu, KIJIMA Noriko, TANAKA Miharu
J-Horror pioneer Tsuruta Norio directs this adaptation of Aihara Koji's horror manga. Set in a hospital surrounded by a horde of zombies, it depicts a desperate battle between the survivors and their undead assailants. Its star is Kawamoto Mayu, an u...
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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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NO ZO KI A NA (2014)
- Director
- UEDA Nakaba, TSUKUDA Kensuke
- Cast
- IKEDA Chocolat, Atsumi, ITO Beni
A live-action adaptation of Honna Wako's eponymous manga that gained popularity on a manga website for mobile phone users. It depicts the erotic romantic fortunes and growth of a man and woman who spy on each other's personal lives. Director Ueda Nak...
