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Ocean Waves (1993)
- Director
- MOCHIZUKI Tomomi
- Cast
- TOBITA Nobuo, SAKAMOTO Yoko, SEKI Toshihiko
Animation adaptation of the same-named novel by Himuro Saeko. Set in a high school in Kochi City, the story realistically portrays the relationships between an easygoing boy and his best friend, and a girl who has transferred to their school. Produce...
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TOKYO BOYS COLLECTION episode 1 (2016)
- Director
- TERANISHI Kazuhiro
- Cast
- NISHIMURA Kazuki, NAGAO Mariya, ICHIKI Rena
Pure-hearted romance about a high school boy going after his dreams with a plotline involving the Tokyo Boys Collection, Japan's top men's fashion and music event. Directed by Teranishi Kazuhiro of Actress and Shinjuku Midnight Baby. Ikki (Nishimura...
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complex × COMPLEX (2015)
- Director
- FUKUDA Miyuki
- Cast
- HAYASHI Kanae, AGATSUMA Seigo, HARUNA Fuka
Unique animation about armpit hair that deals with the emotional subtleties unique to complex-ridden junior high school students. Directed by freelance filmmaker Fukuda Miyuki. Eighth grader Yui (voice: Hayashi Kanae) yearns to grow up and is irrepr...
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Hurt (2015)
- Director
- HORIE Takahiro
- Cast
- MINE Goichi, SHIBUYA Asami, YOSHIIE Kakeru
Coming-of-age drama about pro-wrestling that humorously portrays an average guy working at a mail order company as he deals with love and growing up. Directed by the up-and-coming Horie Takahiro, who also helmed Hana Kujira Chichi. Hoshino (Mine Goi...
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Grab the Sun (2016)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yutaro
- Cast
- YOSHIMURA Kaito, ASAKA Kodai, KISHII Yukino
With music as its theme, this ensemble film depicts the everyday life of young people living in a metropolis. At the helm is Nakamura Yutaro, who directed King of Fools and ANKOMAN. Yat (Yoshimura Kaito), a musician, is taking in the audience's che...
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A Midsummer's Fantasia (2014)
- Director
- JANG Kun-jae
- Cast
- KIM Sae-byuk, IWASE Ryo, LIM Hyung-kook
Japan-Korea co-produced fantasy comprised of two separate stories that take place in Nara. Director Jang Kun-jae's numerous international film festival honors include the Dragons and Tigers Award for Eighteen at the 28th Vancouver International Film ...
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POLICEMAN AND ME (2017)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, TSUCHIYA Tao, TAKASUGI Mahiro
Romance live-action film based on the same-named comic by Miyoshi Maki. Depicts the elopement between a high school girl and an older police officer. Directed by Hiroki Ryuichi, who is known for Kabukicho Love Hotel. Police officer Kota (Kamenashi K...
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ONE WEEK FRIENDS (2017)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Shosuke
- Cast
- KAWAGUCHI Haruna, YAMAZAKI Kento, MATSUO Takashi
A live-action adaptation of Hazuki Matcha's identically titled romantic comic which had also been turned into a televised anime series. It portrays a high school girl whose memory resets every week and the classmate who is earnestly devoted to her. A...
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My Korean Teacher (2016)
- Director
- ASAHARA Yuzo
- Cast
- Yesung, SASAKI Nozomi
Yesung from the popular Korean idol group, Super Junior, and Sasaki Nozomi co-star in this romantic comedy set in Okinawa. At the helm is Asahara Yuzo, whose The Pearls of the Stone Man was an official selection of the 18th Shanghai International Fil...
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dadadada seventeen (2016)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hana
- Cast
- SUZUKI Rigaku, KITAZAWA Yuho, INORI Kirara
Coming-of-age film featuring a collaboration between the girls band the peggies and high school female director Matsumoto Hana, whose debut film A Midsummer Dream was selected for the 2015 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Thirty-four-ye...
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Crying Clown's Wedding (2016)
- Director
- MINORIKAWA Osamu
- Cast
- SHIDA Mirai, RYUSEI Ryo, ARAKI Yuko
Romance based on a real story about the relationship between a woman who is training to be a clown and a young man who has stopped smiling. Good Morning Show's Shida Mirai gives an authentic performance as the upbeat heroine who believes in the all-m...
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Your Lie In April (2016)
- Director
- SHINJO Takehiko
- Cast
- HIROSE Suzu, YAMAZAKI Kento, ISHII Anna
Arakawa Naoshi's music themed romance comic is brought to life on the big screen. It delicately portrays with a somber touch the romance between a teenage boy and girl, one a pianist and the other a violinist. In the director's chair is Shinjo Takehi...
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Yumeji: A Spurt of Love (2015)
- Director
- MIYANO Keiji
- Cast
- SURUGA Taro, KOMIYA Arisa, KATO Masaya
A drama portraying the life of Takehisa Yumeji, a painter who proclaimed himself "Japan's first pop-art artist". It details the love-hate relationship and ultimate separation from his wife, a "Bijin-ga" (paintings of beautiful women) model, as well a...
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HAUNTED CAMPUS (2016)
- Director
- TAKEMOTO Satoshi
- Cast
- NAKAYAMA Yuma, SHIMAZAKI Haruka, ONO Takuro
A horror film about a male university student able to see ghosts, despite being timid, who solves the riddle to a mysterious case that occurs on campus. It is based on the popular novel by Kushiki Riu, who won the Reader Award at the 19th Japanese Ho...
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MARS (2016)
- Director
- YAKUMO Saiji
- Cast
- FUJIGAYA Taisuke, KUBOTA Masataka, IITOYO Marie
A theatrical feature film continuing the story of the television drama based on Fuyumi Soryo's romance comic. Three high school students each burdened by difficult pasts are plagued by complicated emotions. In the director's chair is Yakumo Saiji, a ...
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Shiratorireiko de gozaimasu The movie (2016)
- Director
- KUMA Shinji
- Cast
- KAWAKITA Mayuko, MIZUNO Masaru, KOBAYASHI Yutaka
The first film adaptation in 20 years of "Shiratorireiko de Gozaimasu," the girls manga which captured the minds of a generation in the 80s. Taking the mantle from her predecessor, Matsuyuki Yasuko, real-life daughter of a company president, Kawakita...
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The Kodai Family (2016)
- Director
- HIJIKATA Masato
- Cast
- AYASE Haruka, SAITOH Takumi, MIZUHARA Kiko
The live-action adaptation of Morimoto Kozueko's romance comic in which a quiet office lady with a wild imagination falls in love with a high society telepath. In the director's chair is Hijikata Masato, who has directed a large number of television ...
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EVERGREEN LOVE (2016)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- IWATA Takanori, TAKAHATA Mitsuki, ABE Joji
"Torihada Gekijoban" series director, Miki Koichiro, adapts to film a romance novel by popular author Arikawa Hiro. It depicts an office lady unsuccessful in life, her strange cohabitation with a young man who collapsed in front of her apartment, and...
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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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Love circumstances for adults (2016)
- Director
- MORIKAWA Kei
- Cast
- MARU Junko, MAMIYA Yuki, ARIMA Yoshihiko
Sensual love story about a single woman struggling with romance. Director Morikawa Kei won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival for Make Room. Yamagishi Shiori (Maru Junko) is a single 38-year-old woman working in ...
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Lover of mother (2016)
- Director
- UENO Takahiro
- Cast
- MIZUSHIMA Yuko, SASAKI Kokone, SUGAWARA Masanori
Sensual love story about the romance between a single mother and a younger man. Directed by Ueno Takahiro of Pink Lady Woman Cannot Stand It. Koike Ryoko (Mizushima Yuko) lives with her daughter Mina (Sasaki Kokone), who she has raised by herself wh...
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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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Heart to waver (2016)
- Director
- KATAOKA Shuji
- Cast
- SETO Saki, SHIBATA Akiyoshi, YABUKI Haruna
Romantic comedy about a woman struggling with work and romance as she tries to figure out how to really live and love. Directed by Kataoka Shuji of the "Shin janki" and "Yakuza no daimon" series. Shimamura Misaki (Seto Saki), who works for a compan...
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KAWAII KISS (2016)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- HON Yuni, UENO Sumire, NAKAMURA Asaka
The first feature film starring the idol group Nomakes created by producer Iguchi Noboru, who picked the five actresses through auditions for this film. Directed by Iguchi Noboru of Nuigulumar Z. High school theater club member Yoshie (Hon Yuni) dec...
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Gyosen no hikari (2016)
- Director
- HIROSE Yo
- Cast
- YOKOYAMA Yui, ONO Takuro, KITAMURA Takako
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 Hirose Yo of Kuchisake onna in L.A. ...
