Movies
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The Blooming (2016)
- Director
- IWAKIRI Isora
- Cast
- IWAKIRI Isora, Ririka, KOIKE Arisa
Indie production by the cutting-edge Iwakiri Isora, whose honors include the Runner-up Award at the 2016 Pia Film Festival. Iwakiri stars in the film and serves as editor, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. I'm "a guy" (Iwakiri) who obedientl...
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Jinro game Mad land (2017)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- ASAKAWA Nana, MATSUNAGA Arisa, SANA Hiroki
The sixth theatrical film in the "Werewolf Game" series dealing with suspicions and murder. At the helm is Sono Shion pupil and director of past series entries such as The Werewolf Game: Crazy Fox, Ayabe Shinya. 10 male and female high school studen...
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Corpse Prison 2 (2017)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Moemi, TACHIBANA Anna, WAGO Shinichi
Second film of the live-action feature film adaptation of Muroi Masane's horror comic "Shishugoku". Stars actress Katayama Moemi, who is also pin-up model. Directed by Jojo Hideo of Gachi-ban and The Secret Game of the Immoral Wife. University coed ...
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Corpse Prison 1 (2017)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Moemi, TACHIBANA Anna, WAGO Shinichi
First film in the two-part live-action theatrical adaptation of Muroi Masane's horror comic "Shishugoku". Stars actress Katayama Moemi, who also is a pin-up model. Directed by Jojo Hideo of Gachi-ban and The Secret Game of the Immoral Wife. Situated...
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TOMODACHI GAME-THE MOVIE- (2017)
- Director
- NAGAE Jiro
- Cast
- YOSHIZAWA Ryo, UCHIDA Rio, YAMADA Yuki
A continuation of the television drama, this is the first of a two-part live-action film adapting the manga written by Yamaguchi Mikoto and illustrated by Sato Yuki. It depicts a group of high school students becoming involved in an extortionate debt...
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AIBOU: THE MOVIE IV (2017)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- MIZUTANI Yutaka, SORIMACHI Takashi, NAKAMA Yukie
The fourth theatrical film of the popular police drama TV series depicts the efforts of a special task unit combatting a mysterious international crime organization. Mark Liu (Kaga Takeshi), former director of the UN Crime Intelligence Bureau, spent...
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Tokyo Ghoul (2017)
- Director
- HAGIWARA Kentaro
- Cast
- KUBOTA Masataka, SHIMIZU Fumika
The live-action adaptation of Ishida Sui's popular comic 'Tokyo Ghoul' which depicts the struggle between flesh eating beings, Ghouls, and humanity. Kubota Masataka from HiGH&LOW THE MOVIE gives a good performance as the conflicted university student...
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SYNCHRONIZER (2015)
- Director
- MANDA Kunitoshi
- Cast
- MANDA Yusuke, MIYAMOTO Natsu, FURUKAWA Hiromi
A thriller depicting the intricate madness and recklessness of a man obsessed with an unethical experiment and the woman who blindly loves him. In the director's chair is Manda Kunitoshi, whose Unloved was screened at the 54th Cannes International Fi...
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POOLSIDEMAN (2016)
- Director
- WATANABE Hirobumi
- Cast
- IMAMURA Gaku, WATANABE Hirobumi, HIRAYAMA Misao
Drama about an incident precipitated by a swimming pool lifeguard, set in a small suburban town. Brothers Watanabe Hirobumi and Yuji, who have had two films selected for the Tokyo International Film Festival including And the Mud Ship Sails Away, exp...
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Yamikin dogs 2 (2016)
- Director
- TSUCHIYA Tetsuhiko
- Cast
- YAMADA Yuki, AOKI Tsunenori, KURODA Daisuke
Second film in the series about tumultuous gangland events with a yakuza turned black-market financier as the protagonist. Focuses on the unfolding troubles precipitated by those who fail to repay their loans. Director Tsuchiya Tetsuhiko also helmed ...
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MUSEUM (2016)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, ONO Machiko, NOMURA Shuhei
A suspense-thriller adapted from Tomoe Ryosuke's identically titled manga which made waves with its intense story developments and extremely graphic imagery. Otomo Keishi, of the "Rurouni Kenshin" series, directs. Metropolitan Police 1st Division in...
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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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a prowler (2016)
- Director
- KUMASAKA Izuru
- Cast
- SAGARA Itsuki, NAKAMURA Yushi, Ikunosuke
Short film in the four-part mystery omnibus Tokyo Thrilling. Depicts the terror of a university student with an active love life who finds herself targeted by a prowler. Directed by Kumasaka Izuru, who won the Best First Feature award at the 58th Ber...
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CREEPY (2016)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, TAKEUCHI Yuko, KAWAGUCHI Haruna
Film adaptation of Maekawa Yutaka's mystery novel detailing the intertwining double enigmas of an unsolved missing family case and an odd, neighboring family. Directed by world-renowned director Kurosawa Kiyoshi, of the horror film Pulse among others...
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SHIMAUMA (2016)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- RYUSEI Ryo, SUGA Kenta, HINAMI Kyooko
Live-action adaptation of Obata Fumio's violent manga. A guy who has turned into an underworld "collection agent" uses violence to vent his clients' hatred and venom. Numerous horrific torture scenes include fingers being broken and feet being set on...
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BLACK ROOM (2015)
- Director
- TSUJIOKA Masato
- Cast
- TSUJIOKA Masato, YUKI Yu, ASAGIRI Ryo
OLD PRISON director Tsujioka Masato not only produces, writes, shoots, directs, and edits, but also stars in this violent thriller. It depicts through extreme characterization the destructive, love-hate obsession born out of a man's unrequited love. ...
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Saori (2016)
- Director
- HIROSE Yo
- Cast
- NAKAHISHI Chiyori, HATA Mizuho, NAKAMURA Ryusuke
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 Slit Mouth Woman in L.A...
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GET MY REVENGE (2016)
- Director
- MUROGA Atsushi
- Cast
- MIZUNO Masaru, TAKAHASHI Maryjun, KOBAYASHI Yutaka
Live-action suspense film that adapts the same-named novel by popular author Yamada Yusuke, known for Tag. In a world where avenging criminals has been legalized, a teacher seeks revenge after his wife is killed. Directed by Muroga Atsushi of Death M...
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LITCHI HIKARI CLUB (2016)
- Director
- NAITO Eisuke
- Cast
- NOMURA Shuhei, FURUKAWA Yuki, NAKAJO Ayami
LITCHI HIKARI CLUB The film adaptation of Furuya Usamaru's identically titled comic which inspired underground theatre. Naito Eisuke, whose LET'S MAKE THE TEACHER HAVE A MISCARRIAGE CLUB sparked discussion, directs this dark fantasy depicting with p...
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The Werewolf Game: Crazy fox (2015)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- TAKATSUKI Sara, TOMITE Ami, MASAKI Reiya
Thriller based on the werewolf game, a traditional game in Europe that has taken off in Japan in recent years. This third film in the series introduces new rules and ups the ante from the previous film with tension-filled mind games. Director Ayabe S...
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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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Ghost Theater (2015)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- SHIMAZAKI Haruka, ADACHI Rika, TAKADA Riho
A horror set in a theater rife with the jealousy of young women. A doll holds the key to the terrors that befall a budding actress. Its director is Nakata Hideo, whose many horror films include Don't Look Up and the Ring series. Sara (Shimazaki Har...
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Tag (2015)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- TRIENDL Reina, SHINODA Mariko, MANO Erina
Horror film based on popular author Yamada Yusuke's novel by the same title with an original script penned by director Sono Sion. The film changes the setting to depict a game of tag with high school girls now as the objects of pursuit. Triendl Reina...
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JOKER GAME (2015)
- Director
- IRIE Yu
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, FUKADA Kyoko, ISEYA Yusuke
Spy action film that adapts Yanagi Koji‘s popular spy novel, starring Kamenashi Kazuya of The Vancouver Asahi. An unpredictable battle of wits unfolds in an international city on the eve of the Second World War. Directed by Irie Yu of the "8000 Miles...
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25 TWO-FIVE (2014)
- Director
- KASHIMA Tsutomu
- Cast
- AIKAWA Show, TERAJIMA Susumu, NUKUMIZU Yoichi
Violent action film about 25 villains including corrupt cops, yakuza and Chinese mafia fighting over 2.5 billion yen. Lead played by direct-to-video king Aikawa Show, with a supporting cast including familiar faces like Terajima Susumu, Takaoka Saki,...