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GOMENNASAI (2011)
- Director
- ASATO Mari
- Cast
- SUZUKI airi, NATSUYAKI Miyabi, TSUGUNAGA Momoko
An adaptation of Hidaka Yuka's eponymous cellphone horror novel, written and directed by Asato Mari (Keitai Kanojo). Adopting a three-part structure, it depicts a chain of terrifying events involving a cursed script. The three members of girl rock un...
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KAIJI 2 (2011)
- Director
- SATO Toya
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, ISEYA Yusuke, YOSHITAKA Yuriko
The second live action adaptation of Fukumoto Nobuyuki's manga about gambling. Based on the third chapter "Swamp of Desire" in the original, the film thrillingly depicts the protagonists' battle for survival as they aim for a big payout. Fukumoto him...
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UNFAIR the answer (2011)
- Director
- SATO Shimako
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Ryoko, SATO Koichi, YAMADA Takayuki
The second film adaptation of a suspenseful detective television series that was first broadcast in 2006, revolving around a beautiful divorced detective with an outstanding arrest rate who gets caught up in a conspiracy involving police corruption. ...
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Youth H2 "Dream without picture" (2011)
- Director
- HASEBE Daisuke
- Cast
- Momo, NISHIMOTO Ryuki, YOSHIDA Yuki
The second film from the second season of the much lauded Seishun H (Youth Sex) series, created by distinctively original filmmakers on the shared theme of adolescence and love. {Drifting Clouds}, director Hasebe Daisuke's university graduation work,...
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Youth H2 "Hyper villain" (2011)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- UNO Shohei, TAKAHASHI Mayumi, KIYOSE Yaeko
The first film from the second season of the much lauded Seishun H (Youth Sex) series, created by distinctively original filmmakers on the shared theme of adolescence and love. Director Shiraishi Koji is well known for his horror films, and his radic...
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Fig Wasp (2010)
- Director
- SATO Toshiki
- Cast
- MIZUI Maki, FUKAZAWA Tomoki, ITO Takeshi
The fourth film in the "Seishun H" series, which produces extremely low budget coming-of-age and sex-themed works with a strong directorial style. Director Sato Toshiki, regarded as one of the "four heavenly kings" of pink film, uses swaying handheld...
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Shojyo Senso (2010)
- Director
- OIKAWA Ataru
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Anna, KIRISHIMA Rina, MINAMI Yuki
A survival action thriller written and directed by Oikawa Ataru, who has been a leading figure on the Japanese low-budget horror scene since his breakthrough work Tomie. Its blood-drenched visuals tell a story of high school girls engaging in a battl...
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COLD FISH (2010)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- FUKIKOSHI Mitsuru, DENDEN, KUROSAWA Asuka
Controversial work inspired by an actual murder and director Sono Shion's own experiences. Shion's films consistently make a splash at the world's film festivals, and have been screened at festivals including the Venice International Film Festival, a...
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DENDERA (2011)
- Director
- TENGAN Daisuke
- Cast
- ASAOKA Ruriko, BAISHO Mitsuko, YAMAMOTO Yoko
An unorthodox action film from director Tengan Daisuke that takes its inspiration from the same "ubasuteyama" legend featured in his father Imamura Shohei's The Ballad of Narayama, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Based on the no...
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Kaibutsu ha koko ni iru (2008)
- Director
- SAKAIDA Shun
- Cast
- TOYAMA Takahiro, AOKI Shinya, UETAKE Naoto
An audacious crime movie from director Sakaida Shun, whose constantly experimental and ambitious style of direction and imagery has caused a sensation and is attracting considerable attention in the independent film scene. It is also an installment i...
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Taiyo ha shiranai (2007)
- Director
- SAKAIDA Shun
- Cast
- TOYAMA Takahiro, UETAKE Naoto
A crime film from director Sakaida Shun, whose constantly experimental and ambitious style of direction and imagery has caused a sensation and is drawing attention in the independent film scene. It is also an installment in a four-part crime quadrilo...
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Kowashitai omocha (2007)
- Director
- SAKAIDA Shun
- Cast
- URUSHIBARA Mitsuru, KOBAYASHI Sho
A selection for the open competition section of Cineastes Organization Osaka (CO2), a project that endeavors to cultivate up-and-coming filmmakers who carry the future of the Japanese film industry. Director Sakaida Shun has created a sensation with ...
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Akuma ga kita (2010)
- Director
- SAKAIDA Shun
- Cast
- TOYAMA Takahiro, AOKI Shinya, OTSUKA Takahiko
A crime drama from director Sakaida Shun who has drawn attention for his achievements in the independent film scene, including selection for the 2006 open competition section of Cineastes Organization Osaka (C02) that endeavors to cultivate up-and-co...
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END CALL (2008)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Kiyoshi
- Cast
- USUDA Asami, HAGA Yuria, KOBAYASHI Shun
A Japanese horror film produced with American funding and released in 10 countries in the world. Director Yamamoto Kiyoshi is widely recognized as a horror creator of the new generation. Mai (Haga Yuria), a girl in high school, tries to make her love...
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LOCKED OUT (2008)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Yasunobu
- Cast
- SONOBE Kiichi, OGATA Miho, MIYASHITA Tomomi
Winner of three awards at the 2009 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival including Best International Feature Film, this is the first feature film by director Takahashi Yasunobu, a former film student in the U.S. The film is a ro...
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THE INCITE MILL - 7 Day Death Game - (2010)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, AYASE Haruka, ISHIHARA Satomi
This film features a star-studded ensemble of leading and emerging actors, including Fujiwara Tatsuya, Ayase Haruka, and Kitaoji Kinya, to list a few. This is a psychological thriller directed by horror-great Nakata Hideo, the director famous for put...
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Mardock Scramble –The First Compression– (2010)
- Director
- KUDO Susumu
- Cast
- HAYASHIBARA Megumi, YASHIMA Norito, TOUCHI Hiroki
The first chapter in the animated series based on Ubukata Tow's cyberpunk novels, which won the Best Japanese SF Award. A girl is saved by a forbidden technological procedure, and as a side effect gains superpowers. Ubukata himself has written the sc...
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Black Butler Musical -The Most Beautiful DEATH in The World- (2010)
- Director
- FUKUZAWA Satoshi
- Cast
- MATSUSHITA Yuya, NISHII Yukito, SAEKI Daisuke
The second musical performance based on Toboso Yana's popular comic book, which also became a hit TV animation series. An impeccable butler works for a noble family, but is actually a demon. The musical takes us through the adventures of the butler's...
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MAGAN (2008)
- Director
- ITO Atsushi
- Cast
- TANI Sarasa, ODA Atsushi, WATANABE Mihoko
This piece was created in the advanced course in fiction film at The Film School of Tokyo, and one of the entries into the Ketsu Riki Chin Kai (*Great, Power, Unique, Fishy) Film Festival, an independent film project that takes up "Rehabilitation of ...
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THE SHOCK LABYRINTH : EXTREME 3D (2009)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, RENBUTSU Misako, KATSUJI Ryo
This was the first time a digital 3D feature film was screened in Asia.This is a digital 3D thriller of the "Labyrinth of Fear," world's the longest haunted house at amusement park, Fuji-Q Highland, as its motif. The director is Shimizu Takashi of Ju...
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GROTESQUE (2009)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Tsugumi, KAWATSURE Hiroaki, OSAKO Shigeo
Fake documentary style horror films, such as Noroi: The Curse (Noroi), have been garnering a lot of attention, and director Shiraishi Koji, who has helped created countless horror films, has focused his energies into creating a truly shocking horror ...
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Straight City (2009)
- Director
- SAKAI Takehiro
- Cast
- OSHIMA Rie, DEGUCHI Kayo, OHASHI Yusuke
A short omnibus feature created by eight new and talented directors, four from Tokyo and four from Nagoya. Against a backdrop of serial terrorist attacks, the film is sprinkled with offbeat dialogue and humorously depicts the interplay between two wo...
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Yamino manimani (2009)
- Director
- TOMOMATSU Naoyuki
- Cast
- Kotono, USAGI Tsubasa, TAKAYAMA Yuya
Based on the short comic collection "Yami no mani mani" (*Just the way the Darkness is) by popular manga artist Uchida Shungiku, this erotic horror story realistically portrays the true inner life of a frustrated housewife. It features a number of ad...
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the Garden of sinners - ....not nothing heart. (2009)
- Director
- TAKIZAWA Shinsuke
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Maaya, SUZUMURA Kenichi, NAKATA Joji
The 7th of the anime series based on the romantic novel "the Garden of Sinners" by Nasu Kinoko, who is best known as the scriptwriter for the game, Tsukihime. This is the final chapter in the story of the strange destiny that has befallen Ryogi Shiki...
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KAIJI (2009)
- Director
- SATO Toya
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, AMAMI Yuki, KAGAWA Teruyuki
A live-action version of Fukumoto Nobuyuki's manga series of the same name, which has sold a total of more than 16 million copies. The title character, with no way to escape from a mountain of debt but unwilling to call it quits, takes a gamble that ...
