Movies
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Pretty Cure All Stars DX3 - Rainbow Flower to the Future (2011)
- Director
- OOTSUKA Takashi
- Cast
- KOSHIMIZU Ami, ORIKASA Fumiko, MITSUISHI Kotono
The 10th film in the popular "Pretty Cure" girls' action animated feature film series, and the final instalment in the "Pretty Cure All Stars DX" trilogy. A grand total of 21 Pretty Cure girls from past entries in the series make appearances, as well...
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Scrap Family (2011)
- Director
- KAJIYA Akihito
- Cast
- TOKUDA Kenta, SEKIGUCHI Yoko, TATSUMI Rikita
This work was produced through the Osaka project "C02", which focuses on nurturing young directors and supporting their new works. Director Kajiya Akihito is a powerhouse talent still in his twenties. He is a director to keep your eye on, with his un...
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The Azemichi Road／Azemichi janpin! (2009)
- Director
- NISHIKAWA Fumie
- Cast
- OBA Hruka, FUTENMA Misaki, UMEMOTO Sizuka
Set around a school for hearing-impaired children in Niigata Prefecture that was once visited by Helen Keller, this coming-of-age drama depicts the growth of a girl and her friends who love to dance. It has been screened at many film festivals around...
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a small cinema in the small town (2011)
- Director
- MORITA Keiko
- Cast
- MIKAMI Yukiko, MIKAMI Masahiro, MIKAMI Kazuko
A documentary tracing the past and present of Oguro-za, a tiny cinema that has been in business for over 90 years in a small town with a population of 14,000 in Hokkaido. In September 2008, documentary filmmaker Morita Keiko visited Oguro-za on its 9...
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Never Ending Blue (2009)
- Director
- OGATA Takaomi
- Cast
- MIZUI Maki, ONO Takahiro, MIMURA Junko
Shocking film that portrays the raw truth of a high school girl whose many troubles include abuse, self-injury, and pregnancy. Mizui Maki, who herself has experienced self-injury, stars in this film that became highly controversial for a scene showin...
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sah nohara e ikou aozorajishuhoiku no sannenkan (2011)
- Director
- KIRINO Naoko
- Cast
- HIRANO Aya
The Aozora Jishu Hoiku Nakayoshi-kai (blue sky independent childcare friends group) is an independent outdoor childcare group in Kamakura City, Kanagawa that has been active since 1985. Based in a rural valley, the children who take part play in the ...
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Eclair (2011)
- Director
- KONDO Akio
- Cast
- YOSHII Hajime, Saori, ISHIDA Ayumi
An emotional drama based on an autobiographical novel by Nishimura Shigeru. The resilience of ordinary people who survived the turbulent period during and after World War II is warmly depicted from the perspective of an orphaned boy named Akio who is...
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Crayon Shin-chan Arashi wo yobu Ougon no Spy Daisakusen (2011)
- Director
- MASUI Soichi
- Cast
- YAJIMA Akiko, NARAHASHI Miki, FUJIWARA Keiji
The 19th entry in a feature film series based on "Crayon Shin-chan", a popular animated television series broadcast in countries all over the world. Its director is Masui Soichi, who provided storyboards for the 15th film in the Crayon Shin-chan seri...
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TSUGARU (2010)
- Director
- OMORI Kazuki
- Cast
- FUJIMORI Shingo, NAKATA Atsuhiko, FUKUDA Saki
A film by Omori Kazuki, a two-time Japanese Academy Award winner for Best Director, shot totally on location in Aomori Prefecture. Fujimori Shingo and Nakata Atsuhiko of comedy duo Oriental Radio play the lead roles in this heartwarming humanistic dr...
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SAKURA,SAKURA (2010)
- Director
- ICHIKAWA Toru
- Cast
- KATO Masaya, Naomi GRACE, KOKUBU Sachiko
Biographical film of the Meiji period Japanese chemist who made major contributions to medicine and industrial development, starting with the extraction of adrenalin. The film carefully follows the dramatic episodes in his life, including marriage to...
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Jellyfish Boy (2010)
- Director
- KATAOKA Sho
- Cast
- YASUDA Ren, GUNJI Daiki
A short film about puppy love between elementary schoolers . Director Kataoka Shoh is known as a skilled maker of short films, and his work has frequently been selected and lauded by domestic film festivals. This film has won a total of 13 awards, in...
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This one thing I do (2011)
- Director
- YAMADA Hisako
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Hiroaki, KUDOH Youki, ICHIKAWA Emiya
A biographical drama portraying the life of Tomeoka Kosuke, a philanthropist who devoted his life to the reform of delinquent youths during the Meiji Period. It touches on his way of life, and how his pain at seeing children driven to commit crimes a...
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Ｒessha daikosin the movie Shinkansendaishugo (2011)
- Director
- Cast
- TOKUNAGA Reiko, NAGAFUCHI Yukitoshi, NONAKA Ai
The second film in a series featuring children's favorite trains. Animated characters present footage of bullet trains from all over Japan in action, as well as production lines, maintenance, preservation and more, and also pose quiz questions. The n...
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Memories of Family (2011)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Masahiro
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Yasunori, FUKUEN Misato, TAKAGI Wataru
Made a splash not only for simultaneously rolling out the thirteen-episode TV series and feature film, but also as the industry's first anime for senior citizens. Warmly depicts the passion for making goods at a local factory and the bonds among fami...
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The Neighbor (2009)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Katsuto, KOBAYASHI Kenji
- Cast
- OGAKI Tomoya, ABE Yuriko, HIYORI Yuki
This drama takes a penetrating look at social issues facing contemporary Japan as well as other developed countries. This film is by former TV director Kobayashi Katsuto and Kobayashi Kenji, who hails from the theater group Haiyuza. The two brothers ...
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The Catcher on the Shore (2010)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Ryugo
- Cast
- UEHARA Munekazu , GIMA Seima, TAIRA Susumu
This drama depicts a boy's coming of age against the backdrop of Okinawa's food culture. Director Nakamura Ryugo was born in 1996. He made this film, his feature debut, when he was just fourteen years old. Okinawa has an old tradition of eating a goa...
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WANKO - The Story of Me, My Family and My Dog (2011)
- Director
- NAKAE Isamu
- Cast
- SATO Ryuta, ASO Kumiko, HASHINO Ryunosuke
A touching family movie based on a true story that was featured on "Kyo no Wanko" (Today's Dog), a popular segment in a Fuji Television news magazine show. Set during the volcanic eruption on the island of Miyakejima in August 2000, it is an unwaveri...
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Soreike! Anpanman: Save Cocolin and a Miracle Star (2011)
- Director
- YANO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- TODA Keiko, NAKAO Ryusei, MATSUYUKI Yasuko
The twenty-third season for the theatrical release of Soreike! Anpanman, starring the beloved character created by Yanase Takashi. This moving work conveys to children the importance of sincerity, while dealing with the topic of food, the departure p...
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WASAO (2011)
- Director
- NISHIKORI Yoshinari
- Cast
- YAKUSHIMARU Hiroko, KIKUYA Wasao
Wasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller's blog. Heartwarming drama starring Wasao himself turns part of the life of this former stray into an original story. Setsuko (Yakushimaru Hiroko), w...
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Livespire "Hello Kitty to Oz no maho no kuni" (2011)
- Director
- USUI Kenji
- Cast
- ICHIMURA Masachika, CHIAKI Shin, NAKAYAMA Noboru
3D digital movie adaptation of the musical celebrating the thirty-fifth birthday of the world-famous character Hello Kitty. The production features Ichimura Masachika, doyen of the musical world, as a voice actor, as well as staffs from the Takarazuk...
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Gekijoban anime Nintama Rantaro ninjutsugakuen zenin shutsudo! no dan (2011)
- Director
- FUJIMORI Masaya
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Minami, TANAKA Mayumi, ICHIRYUSAI Teiyu
The second feature film offshoot of an animated NHK Educational TV show for children, adapting the 37th and 42nd issues of Sobei Amako's manga. Young boys training to be ninjas scamper across battlefields in search of a missing classmate. When ninja ...
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Pokémon the Movie:Black—Victini and Reshiram (2011)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko
- Cast
- OTANI Ikue, INUYAMA Inuko
The first film based on the new Pocket Monsters animated television series "Best Wishes", which began screening in Japan in 2010. Together with Pokémon The Movie: Black—Victini and Zekrom, this is the first time in Japanese animation history that two...
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Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom (2011)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko
- Cast
- OTANI Ikue, INUYAMA Inuko
The fourteenth film based on the animated television series inspired by Nintendo's world famous video game. This movie features different Pokémon and dialogue from Pokémon The Movie: White—Victini and Reshiram , which is the other version of the mov...
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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Steel Troops: The New Age (2011)
- Director
- TERAMOTO Yukiyo
- Cast
- MIZUTA Wasabi, OOHARA Megumi, KAKAZU Yumi
The 31st film in one of Japan's best-loved animated series, and a remake of Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops released in 1986, in which our heroes learn of an invasion of the earth by a robot army and join forces to fight back against the enemy....
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I Wish (2011)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- MAEDA Koki, MAEDA Ohshiro, OHTSUKA Nene
An interpersonal drama about the healing of a family, inspired by the Kyushu bullet train that began operating in March 2011. Kore-eda Hirokazu, who also depicted the emotional landscapes of children in Nobody Knows, built his screenplay around young...
