Movies
392 Results
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Happy Together - All About My Dog - (2010)
- Director
- NAGASAKI Shunichi, ISHII Souichi, ETO Hisashi
- Cast
- OMORI Nao, MATSUSHIMA Nanako, HORIUCHI Keiko
Second installment in the omnibus film series depicting the bonds between people and dogs. Nagasaki Shunichi (The Witch of the West Is Dead), the first Japanese to be invited to the Sundance Institute, and five other directors create works spanning g...
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KAASAN MOM'S LIFE (2011)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Syoutarou
- Cast
- KOIZUMI Kyoko, NAGASE Masatoshi, FURUTA Arata
A live-action adaptation of the eponymous comic by popular manga author Saibara Rieko, whose works continue to provide inspiration for film and television series. The story is based on her personal life, and although an animated television version fo...
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NECO-BAN (2010)
- Director
- ARIMA Ken
- Cast
- IBU Masato, Lily, OKUDA Iroha
An adaptation of a television series about the heartwarming interaction between a retiree in the autumn of his life and the stray cats that gather at his house. Rather than convert footage from 2D to 3D in post-production, it was filmed entirely with...
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PRETTY CURE ALL STARS DX2: Light of Hope☆Protect the Rainbow Jewels! (2010)
- Director
- OOTSUKA Takashi
- Cast
- MIZUKI Nana, MIZUSAWA Fumie, OKI Kanae
A film version of the TV animation series for young girls about cute heroines who are able to transform themselves. This is the second film installment, starring all the characters in the series with seventeen heroines from successive generations coo...
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ANPANMAN -Anpanman Exciting Grand Prix (2010)
- Director
- KAWAGOE Jun
- Cast
- TODA Keiko, NAKAO Ryusei
The 22nd short animation film based on the popular TV animation series, which was shown simultaneously with ANPANMAN -The Blacknose with Magical Song (Sore Ike! Anpan man. Black Nose To Maho No Uta). Japanese "enka" ballad singer, Sakura Maya tries h...
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HIPIRA (2009)
- Director
- KIMURA Shinji
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Yumiko, OHARA Sayaka, SHIMADA Bin
A picture book that has been turned into a TV animation series, this fantasy has been much talked about for its magnificent production lineup, from its story writer, Otomo Katsuhiro, renowned for being the visual creator of AKIRA, to its illustrator,...
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KAMENRIDER OOO & W FEATURING SKULL (2010)
- Director
- TASAKI Ryuta
- Cast
- KIKKAWA Koji, KIRIYAMA Ren, SUDA Masaki
A special effects action film based on the TV series, made in a project to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the "Heisei" Masked Rider series. Masked Rider W who is formed by two heroes merging into one, and Masked Rider OOO who appears in later pr...
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The Volunteer, For Real? (2010)
- Director
- SATODA Tsuyoshi
- Cast
- NGO GRAPHIS, KORA Kengo
This documentary captures the efforts of the medical students working for NGO GRAPHIS over a three-year period from 2007. The film takes a different look at the volunteer work being done overseas by students. This work marks the debut of director Sat...
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Gekijoban 3D Atashinchi jonetsu no cho chonoryoku haha daiboso (2010)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Wataru
- Cast
- WATANABE Kumiko, ORIKASA Tomiko, SAKAGUCHI Daisuke
A 3D animation film based on Kera Eiko's family cartoon series currently running in newspapers. The mother of the Tachibana family suddenly acquires super powers and becomes a superhero. Takahashi Wataru who was also the director of the TV animation ...
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Silent Place in the real World (2010)
- Director
- YUI Suguru
- Cast
In the north of Kawasaki, rapid urbanization has transformed the living environment. In this human-interest documentary, we look at the lives of the local farmers who even today continue to defend the traditions and culture of the region. The directo...
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Heart Catch Pretty Cure! Fashion Show in Paris!? (2010)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Rie
- Cast
- MIZUKI Nana, MIZUSAWA Fumie, KUWASHIMA Houko
A film version of the 7th "Precure" TV animation series in which ordinary girls go head to head with evildoers. The four Precures go into action in order to save a mysterious boy who is being pursued by the "Sabaku no Shito (Desert Apostles)." Tsubom...
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A Summer Family (2010)
- Director
- IWANA Masaki
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Yumiko, WAKAMATSU Moeno, IWANA Masaki
This is the second feature length film by 'butoh' dancer Iwana Masaki, who both directed and wrote the screenplay. Iwana previously won the Best Film award at the Portobello Film Festival for Vermilion Souls (Shurei tachi). The story is a psychologic...
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SOUP OPERA (2010)
- Director
- TAKIMOTO Tomoyuki
- Cast
- SAKAI Maki, NISHIJIMA Takahiro（AAA）, KAGA Mariko
The film features several stars, both new and old, including Nishijima Takahiro from Ai no Mukidashi (Love Exposure), based on the novel of the same name by Agawa Sawako, essayist, moderator and novelist. A bitter-sweet fantasy for adults depicting t...
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EYE CONTACT (2010)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Kazuhiko
- Cast
Once every four years, the international Deaf Olympics, or Deaflympics, are held for athletes with hearing disabilities. This documentary follows Japan's first deaf women's soccer team to compete in the Games, and was screened at the 2010 Taiwan Inte...
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Hiroshima Pyongyang (2009)
- Director
- ITOH Takashi
- Cast
- LEE Kye-son, SHINYA Eiko
A documentary tracing the lives of atomic bomb survivors living in North Korea, with a focus on women who were exposed to radiation through the bombing in Hiroshima and currently live in North Korea. Director Itoh Takashi, a veteran photo journalist,...
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HOLY ISLAND (2010)
- Director
- HANABUSA Aya
- Cast
- Everybody in IWAISHIMA
A documentary produced by Motohashi Seiichi, director of Alexei and the Spring (Alexei to Izumi) and directed by up-and-comer Hanabusa Aya. The film quietly depicts how locals live their daily lives in Iwaishima, Kaminoseki-cho of Yamaguchi Prefectur...
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SOUND to MUSIC (2010)
- Director
- HATTORI Tomoyuki
- Cast
- Otoasobi no Kai, ISHIMURA Maki, EZAKI Masafumi
The Otoasobi Project was started in 2005 by students who studied improvised musical performances with people with intellectual disabilities. This film is a music documentary tracking their activities. The whole initiative was started to create new mu...
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Crayon Shin-chan chojiku ! Arashi wo yobu Ora no Hanayome (2010)
- Director
- SHIGINO Akira
- Cast
- YAJIMA Akiko, NARAHASHI Miki, FUJIWARA Keiji
The 18th film version of the popular TV animation series, based on Usui Yoshito's gags strip. Shinnosuke, the mischievous super kindergartener, travels twenty years into the future in a time machine. The director is Shigino Akira who also directed th...
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Letters From Ikuko (2010)
- Director
- MURAHASHI Akio
- Cast
- MIYAZAKI Karen, HARA Hideko, ARIMORI Narimi
Non-fiction film portraying the story "Letters from Ikuko: Fifteen Years Old, a Daily Battle against Cancer" in which a housewife and a girl meet in a hospital and form a firm bond through correspondence. It is a special selection work (for children,...
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kankaratin (2010)
- Director
- FUJIHASHI Makoto
- Cast
- NAKANO Hideo, NAKAJIMA Airi, ISO Naotaro
An omnibus drama of three inept men who work in the fish market in Tsukiji, Tokyo, produced under the supervision of Iida Joji who directed Rasen and Dragon head. Yoichi (Nakano Hideo) was sacked from his job because he was too lazy, so he went back ...
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TSUKIJI ryuu (2010)
- Director
- OZAWA Masato
- Cast
- KATO Kazuki, ASHIZAWA Nana, HOTARU Yukijiro
An omnibus drama of three inept men who work in the fish market in Tsukiji, Tokyo, produced under the supervision of Iida Joji who directed Rasen and Dragonhead. Extremely shy Yuya (Kato Kazuki) wanted to change himself and started working in a sushi...
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tsukiji de itiban damenaotoko (2010)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- HIMURA Yuki, MATSUZAKA Minami, HIRAIWA Terumi
An omnibus drama of three inept men who work in the fish market in Tsukiji, Tokyo, produced under the supervision of Iida Joji who directed Rasen and Dragonhead. Muraoka Taiyo (Himura Yuki) who works in Tsukiji fish market is a totally unattractive a...
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Vegetable Fairies The Movie (2010)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- SHIRATORI Yuri, IURA Ai, AOYAMA Kiriko
A 3D theatrical version of the heartwarming animation series on NHK's educational TV channel. The series was winner of three awards at the 41st Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. Based on art books by Amano Yoshitaka, an illustrato...
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"Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D" Bonds Bryond Time (2009)
- Director
- TAKESHTA Kenichi
- Cast
- KAZAMA Shunsuke, KENN, MIYASHITA Yuya
A 3D animation film created to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the TV broadcast of the series. The main characters from the three "Yu-Gi-Oh! (King of Games)" series take on their enemies. Directed by Takeshita Kenichi, the director of "Ghost in the...
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the bears' school ～Jackie & Keity～ (2010)
- Director
- KODAMA Tetsuro
- Cast
- MATSUURA Ayu, KODAMA Kinuyo, TANAKA Naoki
The first animated film based on the internationally acclaimed picture book series by Aihara Hiroyuki (author) and Adachi Nami (artist). Nakamura Makoto, the director of Cheburashka, which was screened at the same time, wrote the screenplay. A mischi...
