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Cheburashka (2010)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Makoto
- Cast
- OHASHI Nozomi, KITANO Kie, TSUCHIDA Hiroshi
A team consisting mostly of Japanese staff has produced a brand new puppet animation film starring the iconic Russian character "Cheburashka." This marks the directorial debut of Nakamura Makoto, a scriptwriter known for his work in girls' anime, inc...
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HEART AND YUMMIE (2010)
- Director
- FUJIMORI Masaya
- Cast
- HARADA Tomoyo, KATO Seishiro, YAMAGUCHI Kappei
The film adaptation of Miyanishi Tatsuya's bestselling picture book. This is a humorous yet heart-warming animation of a parent-child bond that forms between a carnivorous dinosaur and a herbivorous dinosaur. The simple hand-drawn animation matches t...
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POLICE DOG DREAM (2010)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Yoshinori
- Cast
- Kaho, TERAWAKI Yasufumi, TODA Naho
The true story of an apprentice police dog who keeps failing the test to become a full-fledged police dog and her apprentice trainer. Filmed entirely in Kagawa prefecture where the original story and characters are from, this is a touching drama abou...
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GOSEIGER EPIC ON THE MOVIE (2010)
- Director
- WATANABE Katsuya
- Cast
- CHIBA Yudai, Louis YAMADA LIII, Higuchi kun
A film version of the 34th TV Super Sentai series based on the motif of angels. The five apprentice guardian angels, Goseigers, who use mysterious "Tenso Jutsu" tricks, battle it out with stragglers from the Universal Annihilation Army Warstar who ar...
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MASKED RIDER W THE MOVIE (2010)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Koichi
- Cast
- KIRIYAMA Ren, SUDA Masaki, MATSUOKA Mitsuru
A film version of the special effects TV drama series that was much talked about for its unusual story of two people transforming into one superhero. It is an episode set between the 44th and 45th episodes of the TV series, portraying the battle betw...
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The Great Adventure of Hutch the Honeybee (2010)
- Director
- AMINO Tetsuro
- Cast
- SAITO Ayaka, Ayaka WILSON, TANAKA Naoki
The first film adaptation of the 1970s TV animation of the same name that moved children all over Japan to tears. Produced and co-written by Koyama Kundo who wrote the script for Departures (Okuribito). The honeybee prince Hutch (voice: Saito Ayaka) ...
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ANPANMAN -The Blacknose with Magical Song (2010)
- Director
- YANO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- TODA Keiko, NAKAO Ryusei, SAKURA Maya
The 22nd film version of the animation series recognized in the Guinness World Records as having the world's largest number of characters. A heart warming story of love and courage in which the champion of justice, Anpanman, stands up against a witch...
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FLOWERS (2010)
- Director
- KOIZUMI Norihiro
- Cast
- AOI Yu, SUZUKI Kyoka, TAKEUCHI Yuko
A lyrical human drama that reunites six top actresses who co-starred in a shampoo commercial. The ways of life of six individuals from three different generations are shown over the grand course of the 20th century. World-class creative director of c...
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Sunshine Ahead (2010)
- Director
- LEE Toshio
- Cast
- OKAMURA Takashi, MATSUYUKI Yasuko, YOSHIZAWA Hisashi
Based on a true love story about a married couple, the film depicts the bonds between a man who, though a complete amateur, succeeds in transplanting and spawning cultivated coral, and his calm wife, who has supported his dream, and is grounded in th...
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Chogekijoban keroro gunso tanjo! Kyukyoku keroro kiseki no jikuto de arimasu!! (2010)
- Director
- SATO Junichi, YAMAGUCHI Susumu
- Cast
- WATANABE Kumiko, KOZAKURA Etsuko, NAKATA Joji
Part 5 of the film edition of the TV anime based on the gag comic by Yoshizaki Mine. Keroro Gunso (Sergeant Keroro) and his comrades, who have come along from the planet Keron to invade earth, try to unravel the mystery of the stone statues on myster...
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SHINKENGERS VS GO-ONGERS (2010)
- Director
- NAKAZAWA Shojiro
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, AIBA Hiroki, TAKANASHI Rin
This is the second installment of the theatrical version of V-Cinema's fourteen Versus Series films, in which different Super Sentai (superheroes) appear together. The samurai "Shinkenger," and "Go-onger," who are based on a motor vehicle motif, join...
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Abacus And Sword (2010)
- Director
- MORITA Yoshimitsu
- Cast
- SAKAI Masato, NAKAMA Yukie, MATSUZAKA Keiko
A film adaptation of the book by Isoda Michifumi, in which he paints a picture of life in the final days of the Tokugawa shogunate, based on his painstaking analysis of the household accounts left behind by a low ranking samurai. Director Morita Yosh...
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Leonie (2010)
- Director
- MATSUI Hisako
- Cast
- Emily MORTIMER, NAKAMURA Shido, HARADA Mieko
Matsui Hisako, director of Yukie and Oriume, scripts and directs a film on the life of Leonie Gilmour, mother of the world-renowned sculptor, Isamu Noguchi, based on his biography. Assembling established producers and cast members from the American f...
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Genpin (2010)
- Director
- KAWASE Naomi
- Cast
- YOSHIMURA Tadashi,
A documentary about a maternity clinic in Aichi prefecture, shot over a year with a handheld 16mm camera by director Kawase Naomi, winner of the Camera d'or for Suzaku (Moe no Suzaku) and the Grand prix for The Mourning Forest (Mogari no Mori) at th...
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COLORFUL (2010)
- Director
- HARA Keiichi
- Cast
- TOMIZAWA Kazato, MIYAZAKI Aoi, MINAMI Akina
By director Hara Keiichi, highly regarded for Crayon Shin-chan Arashi o Yobu Moretsu Otona Teikoku no Gyakushu. His realistic style as seen in his previous picture Summer Days with Coo (Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi) is taken one step further, and crea...
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Arrietty (2010)
- Director
- YONEBAYASHI Hiromasa
- Cast
- SHIDA Mirai, KAMIKI Ryunosuke, MIURA Tomokazu
A Studio Ghibli animation based on Mary Norton's children's novels, "The Borrowers," set in modern day Japan. A story of a budding love between a boy and a tiny girl who must not let her existence be known by humans. 14-year-old Arrietty (voice: Shid...
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Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (2010)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko
- Cast
- OTANI Ikue, INUYAMA Inuko
13th film in the popular animation series that has captivated audiences around the world. In this 4th and final film of the Diamond & Pearl series, Zoroark, a Pokémon that creates and controls illusions, goes on a rampage while transforming into all ...
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Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW (2010)
- Director
- MASUNARI Koji
- Cast
- KUROSAWA Tomoyo, IKEZUKI Honoka, UZAWA Shotaro
Masunari Koji, who entered the limelight for the TV animation series Kamichu! directs his first feature-length film, a young adult fiction piece. The film vividly depicts the wild adventures of five elementary school students from the countryside, wh...
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CONFESSIONS (2010)
- Director
- NAKASHIMA Tetsuya
- Cast
- MATSU Takako, OKADA Masaki, KIMURA Yoshino
Nakashima Tetsuya, director of Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari) and Memories of MATSUKO (Kiraware Matsuko no Issho) discards his distinctive flashy and comical style and ventures into new territory with this more somber piece, based on Minato K...
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RAILWAYS (2010)
- Director
- NISHIKORI Yoshinari
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, TAKASHIMA Reiko, MOTOKARIYA Yuika
Known for its previous production, ALWAYS-Sunset on Third Street- (Always San-chome no Yuhi) and the sequel, ROBOT Communications presents another heartwarming tale about the turning point in the life of an elite business man in his fifties and a loc...
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About Her Brother (2010)
- Director
- YAMADA Yoji
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, SHOFUKUTEI Tsurube, AOI Yu
Master filmmaker Yamada Yoji, known for his humanistic films, directs his first contemporary feature in ten years. Paying homage to Ichikawa Kon's film of the same title, this film presents a heartwarming depiction of the bond between a hard-working ...
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Your Home (2009)
- Director
- YAMAKAWA Kohei
- Cast
- ITO Hiroko, OYAZATO Yoshitsugu, TAKADA Wakaba
Screened in the section "Japanese Eyes" at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival as part of a special collaborative project with the PIA Film Festival (PFF). Still a student in the Visual Concept Planning Department at Osaka University of Arts, ...
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Birthright (2010)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Naoki
- Cast
- OHO Sayoko, YAGYU Miyu, TAKIZAWA Ryoko
A drama screened in the section "Japanese Eyes" at the Tokyo International Film Festival. First-time director Hashimoto Naoki, producer of Tony Takitani (2004), presents an unnervingly stirring depiction of the heroic paths of a mother and daughter b...
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hospitalité (2010)
- Director
- FUKADA Koji
- Cast
- YAMAUCHI Kenji, SUGINO Kiki, FURUTACHI Kanji
A comedy screened in the section "Japanese Eyes" at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival. The director, Fukada Koji, is a member of the production team of the theatrical troupe Seinendan (Artistic Director: Hirata Oriza) who has received high p...
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Wandering Home (2010)
- Director
- HIGASHI Yoichi
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, NAGASAKU Hiromi, KAYAMA Yoshiko
A family drama screened in the section "Japanese Eyes" at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival. For this film, Director Higashi Yoichi, winner of a Silver Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for Village of Dreams (Eno Nakano Bo...
