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"Wanwa" the Doggy (2008)

Director: OHIRA Shinya

Cast: SUZUKI Akiko, ICHIJYO Kazuya

A boy plays innocently next to his mother, who is being hospitalized. Suddenly, a terrifying demon appears and takes the boy away from his mother. He comes to in a mysterious, unfamiliar world. A dog called Wanwa leads the boy deeper and deeper into ...

MOONDRIVE (2008)

Director: NAKAZAWA Kazuto

Cast: FURUTA Arata, TAKADA Shoko

In a city on the surface of the moon, people who have gotten hold of a map showing the location of a legendary treasure go on an adventure. Nakazawa Kazuto did the animation section of Kill Bill. Jiko (voice: Furuta Arata) is one of four desperados w...

GALA (2008)

Director: MAEDA Mahiro

Cast: TAKANO Urara, EDOYA Koneko

A giant object suddenly appears in a land inhabited by gods. Those who respond to the drumming of the life hidden within the object hold a fabulous celebration to help it awaken. Director Maeda Mahiro presents an adventure fantasy through the eyes of...

Itsuka anohi to naru kyo (2008)

Director: ANDO Hiroshi

Cast: FUJIMA Miho, KAMOSHITA Yoshimasa, SAITO Aya

Taiwa (2008)

Director: SASAKI Hirohisa

Cast: YAMANAKA Shigeki, KAMOSHITA Yoshimasa, KITAYAMA Hiroshi

Akui (2008)

Director: SHINOHARA Tetsuo

Cast: NAKADAI Akio, RUKAWA Atsuko, MIYASATO Ryo

Kutsugahama onsen companion hikaeshitsu (2008)

Director: OGATA Akira

Cast: SAWAYAMA Kaoru, NISHINO Mari, WATANABE Yosuke

Kesshin wo surukoto (2008)

Director: RIJU Go

Cast: IGARASHI Chiyo, Yue

L change the WorLd (2008)

Director: NAKATA Hideo

Cast: MATSUYAMA Kenichi, KUDOH Youki, FUKUDA Mayuko

A spin-off film of the Death Note diptych which was hugely successful not just in Japan but in the whole of Asia including Hong Kong, Korea and Thailand. Directed by Nakata Hideo, a leading figure in Japanese horror movies which have stormed the worl...

A Girl in the Sunset (2007)

Director: YAMADA Saki, SETA Natsuki, YOSHIDA Yuichiro

Cast: YOSHITAKA Yuriko, YAMADA Maiko, Haru

Close Your Mind -Bakumayokocho- (2007)

Director: NOGAMI Takafumi

Cast: KATO Natsuki, ISHIYAMA Takuo, KISHIDA Kensaku

Yakusoku no Chi ni Saku Hana (2007)

Director: ENDO Ippey

Cast: SUGA Takamasa, MITSUYA Yoko, MORISHITA Eri

Drop in Ghost　Boku no Kanojo to sono Yurei (2007)

Director: MORI Atsushi

Cast: MITSUSHIMA Hikari, SHIBAKI Takeru, HAYAMI Kentaro

BABY BLUE (2007)

Director: WATANABE Shinichiro

Cast: YAGIRA Yuya, KIKUCHI Rinko

It's early summer at a high school in Fussa City in Tokyo. High school junior Sho invites sophomore Hatsuki to cut class and go somewhere together. They were friends as kids but have both changed over the years and don't talk much anymore. They buy f...

Happy machine (2007)

Director: YUASA Masaaki

Cast: MIZUHARA Kaoru

It turns out that the baby's warm home and mother were machines dressed up as wind-up dolls. The baby gets thrown out into a savage, abandoned landscape. He gets on a four-legged bike and goes on a journey where he encounters a fire child, small plan...

LIMIT CYCLE (2007)

Director: FUTAMURA Hideki

Cast: MIKAMI Hiroshi

A virtual reality space rises up in the darkness, a data world city is constructed in layers, a lone man faces his computer looking like he's been possessed by something. He finishes his work and heads out into the city, and discovers a fantastical b...

Doorbell (2007)

Director: FUKUYAMA Yoji

Cast: TOCHIHARA Rakuto, OGURA Hisahiro, IWAI Nanase

One day, high schooler Yu is heading home via his usual route. He opens the door to his apartment and tries to go in, but his mother and sister react oddly. "The front door just opened, right? But nobody's there." Yutaka struggles to figure out what ...

DEATHTIC 4 (2007)

Director: KIMURA Shinji

Cast: YABE Taro, YAMAGUCHI Tomomitsu

There's an alternative underground world that doesn't permit the presence of life. A frog appears and gets randomly picked up by the protagonist Lot, and the result is a fun ruckus. Lot and his pals head for the Whirlpool Hole in an effort to send th...

SHANGHAI DRAGON (2007)

Director: KAWAMORI Shoji

Cast: Miki Yamamoto, Lu Ningjuan,

In Shanghai's old downtown in the late-20th century, Chinkuro is a runny-nosed preschool kid who loves to draw. One day, there is a sudden flash and a crater appears at Chinkuro's preschool. Chinkuro picks up a mysterious stick-shaped object, which t...

GENIUS PARTY (2007)

Director: FUKUSHIMA Atsuko

Cast

A world of visuals triggers bodily sensations, inspired by "the moment when images are born." A barren landscape, a birdman running endlessly, swaying flowers of inspiration. Beyond the fragments of images that surface, vanish, connect and transform ...