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ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM (2015)
- Director
- HASUMI Eiichiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Ryosuke, SUDA Masaki, YAMAMOTO Maika
Live-action adaptation of Matsui Yusei's popular comic. Inferior students work on assassinating a mysterious creature that is set on destroying the earth, and grow up in the process. The film exploits CG to create totally outlandish battles. Koro-Se...
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The Lion Standing in the Wind (2015)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- OSAWA Takao, ISHIHARA Satomi, MAKI Yoko
Miike Takashi, whose work is eagerly anticipated both at home and abroad, directs this adaptation of a story by Sada Masashi about a Japanese doctor practicing medicine in Kenya. Osawa Takao, who joined the production when it was first being devised,...
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ULTRAMAN GINGA S THE MOVIE (2015)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Koichi
- Cast
- NEGISHI Takuya, UJI Kiyotaka, SUGIURA Taiyo
Third feature film in the "Ultraman Ginga" series. Ten new-generation Ultra Warrior heroes confront a new enemy who wields the mirror of space and time. One day, the vicious time-space traveling demon Etelgar (voice: Suzuki Tatsuhisa) and female war...
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STROBE EDGE (2015)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- FUKUSHI Sota, ARIMURA Kasumi, YAMADA Yuki
Coming-of-age live-action adaptation of Sakisaka Io's romance comic. Poignant yet refreshing portrayal of the volatile emotions of susceptible high school students. Director Hiroki Ryuichi excels at depicting fragile emotional states. One day, high ...
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KEPT (2014)
- Director
- MIZUI Maki
- Cast
- Kayano, KOBA Ken, Momoha
Directorial debut by Mizui Maki, actress-cum-idol and protege of directors Sono Sion and Nishimura Yoshihiro. Film adaptation of a series of abductions in which she herself was victimized. Numerous film festival selections include the 16th Boston Und...
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A Cup of Life (2015)
- Director
- HONEKAWA Ko
- Cast
- SEKI Megumi, ICHIKAWA Yui, FUJIWARA Kaoru
Mystery dealing with bone-marrow transplants that casts a compassionate gaze on people who have made missteps in life. Produced by Hashiguchi Kazunari, whose honors include the Grand Prix at the 29th Montreal World Film Festival 2006 for A Long Walk,...
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Solomon's PerjuryⅠ: Suspicion (2015)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- FUJINO Ryoko, ITAGAKI Mizuki, SASAKI Kuranosuke
The first half of a two-part adaptation of Naoki Prize-winning author Miyabe Miyuki's mystery. Junior high students attempt to hold a mock trial after one of their classmates apparently falls from a building and dies within the school grounds. Its di...
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When the Curtain Rises (2015)
- Director
- MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki
- Cast
- MOMOTA Kanako, TAMAI Shiori, TAKAGI Reni
An adaptation of Hirata Oriza's play by "Bayside Shakedown" series director Motohiro Katsuyuki. The members of idol group Momoiro Clover Z star as high school students who grow through their involvement in a lowly drama club. Among their co-stars is ...
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Have a Song on Your Lips (2015)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- ARAGAKI Yui, KIMURA Fumino, KIRITANI Kenta
Film adaptation of the novel by Nakata Eiichi, who drew inspiration from a TV documentary. Directed by Miki Takahiro of Girl in the Sunny Place. The Goto Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture. Kashiwagi Yuri (Aragaki Yui), a beautiful pianist from Tokyo, i...
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THE FURTHEST END AWAITS (2014)
- Director
- CHIANG Hsiu‐Chiung
- Cast
- NAGASAKU Hiromi, SASAKI Nozomi, ASADA Miyoko
A drama set on the Noto Peninsula. It presents a warm depiction of two women of different generations and outlooks whose lives are dependent on each other's support. Its director is Chiang Hsiu-Chung, a Taiwanese protege of master filmmaker Hou Hsiao...
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SAMULIFE (2015)
- Director
- MORIYA Takeshi
- Cast
- MIURA Takahiro, MATSUOKA Mayu, KAJI Masaki
A film based of the true story of Nagaoka Hidetaka, who founded the private educational institution "Samurai Gakuen Schola Imagine." It is the directorial debut of Moriya Takeshi, producer of hit movies including Bread of Happiness. High school teac...
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Radio Love (2015)
- Director
- TOKIGAWA Hideyuki
- Cast
- YOKOYAMA Yuji, NAKANO Sakura, TANAKA Takushi
Heartwarming fantasy starring Hiroshima Prefecture announcer Yokoyama Yuji. Features cast and crew hailing from Hiroshima Prefecture, including director Tokigawa Hideyuki, costarring comedy duo Ungirls, and musician Yazawa Eikichi. "Hasn't everyone ...
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The Boy Who Has Lifeless Eyes (2015)
- Director
- KANO Hayato
- Cast
- SHIMIZU Naoya, Satsuki, TAKAGI Maria
Rookie Kano Hayato directs this film adaptation of the same-titled comic by Koizumi Tomohiro, acclaimed for depicting gloomy kids in works like "Green Mind, Metal Bats". Features numerous performances by upcoming actors including Confessions's Shimiz...
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Her Granddaughter (2015)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- EIKURA Nana, TOYOKAWA Etsushi, MUKAI Osamu
VIBRATOR director Hiroki Ryuichi helms this adaptation of the manga of the same title by Nishi Keiko, who has a devoted fanbase among adult women. A woman who has given up on ever being married meets a university professor old enough to be her father...
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La La La at Rock Bottom (2014)
- Director
- YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- SHIBUTANI Subaru, NIKAIDO Fumi, SUZUKI Sarina
A musical coming-of-age drama set in Osaka and directed by Yamashita Nobuhiro (Linda Linda Linda). Shibutani Subaru of the idol group Kanjani Eight stars as an amnesiac who clashes fiercely with a young woman played by Nikaido Fumi (Himizu) and sings...
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little forest -winter/spring- (2015)
- Director
- MORI Junichi
- Cast
- HASHIMOTO Ai, MIURA Takahiro, MATSUOKA Mayu
A drama based on Igarashi Daisuke's manga. A young woman returns to a mountain village in the Tohoku region from the city, and embarks on a simple self-sufficient lifestyle. It is the latter half of a two-part story comprised of episodes set in diffe...
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The Mourner (2015)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- KORA Kengo, ISHIDA Yuriko, IURA Arata
A drama based on the Naoki Prize-winning novel by Tendo Arata. As with the theater adaptation, its director is Tsutsumi Yukihiko, and its screenplay is by Omori Sumio. Sakatsuki Shizuto (Kora Kengo) travels the length and breadth of Japan to "mourn"...
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Present For You (2013)
- Director
- DAI Yoshihiko
- Cast
- ODAGIRI Joe, FUBUKI Jun, AOKI Munetaka
An offbeat work that combines live action and stop-motion animation via 3D. It depicts the fate of a man who takes on a job in the criminal underworld with a dual cast of actors and identical puppets. Winner of Best Live action International Feature ...
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Sukimasuki (2015)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Kota
- Cast
- MACHIDA Keita, SASAKI Kokone, NAKAMURA Eriko
A romantic comedy based on the manga of the same title by BUNNY DROP creator Unita Yumi. It follows a strange and farcical love affair between a virgin university student who spies on his neighbor between curtains, and a beautiful woman who knowingly...
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Halser Acre:The Movie Acres (2015)
- Director
- KISHIMOTO Tsukasa
- Cast
- AKINA, FUKUDA Moeko, YAMASHIRO Tomoji
First theatrical release for Halser Acre, the Okinawan superhero story that is a huge local hit. The heroine is a descendent of the Okinawa nature and farm-loving Halser Tribe and confronts the destruction of nature with farming tool nymphs. Directed...
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a stitch of life (2015)
- Director
- MISHIMA Yukiko
- Cast
- NAKATANI Miki, MIURA Takahiro, KATAGIRI Hairi
Film adaptation of Ikebe Aoi's comic about clothes by director Mishima Yukiko, who has gained popularity for depicting the relationship between people and food in Bread of Happiness and A Drop of the Grapevine. Sensitively portrays the emotions of a ...
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MAESTRO! (2015)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Syoutarou
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, miwa, NISHIDA Toshiyuki
A live-action adaptation of Saso Akira's manga about an orchestra. Its director is Kobayasi Syoutarou, whose KAASAN MOM'S LIFE won international acclaim. This musical entertainment film features the participation of world-renowned conductor Sado Yuta...
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I ALONE (2013)
- Director
- TSUKIKAWA Sho
- Cast
- MAKITA SPORTS, IKEMATSU Sosuke, SANO Shiro
Action comedy in which a troubled middle-aged company employee and a wayward youth deliver a getaway drama driven purely by instinct. Comedian-cum-actor Makita Sports and the young character actor Ikematsu Sosuke form an unusual pair. Ito (Makita) u...
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JOKER GAME (2015)
- Director
- IRIE Yu
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, FUKADA Kyoko, ISEYA Yusuke
Spy action film that adapts Yanagi Koji‘s popular spy novel, starring Kamenashi Kazuya of The Vancouver Asahi. An unpredictable battle of wits unfolds in an international city on the eve of the Second World War. Directed by Irie Yu of the "8000 Miles...
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MIDNIGHT DINER (2015)
- Director
- MATSUOKA Joji
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Kaoru, TAKAOKA Saki, TABE Mikako
Feature film adaptation of Abe Yaro's popular comic, which has sold over 4.4 million copies in Japan and abroad and has been turned into a TV drama. Stars Kobayashi Kaoru and other familiar faces from dramas. A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the...
