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Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- SOMETANI Shota, MAEDA Atsuko, MINAMI Kaho
An ensemble drama depicting men and women whose lives intersect at a love hotel in the Kabukicho district of Shinjuku, from the Vibrator duo of director Hiroki Ryuichi and screenwriter Arai Haruhiko. It stars Sometani Shota, who won the Venice Intern...
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Yamamoto Jisho bokyo no kane Manmo kaitakudan no rakujitsu (2014)
- Director
- YAMADA Hisako
- Cast
- NAITO Takashi, WATANABE Azusa, TOKIWA Takako
Drama about the life of Yamamoto Jisho, known as "father figure to orphans left behind in China" for his devotion to repatriating Japanese orphans. Director Yamada Hisako handled the live-action adaptation of Barefoot Gen and Fudeko and the Angel's P...
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Bali Big Brother (2014)
- Director
- LEE Toshio
- Cast
- TSUTSUMI Shinichi, ONO Machiko, NAOTO INTI RAYMI
A comedy based on the instructional book "Dekasegeba Daigoyu" (Work Overseas to Get Rich) and directed by Lee Toshio (Detroit Metal City). Prolific film actor Tsutsumi Shinichi gives an unbridled performance as a wild and wealthy man who adheres to h...
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IRON GIRL -ULTIMATE WEAPON- (2014)
- Director
- FUJIWARA Kenichi
- Cast
- ASUKA Kirara, IWANAGA Hiroaki, KISHI Asuka
Second installation for the SF action film Iron Girl starring the sexy actress Asuka Kirara. Set in a devastated near future, the film depicts a bounty hunter's torrential battle on an even bigger scale than the previous work. Director Fujiwara Kenic...
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Wonderful World End (2014)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- HASHIMOTO Ai, AONAMI Jun, INABA Yu
Chick flick based on two music videos for the popular singer Oomori Seiko. Colorful visuals sensitively portray the emotional turmoil experienced by two adolescent girls. Directed by Matsui Daigo, who created the original music videos. Struggling 17...
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AGAIN (2014)
- Director
- OMORI Sumio
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, Haru, WAKUI Emi
Live-action adaptation of the popular novel by Naoki Prize winner Shigematsu Kiyoshi. Depicts down-and-out adults going after the ball once again, based on the Masters Koshien baseball tournament that draws former high school baseball players. The cl...
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ST: The Movie (2015)
- Director
- SATO Toya
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, OKADA Masaki
Feature film adaptation of the popular TV drama starring Fujiwara Tatsuya and Okada Masaki. A high-caliber but loony analyst and enthusiastic rookie inspector crack the toughest cases. Directed by Sato Touya of Kaiji. Akagi Samon (Fujiwara), leader ...
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THE NEXT GENERATION-PATLABOR- Chapter7 (2014)
- Director
- OSHII Mamoru
- Cast
- MANO Erina, FUKUSHI Seiji, KAKEI Toshio
The seventh in a seven-part series of completely original live-action films continuing the "Patlabor" saga, a multimedia property created in the 1980s. Oshii Mamoru returns to the director's chair to depict events following those of Patlabor 2: The M...
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And the Mud Ship Sails Away (2013)
- Director
- WATANABE Hirobumi
- Cast
- SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, TAKAHASHI Saaya, IIDA Kaoru
Debut project from Foolish Piggies Films, the Tochigi Prefecture-based filmmaking collective formed primarily by director/scriptwriter Watanabe Hirobumi and his brother Watanabe Yuji, who handles production. Humorously depicts the encounter between a...
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Farmers wife - I want to meet you (2014)
- Director
- ENOMOTO Toshiro
- Cast
- MIZUTANI Kei, HAMADA Manabu, NISHIMOTO Haruka
The sixth entry in the "Love Stories" series, in which six directors explore various romantic possibilities. Mizutani Kei, who starred in the V Cinema production A Weather Woman that also gained popularity overseas, gives a delightfully humorous perf...
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Like A Fairytale (2014)
- Director
- Ū-ki Yamato
- Cast
- Shuri, OTOGIVANASHI
A coming-of-age film directed by promising newcomer Yamato Yuki (COUNT FIVE TO DREAM OF YOU). It stars talented actress Shuri, and members of the band OTOGIVANASHI also appear and provide music. Young viewers in Tokyo were highly supportive of the mo...
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Fruit of love (2014)
- Director
- KANEDA Satoshi
- Cast
- KAMON Yoko, KAWAI Ryunosuke, YOSHIOKA Mutsuo
The fifth entry in the "Love Stories" series, in which six directors explore various romantic possibilities. Farmer's wife:35 years old, her skirt flutters in the wind director Kaneda Satoshi and star Kamon Yoko join forces once again. It delicately ...
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Taksu (2014)
- Director
- SUGINO Kiki
- Cast
- MITSUYA Yoko, SAITOH Takumi, SUGINO Kiki
The feature directorial debut of Sugino Kiki, known for her work as an actress and producer on films such as hospitalite. Set in Bali, it presents a delicate depiction of sexual love between men and women, and life and death. Winner of a Rising Direc...
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Leap Year Girl (2014)
- Director
- AMANO Chihiro
- Cast
- KOSAKI Emiri, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, SATO Takehirto
A film from the third Enbu Seminar Cinema Project. This fantasy depicts the wavering emotions of an unsuccessful actress tormented by pride and anxiety who comes face to face with her past self. Its director is Amano Chihiro (Hokago Rosuto). Emi (Ko...
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END-end? (2014)
- Director
- SASAKI Tomonori
- Cast
- SASANO Suzune, KAGEYAMA Yuko, ONO Marie
A film from the third Enbu Seminar Cinema Project. It depicts the despair and hope felt by three pairs of people of different ages, genders, and backgrounds who experience a sudden tragedy. Its writer and director is Sasaki Tomonori, whose previous w...
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Dawn (2014)
- Director
- KAWAMURA Kiyoto
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rina, KASAJIMA Tomo, MURAKI Yu
A film from the third Enbu Seminar Cinema Project. It depicts the inconceivable fate of a woman and the mistress of her late husband. Takeda Rina of {The Tale of Iya} and {Attack on Titan} fame gives a fine performance as a girl who holds the key to ...
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Koi no prototype (2014)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Kimihiko
- Cast
- SAKURAI Takuya, HOSHIZAKI Yuna, ABE Shunya
Forty-first film in the "Youth-H" series that delivers personal films about sexuality. A guy into dating simulation games finds himself at the mercy of unrequited love in real life. Direction and script by Nakamura Kimihiko, who also works as an acto...
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gekisha! Kajirena netsuaichu (2014)
- Director
- YASUKAWA Yuka
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Aimi, ARAI Hideyuki, KIGUCHI Kenta
Thirty-eighth instillation in the "Youth-H" series that delivers boldly authorial films about youth and sexuality. Cynical and comical take on a washed-up actress who makes an unusual comeback. Has-been actress Kajinami Rena (Nakamura Aimi) gets a s...
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Reveries (2014)
- Director
- MATSUI Issei
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Yukichi, WATANABE Naoko, SAITO Ayumu
Fantastical drama depicting the process of a youth living in his own world as he gets lost in a different world. The protagonist's despairing mental state is expressed through carefully calculated changes in the production design, wardrobe and colors...
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A Light in the Distance (2014)
- Director
- TSURUOKA Keiko
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Mariko, SHIMIZU Naoya, TAKESHITA Kaori
Young director Tsuruoka Keiko, whose directorial debut The Town of Whales was screened at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival 2013, shot this mystery in her hometown of Ueda in Nagano Prefecture. She garnered attention for her bold direction ...
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Misty (2014)
- Director
- MASUI Daichi
- Cast
- KAN Yuki, TAKEKO Aya, SHINOHARA Yukiko
Suspense film depicting the anguish of a couple whose child has been kidnapped, interweaving supernatural themes like necromancy, unexplained disappearances, and overwhelmingly deep mist. Directed by Masui Daichi, who helmed Ibara no bara in the omni...
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RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW (2014)
- Director
- ICHIMI Masataka
- Cast
- YANAGI Shuntaro, KAMEYAMA Akira, OKUNO Eita
Coming-of-age action drama about a young man on the run who gets entangled in a crime committed by an old friend. Features a colorful cast of characters and various Yokohama sites from tourist spots to back alleys. Directed by Ichimi Masataka, who ha...
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Hold Your Breath Like a Lover (2014)
- Director
- IGARASHI Kohei
- Cast
- TANIGUCHI Ran, INABA Yusuke, MINE Goichi
Drama directed by Igarashi Kohei, who earned acclaimed while still a student at Tokyo Zokei University. The tenuous bonds among workers at a garbage incineration plant site come into relief when a dog gets lost at the facility. Nominated for the Film...
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Typhoon Family (2011)
- Director
- OKU Shutaro
- Cast
- FURUTA Arata, NOZOE Seiji, MIYAMOTO Yuko
A socially-conscious film that presents a comical depiction of a family facing problems including drug and sexual abuse. Its writer and director is Oku Shutaro, who is known for his films such as Cain's Descendant, and is also active as a theatrical ...
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Kyoto Elegy (2014)
- Director
- SUGINO Kiki
- Cast
- MIURA Takahiro, SUGINO Kiki, TOKUNAGA Eri
Directorial debut for Sugino Kiki, who won the Rising Director Award for Taksu at the 19th Busan International Film Festival. Depicts the bizarre cohabitation of a lonely guy and a woman harboring a secret. Screened in the Asian Future section at the...
