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A Courtesan with Flowered Skin (2014)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- ADACHI Yumi, FUCHIKAMI Yasushi, KOSHINO Ena
Film adaptation of the period novel by Miyagi Ayako, who won the Grand Prize and Reader's Prize in the 2006 By Women For Women R-18 Literary Prize. Sensual depiction of the tragic love of a courtesan at the end of the Edo Period that incorporates the...
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Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats (2014)
- Director
- FUJITA Yosuke
- Cast
- OSHIMA Miyuki, MIZUKAWA Asami, ARAKAWA Yoshiyoshi
Heartwarming comedy in which Oshima Miyuki from the female comedy trio Morisanchu transforms herself into a middle-aged guy. Oshima develops the role based on her own persona for her film debut. Directed by Fine, Totally Fine's Fujita Yosuke. Screen...
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TWILIGHT: Saya in Sasara (2014)
- Director
- FUKAGAWA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- ARAGAKI Yui, OIZUMI Yo, FUJI Sumiko
Film adaptation of Kanou Tomoko's fantasy mystery novel "Sasara Saya." Direction and screenplay by Fukagawa Yoshihiro, known for The Chart of Love. Saya (Aragaki Yui) is left to care for her newborn baby after her husband Yutaro (Oizumi Yo) dies in ...
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WONOGAWA (2014)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Hiroki
- Cast
- MAEDA Nozomi, OIKAWA Nao, FUKAMI Motoki
Science fiction suspense film shot primarily with local production staff to revitalize the Onogawa hot springs in Yamagata Prefecture's Yonezawa City. The film is infused with iridescent visuals and retro-future worldview from Messiah shikkoku no sho...
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AKANE (2014)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yuno
- Cast
- SATO Fuko, SATO Rina, MORITA Yuki
A coming-of-age fantasy made through a collaboration between grown-up film professionals and junior high and high school students, including its director, first year high school student Sakamoto Yuno. Kotoni Town in Hokkaido provided full location su...
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25 TWO-FIVE (2014)
- Director
- KASHIMA Tsutomu
- Cast
- AIKAWA Show, TERAJIMA Susumu, NUKUMIZU Yoichi
Violent action film about 25 villains including corrupt cops, yakuza and Chinese mafia fighting over 2.5 billion yen. Lead played by direct-to-video king Aikawa Show, with a supporting cast including familiar faces like Terajima Susumu, Takaoka Saki,...
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TIMBRE OF LIGHTS -THE BACK HORN FILM- (2014)
- Director
- KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi
- Cast
- YAMADA Masashi, SUGANAMI Eijun, OKAMINE Kohshu
Art film that expresses emotions through music featuring the rock band THE BLACK HORN, which provides film to numerous films and animations. Directed by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, winner of best film at the 2014 Moscow International Film Festival for My Man...
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CLOVER (2014)
- Director
- FURUSAWA Takeshi
- Cast
- TAKEI Emi, OKURA Tadayoshi, NAGAYAMA Kento
A romantic comedy based on the girls' comic by manga creator Chiya Toriko. It follows a shy female office worker who is driven to distraction by her attraction to her standoffish boss. Director Furusawa Takeshi, star Takei Emi, and other cast and cre...
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Pale Moon (2014)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Daihachi
- Cast
- MIYAZAWA Rie, IKEMATSU Sosuke, KOBAYASHI Satomi
An adaptation of popular author Kakuta Mitsuyo's eponymous novel by The Kirishima Thing director Yoshida Daihachi. It depicts the downfall of a housewife who falls head over heels in love and into a life of crime. Miyazawa Rie, starring in her first ...
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SOFTEN! (2014)
- Director
- IZUMA Yasunari
- Cast
- KANON, OTA Aika, TANAKA Mirei
Film adaptation of Ibata Mina's same-named comic about the struggles of a girl's softball team on the verge of dissolution. Co-stars individualistic actresses including KANON and MIINA from Lucky Color's, Ota Aika from HKT48, and Tanaka Mirei from SU...
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Bay Blues -25years and 364days- (2014)
- Director
- TAKAYAMA Tomohiro
- Cast
- NAMIOKA Kazuki, CHO Tamiyasu, OGAWA Natsumi
Film about the youth of Kawamoto Eitoku, the comedian who was hailed as a genius but died unexpectedly at age 25, directed by his former stand-up comedy partner Takayama Tomohiro. Kawamoto is played by Cho Tamiyasu, who portrayed Matsumoto Hitoshi in...
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Shanti Days: 365 Days of Happy Breathing (2014)
- Director
- NAGATA Koto
- Cast
- KADOWAKI Mugi, MICHIBATA Jessica, Dean FUJIOKA
Drama about two women in contrasting circumstances who get to know each other through yoga. The comical protagonist with a heavy dialect is played by Kadowaki Mugi, who garnered attention in Ai no uzu, and model Michibata Jessica makes her film debut...
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OH BROTHER, OH SISTER! (2014)
- Director
- NISHIDA Masafumi
- Cast
- MUKAI Osamu, KATAGIRI Hairi, YAMAMOTO Mizuki
Screenwriter Nishida Masafumi, whose work includes the "Tiger & Bunny" animated series, directs this live-action adaptation of his own eponymous novel. Cast members return from a theater adaptation of his novel that he also directed himself. It comic...
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TADA'S DO-IT-ALL HOUSE: DISCONCERTO (2014)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- Eita, MATSUDA Ryuhei, KORA Kengo
Live action adaptation of Miura Shion's Naoki Prize-winning series. This third work follows up on the first feature film in 2011 and TV drama in 2013 and gives an up-tempo depiction of a handyman duo. Direction and screenplay by Omori Tatsushi, who a...
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THE NEXT GENERATION-PATLABOR- Chapter5 (2014)
- Director
- TSUJIMOTO Takanori, TAGUCHI Kiyotaka
- Cast
- MANO Erina, FUKUSHI Seiji, KAKEI Toshio
The fifth in a seven-part series of completely original live-action films continuing the "Patlabor" saga, a multimedia property created in the 1980s. It depicts the ongoing adventures of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Special Vehicle Section 2, whic...
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The Tenor Lirico Spinto (2014)
- Director
- KIM Sangman
- Cast
- YOO Ji-tae, ISEYA Yusuke, CHA Ye-ryun
This Japan-South Korea co-production is a drama based on the true story of singer Bae Jae-cheol, who achieved a miraculous comeback after to losing his voice to illness. Yoo Ji-Tae (Old Boy) and Iseya Yusuke (Tomorrow's Joe) star, and many of Bae's s...
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Harmonics Minyoung (2014)
- Director
- SASAKI Shoichiro
- Cast
- Min-young, Yoon-young, MUTO Hideaki
The first feature film by Sasaki Shoichiro, who has won numerous awards for his direction of NHK television dramas. Through the travel in Japan of a Korean woman who loves Mozart, it depicts present anxiety and past wars, as well as the human ability...
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SENGOKU BLOODY AGENT (2014)
- Director
- TAKEDA Naoki
- Cast
- KINOSHITA Ayumi, YAMAGUCHI Yoshiyuki, OSHITA Genichiro
An authentic action movie with a devotion to physical stunts without gimmicks. Four men and women, connected only by their mutual objective, attempt to bring down a vicious yakuza organization. Its director, Takeda Naoki, previously helped uncover un...
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kabaddieen!!!!!!!dokuro high school (2014)
- Director
- ABE Yuichi
- Cast
- WATANABE Daisuke, TAKAGI Manpei, SAITO Shusuke
Second installation in the coming-of-age drama about kabaddi, the team sport from India. Depicts a failing manga artist who matures through kabaddi after slipping into a high school kabaddi club to develop material for a new project. Directed by Abe ...
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From Kumano (2014)
- Director
- TANAKA Chiseko
- Cast
- KAIBE Tsuyoshi, ISEYA Hisanobu, ITO Koichi
Road movie set in Kumano, situated in the southern part of the Izu Peninsula, by Tanaka Chiseko, the film critic who has also directed films including The Sea, the Bicycle and the Amanohashidate. Also depicts the landscape of the Kumano Kodo, famed a...
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A DROP OF THE GRAPEVINE (2014)
- Director
- MISHIMA Yukiko
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, ANDO Yuko, SOMETANI Shota
Drama that reunites Bread of Happiness director Mishima Yukiko and actor Oizumi Yo. Depicts the relationships between brothers who run a small winery and the people around them, set against the lush natural environment of Sorachi, Hokkaido. Ao (Oizu...
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Kinkyori Renai (2014)
- Director
- KUMAZAWA Naoto
- Cast
- YAMASHITA Tomohisa, KOMATSU Nana, MIZUKAWA Asami
An adaptation of Mikimoto Rin's smash hit girls' manga by the ROMANTIC PRELUDE duo of director Kumazawa Naoto and screenwriter Manabe Yukiko. Yamashita Tomohisa (Tomorrow's Joe) plays a standoffish teacher who enters into a forbidden love affair with...
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CAPE NOSTALGIA (2014)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, ABE Hiroshi, TAKEUCHI Yuko
An ensemble piece depicting the heartwarming relationships between a woman who runs a seaside cafe and the people who gather there, featuring nostalgic imagery shot on the Boso Peninsula of Chiba Prefecture. Winner of the Special Grand Prix from the ...
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kabaddieen!!!!!!!hanafubuki high school (2014)
- Director
- OHARA Go
- Cast
- SUZUKI Shogo, SOMEYA Toshiyuki, AKAZAWA Tomoru
First installation in the coming-of-age drama about kabaddi, the team sport from India. A high school student who has left his basketball team stages a comeback after learning kabaddi. Concept and direction by former stuntman Ohara Go. Basketball st...
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Ai koso wa subete all you need is love (2014)
- Director
- GOTO Toshihiro
- Cast
- KURAHACHI Kei, FUJITA Ayako, KATO Ryo
42nd installation in the "Youth-H" series about youth and sexuality. A guy plagued by illness scrambles to leave behind offspring. Director Goto Toshihiro helmed (just like) Starting Over from the same series. 28-year-old part-time worker Yu (Kuraha...
