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OGAWACHO SERENADE (2014)
- Director
- HARA Keinosuke
- Cast
- SUDOU Risa, FUJIMOTO Izumi, YASUDA Ken
Set in a rundown small town bar called Snack Sayoko, this drama revolves around its female proprietor, her daughter, a cross-dressing gay man and other characters. Its director is Hara Keinosuke, making his feature debut. Bar owner Manami (Sudo Risa...
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Treasure Ship: Latitudes of Lust (2014)
- Director
- IKAWA Koichiro
- Cast
- AIDA Nana, OKADA Tomohiro, NAKAMITSU Seiji
A film devised by the late director Watanabe Mamoru, renowned as a master of erotic "pink film," and made to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the pink film genre. It is a comedy that depicts the love-hate relationships of two coup...
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A Samurai Chronicle (2014)
- Director
- KOIZUMI Takashi
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, OKADA Junichi, HORIKITA Maki
Director Koizumi Takashi, who was mentored by Kurosawa Akira and won the CinemAvvenire Award award at the 56th Venice Film Festival for After the Rain, adapts Hamuro Rin's Naoki Prize-winning novel for film. Beautifully portrays the relationship betw...
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FUJA (2013)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Izo
- Cast
- KONISHI Manami, KUBOZUKA Yosuke, WADA Tet
Suspense about a grand power struggle for a medicine effective against the cold virus, said to be worthy of the Nobel Prize if discovered. Stars Konishi Manami of Noriben the Recipe of Fortune, with Kubozuka Yosuke playing the genius scientist with a...
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Alps a girls high-school (2014)
- Director
- OTA Takeshi
- Cast
- NAKAHARA Mai, MIYAZAKI Rina, YASUDA Seia
A coming-of-age drama set in Minami-Alps City, Yamanashi Prefecture. It features a fresh-faced cast, including Nakahara Mai who starred in a production of the musical "Annie", and Yokoyama Rurika and Ishida Karen of the idol group Idoling!!! and Miya...
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Akira No.2 (2014)
- Director
- YOSHIMURA Norihisa
- Cast
- OZAWA Ryota, KIDO Yasuhiro, FUKUYAMA Shodai
An action film adapted from Okushima Hiromasa's manga. Ozawa Ryota ("Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger") gives a comical portrayal of a male high school student striving to become top dog within a group of juvenile delinquents. Kickboxer Kido Yasuhiro appears ...
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PHANTOM LIMB (2014)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- YOSHIKI Ryo, TANIMURA Mitsuki, ENDO Yuya
First film written by Shimada Soji, the top-class mystery author who enjoys worldwide recognition. Interweaves suspense in depicting the mysterious events encountered by a young man with amnesia. Masato (Yoshiki Ryo) sustains serious injuries in a ...
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Hunger Z (2014)
- Director
- TSUKIASHI Naoto
- Cast
- MURAI Ryota, ODAJIMA Nagisa, NIIRO Shinya
An unusual work set in a world where people have become fodder for zombies that presents an abundantly humorous depiction of a young man sent to a "human farm." Murai Ryota of {MASKED RIDER DECADE THE MOVIE} delivers a nimble performance as the good-...
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MOTHER (2014)
- Director
- UMEZZ Kazuo
- Cast
- KATAOKA Ainosuke, MAIHANE Mimi, SHINGYOJI Kimie
Horror film marking the directorial debut for 77-year-old manga master Umezz Kazuo. He penned the script for this autobiographical horror story dealing with memories of his deceased mother. Replete with shocking scenes featuring his signature aesthet...
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Fatal Frame (2014)
- Director
- ASATO Mari
- Cast
- NAKAJO Ayami, MORIKAWA Aoi, KOJIMA Fujiko
Bilocation director Asato Mari wields beautifully fantastic images for this adaptation of Otsuka Eiji's novel, inspired by the horror game series "Zero". Students at an all-girls academy deep in the mountains deal with unexplainable disappearances. ...
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Mr. HOME (2014)
- Director
- NAGATOMO Takakazu, HASEGAWA Ayumu, KUDO Wataru
- Cast
- HIROSUE Hiromasa, KASAJIMA Tomo, TASAKA Hideki
Five-part omnibus film about the various people living in a shared house. Young directors are in charge of each section, starting off with Tokyo Rendezvous director Ikeda Chihiro. Produced as part of a film acting workshop. An old seaside house. A g...
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Torihada gekijoban 2 (2014)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Anna, ADACHI Rika, SATSUKAWA Aimi
The second feature film version of an omnibus horror television series that gained a large following in its late night slot. It depicts the terrors that befall a female office worker who reads a letter addressed to someone else and gets caught up in ...
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BON LIN (2014)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Keiichi
- Cast
- SAKURA Ema, TAKASUGI Mahiro, HIGA Rino
A coming-of-age drama depicting the travels of a boy and a girl who are childhood friends obsessed with boys' love comics. Directed by Kobayashi Keiichi, winner of the Best Picture Award in the Japanese Eyes section at the 24th Tokyo International Fi...
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YOJU MAMESHIBA BOKYOUHEN (2014)
- Director
- KAMEI Toru
- Cast
- SATO Jiro, TAKAHASHI Hiroshi, TAKETOMI Seika
The fourth film in the popular series directed by Kamei Toru and starring Sato Jiro. Middle-aged do-nothing Shiba Jiro and his sidekick, a miniature Shiba dog called Ichiro, get to the bottom of a mysterious disappearance on a remote island. Its idio...
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GEKIJOBAN INAGAWAKAIDAN KATARIBE (2014)
- Director
- OHATA Hajime
- Cast
- INAGAWA Junji, KURUMIZAWA Mahiru, SHINDO Miyuna
Depicts bizarre phenomena on the set of a drama that reenacts ghost stories, presented as behind-the-scenes footage. Director Ohata Hajime won a special award at the 2012 Fantasia Film Festival in Canada for Henge. Ju-On: The Grudge producer Shimizu ...
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Snow On The Blades (2014)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Setsuro
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, ABE Hiroshi, HIROSUE Ryoko
Director Wakamatsu Setsuro, who won Best Film at the 33rd Japanese Academy Awards for The Unbroken, adapts Asada Jiro's short story about a samurai at the mercy of changing times. The splendid cast includes Nakai Kiichi, Abe Hiroshi, Hirosue Ryoko an...
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The Pinkie (2014)
- Director
- TAKEBA Lisa
- Cast
- OZAWA Ryota, WAGATSUMA Miwako, TSUDA Kanji
The debut feature from director Takeba Risa that won the 2014 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival's Grand Prize. It utilizes a blend of colorful imagery and black humor to nimbly render the fantastic story of a young woman living with a clon...
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Murder Workshop (2014)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- UNO Shohei, KIUCHI Akiko, NISHIMURA Mie
Ensemble film directed by Shiraishi Koji, known for the extreme violence in films like Grotesque, which was banned from the UK. Re-edited version of a film produced as a project at the film school where Shiraishi teaches. Young aspiring actors delive...
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Undulant Fever (2014)
- Director
- ANDO Hiroshi
- Cast
- ICHIKAWA Yui, IKEMATSU Sosuke, SAKAI Madoka
A drama based on the bestselling novel by author Nakazawa Kei. It uses nostalgic imagery to illustrate the romantic fortunes and struggles of a young woman who gives herself to a selfish man. Star Ichikawa Yui takes on bold nude scenes for the first ...
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CLUB Andalucia (2014)
- Director
- WADA Hideki
- Cast
- MATSUKATA Hiroki, SHIZUKI Asato, EGUCHI Nao
A drama based on Kurashina Ryo's manga. Its director is exam advisor, critic, and psychiatrist Wada Hideki. Set in a high class club in Ginza, it examines complicated relationships between men and women. Okuzawa (Matsukata Hiroki), the manager of an...
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, TAKEI Emi, FUJIWARA Tatsuya
The concluding chapter to a series of live-action films based on manga creator Watsuki Nobuhiro's bestselling comic. It serves as the latter half of a two-part narrative set in Kyoto that was the manga's most popular storyline. Series director Otomo ...
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Lady Maiko (2014)
- Director
- SUO Masayuki
- Cast
- KAMISHIRAISHI Mone, HASEGAWA Hiroki, FUJI Sumiko
A movie based on a concept by Shall We Dance? director Suo Masayuki that was twenty years in the making. It vividly depicts a young woman's struggle to become a maiko (apprentice geisha), with colorful visuals and song and dance routines. Haruko (Ka...
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Sister Game (2014)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- TANI Momoko, MAENO Tomoya, SATO Kayo
Young director Imaizumi Rikiya, known for his individualistic flair in films like A Film of Tama, adapts Igarashi Ran‘s four-cell manga for film. An uncool virgin high school student is at the mercy of his older stepsister's sexual pranks. Shy high ...
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A Record of Sweet Murder (2014)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- YOUN Je Wook, KIM Kko-bbi, AOI Tsukasa
A close-quarters thriller from director Shiraishi Koji, who has created numerous cult films filled with terror, violence, and eros. Its first-person camerawork induces screams from viewers. It stars Kim Kko-bbi, who won several awards for her perform...
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UNSUNG HERO (2014)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- KARASAWA Toshiaki, FUKUSHI Sota, KUROTANI Tomoka
"Suit actors" take risks their lives to perform in action scenes wearing superhero costumes, and their faces are never revealed.While we see these suit actors in numerous action and hero movies, this film puts these real-life unsung heroes in the lim...
