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Café Funiculi Funicula (2018)
- Director
- TSUKAHARA Ayuko
- Cast
- ARIMURA Kasumi, ITO Kentaro
Film adaptation of the debut novel from stage writer and director Kawaguchi Toshikazu. Film directorial debut by Tsukahara Ayuko, who has helmed popular TV dramas included 'Unnatural.'. Urban legend has it that you can return to your chosen point in ...
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Ao-Natsu (2018)
- Director
- FURUSAWA Takeshi
- Cast
- AOI Wakana, SANO Hayato
Nanba Atsuko's identically titled comic is adapted to this live-action love story. In the director's chair is Furusawa Takeshi of Love for Beginners. Rio (Aoi Wakana) is a Tokyo-raised high school girl who dreams of a destined romance. She ends up s...
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DAY AND NIGHT (2019)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- ABE Shinnosuke, ANDO Masanobu, KIYOHARA Kaya
Drama brought together under the aegis of idiosyncratic actor Yamada Takayuki, who focuses his energies on producing for this film. Deals with the fundamental question of whether people are good or bad by honing in on the gap between how people act a...
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Love At Least (2018)
- Director
- SEKINE Kosai
- Cast
- Shuri, SUDA Masaki, NAKA Riisa
Romance film adaptation of the novel from Akutagawa Prizewinning author Motoya Yukiko. Moving depiction of the growing distance between a woman dealing with isolation and a vacuous guy. Feature film debut from video director Sekine Kosai. Yasuko's (...
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OUR DEPARTURES (2018)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Yasuhiro
- Cast
- ARIMURA Kasumi, KUNIMURA Jun
Third film in the 'RAILWAYS' series about local railroads that celebrates humanity. Set on the Hisatsu Orange Railway in Kyushu, the film depicts the rebirth of a family unrelated by blood who have lost a loved one. Akira's (Arimura Kasumi) husband ...
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Legend of the Demon Cat (2018)
- Director
- Chen Kaige
- Cast
- SOMETANI Shota, Huang Xuan, ABE Hiroshi
Japan-China co-production about monk Kukai and poet Hakurakuten as they tackle a tremendous mystery that shakes Chang'an, based on author Yumemakura Baku‘s "Samon kukai tou no kuni nite oni to utagesu". Directed by Farewell My Concubine's Chen Kaige....
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"CHOU"KOWAIHANASHI (2017)
- Director
- CHIBA Seiji
- Cast
- OGINO Karin, SHIDA Yumi, Kyoka
Alien vs. Ninja director, Chiba Seiji, resumes directorial and screenplay duties in this follow-up to Chou Kowaihanashi Comprised of four episodes, each stars current and former members of the idol group Yumemiru Adolescence. "Creak" is an encounter ...
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VAMPIRE CLAY (2017)
- Director
- UMEZAWA Soichi
- Cast
- TAKEDA Anna, SUGIMOTO Momoka, FUJITA Ena
A horror film in which people are beset by cursed clay. Serving as writer, director, and editor is Umezawa Soichi who worked on a segment of the omnibus project, The ABCs of Death2. Hidaka Kaori (Takeda Anna) has transferred to a vocational school. ...
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Lemon&Letter (2017)
- Director
- UMENOKI Keiko
- Cast
- SHINADA Makoto, UJIHARA Kyoko, KINOUCHI Akiko
Self-produced drama aiming to revitalize Ogijima island in the Seto Inland Sea by conveying the island's charms. A boy and girl who relocated to the island grow up as they become high school students and worry about love and their path in life. Fift...
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Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Toshio
- Cast
- Peter, TSUCHIYA Yoshio, OGASAWARA Osamu
First theatrical film by Matsumoto Toshio, creator of numerous experimental shorts. Depicts a bloody horror story set in late-1960s Shinjuku, Roppongi and Harajuku. Gonda (Tsuchiya Yoshio) owns a gay bar called Genet and Eddie (Peter) is the star ho...
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LUNA (2016)
- Director
- IKEDA Kazuma
- Cast
- IZUMI Haru, Kentaro, SUZUKI Hirono
Original live-action film shot in 8K/HDR and co-produced by IMAGICA and ROBOT. Director Ikeda Kazuma has created many visual-media works including live action, CG and anime. It is a fall day. High school student Shunsuke (Kentaro) notices Risa (Izum...
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born, bone, boon. (2016)
- Director
- Gori
- Cast
- Gori, SATO Hitomi, GUSHIKEN Azusa
Short comedy inspired by the "senkotsu" ceremony that involves washing the bones of the deceased. Family members who have lost touch with each other reconnect after coming face-to-face with their true selves. Directed by Gori, the TV personality and ...
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Home Away From Home (2017)
- Director
- MAKABE Yukinori
- Cast
- James Jirayu, ABE Junko, Hershel Peppers
Work in the Tokyo Cine-magic project that creates short films about Tokyo, produced by Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. Directed by Makabe Yukinori of I Am a Monk. A taxi driver, young girl and backer packer travel through fantastical Tokyo that i...
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A Grain of Wheat (2016)
- Director
- SUZUKI Ben
- Cast
- Charlotte Kate Fox, HINOI Asuka, EMOTO Akira
Work from a short-film project that aims to share the appeal of Yokohama with the world. Directed by Suzuki Ben, who became the first Japanese director to win the Grand Prix at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in 2008 with A Day in the Life of B...
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THE HOUSE WHERE THE MERMAID SLEEPS (2018)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Ryoko, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi
In this mystery based on the novel by "Into the White Night" and "Suspect X" author, Higashino Keigo, a couple is confronted by a tragedy involving their beloved child and ultimately must make a difficult choice. Tsutsumi Yukihiko of Sanada 10 Braves...
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THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES (2018)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- FUKUSHI Sota
Road movie adaptation of the bestselling novel by author Arikawa Hiro, whose works "Library Wars" and "Evergreen Love" have already been turned into movies. Evergreen Love and Anonymous Noise director Miki Koichiro depicts the journey of a boy and ca...
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PERFECT WORLD (2018)
- Director
- SHIBAYAMA Kenji
- Cast
- IWATA Takanori, SUGISAKI Hana
The live-action adaptation of Aruga Rie's similarly titled manga depicting the romance between a protagonist left handicapped by an accident and the heroine who cares deeply for him. In the director's chair is Shibayama Kenji of Nagareboshi ga Kienai...
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WHAT A WONDERFUL FAMILY! 3: MY WIFE, MY LIFE (2018)
- Director
- YAMADA Yoji
- Cast
- HASHIZUME Isao, YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, TSUMABUKI Satoshi
Third film in the "What a Wonderful Family!" series from director Yamada Yoji. This paean to homemakers depicts a family's plunge into chaos when faced with an emergency situation. The Hirata family have a lively household wi th three generations l...
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The Night I Swam (2017)
- Director
- IGARASHI Kohei, Damien MANIVEL
- Cast
- KOGAWA Takara, KOGAWA Keiki, KOGAWA Chisato
A Japan-France jointly produced film co-directed by Igarashi Kohei of Hold Your Breath Like a Lover and Damien Manivel of A Young Poet. It was screened at the 74th Venice International Film Festival. Just before the break of dawn in a small town nes...
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GHOST SQUAD (2017)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- MIKADO Minori, HON Yuni, UENO Sumire
A quirky horror film depicting the escapades of the ghost revenge group, "Ghost Squad", by the gifted director of The Machine Girl, Iguchi Noboru. Rika (Yanagi Anna) is a young girl thinking of committing suicide who is possessed by the ghosts of th...
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Misojionna wa romantic na yume o miruka? (2017)
- Director
- YAMAGISHI Kentaro
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rina, KUBOTA Yuki, SASO Yuki
A road movie depicting a woman who goes on the run with the band of robbers who kidnapped her. It is written and directed by Yamagishi Kentaro, whose short film Tokyo Mukokuseki Shojo was adapted to a feature length film by Oshii Mamoru. Nana (Taked...
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CHIHAYAFURU Part 3 (2018)
- Director
- KOIZUMI Norihiro
- Cast
- HIROSE Suzu, NOMURA Shuhei, ARATA Mackenyu
Sequel to CHIHAYAFURU Part 1 and CHIHAYAFURU Part 2, live-action adaptations of the popular girls' comic. A group of high school students compete in their final karuta card game tournament. Two years have gone by since the Mizusawa Karuta Club found...
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Gekijoban Ultraman Geed Tsunaguze! negai!! (2018)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Koichi
- Cast
- HAMADA Tatsuomi, YAMAMOTO Chihiro, HASEGAWA Mayu
The theatrical film depicting the adventures of the Ultraman hero for a new generation, "Ultraman Geed". Overcoming a harsh fate, Ultraman Geed rises up against a new enemy attacking the Earth. In the director's chair is Sakamoto Koichi who has helme...
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Last Winter, We Parted (2018)
- Director
- TAKIMOTO Tomoyuki
- Cast
- IWATA Takanori, YAMAMOTO Mizuki, SAITOH Takumi
The film adaptation of Nakamura Fuminori's novel of the same name. It depicts an extreme love that besets the human mind as the story speeds headlong to an unpredictable outcome. Yakumo Kyosuke (Iwata Takanori), a young reporter looking for a scoop,...
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KIDS ON THE SLOPE (2018)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- CHINEN Yuri, NAKAGAWA Taishi, KOMATSU Nana
Miki Takahiro of My Teacher directs the film adaptation of the same-named comic from manga artist Kodama Yuki. It is summer 10 years ago. Kaoru (Chinen Yuri) transfers to a new school and has a fateful encounter with the school's terrifying bad-boy ...
