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BRAVESTORM (2017)
- Director
- OKABE Junya
- Cast
- DAITOH Shunsuke, WATANABE Shu, YAMAMOTO Chihiro
Sci-fi action reboot of the hero TV series "Silver Mask" and "Super Robot Red Barron". Producer, screenwriter and director Okabe Junya creates radically new visual scenes. The year is 2050, and humans are mostly extinct from earth. The surviving fiv...
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One Cut of the Dead (2017)
- Director
- UEDA Shinichiro
- Cast
- HAMATSU Takayuki, Mao, SHUHAMA Harumi
Unique horror film produced by ENBU Seminar Cinema Project. Became a social-phenomenon hit when the theatrical run exploded from two theaters in Tokyo to a wide-scale release in response to the peculiar structure including a thirty-seven-minute openi...
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The Miraculous Postcards (2017)
- Director
- Jacky WOO
- Cast
- SUZUKI Sarina, AKAZA Miyoko, YUKIMURA Izumi
A drama adapting to film children's book author, Wakiya Midori's "Kibo no Switch ha, Kusu" by internationally engaged filmmaker Jacky Woo. Miyuki (Suzuki Sarina) devotes herself to caring for her daughter Nozomi () who has cerebral palsy. Without re...
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THE LIMIT OF SLEEPING BEAUTY (2017)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ken
- Cast
- SAKURAI Yuki, TAKAHASHI Issey
A drama portraying the intertwining of past & present and reality & delusion written and directed by the promising filmmaker of SLUM-POLIS and Matsumoto Tribe, Ninomiya Ken. Oria Aki (Sakurai Yuki) came to Tokyo with dreams of becoming an actress. S...
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Homecoming (2017)
- Director
- KIKUCHI Takeo
- Cast
- KANJIYA Shihori, DAITOH Shunsuke
A mystery adapted from a novel by Minato Kanae which depicts the stories of a pair of parents and their children. In the director's chair is Kikuchi Takeo of Hello, Goodbye. Mutsuko (Kanjiya Shihori) has been living on an island to which her grandmo...
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HER MOTHER (2016)
- Director
- SATO Yoshinori
- Cast
- NISHIYAMA Ryo, NISHIYAMA Yukihiro, ARAKAWA Taijiro
Drama about the conversations between a mother whose daughter is murdered and the perpetrator of the crime. Helmed by TV director Sato Yoshinori, who also directed BAD CHILD. Harumi (Nishiyama Ryo) is a 43-year-old business woman. Her daughter Michi...
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Yamikin dogs 7 (2017)
- Director
- MOTOKI Takashi
- Cast
- AOKI Tsunenori, AIZAWA Rina, YAMADA Yuki
Seventh film in the "Yamikin Dogs" series about the lives of people who flock to money, set in an underworld ruled by violence and greed. Directed by Motoki Takashi, who has helmed other films in the series. Sick of working in black market finance, ...
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Yamikin dogs 6 (2017)
- Director
- MOTOKI Takashi
- Cast
- YAMADA Yuki, NISHIHARA Aki, AOKI Tsunenori
Sixth film in the "Yamikin Dogs" series about the lives of people who flock to money, set in an underworld ruled by violence and greed. Directed by Motoki Takashi, who has helmed other films in the series. Last Finance president Ando Tadaomi (Yamada...
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THICKER THAN WATER (2018)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Keisuke
- Cast
- KUBOTA Masataka, ARAI Hirofumi, ENOUE Keiko
Drama about the love-hate relationship between two pairs of siblings penned by Himeanole director Yoshida Keisuke. Kazunari (Kubota Masataka) is the half-assed younger brother who appears to be thoughtful and diligent, and his older brother Takuji ...
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Saimon & Tada Takashi (2017)
- Director
- ODA Manabu
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Itsuki, SUGA Kenta
Teenage film produced with scholarship funding from the 24th PFF Scholarship. Up-and-coming Oda Manabu scripts and directs this lighthearted romance about two high school boys. High school senior Saimon (Sakamoto Itsuki) is headed for college, and ...
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BAMY (2017)
- Director
- TANAKA Jun
- Cast
- YUKINAGA Hironobu, NAKAZATO Hiromi, TSUGE Misaki
Horror film produced by the cutting-edge director Tanaka Jun on a shoestring budget of just 700,000 yen. The ability to see ghosts pushes a man and woman to their emotional limits. Official selection for the feature film competition at the 35th Torin...
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Mori, The Artist's Habitat (2018)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Tsutomu, KIKI Kirin, KASE Ryo
Drama depicting the final years of painter Kumagai Morikazu, who rarely left home and spent his time studying the creatures in his garden. Directed by Okita Shuichi of A Story of Yonosuke and The Mohican Comes Home. Vegetation thrives in painter Mor...
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The Man From the Sea (2018)
- Director
- FUKADA Koji
- Cast
- Dean FUJIOKA, Taiga, ABE Junko
Drama addressing the themes of humanity and nature through Indonesia's beautiful ocean and the friendships among youths whose origins transcend nationality and religion. Japan, France and Indonesia co-production. Directed by Fukada Koji, who won the ...
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Recall (2018)
- Director
- MOTOKI Katsuhide
- Cast
- NAGASE Tomoya, Dean FUJIOKA, TAKAHASHI Issey
Feature film based on author Ikeido Jun's same-named bestselling novel. Directed by Motoki Katsuhide of Samurai Hustle. Transport company president Akamatsu (Nagase Tomoya) doubts that poor maintenance caused a trailer truck's wheel-separation acci...
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Liverleaf (2017)
- Director
- NAITO Eisuke
- Cast
- YAMADA Anna, SHIMIZU Hiroya, OTANI Rinka
Live-action suspense based on manga artist Oshikiri Rensuke's "Liverleaf." Depicts a grandiose tale of revenge fueled by the intertwining emotions of people who have endured abuse, bullying, and other forms of trauma. Nozaki Haruka (Yamada Anna) mov...
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ROKUROKU: The Promise of the Witch (2014)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Yudai
- Cast
- NAKANISHI Miho, Shiho, NOMOTO Karia
Horror film from "GARO" series creator Amemiya Keita featuring traditional yokais. The film creates new characters based on Japanese traditional demons including the long-necked "rokurokkubi," the wall-shaped "nurikabe," the umbrella-shaped "karakasa...
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Love Disease (2017)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Kota
- Cast
- SETO Saori, OKAYAMA Amane
Sensual suspense drama about the love-hate relationship between a man pursuing a perverse relationship and a woman thrown into turmoil by the fate of intense love. Based on the Wakayama dating website robbery and homicide from 2002. Emiko (Seto Saor...
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HANAGATAMI (2017)
- Director
- OBAYASHI Nobuhiko
- Cast
- KUBOZUKA Shunsuke, MITSUSHIMA Shinnosuke, TOKIWA Takako
Feature film adaptation of the script penned by director Obayashi Nobuhiko prior to his 1977 debut film HOUSE. Culminates his "war time trilogy" together with Casting Blossoms to the Sky and Seven Weeks. Spring 1941. Toshihiko (Kubozuka Shunsuke) sh...
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Seishun yawa Amazing place (2017)
- Director
- KIRIDOSHI Risaku
- Cast
- Mikoto, SUMORI Ryubun, IIJIMA Daisuke
Directorial debut by Kiridoshi Risaku, an accomplished film and cultural critic and author of "Miyazaki Hayao no ‘sekai'" and "Kaiju tsukai to shonen: Ultraman no sakka tachi". Mikoto (Mikoto) and Takashi (Sumori Ryubun) graduated from the same high...
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DENSAN (2017)
- Director
- KANAMORI Masaaki
- Cast
- NISHINO Akihiro, YAMAMOTO Mayumi, Mihiro
A drama focusing on a designer and a molding artist who practices a traditional craft in the city of Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture. Kuon Shigeru (Nishino Akihiro) works at the molding factory run by his father Kouzaburo (Watanabe Tetsu). Every day Sh...
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Reon (2018)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Rempei
- Cast
- JIYOUNG, TAKENAKA Naoto, OMASA Aya
Comedy film adaptation of the same-named comic by Okura Kaori and Kiyoshi Tomohide. Directed by Tsukamoto Rempei of 700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police. Script by Yoshida Erika of No Longer Heroine. Feature film acting debut for Jiyoung, who is fro...
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It’s boring here, pick me up (2018)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- HASHIMOTO Ai, KADOWAKI Mugi, NARITA Ryo
Film adaptation of author Yamauchi Mariko's debut novel. Painfully wistful ensemble story revolving around a guy named Shiina who was the object of everyone's admiration in high school, depicting the lives of young people living in a provincial city ...
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HOSHI MEGURI NO MACHI (2018)
- Director
- KUROTSUCHI Mitsuo
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Nenji, DAN Mitsu, TAKASHIMA Reiko
Drama that conveys the preciousness of life through the encounter of a boy who has lost his family and an upright and old-fashioned man. Veteran actor Kobayashi Nenji plays the lead for the first time at the age of 76. Yusaku's died wife died young ...
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The Final Parting (2018)
- Director
- ITO Hidehiro
- Cast
- TAKASHIMA Reiko, Ayane, WATANABE Shu
Drama about a young woman's emotional growth as she overcomes the deaths of those dear to her after meeting a female mortician. Directed by accomplished screenplay writer Ito Hidehiro. Ai (Ayane) lost her parents in a traffic accident when she was a...
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We Make Antiques! (2018)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, SASAKI Kuranosuke
Original comedy from director Take Masaharu and scriptwriter Adachi Shin, who also teamed up for 100 Yen Love. Adds a human touch to the duplicity of scammers trying to outwit each other. Antique dealer Koike Norio (Nakai Kiichi) flounders around a...
