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Yamikin dogs 4 (2016)
- Director
- MOTOKI Takashi
- Cast
- YAMADA Yuki, MASU Takeshi, TAKAHASHI Yu
Set in the world of black market loans, this is the fourth chapter of the "Yamikin Dogs" series which depicts the essence of human beings living in the underworld. In the director's chair is Motoki Takashi who was involved with the "Gachi-Ban" series...
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RANMARU: THE MAN WITH THE GOD TONGUE (2016)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- MUKAI Osamu, KIMURA Fumino, SATO Jiro
The theatrical edition of a television series depicting the exploits of its protagonist who, analyzing every component of anything he tastes with his tongue, solves a variety of cases. Tsutsumi Yukihiko, known for his comedic style on the "Trick" ser...
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Hurt (2015)
- Director
- HORIE Takahiro
- Cast
- MINE Goichi, SHIBUYA Asami, YOSHIIE Kakeru
Coming-of-age drama about pro-wrestling that humorously portrays an average guy working at a mail order company as he deals with love and growing up. Directed by the up-and-coming Horie Takahiro, who also helmed Hana Kujira Chichi. Hoshino (Mine Goi...
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Remini sentexia (2016)
- Director
- INOUE Masaki
- Cast
- Alexander Tsirkov, INOUE Mirena, Julia Asadova
Dealing with the theme of "memories", this science fiction film depicts people struggling with memories they want to forget and those they want to remember. Director Inoue Masaki makes his feature-length debut with this independent film he made in Ru...
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Cinderella game (2016)
- Director
- KANO Hayato
- Cast
- YAMAYA Kasumi, SURUGA Taro, YOSHIDA Miku
Thriller about the fate of idols who get abducted by a mysterious figure and are forced to participate in a life-or-death card battle. Directed by Kano Hayato, who grabbed the spotlight with The Boy Who Has Lifeless Eyes. After Haitani Sana's (Yamay...
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Blossoming Into A Family (2016)
- Director
- HAYASHI Hiroki
- Cast
- SATO Hitomi, NAKANISHI Miho, MIYAZAKI Yoshiko
Drama about a family on the eve of the eldest daughter's wedding, when memories of their deceased father bring home the intensity of their familial bonds. Directed by Hayashi Hiroki, who has served as assistant director for Kitano Takeshi and Kurosaw...
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WHAT'S FOR DINNER, MOM? (2017)
- Director
- SHIRAHA Mitsuhito
- Cast
- KINAMI Haruka, FUJIMOTO Izumi, KAWAI Michiko
Drama based on Hitoto Tae's essay about sisters born to a Taiwanese father and Japanese mother who reaffirm their familial bonds through the recipes left behind by their deceased mother. Directed by Shiraha Mitsuhito Noto no hanayome. Tae (Kinami Ha...
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BANGKOK NITES (2016)
- Director
- TOMITA Katsuya
- Cast
- Subenja PONGKORN, TOMITA Katsuya, KAWASE Yohta
A road movie set in Thailand depicting a Thai prostitute working in the red light district of Bangkok running away with a former Japanese Self-Defense Force serviceman. At the helm is director Tomita Katsuya, who became the focus of attention with Sa...
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SHARING Another version (2014)
- Director
- SHINOZAKI Makoto
- Cast
- YAMADA Kinuo, HINOI Asuka, KIMURA Tomoki
A drama depicting with a suspense-thriller touch the conflict between two emotionally hurt girls set against the anxiety blanketing all of Japan in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake. This is a ninety-nine-minute edited version concentr...
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Sweetheart Chocolate (2012)
- Director
- SHINOHARA Tetsuo
- Cast
- LIN Chiling, IKEUCHI Hiroyuki, FUKUCHI Yusuke
Japan-China co-production romance starring Lin Chiling, the Taiwanese actress from the "Red Cliff" series. Directed by Terminal's Shinohara Tetsuo. Lin Yue (Lin Chiling) comes to Japan to study painting and falls in love with rescue squad member Mam...
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KAOKIRI: Defaced Actor - Method Acting on the Cutting Edge (2015)
- Director
- HOSONO Tatsuoki
- Cast
- KUSANO Kota, YAMADA Kinuo, SATO Miyuki
Hosono Tatsuoki of Shabu Gokudo directs this ambitious film about the cutting of Hasegawa Kazuo's face, a major scandal in Japanese film history. The film uses multiple layers that bring together film, theater and reality. The year is 1937. Japan i...
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RE:BORN リボーン (2016)
- Director
- SHIMOMURA Yuji
- Cast
- TAK∴, SAITOH Takumi, SHINODA Mariko
Action film about fate catching up with a man who once belonged to the top special forces squad. Helmed by Shimomura Yuji, who is also an action director and stunt coordinator. Kuroda Toshio (TAK) lives quietly raising young Sachi (Kondo Yura) and w...
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Aroused by Gymnopedies (2016)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- ITAO Itsuji, ASHINA Sumire, OKAMURA Izumi
Yukisada Isao, known for GO and Crying Out Love, In The Center Of The World, directs this film commemorating the 45th anniversary of Nikkatsu Roman Porno. With heartbreaking drama and striking imagery as his strengths, Yukisada richly portrays a film...
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White Lily (2016)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- ASUKA Rin, YAMAGUCHI Kaori, MACHII Shoma
In this film commemorating the forty-fifth anniversary of Nikkatsu Roman Porno, Nakata Hideo, the Ring director highly known as a leading figure in Japanese horror, tries his hand at a drama interweaving the innocent love of lesbian women. Haruka (A...
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ANTIPORNO (2016)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- TOMITE Ami, TSUTSUI Mariko, FUJIKO
Sono Sion, who shows his forte for radical portrayals in films such as Love Exposure and Cold Fish among others, takes on his first roman porno in this Nikkatsu Roman Porno 45th anniversary commemorative film. Somewhere between fiction and reality, a...
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Dawn of the Felines (2016)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- IHATA Juri, MAUE Satsuki, Michie
Garnering attention with THE DEVIL'S PATH, Shiraishi Kazuya directs an ensemble cast in a story poignantly, yet at times amusingly, portraying women who exist in Tokyo's nightlife. One of the films commemorating the forty-fifth anniversary of Nikkats...
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Wet Woman in the Wind (2016)
- Director
- SHIOTA Akihiko
- Cast
- MAMIYA Yuki, NAGAOKA Tasuku, TEI Ryushin
A romantic drama wittily depicting a man and a woman who go through life obeying their instincts. DORORO director Shiota Akihiko helms this film commemorating the forty-fifth anniversary of Nikkatsu Roman Porno. It won a Junior Jury Award at the 69th...
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The City of Betrayal (2016)
- Director
- MIURA Daisuke
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, TERAJIMA Shinobu, HIRATA Mitsuru
Playwright and theater director Miura Daisuke, who has also earned acclaim as a film director for Ai no uzu and Someone, adapts his own play as a film drama. Sugawara Yuichi (Ikematsu Sosuke) is a job-hopping slacker who freeloads off his live-in gi...
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EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE (2014)
- Director
- QURATA Kenji
- Cast
- MAEKAWA Masayuki, MURAKAMI Shio, MATSUOKA Shingo
A dramatic short film depicting the efforts of a wife diagnosed with a terminal illness and her husband to find the mythical snake known as the Tsuchinoko. The director, Kurata Kenji, who is also a novelist and commercial director, won the Sundance/N...
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Breakthrough for Change (2015)
- Director
- MATSUDA Daisuke
- Cast
- NISHIMURA Yusei, ARAKI Makoto, NOSE Hiroshi
A moving drama made through the planning of the 2nd Shimanto Film Festival which depicts the struggles and camaraderie of four middle-aged men taking a chance on a bicycle road race. It is written and directed by young filmmaker, Matsuda Daisuke. Ak...
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Kagurame (2015)
- Director
- OKUAKI Yasuo
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rina, OSUGI Ren, TSUTSUI Mariko
A family drama depicting the discord between a daughter and her father who is involved in the Shishi Kagura (lion dance), a Japanese traditional performance art. Setting the film in his birthplace of Yamanashi Prefecture, Okuaki Yasuo, making his fea...
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HENTAIDA (I Am a Pervert) (2016)
- Director
- ANZAI Hajime
- Cast
- MAENO Kenta, TSUKIFUNE Sarara, SHIRAISHI Marina
"Rock'n porn" coming-of-age movie about an average guy without any particular talent who works as a musician. Directorial debut from art director Anzai Hajime, who adapts Miura Jun's short story. A guy (Maeno Kenta) spends an extra year studying for...
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THE BRAND NEW LEGEND OF THE STARDUST BROTHERS (2016)
- Director
- TEZKA Macoto
- Cast
- MIURA Ryosuke, TAKEDA Kohei, ARAKAWA Chika
A drama remaking the 80s cult-classic musical film, Legend of the Stardust Brothers, with a brand new story. Tezka Macoto, director of the original, also assumes the director's chair for this film. In the near future, Tokyo is a cyber-metropolis whe...
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POOLSIDEMAN (2016)
- Director
- WATANABE Hirobumi
- Cast
- IMAMURA Gaku, WATANABE Hirobumi, HIRAYAMA Misao
Drama about an incident precipitated by a swimming pool lifeguard, set in a small suburban town. Brothers Watanabe Hirobumi and Yuji, who have had two films selected for the Tokyo International Film Festival including And the Mud Ship Sails Away, exp...
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Hello, Goodbye (2016)
- Director
- KIKUCHI Takeo
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Minori, KUBOTA Sayu, MOTAI Masako
Director Kikuchi Takeo, whose feature-length debut film DEAR DEER officially screened at the 39th Montreal World Film Festival, conscientiously depicts the wavering of delicate, pubescent hear ts in this story of two high school girls' maturation. H...
