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Love in the Deep: "Underwater" Series (1958)
- Director
- HORIUCHI Manao
- Cast
- IZUMI Kyoko, OKI Minoru, HITOMI Reiko
The plot follows the adventures of two armed thugs who rob a Tokyo bank and make off with seven million yen in cash. The culprits are Ueda and Takeo who immediately head for the latter's home island which is inhabited mainly by women divers and their...
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Ballad of the Narayama (1958)
- Director
- KINOSHITA Keisuke
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, TAKAHASHI Teiji, MOCHIZUKI Yuko
69 years old Orin lives with her widowed son and three grandchildren. As the Narayama Festival approaches the villagers are heard singing the ballad of the hills which reminds all that with each year, one grows older and the time approaches when one ...
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Chace (1958)
- Director
- NOMURA Yoshitaro
- Cast
- TAKAMINE Hideko, OKI Minoru, TAKACHIHO Hizuru
The brutal murder of a pawn-broker in Tokyo is only partially solved with the capture of the murderer Yamada. But the search continues for his accomplice, Ishii, who is armed, with comb-like thoroughness. Yamada's confession includes the information...
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Bloody River (1958)
- Director
- WATANABE Kunio
- Cast
- TAKADA Kokichi, SAGA Michiko, TAKACHIHO Hizuru
In the middle of the 19th century, Sukegoro of Iioka, and Shigezo of Sasagawa, are gambling bosses whose territories in the Kashima district, divided by the River Tone are competing to increase their influence. The Sukegoro, old established, and in l...
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The Adulteress (1958)
- Director
- IMAI Tadashi
- Cast
- ARIMA Ineko, MIKUNI Rentaro, MORI Masayuki
In the feudal Japan of the 18th century the all-powerful Shogun controlled the entire country through daimyo who, in turn, administered the samurai and others within their respective fiefs, and in alternate years the daimyo were obliged to go and liv...
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TOKYO TWILIGHT (1957)
- Director
- OZU Yasujiro
- Cast
- HARA Setsuko, ARIMA Ineko, RYU Chishu
Released in 1957, Ozu Yasujiro's Tokyo Twilight receives a 4K restoration. The anguish and despair of a daughter whose life is thrown into disarray by her mother's abandonment is portrayed by an all-star cast including Hara Setsuko, Arima Ineko, Ryu ...
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Innocent Curse (2017)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- TAKIZAWA Hideaki, ARIOKA Daiki, KADOWAKI Mugi
Suspense horror film with script and direction from Shimizu Takashi of the "Grudge" series. Popular idol Takizawa Hideaki nails his feature film lead debut as the eerie "child whisperer" who manipulates the spirits of children to curse adults. The ca...
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What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)
- Director
- YAMADA Yoji
- Cast
- HASHIZUME Isao, YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, TSUMABUKI Satoshi
Hashizume Isao, Yoshiyuki Kazuko, Nakajima Tomoko, and Tsumabuki Satoshi, the cast who portrayed a different family in Yamada Yoji's Tokyo Family, once again return for this follow-up to his comedy, What a Wonderful Family!. After narrowly avoiding t...
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SUMMER BLOOMS (2017)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- ASAKURA Aki, MIURA Takahiro, KAWASAKI Yuriko
Tale about loss and rebirth from director Nakagawa Ryutaro, who became the youngest director to have his films selected by Tokyo International Film Festival for two consecutive years with August in Tokyo and Tokyo Sunrise. Latest film from "Tokyo New...
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Dynamyte Wolf (2017)
- Director
- TANIGUCHI Kohei
- Cast
- KAWASE Yohta, MATSUDA Yusuke, KOBAYASHI Haruto
Taniguchi Kohei, who comes from a documentary and horror background, directs his first entertainment film. A real wrestling match was shot with the full cooperation of the Osaka-based Dotombori Pro Wrestling organization. The film is a 13th Cineastes...
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Hizume (2017)
- Director
- KIMURA Asagi
- Cast
- KIMURA Tomoki, ISHIDUKA Yu, KIMURA Masaaki
A fantasy shot on director Kimura Asagi's birthplace of Okinawa and the Yaeyama Islands. The film is a 13th Cineastes Organization Osaka (CO2) grant-recipient production. Flower shop owner, Yu (Kimura Tomoki), chases the meaning of the words, "I am ...
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Visualized Hearts (2017)
- Director
- IGARASHI Akiko
- Cast
- YOSHIDA Ryuichi, SHIRAKAWA Nanami, SHIN Yoshio
Director Igarashi Akiko, who studied at film school while holding down her company job, remakes her own short film, Kokoro wo Kashikasuru Kikai. The film is a 13th Cineastes Organization Osaka (CO2) grant-recipient production. During an experiment o...
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Our Escape (2016)
- Director
- UCHIDA Nobuteru
- Cast
- SUMORI Ryubun, SAKURAI Ai, MATSUNAGA Daisuke
A completely independent film by Uchida Nobuteru whose theatrical debut film, Love Addiction, won the TOKYO FILMeX 2010 Grand Prize. It depicts an alternative love story about a man and woman attempting to survive in our current times. Noboru (Sumor...
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SUFFERING OF NINKO (2016)
- Director
- NIWATSUKINO Norihiro
- Cast
- TSUJIOKA Masato, WAKABAYASHI Miho, IWAHASHI Hidetaka
This historical period comedy alternates live action with animation to depict a trainee monk who is unexplainably irresistible to women and his travels plagued by troubles with the opposite sex. Direction and script by Niwatsukino Norihiro, who direc...
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UMIGAME ~A Turtle's Promise~ (2016)
- Director
- KURATANI Yoshio
- Cast
- SASAKI Yuta
Fantasy based on a true story about a boy who comes of age and the sea turtle legend passed down at Kajima Harbor in Ibaraki Prefecture. Selected for the 3rd Ibaraki Short Film Award in conjunction with the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. Kajima...
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HONNOUJI HOTEL (2017)
- Director
- SUZUKI Masayuki
- Cast
- AYASE Haruka, TSUTSUMI Shinichi, HAMADA Gaku
The "Honnoji Incident", the most puzzling affair in Japan's history, is the subject of this mystery. It portrays a woman who, under strange circumstances, travels back to the Warring States Period just prior to the incident and her encounter with mil...
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SHOPPING STREET WAR~SUCHICO~ from Yoshimoto Shinkigeki (2016)
- Director
- TANIGUCHI Masanori
- Cast
- Sutchi, TAKEDA Kozo, TAKANO Yui
Yoshimoto Shinkigeki's leader, Sutchi, disguised as the troupe's popular character, Suchico, co-stars with former professional fighter turned actor, Takeda Kozo, in this warmhearted comedy. Many comedians belonging to the Yoshimoto Shinkigeki troupe ...
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2045 Carnival Folklore (2016)
- Director
- KATO Naoki
- Cast
- ISHII Junya, OKA Misaki, OKUSE Shigeru
The third feature-length film by director Kato Naoki is a sci-fi, noise rock motion picture set in Japan 100 years after the dropping of an atomic bomb. Nagashima Hiroyuki (Dowser), Hamamoto Ryo, Okamoto Hideyuki, and other musicians along with noise...
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THE WOLVES OF THE EAST (2016)
- Director
- Carlos M. Quintela
- Cast
- FUJI Tatsuya, ONISHI Shima, KOBORI Masahiro
Drama shot in Nara Prefecture's Higashi Yoshino village, said to be the last habitation of the now-extinct Japanese wolf, directed by Cuban-born Carlos M. Quintela. Produced by Kawase Naomi, known as the director of films including Suzaku. Japan, Swi...
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TOKERU (2016)
- Director
- IGASHI Aya
- Cast
- MICHITA Riu, UTO Yuma, KOYAMA Rina
Up-and-coming director, Igashi Aya, depicts the interplay between a high school girl in a rural town and her male cousin visiting from Tokyo. The film won the Runner-up Prize at the 28th Togaku-sai Film Festival, the Special Jury Prize at the 2016 PF...
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REMINISCENSE (2017)
- Director
- FURUHATA Yasuo
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, OGURI Shun, EMOTO Tasuku
This drama reunites director Fururhata Yasuo with cameraman Kimura Daisaku, the team behind the hit film Poppoya: Railroad Man, for the first time in nine years. The fates of three childhood friends are upended when a murder incident reunites them fo...
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Tokyo Ghoul (2017)
- Director
- HAGIWARA Kentaro
- Cast
- KUBOTA Masataka, SHIMIZU Fumika
The live-action adaptation of Ishida Sui's popular comic 'Tokyo Ghoul' which depicts the struggle between flesh eating beings, Ghouls, and humanity. Kubota Masataka from HiGH&LOW THE MOVIE gives a good performance as the conflicted university student...
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A Beautiful Star (2017)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Daihachi
- Cast
- Lily Franky, KAMENASHI Kazuya, HASHIMOTO Ai
Unique science fiction film based on Mishima Yukio's 1962 novel. With the substitution of the social issues from that era like the Cold War and nuclear weapons to the contemporary themes of energy and climate change, it is an epic tragicomedy directe...
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Kamen Rider 1 (2016)
- Director
- KANEDA Osamu
- Cast
- FUJIOKA Hiroshi, OHSUGI Ren, NISHIME Shun
Commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Masked Rider series, the very first actor to play the Masked Rider, Fujioka Hiroshi, returns to the role after 44 years. He is joined by other Masked Riders such as Masked Rider Ghost. 45 years ago Hongo Tak...
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Manga-jima: The Island of Cartoon (2016)
- Director
- MORIYA Fumio
- Cast
- MIZUSAWA Shingo, MORIYA Fumio, MATSUURA Yuya
A unique film depicting manga creators with a passion for manga trying to survive on a remote island of a distant sea. Moriya Fumio, the screenwriter of The Woodsman and the Rain among others, makes his feature-length directorial debut. On a remote ...
