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Grab the Sun (2016)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yutaro
- Cast
- YOSHIMURA Kaito, ASAKA Kodai, KISHII Yukino
With music as its theme, this ensemble film depicts the everyday life of young people living in a metropolis. At the helm is Nakamura Yutaro, who directed King of Fools and ANKOMAN. Yat (Yoshimura Kaito), a musician, is taking in the audience's che...
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Same Old, Same Old (2016)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- UCHIBORI Taro, MATSUMOTO Marika, YAHAGI Masaru
Ensemble drama that explores the meaning of death through religion, romance and three film directors and the people in their lives. Directed by Imaizumi Rikiya of Sad Tea. Film director Kajiwara (Yahagi Masaru) does music videos to make ends meet bu...
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Sound of Waves (2016)
- Director
- SHINDO Kaze
- Cast
- ITO Aoi, ANDO Sakura, KINJO Minoru
A drama set in the Kerama archipelago of Okinawa which depicts a female violinist who has arrived from Tokyo and a local girl relating to one another through music. In the director's chair is Shindo Kaze of LOVE/JUICE. Because of her excellent heari...
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Going the Distance (2016)
- Director
- HARUMOTO Yujiro
- Cast
- MATSUURA Shinichiro, UMEDA Masahiro, ENDO Yumi
Asahi, who hails from the remote Goto Islands, earns his living as a boxing trainer at a gym in Tokyo, and is planning to marry Kaori soon. Asahi invites his childhood friend Hiroto to Tokyo and finds a job for him. The contract is signed and everyth...
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At the terrace (2016)
- Director
- YAMAUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Kei, HIRAIWA Kami, FURUYA Ryuta
Director Yamauchi Kenji adapts his play "Trois Groteques" for film. At a party held at a fancy mansion, masks and social niceties fall away to reveal desire and jealousy. Official selection at the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival in the Japanes...
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Snow Woman (2016)
- Director
- SUGINO Kiki
- Cast
- SUGINO Kiki, AOKI Munetaka, YAMAGUCHI Mayu
This drama introduces a fresh interpretation of "Yuki Onna", an episode from Lafcadio Hearn's collection of Japanese ghost stories, "Kwaidan". Sugino Kiki, director of Kyoto Elegy, also directs and stars in this film which was selected to compete in ...
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Yamikin dogs 3 (2016)
- Director
- TSUCHIYA Tetsuhiko
- Cast
- AOKI Tsunenori, MEGUMI, TOMITE Ami
Third film in the "Yamiki Dogs" series about the lives of people in the under world, set in the black market steeped in greed and desire. Directed by Tsuchiya Tetsuhiko, who also helmed the previous two films in the series. Former male cabaret host ...
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Yamikin dogs 2 (2016)
- Director
- TSUCHIYA Tetsuhiko
- Cast
- YAMADA Yuki, AOKI Tsunenori, KURODA Daisuke
Second film in the series about tumultuous gangland events with a yakuza turned black-market financier as the protagonist. Focuses on the unfolding troubles precipitated by those who fail to repay their loans. Director Tsuchiya Tetsuhiko also helmed ...
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Eyes on Me (2016)
- Director
- KANAI Junichi
- Cast
- MASUDA Riko, YOSHIZAWA Hisashi, HIROSAWA So
A romantic drama set in Wakayama City depicting the growing closeness between a male beautician and a blind young girl. Director Kanai Junichi, who gained prominence with Again, shot the entire film on location in Wakayama City. Naoto (Yoshizawa His...
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Closing Time (1996)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Masahiro
- Cast
- SHINSUI Sansho, NAKAHARA Takeo, KITAMURA Kazuki
A scriptwriter who leads a drunken life of self-depravity is depicted in this drama, the directorial debut of Kobayashi Masahiro. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 8th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. A man (Shinsui Sansho) whose...
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Bootleg Film (1998)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Masahiro
- Cast
- EMOTO Akira, SHIINA Kippei, KITAMURA Kazuki
A road movie depicting the strange journey of two men connected to a woman who died. Kobayashi Masahiro wrote and directed the film which screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 52nd Cannes Film Festival. Tatsuo (Emoto Akira), a yakuza abou...
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Koroshi (2000)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Masahiro
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Ryo, OHTSUKA Nene, OGATA Ken
A drama humorously depicting a laid off salaryman regaining his vitality as a hit man. Written and directed by Kobayashi Masahiro, the film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight of the 53rd Cannes Film Festival. Three months ago Hamasaki (Ishibas...
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Man Walking on Snow (2001)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Masahiro
- Cast
- OGATA Ken, KAGAWA Teruyuki, OHTSUKA Nene
A family drama screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 54th Cannes Film Festival. Koroshi director Kobayashi Masahiro interjects offbeat humor while depicting the interaction between a father uncomfortable with being honest and his children....
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Amazing Story (2003)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Masahiro
- Cast
- KITAMURA Kazuki, OGINOME Keiko, TAKENAKA Naoto
Based on the works of Matsuda Michiko, this fifth volume of the "Perfect Education" series depicts a warped lust with bare, sexual explicitness. Kobayashi Masahiro, who has written the scripts of many "pink films", directs. It won Special Mention at ...
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Flic (2004)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Masahiro
- Cast
- KAGAWA Teruyuki, TANABE Seiichi, OHTSUKA Nene
A suspense-thriller by Kobayashi Masahiro who is the first Japanese to have three of his films–Bootleg Film, Koroshi, and Man Walking on Snow–screened at the Cannes Film Festival three years in a row. It depicts the fate of a detective being made the...
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The Happiness (2006)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Masahiro
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Ryo, SAKURAI Akemi, MURAKAMI Jun
The sun never sets in the remarkable world of this fantasy in which the love of a poor, lonely man and woman is captured from the female point of view. At the helm is Kobayashi Masahiro, a globally acknowledged director who has had many of his films ...
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PURE WHITE (2015)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yoshihiro
- Cast
- SATO Miyuki, IWAIDO Seiko, FUKUCHI Yusuke
Romance about the first love of a woman with a learning disability, set in Imizu City in Toyama Prefecture. Sakamoto Yoshihiro makes his directorial debut. Shot entirely in Toyama Prefecture. Shizuya Mashiro (Sato Miyuki) lives with her family in Im...
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The Ark in the Mirage (2015)
- Director
- CHIKUMA Yasutomo
- Cast
- KOMIZU Taiga, TANAKA Min, ADACHI Tomomitsu
Drama about a guy who confronts his own emptiness after reuniting with his homeless father. Directed by Chikuma Yasutomo of Now, I.... Official selection at the 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for the Forum of Independents Competition. ...
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Shirish ko Phool (2013)
- Director
- ITO Toshiaki
- Cast
- Ganesh Man Lama, Sarmila Gurung, Jagat Rajthala
Film adaptation of beloved Nepalese author Parijat's masterpiece novel "Shirish ko Phool (The Blue Mimosa)." Director Ito Toshiaki spent four years working on this film, which features the renowned Nepalese actor Ganesh Man Lama in this follow-up to ...
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KATHPUTALI: The Angel of the Himalayas (2008)
- Director
- ITO Toshiaki
- Cast
- Ganesh Man Lama, Kangan Lama, Mithila Sharma
Leading Nepalese film scholar and Tokyo University of Information Sciences professor Ito Toshiaki serves as the first Japanese director and screenplay writer for a Nepalese film in this mid-length feature film. Screened in Kathmandu and recipient of ...
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A Midsummer's Fantasia (2014)
- Director
- JANG Kun-jae
- Cast
- KIM Sae-byuk, IWASE Ryo, LIM Hyung-kook
Japan-Korea co-produced fantasy comprised of two separate stories that take place in Nara. Director Jang Kun-jae's numerous international film festival honors include the Dragons and Tigers Award for Eighteen at the 28th Vancouver International Film ...
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KAZENO-TAYORI (2016)
- Director
- MUKAI Munetoshi
- Cast
- ARAKI Yuko, OHSUGI Ren, KATO Masaya
Tells the story of a woman struggling to rebuild a cafe that was struck by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, set in an actual cafe in Sendai. CM and women's magazine model Araki Yuko takes the lead in a film for the first time. Osugi Ren from HANA-B...
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POLICEMAN AND ME (2017)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, TSUCHIYA Tao, TAKASUGI Mahiro
Romance live-action film based on the same-named comic by Miyoshi Maki. Depicts the elopement between a high school girl and an older police officer. Directed by Hiroki Ryuichi, who is known for Kabukicho Love Hotel. Police officer Kota (Kamenashi K...
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Let's Go, JETS! From Small Town Girls to U.S.Champions?! (2017)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- HIROSE Suzu, NAKAJO Ayami, AMAMI Yuki
Film adaptation based on the true story of the Fukui Commercial High School cheerleading team's victory at the U.S. Championship. High school girls pour their hearts and souls into cheer dance. Directed by Kawai Hayato of MY love STORY!!. Newbie hig...
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The 100th Love with You (2017)
- Director
- TSUKIKAWA Sho
- Cast
- miwa, SAKAGUCHI Kentaro, RYUSEI Ryo
Musically lavish portrayal of the romance between a woman who dies in an accident and her childhood friend who repeatedly goes back in time to save her. Singer-songwriter miwa plays the heroine and wrote the love song at the center of the story. Up-a...
