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ONE WEEK FRIENDS (2017)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Shosuke
- Cast
- KAWAGUCHI Haruna, YAMAZAKI Kento, MATSUO Takashi
A live-action adaptation of Hazuki Matcha's identically titled romantic comic which had also been turned into a televised anime series. It portrays a high school girl whose memory resets every week and the classmate who is earnestly devoted to her. A...
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CLOSE-KNIT (2017)
- Director
- OGIGAMI Naoko
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, KIRITANI Kenta, KAKIHARA Rinka
First film in five years from director Ogigami Naoko, whose many fans adore the uniquely soothing atmosphere in films like Kamome Diner. The protagonist has undergone a sex change to become a woman and lives with her partner and his young niece. Ikut...
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Kiseki: Sobito of That Day (2017)
- Director
- KANESHIGE Atsushi
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, SUDA Masaki, KUTSUNA Shioli
Teen film based on a true story about the creation of the song "Kiseki" by the popular vocal group GReeeeN. Matsuzaka Tori plays band producer JIN, and bandleader HIDE, who is JIN's younger brother in real life, is played by Suda Masaki. GReeeeN is ...
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Our Meal for Tomorrow (2017)
- Director
- ICHII Masahide
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Yuto, ARAKI Yuko, MIYAMA Karen
A love story of the seven-year destined romance of a young man and woman framed within the motif of "meals". Based on Seo Maiko's identically titled novel, it is written and directed by Ichii Masahide, the former comedian who received high praise for...
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Any Way the Wind Blows (2017)
- Director
- SAKASHITA Yuichiro
- Cast
- NAKANISHI Miho, KOICHI Mantaro, MATSUKI Daisuke
Third original film production from Shochiku Broadcasting, which also produced Three Stories of Love. Deploys comedy skit humor to d epict the chaos of a group of amateur musicians who are mistaken for a famous orchestra. Director Sakashita Yuichiro ...
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A Loving Husband (2017)
- Director
- YUKAWA Kazuhiko
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, AMAMI Yuki, KANNO Miho
The directorial debut by screenwriter, Yukawa Kazuhiko, who worked on "I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper" among a number of other popular television dramas. Abe Hiroshi and Amami Yuki co-star, playing a married couple for the first time. It is based on the ...
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itazurana Kiss THE MOVIE on Campus (2016)
- Director
- MIZOGUCHI Minoru
- Cast
- SATO Kanta, VISA Reina, YAMAGUCHI Nonoka
Second film in the live-action trilogy based on Tada Kaoru's popular comic "Itazura Kiss," which has been turned into a TV drama in Japan, as well as Taiwan and Korea. Aihara Kotoko (Visa Reina) gets her hopes up when she gets to attend Tonan Univer...
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Neboke (2015)
- Director
- IKI Norihito
- Cast
- TOMOBE Yasushi, MURAKAMI Maki, IRIFUNETEI Senyu
A drama depicting, along with the traditional art of rakugo (comical stories) and kagura (Shinto music and dance), the love and squabbles of a rakugo storyteller unable to face life and his girlfriend who clings to the past. Photographer Iki Norihito...
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14 That Night (2016)
- Director
- ADACHI Shin
- Cast
- INUKAI Naoki, MITSUISHI Ken, HAMADA Mari
Drama about the summer adventures of junior high school students fed up with their monotonous lives, set in a countryside town. Directorial debut by Adachi Shin, who earned accolades for his screenplay 100 Yen Love. The year is 1987. Junior high sc...
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Japanese Girls Never Die (2016)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- AOI Yu, TAKAHATA Mitsuki, Taiga
The film adaptation of Yamauchi Mariko's novel which throws into relief the attitudes toward life of modern women. It depicts the disappearance of an office lady living in the suburbs which sets in motion the occurrence of several incidents. In the d...
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THE MOLE SONG -Hong Kong Capriccio- (2016)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, Eita, HONDA Tsubasa
The follow-up to THE MOLE SONG -Undercover Agent REIJI-, the action-comedy adaptation by director Miike Takashi and screenwriter Kudo Kankuro of Takahashi Noboru's popular comic. Ikuta Toma gives an enthusiastic performance as the idiotic, lecherous ...
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My tomorrow,Your yesterday. (2016)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- FUKUSHI Sota, KOMATSU Nana, HIGASHIDE Masahiro
Film adaptation of Nanatsuki Takafumi's bestselling romance novel. Humorous and sorrowful portrayal of a melancholy romance that transcends space and time for a couple brought together by fate. Director Miki Takahiro's numerous teen romance hits incl...
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Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" (2016)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, YOSHIOKA Hidetaka, SOMETANI Shota
A film directed by Yamazaki Takashi, who has created many touching dramas including The Eternal Zero and the "ALWAYSSunset on Third Street-" series. During the Meiji Era, when coal was the main source of energy, Kunioka Tetsuzo (Okada Junichi) fores...
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The Old Capital (2016)
- Director
- SAITO Yuki
- Cast
- MATSUYUKI Yasuko, HASHIMOTO Ai, NARUMI Rico
A film continuing the story of the protagonist twins of Nobel Prize winning author, Kawabata Yasunari's novel. It is written and directed by Yuki Saito, who has won high acclaim both domestically and abroad as a commercial director. Actress Matsuyuki...
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A WOMAN WAVERING IN THE RAIN (2016)
- Director
- HANNO Yoshihiro
- Cast
- AOKI Munetaka, ONO Ito, OKAYAMA Amane
Paris-based Hanno Yoshihiro, who has overseen the music for director Jia Zhang-ke's film among other Asian works, writes as well as directs for the first time this suspense-thriller. Aoki Munetaka from Rurouni Kenshin stars in a story intensely depic...
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DROWNING LOVE (2016)
- Director
- Ū-ki Yamato
- Cast
- KOMATSU Nana, SUDA Masaki, SHIGEOKA Daiki
Based on the best-selling comic "Oboreru Knife" by George Asakura, the film is directed by young creator Ū-ki Yamato who delicately portrays a fragile teenage love, starring Japan's rising stars Komatsu Nana (Martin Scorsese's Silence) and Suda Masak...
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SHIPPU RONDO (2016)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Teruyuki
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, OKURA Tadayoshi, OSHIMA Yuko
Suspense film adaptation of a novel by bestselling author Higashino Keigo. A researcher fights to recapture a stolen biological weapon. Helmed by television director Yoshida Teruyuki. The illegal biological weapon known as K-55 is stolen from a univ...
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Itazurana Kiss THE MOVIE in High School (2016)
- Director
- MIZOGUCHI Minoru
- Cast
- SATO Kanta, VISA Reina, YAMAGUCHI Nonoka
Live-action film adaptation of Tada Kaoru's popular comic "Itazura na kiss," which has been turned into a TV drama in Japan as well as Taiwan and Korea. High school senior Kotoko (Visa Reina) is hopeless at school for grades, but she has a big crush...
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MUSEUM (2016)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, ONO Machiko, NOMURA Shuhei
A suspense-thriller adapted from Tomoe Ryosuke's identically titled manga which made waves with its intense story developments and extremely graphic imagery. Otomo Keishi, of the "Rurouni Kenshin" series, directs. Metropolitan Police 1st Division in...
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Will you marry my wife? (2016)
- Director
- MIYAKE Yoshishige
- Cast
- ODA Yuji, YOSHIDA Yoh, HARADA Taizo
Hankyu Railway - A 15-minute Miracle's Miyake Yoshishige directs Bayside Shakedown series lead Oda Yuji in this film adaptation of Higuchi Takuji's novel, which has previously been adapted for TV and stage. A television writer with six months left to...
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MIDNIGHT DINER 2 (2016)
- Director
- MATSUOKA Joji
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Kaoru, SATO Koichi, ODAGIRI Joe
Second feature film adaptation of the TV drama based on an original story by Abe Yaro. Portrays the colorful tapestry of humanity created by the unique individuals who frequent a small eatery. Director Matsuoka Joji worked on the previous Midnight Di...
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My Korean Teacher (2016)
- Director
- ASAHARA Yuzo
- Cast
- Yesung, SASAKI Nozomi
Yesung from the popular Korean idol group, Super Junior, and Sasaki Nozomi co-star in this romantic comedy set in Okinawa. At the helm is Asahara Yuzo, whose The Pearls of the Stone Man was an official selection of the 18th Shanghai International Fil...
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MY UNCLE (2016)
- Director
- YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- MATSUDA Ryuhei, MAKI Yoko, ONISHI Riku
Drama based on Kita Morio's Akutagawa Prize-winning novel by the same name. The story infuses humanity into the relationship between an uncle who constantly spins farfetched tales and his nephew. Directed by Yamashita Nobuhiro of The Drudgery Train a...
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MOM THINKS I'M CRAZY TO MARRY A JAPANESE GUY (2017)
- Director
- YACHIDA Akihisa
- Cast
- JIAN Man Shu, NAKANO Yuta
A film adapting the Facebook page as well as photo book of a Taiwanese woman and a Japanese man which relates their becoming acquainted through to their marriage. Popular Taiwan actress and also director, Jian Man-shu, co-stars with model-turned-acto...
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ALIBIS FOR HAPPINESS (2016)
- Director
- JINNAI Takanori
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, YANAGIBA Toshiro, DAICHI Yasuo
Actor Jinnai Takanori directs this ensemble film, his first directorial effort in nine years since Smile. The script is by Kiyasu Kohei, the screenwriter of The Kirishima Thing. A mortician mediates a gathering unaware it is a yakuza funeral. The re...
