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Corpse Party Book of Shadows (2016)
- Director
- YAMADA Masafumi
- Cast
- IKOMA Rina, MAEDA Nozomi, IKEOKA Ryosuke
Second film adaptation in the series based on the horror adventure game Corpse Party. A high school girl who escaped the grasp of ghosts faces an even more horrific fate. This sequel brings back the main cast from the previous film, including Ikoma R...
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Ganguro Gals Riot (2016)
- Director
- UGANA Kenichi
- Cast
- BABA Fumika, YANAGI Elisa, HIRAMATSU Kanako
Ex-Ganguros (Japanese Black Gals) recall high school memories to face their ongoing tough life! A coming-of-age drama dealing with "Ganguro", the 1990s fad of girls applying unnaturally dark and heavy make-up to their face. Crisscrossing between the...
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Yumeji: A Spurt of Love (2015)
- Director
- MIYANO Keiji
- Cast
- SURUGA Taro, KOMIYA Arisa, KATO Masaya
A drama portraying the life of Takehisa Yumeji, a painter who proclaimed himself "Japan's first pop-art artist". It details the love-hate relationship and ultimate separation from his wife, a "Bijin-ga" (paintings of beautiful women) model, as well a...
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SHIN GODZILLA (2016)
- Director
- HIGUCHI Shinji
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Hiroki, TAKENOUCHI Yutaka, ISHIHARA Satomi
The twenty-ninth Japanese-produced film in the globally popular "Godzilla" series. It dynamically portrays humanity being trampled by a gigantic monster while incorporating the perspective of the Japanese government under pressure to deal with the si...
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THE WATCHER IN THE ATTIC (2016)
- Director
- KUBOTA Shoji
- Cast
- KIJIMA Noriko, MAMIYA Yuki, KAWAI Ryunosuke
Director Okuda Shuji, who adapted Edogawa Rampo's original stories "Lost Love Murder" and "Murder on D. Street" for film, creates a new film version of "The Watcher in the Attic," which has already been turned into a movie several times. Famed detec...
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Every Day (2015)
- Director
- TEZUKA Satoru
- Cast
- NAGANO Munenori, YAMAMOTO Mayumi, KURATA Daisuke
Feature-length debut from director Tezuka Satoru, who has earned acclaim in Japan and abroad for his numerous short films. Deals with the universal theme of what people think about in their day-to-day lives, with inspiration from music by composer ha...
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Magic Utopia (2015)
- Director
- TOYAMA Shoji, TAN Shuichi
- Cast
- YONEMURA Ryotaro, YANAGI Elisa, WADA Shu
The present lives and past memories of two men and a woman intersect as their souls move toward utopia. Directed by Our Night is Not Long‘s Toyama Shoji and music video director Tan Shuichi. Lisa (Yanagi Erisa) lost her mother when she was a child, ...
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Hiko and Vega (2014)
- Director
- TANIGUCHI Mio
- Cast
- KAWAZU Yusuke, HARA Chisako, YANAGITANI Kazunari
Drama about a wife with dementia and the husband who looks after her. Feature-length debut about the reality of dementia from director Taniguchi Mio, who also works as a caregiver. Hiko Asao (Kawazu Yusuke) and Koto (Hara Chisako) are an elderly cou...
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The Albino’s Trees (2016)
- Director
- KANEKO Masakazu
- Cast
- MATSUOKA Ryohei, HIGASHI Kanako, FUKUCHI Yusuke
A young man engaged in exterminating animals which damage crops has doubts about his own actions as he gradually reconsiders our relationship with nature. The second feature-length film by Kaneko Masakazu, director of Sumire Ningyo. Yuku (Matsuoka R...
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A Wild Namahage (2016)
- Director
- ARAI Kenichi
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Ren, IMATANI Futoshi, CHOSOKABE Yoko
Fantasy comedy about the relationship between a boy and a wild "namahage" ogre from traditional culture in Northeastern Japan with the premise that namahage are animals. Directed by Arai Kenichi of Ossan Sukebo. A namahage captured in the wild escap...
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KAIJYU MONO (2016)
- Director
- KAWASAKI Minoru
- Cast
- IBUSHI Kota, SAITO Shusuke, KAWANISHI Miki
Visual effects movie featuring battles between a giant monster and professional wrestler Ibushi Kota, who makes his film debut. Director Kawasaki Minoru is known for The World Sinks Except Japan and Outer Man. A giant monster shows up in Tokyo and t...
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THE SEAL OF THE SUN (2016)
- Director
- SATO Futoshi
- Cast
- KITAMURA Yukiya, HAKAMADA Yoshihiko, NAKAMURA Yuri
Drama that re-enacts the five days after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Juxtaposes the activities of a newspaper reporter pursuing the truth behind the nuclear power plant accident, Japanese government officials, and people who ...
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HiGH&LOW THE MOVIE (2016)
- Director
- KUBO Shigeaki
- Cast
- AKIRA, IWATA Takanori
The first feature film in the multimedia entertainment project "HIGH&LOW," which is produced by HIRO of "EXILE" and includes a TV drama, online streaming, SNS, comics, original album, and arena tour. Five groups are wrestling for control in the SWOR...
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MORIYAMACHU DRIVING SCHOOL (2016)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- NOMURA Shuhei, KAKU Kento, KISHII Yukino
Youth drama based on the same-named comic by Shinzo Keigo which depicts the summer a free spirited university student and a cool-and-collected yakuza spend at a driving school. At the helm is Toyoshima Keisuke who has worked on numerous genres. Seem...
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TRUE COLORS (2015)
- Director
- KANEKO Masaru
- Cast
- TANAKA Naoki, WATANABE Ikkei, SATO Jiro
Sitcom directed by TV show "Cocorico Miracle Type" director Kaneko Masaru and starring comedian Tanaka Naoki, who is the TV show's host. Three political criminals are in a death game with their release from prison on the line. Script by Fukuda Yuichi...
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HANAKO VS YOSUKE (2016)
- Director
- TORII Yasutake
- Cast
- SHIDA Yumi, TAKEUCHI Eri, SUGIE Taishi
Horror film based on a famous urban legend. Depicts the clash between the female ghost Hanako who lives in the girl's toilet at an abandoned school and Yosuke, the male ghost in the boy's toilet. The lead is played by Shida Yumi from the idol group Y...
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The Werewolf Game:Prison Break (2016)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- KOJIMA Riria, WATANABE Yutaro, YAMAYA Kasumi
Fourth film in the popular series about the terror experienced by trapped high school students who kill each other in a survival game, featuring up-and-coming cast members and new rules in the game. Director Ayabe Shinya also helmed the previous film...
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THE BOOK PEDDLER (2016)
- Director
- OMORI Kenichi
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rina, KOBAYASHI Yutaka, YOSHIYUKI Kazuko
Set in Ehime Prefecture's Uwajima City, the film portrays the efforts by a novelist, who bicycles around town delivering books for the library courier department, to find a book crucial to a festival on the island. In the director's chair is Omori Ke...
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Radio Personality (2016)
- Director
- ITO Hidehiro
- Cast
- KATO Masaya, HAGA Yuria
One part of UNREQUITED LOVE, an eight episode, romantic omnibus film. The film depicts a singer whose radio show soliciting episodes of unrequited love from listeners is waning in popularity. The film's concept originated from conversations which act...
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Gift of Christmas Eve (2016)
- Director
- ITO Hidehiro
- Cast
- HASHIMOTO Manami, YOKOHAMA Ryusei, HOSHI Yuriko
One part of UNREQUITED LOVE, an eight episode, romantic omnibus film. The heartbreaking romance of a nurse is depicted in this film directed by Ito Hidehiro, a well known direct-to-video producer. Trainee Minoru (Yokohama Ryusei) joins the facility ...
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summer pickles (2016)
- Director
- YAMAGISHI Santa
- Cast
- SHIMIZU Fumika, CHIBA Yudai
One part of UNREQUITED LOVE, an eight episode, romantic omnibus film. Two cousins who have not seen one another for a long time become closer little by little in this film directed by Yamagishi Santa, who has worked on many music videos. Due to her ...
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My secret love (2016)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- SHINKAWA Yua, SHISON Jun
One part of UNREQUITED LOVE, an eight episode, romantic omnibus film. Directed by Fujii Michihito, who won high praise with his commercial debut film, Oh! Father, the film depicts the heroine, who has always enjoyed casual romances, becoming attracte...
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Something Blue (2016)
- Director
- TAKUMA Takayuki
- Cast
- HIROSE Alice, SAITOH Takumi, KAWAHARA Ayako
One part of UNREQUITED LOVE, an eight episode, romantic omnibus film. An introverted high school girl falls in love with her hairdresser in this film directed by Takuma Takayuki, who is also a screenwriter and actor. Nozomi (Hirose Alice) used to ha...
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MY NICKNAME is BUTATCHI (2016)
- Director
- IIZUKA Ken
- Cast
- ITO Sairi, NAKAGAWA Taishi, UEHARA Miku
One part of UNREQUITED LOVE, an eight episode, romantic omnibus film. A high school girl's crush on a childhood friend is delicately yet humorously depicted by director, Iizuka Ken, a specialist in unique coming-of-age dramas such as "Arakawa Under t...
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my sweet cactus (2016)
- Director
- NAGATA Koto
- Cast
- MORI Erika, SAKURADA Dori, TANAKA Yoji
One part of UNREQUITED LOVE, an eight episode, romantic omnibus film. Female director, Nagata Koto, sensitively relates the situation between a sullen man who is attracted to his career oriented boss. Ever day, scatterbrained new employee, Toru (Sa...
