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The Projects (2016)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- FUJIYAMA Naomi, KISHIBE Ittoku, OKUSU Michiyo
Offbeat dialogue-driven drama about the ruckus between a couple with a checkered past and residents at the housing project where they move. Director Sakamoto Junji is known for A Chorus of Angels. Hinako (Fujiyama Naomi) and Seiji (Kishibe Ittoku) ...
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NINKYO YARO (2016)
- Director
- TOKUNAGA Kiyotaka
- Cast
- EBISU Yoshikazu, YAGIRA Yuya, TRIENDL Reina
Manga artist, Ebisu Yoshikazu, who also appears on television variety programs, makes his leading actor debut in this feature-length yakuza film. It depicts a former yakuza with a deep sense of duty and humanity throwing himself into a new feud. This...
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The Kodai Family (2016)
- Director
- HIJIKATA Masato
- Cast
- AYASE Haruka, SAITOH Takumi, MIZUHARA Kiko
The live-action adaptation of Morimoto Kozueko's romance comic in which a quiet office lady with a wild imagination falls in love with a high society telepath. In the director's chair is Hijikata Masato, who has directed a large number of television ...
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THE SEA OF SEIRO: DETECTIVE MITARAI'S CASEBOOK (2016)
- Director
- IZUMI Seiji
- Cast
- TAMAKI Hiroshi, HIROSE Alice, ISHIDA Hikari
Shimada Soji's detective novel series becomes a theatrical film following its dramatization for television. A neurologist hailed as the Japanese Sherlock Holmes takes on a difficult case linked to the sea. In the director's chair is Izumi Seiji who i...
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EVERGREEN LOVE (2016)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- IWATA Takanori, TAKAHATA Mitsuki, ABE Joji
"Torihada Gekijoban" series director, Miki Koichiro, adapts to film a romance novel by popular author Arikawa Hiro. It depicts an office lady unsuccessful in life, her strange cohabitation with a young man who collapsed in front of her apartment, and...
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CONFLICT (2016)
- Director
- FUJIWARA Kenichi
- Cast
- OZAWA Hitoshi, MOTOMIYA Yasukaze, NAKANO Hideo
Intense film about a gigantic conflict engulfing everyone from the yakuza, mafia and informal criminal groups known as "hangure," all the way to the police and government. Brings together yakuza film stars including Ozawa Hitoshi, Motomiya Yasukaze a...
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HOLD MY HAND (2016)
- Director
- NARAHASHI Yoko
- Cast
- KABIRA Jay, Sumire, Nanami
Live action adaptation of the play that actor Imai Masayuki conceived, authored, directed and starred in before succumbing to illness in 2015. The story questions the meaning of living through the lives of people with learning disabilities. Directed ...
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The Little Match Girl (2016)
- Director
- UCHIDA Hiroshi
- Cast
- SATO Sumire, KOBAYASHI Yutaka, HONDA Takafumi
A dark-fantasy adapting Suzuki Sanami's popular comic to the big screen with idol group SKE48's Sato Sumire in the starring role. It portrays the cruel fate pursued by people with a wicked heart who become engrossed in the "wish match" which fulfills...
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Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2016)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- NIKAIDO Fumi, YAMAZAKI Kento, SUZUKI Nobuyuki
Nikaido Fumi, winner of numerous domestic and international film awards, and Yamazaki Kento, now an indispensable presence in current hit films, star in this movie directed by Hiroki Ryuichi of Strobe Edge. Shinohara Erika is a first-year high schoo...
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LYRICAL SCHOOL’S CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (2016)
- Director
- Demo TANAKA
- Cast
- ayaka, mei, yumi
Teenage fantasy featuring the hip hop idol unit Lyrical School. Girls who dream of becoming rap stars grow up after meeting a mysterious alien. Director Demo Tanaka makes his commercial film debut. Six friends including record store employee ayaka (...
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HIME-ANOLE (2016)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Keisuke
- Cast
- MORITA Go, HAMADA Gaku, SATSUKAWA Aimi
Suspense film based on Furuya Minoru's same-named comic. An ordinary guy's life is eroded by a lustful murderer who is after his girlfriend. Known for his humorous portraits in Silver Spoon, director Yoshida Keisuke tries his hand at graphic violence...
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MIDORI-THE CAMELLIA GIRL (2016)
- Director
- TORICO
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Risa, KAZAMA Shunsuke, MORINO Misaki
First animated in 1992 as Chika Gentou Gekiga Shoujo Tsubaki, Maruo Suehiro's underground manga is adapted to live-action by TORICO, whose short film, Mikagami, won numerous awards at film festivals in Japan and abroad. The film unfolds through a col...
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SHIMAUMA (2016)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- RYUSEI Ryo, SUGA Kenta, HINAMI Kyooko
Live-action adaptation of Obata Fumio's violent manga. A guy who has turned into an underworld "collection agent" uses violence to vent his clients' hatred and venom. Numerous horrific torture scenes include fingers being broken and feet being set on...
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DESTRUCTION BABIES (2016)
- Director
- MARIKO Tetsuya
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, SUDA Masaki, KOMATSU Nana
An ensemble drama unrestrainedly depicting the desires and lunacy of young people intoxicated by violence against the backdrop of Matsuyama City in Ehime Prefecture. Yellow Kid director, Mariko Tetsuya, makes his commercial film debut. Ashiwara Tair...
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AFTER THE STORM (2016)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, MAKI Yoko, KIKI Kilin
Directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu, internationally renowned for films including Our Little Sister, this film was selected in the Un Certain Regard section at the 69th Cannes Film Festival. Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota (Abe ...
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GARM WARS: The Last Druid (2016)
- Director
- OSHII Mamoru
- Cast
- Lance HENRIKSEN, Kevin DURAND, Mélanie St-PIERRE
A fantasy film fusing live-action and anime costing 2 billion yen. Science fiction maestro, Oshii Mamoru, tells an all English story about the anguish of clone warriors in a parallel world. The producer of the Japanese language version is Studio Ghib...
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HK2: The Abnormal Crisis (2016)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- SUZUKI Ryohei, SHIMIZU Fumika, YAGIRA Yuya
The second live-action adaption of Ando Keishu's gag-filled manga, 'Kyukyoku!! Hentai Kamen', depicts with added portrayals of amplified special moves the activities of a righteous hero who wears a panty over his head. The principle cast and staff fr...
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The Whispering Star (2016)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- KAGURAZAKA Megumi, ENDO Kenji, IKEDA Yuto
A science-fiction drama by internationally popular director, Sono Sion, who brings to life a script he wrote in 1990. An android delivering packages to a decimated human race is depicted in black & white imagery and whispered dialogue. The film won t...
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The Magnificent Nine (2016)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- ABE Sadawo, Eita, TSUMABUKI Satoshi
A film adaptation of Isoda Michifumi's original novel which is based on a true story from the middle Edo Period. It comically depicts the efforts of Yoshiokajuku, an inn town in Sendai fief, to save themselves from impoverishment by running a moneyle...
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If Cats Disappeared from the World (2016)
- Director
- NAGAI Akira
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, MIYAZAKI Aoi, HAMADA Gaku
Live action adaptation of the first novel from popular producer Kawamura Genki, whose films includes Villain and The Boy and the Beast. Heartwarming and fantastic portrayal of a young man coming to terms with himself as he faces death. A guy (Sato T...
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SIX FOUR: Part 1 (2016)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- SATO Koichi, AYANO Go, EIKURA Nana
The best-selling novel by Yokoyama Hideo, author of Half a Confession and Climber's High, is adapted into a two-part film. Director Zeze Takahisa of Heaven's Story and an all-star cast including Sato Koichi render this profound drama. Nicknamed "Six...
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Maniac Hero (2016)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- HIGASHIDE Masahiro, KUBOTA Masataka, KOMATSU Nana
The live-action adaptation of Fukumitsu Shigeyuki's action-comedy manga, ‘Seikatsu' which comically depicts the slapstick capers of three men and a woman who begin a life of crime fighting. Staring are some of the hottest young stars in Japan. Nakat...
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HANA-DAMA PHANTOM (2016)
- Director
- SATO Hisayasu
- Cast
- ONISHI Shima, Iori, INOU Megumi
An ominous visual world unfolds in this fantasy-horror filled with eroticism and mayhem from two leading figures in pink film, director Sato Hisayasu, and screenwriter Imaoka Shinji. The unique cast is centered around newcomer actress, Iori, who was ...
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CHIHAYAFURU Part 2 (2016)
- Director
- KOIZUMI Nori
- Cast
- HIROSE Suzu, NOMURA Shuhei, Mackenyu
Hirose Suzu debuts in her first leading movie role as the heroine, Ayase Chihaya. Hirose has become the most sought after teen actress since her appearance in the hit films Our Little Sister and The Boy and The Beast. Directed by Koizumi Nori of The ...
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TERRAFORMARS (2016)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- ITO Hideaki, TAKEI Emi, YAMASHITA Tomohisa
After 13 Assassins and Sukiyaki Western Django, master filmmaker Takashi Miike comes back to the big screen with a Sci-Fi action film where a set of crew members battle against evolved cockroaches on Mars. The film is based on the best-selling comic ...
