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SCANNER (2016)
- Director
- KANEKO Shusuke
- Cast
- NOMURA Mansai, MIYASAKO Hiroyuki, YASUDA Shota
Kyogen (comical Noh) actor, Nomura Mansai and comedian, Miyasako Hiroyuki co-star in this mystery about a man who can pick up residual thoughts pursuing an investigation into a missing person with his former partner. This is an original story by popu...
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Sharing (2014)
- Director
- SHINOZAKI Makoto
- Cast
- YAMADA Kinuo, HINOI Asuka, KIMURA Tomoki
A drama depicting with a suspense-thriller touch the conflict between two emotionally hurt girls set against the anxiety blanketing all of Japan in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake. A ninety-nine-minute "Another Version" in which some...
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I AM A HERO (2016)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, ARIMURA Kasumi, NAGASAWA Masami
A horror-cum-disaster film based on Hanazawa Kengo's identically titled comic. It depicts the survival of humanity driven to the edge of ruin by a mysterious infection turning humans into zombies. At the helm is Sato Shinsuke, who has directed many l...
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THE SUN (2016)
- Director
- IRIE Yu
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, KADOWAKI Mugi, FURUKAWA Yuki
Maekawa Tomohiro's Yomiuri Engeki Taisho-winning science fiction play is adapted to film by Irie Yu, who was highly praised for his "8000 MILES" series. It depicts a near-future in which the population of the human race has been sharply reduced by bi...
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MINNA SUITOUTO (2016)
- Director
- HORAI Tadaaki
- Cast
- ARAKI Sakura, SAKAI Asaka, OBA Ayaka
Coming-of-age drama featuring Kyushu-based idol group LinQ's Araki Sakura in her debut as the lead performer, along with the other members of the group. Director and scriptwriter Horai Tadaaki helmed the popular late-night drama "Solitary Gourmet" an...
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Kansai Johnny's Jr. no mezase dream stage (2016)
- Director
- Cast
- NISHIHATA Daigo, MUKAI Koji, ONISHI Ryusei
Youth drama starring Kansai Johnny's Jr. in which a minor idol group struggles hard to defy the threat of disbandment. Hattori Daiji, who has worked on television dramas, directs. Minakami Futa (Nishihata Daigo), who had been leading a life of part-...
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MY TECHNICOLOR GIRL (2015)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Rei
- Cast
- SANO Kazuhiro, ITO Kiyomi, WADA Hanako
An elderly man who was cut off from society and his reunion with his first love are depicted in this sensual drama. The Story of Noriko director, Sakamoto Rei, along with Sano Kazuhiro from But Only Love have come together among other cast and staff ...
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Joshiko (2016)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Koki
- Cast
- MINEGISHI Minami, TAKADA Riho, IZUMI Haru
A suspense-thriller featuring idol group AKB48's Minegishi Minami in her first starring role for a movie. Friends gathering after seven years for a reunion of classmates from an all-girl high school get to the heart of two murders, both past and pres...
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Dokumushi: Toxic Insects (2016)
- Director
- ASAKURA Kayoko
- Cast
- MURAI Ryota, TAKEDA Rina, AKIYAMA Shintaro
A single-setting, isolation-horror film based on the manga, 'Dokumushi', by Aida Keito which violently portrays the behavior of individuals trapped in a confined space with limited time. At the helm is The Idols and the Undead director, Asakura Kayok...
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The Mohican Comes Home (2016)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- MATSUDA Ryuhei, EMOTO Akira, MAEDA Atsuko
A bittersweet family drama set on an island in the Seto Inland Sea. A mohawk-sporting young man's homecoming after seven years is rocked by the pronouncement of his father's remaining time to live. The film is written and directed by Okita Shuichi wh...
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Hinageshi (2015)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Keiji
- Cast
- TANIGAWA Miyuki, SANNOMIYA Eiko
Episode in the omnibus horror film Ankokuno Utage comprised of six shorts about fragments from nightmares. Director Sakamoto Keiji won the 600 Second Competition Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival 2003 for Tagawori. A wom...
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Iwa (2015)
- Director
- KUNISAWA Minoru
- Cast
- MIZUI Maki, MIKAI Go
Episode in the omnibus horror film Ankokuno Utage comprised of six shorts about fragments from nightmares. Adult film director Kunizawa Minoru depicts the destructive love between a man and woman. A man (Mikai Go) and woman (Mizui Maki) huddle toget...
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Confinement (2015)
- Director
- KAMEI Toru
- Cast
- Akari, AYANO Ten
Episode in the omnibus horror film Ankokuno Utage comprised of six shorts about fragments from nightmares. Director Kamei Toru has won numerous overseas film festival awards for Double Suicide Elegy and depicts the horror of time passing without any ...
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Gaze of 36℃ (2015)
- Director
- SANNOMIYA Eiko
- Cast
- KONO Yuka, MATSUSHITA Aiko, HOSHINO Kayo
Episode in the omnibus horror film Ankokuno Utage comprised of six shorts about fragments from nightmares. Director Sannomiya Eiko is also an actress and joins the cast for the film. A hot and muggy afternoon. A girl living by herself (Kono Yuka) na...
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House the child lives (2015)
- Director
- KIKUSHIMA Toshiaki
- Cast
- TODO Umi, KUWANO Sora, TANAKA Ryoichi
Episode in the omnibus horror film Ankokuno Utage comprised of six shorts about fragments from nightmares. Director and scriptwriter Kikushima Toshiaki depicts the emotional darkness harbored by a woman. Housewife Miri (Todo Umi) is living in tough ...
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Shadowgraph (2015)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Keiji
- Cast
- KAWASHIMA Haruka, Taizo, HOSHINO Yuzu
Episode in the omnibus horror film Ankokuno Utage comprised of six shorts about fragments from nightmares. Director Sakamoto Keiji won the 600 Second Competition Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival 2003 for Tagawori. A maid...
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Koi (2014)
- Director
- NAGASAWA Masahiko
- Cast
- ITO Yozaburo, OKADA Nana, MOTOKI Ikuya
The Night time Picnic director Nagasawa Masahiko and Adachi Shin, screenwriter of 100 YEN LOVE, adapt to film an original story idea submitted in a general call-for-entries by the city of Kudamatsu in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Using a strange festival pa...
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But only love… (2015)
- Director
- SANO Kazuhiro
- Cast
- SANO Kazuhiro, ENJO Hitomi, IIJIMA Yoishi
This film marks the return of director Sano Kazuhiro, known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink Films" in the 1990s, after an 18-year hiatus with multiple hats as director, screenplay writer and lead actor. The story of a man's agony upon find...
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THE STARE (2016)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- ITANO Tomomi, SHIRAISHI Shunya, IRIKI Mari
The live-action adaptation of Mitsuda Shinzo's horror-mystery which depicts the terror of the ghost, "Nozokime", which delivers death to whomever meets its gaze even from the merest opening between curtains, a window, etc. The director is Miki Koichi...
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BITTER HONEY (2016)
- Director
- ISHII Gakuryu
- Cast
- NIKAIDO Fumi, OHSUGI Ren, MAKI Yoko
Film adaptation of a fantasy novel composed exclusively of dialogue by Taisho and Showa era author Muro Saisei and published in his final years in 1959. Directed by Ishii Gakuryu of That's It. An adorable girl named Akako (Nikaido Fumi) lives with a...
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Sing My Life (2016)
- Director
- MIZUTA Nobuo
- Cast
- TABE Mikako, BAISHO Mitsuko, KANAME Jun
The creative team behind The Apology King reunite to give birth to a new comedic world combining humor and songs. In the role of a woman who gets to live her life over again is accomplished actress Tabe Mikako. 20-year-old Otori Setsuko (Tabe) is bl...
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SCHOOL OF NURSING (2015)
- Director
- ADACHI Satoshi
- Cast
- KIRISHIMA Coco, OWADA Kensuke, SAEKI Hinako
Depicts the relationships between nursing students and their patients who deal with various worries, set in a nursing college in Hitoyoshi City in Kumamoto Prefecture. Adachi Satoshi makes his directorial debut with this film. The beautiful scenery w...
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I'm Fine, My Angel (2016)
- Director
- SONODA Hideto
- Cast
- KIRARA, ASHIKAWA Yoshimi, KANEKO Noboru
Feature film adaptation of Okawa Ryuho's bestselling novel "I'm Fine." Elementary school student Fuka (Aika Miki) is distressed by her classmates' bullying. Yuya (Shimizu Kazuki) has to give up on going to college because of financial reasons. Yoshi...
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JOGGING_WATARIDORI (2015)
- Director
- SUZUKI Takuji
- Cast
- NAKAGAWA Yukari, FURUYA Toshio, NAGAYAMA Yurie
A sci-fi drama created by The Wife of Gegege director, Suzuki Takuji, together with students of the acting course he teaches at The Film School of Tokyo. The entire cast concurrently perform duties as production staff and the film employs an experime...
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salome's daughter_anotherside_in progress (2016)
- Director
- SHICHIRI Kei
- Cast
- KURODA Ikuyo, CHOSOKABE Yoko, KUDO Misaki
The third in a "film made from sound" experimental film production project director Shichiri Kei has been involved in since 2014. This first volume of the Sarome no musume series spins an abundantly imaginative tale of a mother-daughter conflict. In ...
