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The Shell Collector (2016)
- Director
- TSUBOTA Yoshifumi
- Cast
- Lily Franky, TERAJIMA Shinobu, IKEMATSU Sosuke
Based on the similarly titled short story by O. Henry Prizewinning author Anthony Doerr, this human drama depicts a blind conchologist who cures a rare disease and the problems he causes around him. In the director's chair is Tsubota Yoshifumi of MIY...
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While the Women Are Sleeping (2016)
- Director
- Wayne Wang
- Cast
- BEAT Takeshi, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, KUTSUNA Shioli
Sensual and transgressive mystery about a man whose fixation on a woman transforms into madness, set in an oceanside resort. Directed by Wayne Wang, who won the Silver Bear at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival for Smoke. Author Shimizu Ke...
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The Black Devil and the White Prince (2016)
- Director
- TSUKIKAWA Sho
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Kento, KOMATSU Nana, CHIBA Yudai
Impressive casts star in this live action adaptation of the highly popular girls comic. Akabane Yu (Komatsu Nana), who lives in a high school dormitory, goes on her first ever date with the most popular boy in her school as known as "White Prince", ...
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Children of Iron (2015)
- Director
- FUKUYAMA Koki
- Cast
- TABATA Tomoko, PE Jyonmyon, Sugi-chan
This family drama set in the ironworks town of Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture depicts the efforts of children plotting their remarried parents' divorce. The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky actress Tabata Tomoko is cast in her first starring role in thre...
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LITCHI HIKARI CLUB (2016)
- Director
- NAITO Eisuke
- Cast
- NOMURA Shuhei, FURUKAWA Yuki, NAKAJO Ayami
LITCHI HIKARI CLUB The film adaptation of Furuya Usamaru's identically titled comic which inspired underground theatre. Naito Eisuke, whose LET'S MAKE THE TEACHER HAVE A MISCARRIAGE CLUB sparked discussion, directs this dark fantasy depicting with p...
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Vauxhall rideshow Escape from dead school (2016)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- OKAMOTO Natsumi, WATANABE Erena, MATSUMOTO Kiyo
Action horror tailor made for the experiential 4DX screening system featuring seats that move and bursts of fragrances and water. High school idol girls flee from impending terror. Director Shiroishi Koji specializes in mockumentaries. The threesome...
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ENISHI THE BRIDE OF IZUMO (2015)
- Director
- HORIUCHI Hiroshi
- Cast
- SASAKI Nozomi, ISAKA Shunya, HIRAOKA Yuta
Drama that pulled off the first-ever film shoot at the Izumo Grand Shrine, with cinematography by Christopher Doyle. Sasaki Nozomi plays the heroine who finds marriage registration forms among the possessions of her deceased grandmother, which leads ...
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Cats Don't Come When You Call (2015)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Toru
- Cast
- KAZAMA Shunsuke, MATSUOKA Mayu, TSURUNO Takeshi
Film adaptation of the same-named autobiographical comic by former boxer-cum-manga artist Sugisaka. Depicts the heartwarming relationships between a cat-hating guy at the mercy of two kittens and the people around him. Young actors including Kazama S...
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NOBUNAGA CONCERTO (2016)
- Director
- MATSUYAMA Hiroaki
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, SHIBASAKI Ko, MUKAI Osamu
Live-action adaptation of Ishii Ayumi's same-titled SF period drama comic, which has already been turned into an anime and TV drama. Oguri Shun plays a modern-day high school student as well as the Sengoku Period samurai warlord Oda Nobunaga, and oth...
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SOMETHING LIKE, SOMETHING LIKE IT (2016)
- Director
- SUGIYAMA Taiichi
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, KITAGAWA Keiko, ITO Katsunobu
This is the follow-up after 35 years to Something Like It, the masterpiece from the early career of Morita Yoshimitsu who died suddenly in 2011. It is directed by Sugiyama Taiichi, who worked many years as an assistant director on Morita's films. Mat...
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A Living Promise (2016)
- Director
- ISHIBASHI Kan
- Cast
- TAKENOUCHI Yutaka, EGUCHI Yosuke, MATSUZAKA Tori
Drama about the recovery of a workaholic, featuring the Shinminato Hikiyama Festival in Imizu City, Toyama Prefecture with roots in the Edo Period. Director Ishibashi Kan mainly works in TV. IT company CEO Nakahara (Takenouchi Yutaka) feels unsettle...
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Happy Hour (2015)
- Director
- HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
- Cast
- TANAKA Sachie, KIKUCHI Hazuki, MIHARA Maiko
Depicting women standing at the crossroads of life, this female bonding dr ama by Hamaguchi Ryusuke, who directed Intimacies, cast its four leads from Hamaguchi's "Improvisational Acting Workshop in Kobe." It won the Best Actress award and a Special ...
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Miracle in Tanuma hotel (2015)
- Director
- IDE Hisashi
- Cast
- Natsuna, ENDO Kumiko, Buffalo Goro A
Various people approaching different kinds of "conclusions" are depicted in this drama set in a Japanese inn celebrating its 100th year of establishment. Ide Hisashi, who comes from the television industry, directs a host of comedians often seen in t...
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Sanchu Uprising: Voices at Dawn (2014)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Juichiro
- Cast
- NAKAGAKI Naohisa, KAJIWARA Kano, HONDA Shoichi
Using as a backdrop the civil uprising which occurred approximately 280 years ago in the mountains of the Tsuyama fiefdom in what is now Maniwa City, Okayama Prefecture, this period film expresses "the start of life after accepting weakness". Directo...
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Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory (2015)
- Director
- TAKEBA Lisa
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Aoi, NOZAKI Moeka, KOHINATA Fumiyo
Wacky romance featuring characters unique to the extreme alongside elements of comedy and the occult. Lauded at the 44th Rotterdam International Film Festival and screened at numerous festivals. Director Takeba Risa is known for The Pinkie. TV man (...
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The Werewolf Game: Crazy fox (2015)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- TAKATSUKI Sara, TOMITE Ami, MASAKI Reiya
Thriller based on the werewolf game, a traditional game in Europe that has taken off in Japan in recent years. This third film in the series introduces new rules and ups the ante from the previous film with tension-filled mind games. Director Ayabe S...
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Free Kitchen (2013)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Kentaro
- Cast
- MORITA Toya, ONUKI Mayo, ENSO Kiyomi
Surreal and unique black comedy about the sorrows of a boy who grows up eating human flesh, based on Fukumitsu Shigeyuki's manga "Musume Aji". Nakamura Kentaro makes his feature film directorial debut with this remake of the short film Free Kitchen, ...
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Yoko the Cherry Blossom (2015)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Gen
- Cast
- SASANO Takashi, MATOBA Koji, MIYAMOTO Maki
The life of Takaoka Masaaki, an overlooked prominent figure who dedicated his life to the development of a new variety of sakura (cherry blossom), is depicted in this drama directed by Takahashi Gen, the author of the book on which the story is based...
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THE MOTORS (2014)
- Director
- WATANABE Daichi
- Cast
- SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, INUTA Fumiharu, KONOE Yuki
The directorial debut of Watanabe Daichi, lead vocal for the rock band Kuroneko Chelsea and actor in such films as Oh, My Buddha!. Produced as a graduate thesis for the Tokyo University of Art and Design, the film won Special Mention at the 2014 PFF ...
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DAMAGER (2015)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- KAZAMA Yu, YAMAMOTO Airi, Demo TANAKA
Indies special effects action film produced by Iguchi Noboru, director of the special effects robot film Karate-Robo Zaborgar, upon the request of a salaryman friend who asked him to shoot a film for him to star in. A masochistic hero who gains power...
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HENTAI SAMURAI (2015)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- BAN Hidemitsu, HARUNO Miko, AYANA Rei
Suspense film produced as a graduation piece for the Wakuwaku Eigajuku workshop run by The Machine Girl director Iguchi Noboru. A cameraman with an excrement fetish meets people with various sexual obsessions as he pursues a high school girl who has ...
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Nihon local hero dai kessen (2015)
- Director
- KAMIKURA Eiji
- Cast
- HANADA Suguru, NITTA Masaaki, TSUJI Ayaka
This film rallies together over 100 local heroes and villains from throughout Japan, from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Directed by Kamikura Eiji of Houjin Yatsurugi. Produced as a fundraiser for polio vaccinations. It's the day of an event that brings toget...
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7s Seventh (2015)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- FUKAMI Motoki, FUCHIKAMI Yasushi, ABERA Hidenobu
Fujii Michihito, director of Oh! Father, uses his own filmmaking experiences as a basis for this coming-of-age film portraying the trials and conflicts of youths chasing a dream. Independent film director Sawada is eager to make a film with his univ...
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Fade (2015)
- Director
- YOKOYAMA Kumiko
- Cast
- SATO Ryo, MIZUMA Ron, KUROBA Mario
The 10th production of the industry & academia cooperative project by vocational school, Tokyo Visual Arts and film production/distributor, Tollywood Short Film Theater. It stars Sato Ryo, a young actress gaining attention through television dramas a...
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FIVE STAR TOURIST THE MOVIE - We bring you to the Ultimate (2015)
- Director
- SHIMAZAKI Toshiki
- Cast
- WATANABE Naomi, YAMAMOTO Yusuke, ARIMORI Narimi
Film adaptation of the TV drama that used mockumentary techniques to portray travel company employees struggling with unreasonable client demands. Screened at the Kyoto International Film and Art Festival in 2015. Documentary director Hans (Lee Star...
