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The Idols and the Undead (2015)
- Director
- ASAKURA Kayoko
- Cast
- Mone, Kechon, Chiffon
Fantastical horror film that marks the feature film debut for the new wave idol group You'll Melt More! Directed by Asakura Kayoko of It's a Beautiful Day. Mone, Kechon, Chiffon, Younapi and Chibo work part time at a cleaning company. Their work is ...
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Nihon Zero-year: Wind from Fukushima II (2015)
- Director
- KATO Tetsu
- Cast
- TOBA Jun, SAEKI Hinako, MEGURO Maki
A docu-drama that portrays the world two years after the Fukushima nuclear accident. Kato Tetsu directs this sequel to his documentary, Wind from Fukushima, utilizing a blend of the documentary and drama genres. On March 11, two years after the brea...
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SUKEBO (2015)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- Micro, OMURA Ayako, GOMI Yoshiaki
A story from the short film omnibus Only 4 you which tells of the small miracles that occur in everyday life. Toyoshima Keisuke of There Is No Lid on the Sea directs the film which features Micro from reggae group "Def Tech". It won a prize in the Ja...
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YURAI HOSHIBOSHI WARAUMADE (2015)
- Director
- KATSUMATA Yu
- Cast
- HANAKAGE Kanon, YAMAKAWA Miina
A story from the short film omnibus Only 4 you which tells of the small miracles that occur in everyday life. Directed by Katsumata Yu of Itsukano, genkantachi to, the film features Hanakage Kanon (KANON) and Yamakawa Miina (MINA) of the pop dance gr...
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MADOROSU (2015)
- Director
- FUJITA Yosuke
- Cast
- TOKUNAGA Yuki, OKAMOTO Kotaro, Micro
A story from the short film omnibus Only 4 you which tells of the small miracles that occur in everyday life. Fujita Yosuke of Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats directs this film. It features 20-year-old Tokunaga Yuki, who gained attention as an enka (trad...
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IROWA HIKARI (2015)
- Director
- KUMAGAI Madoka
- Cast
- HIGUCHI Yuta, YAMAZAKI Taiki, OGAWA Kei
A story from the short film omnibus Only 4 you which tells of the small miracles that occur in everyday life. The director is Kumagai Madoka, who came up through small theatre troupe and commercial productions and was awarded the 2006 Yubari Internat...
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Mr.MAXMAN (2015)
- Director
- MASUDA Akihide
- Cast
- CHIBA Yudai, YAMAMOTO Mizuki, SUZUKI Anju
Special effects comedy about the weakest super hero ever starring Chiba Yudai, who made his acting debut in Goseiger Epic on the Movie. Screened in the TV DIRECTOR'S MOVIE section at the 7th Okinawa International Movie Festival. Rookie TV announcer ...
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Kazoku no fukei (2013)
- Director
- SAKON Keitaro
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, SATO Mari, NAKAJIMA Hidekazu
Short drama produced as a Nihon University College of Art graduation film and screened at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 2014. Depicts a family's everyday existence and personal relationships from the son's perspective. Director ...
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A midsummer dream (2014)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hana
- Cast
- TOJO Yuki, MIYAMOTO Yuya, YOSHIDA Takeaki
Coming-of-age drama about one summer for a group of high school students. Screened at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 2015, and recipient of awards at film festivals in Japan. Matsumoto Hana has appeared as an actress in films lik...
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Mirai Shutter (2015)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Kazuyuki
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Yo, MIDORIKAWA Kenji, MASAGO Takeshi
Drama probing deeply into diversity and identity with a focus on the ability to "draw the line" emotionally, which is said to be at the root of social problems. Open innovation from the NPO Wupfilm. Miki (Hasegawa Yo) quits her job and shuts down em...
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Dictator, Koga (2013)
- Director
- IIZUKA Toshimitsu
- Cast
- SHIMIZU Naoya, MURAKAMI Honoka, SERIZAWA Tateto
Author Iizuka Toshimitsu makes his feature length directorial debut in this adaptation of his screenplay which won the Best Screenplay award at the Isama Studio Cinema Festival. The film won the Entertainment Award at the 2014 Pia Film Festival Award...
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Death and Tanya (2013)
- Director
- SHIODE Taishi
- Cast
- SERIZAWA Tateto, KOBORI Yurie, OKADA Agasa
Death possesses a human and causes turmoil in this comedic fantasy. Writer and director, Shiode Taishi, makes his feature length directorial debut with this film which screened in the Japanese Cinema Splash section at the 26th Tokyo International Fil...
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Home of Our Hearts (2015)
- Director
- IMANISHI Yuko
- Cast
- MATSUDA Madoka, NAKADA Yuichi, MORIBAYASHI Erina
Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the merger of Takayama City in Gifu Prefecture, this human drama was produced by a group of Takayama natives. Imanishi Yuko, director of Ano Saka wo Noboreba, takes the reigns while actress Matsuda Madoka, a Tak...
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KAMIKAZE TAXI (1995)
- Director
- HARADA Masato
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, TAKAHASHI Kazuya, KATAOKA Reiko
A road movie about the adventures of a young yakuza who turns against his gang, and an ethnic Japanese Peruvian. Its writer and director is Harada Masato (Climber's High ). Tatsuo (Takahashi Kazuo) is a lowly yakuza whose lover is killed by his gang...
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Summer day, Your voice (2015)
- Director
- KAMIMURA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- HAYAMA Shono, ARAKAWA Chika, FURUHATA Seika
Romance with two intersecting timelines: The past, when a high school boy and a chronically ill girl meet and part ways, and the present depicting the guy 14 years later. Director Kamimura Tomoyuki won numerous awards in Japan for his short film Ushi...
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A Story of Hikari and Lies (2015)
- Director
- HAYASAKA Ryosuke
- Cast
- SHIBATA Kyoka, HASEGAWA Tomoharu
Installation in the omnibus "4 Stories with a Cat" in which four young directors deal with the theme of cats. Director Hayazaka Ryosuke‘s graduation film Socratic Love for the Graduate School of Film and New Media at Tokyo University of the Arts got ...
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Lived, Loved, Stole (2015)
- Director
- ASANUMA Naoya
- Cast
- YAMADA Kinuo, Kanna, ASAKURA Aki
Installation in the omnibus "4 Stories with a Cat" in which four young directors deal with the theme of cats. Director Asanuma Naoya's feature Heart Beat was screened at the 2012 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Kiki (Yamada Kinuwo) and...
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Hotel Nanohana (2015)
- Director
- NAKAIZUMI Yuya
- Cast
- YAMANAKA Takashi
Installation in the omnibus "4 Stories with a Cat" in which four young directors deal with the theme of cats. Directed by Nakaizumi Yuya, whose short films Enzai and Trip with Mother were screened at the Skip City International D-Cinema Film Festival...
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Cat Manma (2015)
- Director
- UEDA Shinichiro
- Cast
- MIURA Masaki, KINAMI Haruka
Installation in the omnibus "4 Stories with a Cat" in which four young directors deal with the theme of cats. Director Ueda Shinichiro's short film Dreaming Novelist was screened at the 2012 Skip City International D-Cinema Film Festival. Shota (Miu...
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TOKYO LIFE (2015)
- Director
- IKEDA Chihiro
- Cast
- Shuri, SASAKI Daisuke, ASANO Chizuru
Romance that Tokyo Rendezvous's Ikeda Chihiro directs and scripts as an original project. Probes the true nature of love through the romance between a man and women who meet on the fringes of Tokyo. Stars Shuri of The Voice of Water and Sasaki Daisuk...
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Yaru otoko (2015)
- Director
- YAMANOUCHI Daisuke
- Cast
- ASAKURA Kotomi, SUZUKAWA Ayane, KAWASE Yohta
First film in the new project OP PICTURES+ from Okura Pictures. Director Yamanouchi Daisuke won the 27th Pink Film Award's Grand Prize for Yokubo ni kurutta aijutachi. Yoshii (Kawase Yohta), a guy who molests women and trails them to break into thei...
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Hand in the Glove (2015)
- Director
- INABA Yusuke
- Cast
- Chanon RIKULSURAKAN, IZAWA Emiko, SASAI Eisuke
Thailand-Japan coproduced road movie. Depicts the meeting between a Japanese woman and a prince who is visiting Japan on the sly. Director-cum-screenwriter Inaba Yusuke starred in Hold Your Breath Like a Lover, which was screened at the 67th Locarno ...
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Scarecrow and Racket ～Aki and Tamako's summer vacation～ (2015)
- Director
- INOUE Haruo
- Cast
- TAIRA Yuna, OTOMO Karen, YANAGIBA Toshiro
The maturing of two middle school girls participating in soft tennis is depicted in this coming-of-age drama set in the summer of an island on the Sea of Japan. Inoue Haruo, who directed veteran Korean actor Kim Eung-Soo in Toku No Sora takes the rei...
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Sayonara (2015)
- Director
- FUKADA Koji
- Cast
- Bryerly LONG, ARAI Hirofumi, Geminoid F
Film adaptation of the unique stage play by dramaturge Hirata Oriza and robot researcher Ishiguro Hiroshi. Directed by Fukuda Koji, who earned international acclaim for hospitalité and Au revoir l' été. Near future Japan has been contaminated by rad...
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The Actor (2015)
- Director
- YOKOHAMA Satoko
- Cast
- YASUDA Ken, ASO Kumiko, UNO Shohei
A heartwarming comedy featuring Yasuda Ken of the theater unit TEAM NACS in his first starring film role. It presents an abundantly humorous tale of a utility actor at a crossroads in his life, and his romantic fortunes. Director Yokohama Satoko retu...
