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Tokyo Sunrise (2015)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- Taiga, KOBAYASHI Ryuju, KUROKAWA Mei
Coming of Age movie about a young man's emotional rebirth of a protagonist burdened by a sense of loss after his friend's death. Direction and script by the cutting-edge Nakagawa Ryutaro, whose film August in Tokyo was selected for the Japanese Cinem...
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7Days (2015)
- Director
- WATANABE Hirobumi
- Cast
- WATANABE Hirobumi, HIRAYAMA Misao
Shot in black and white without a single line of dialogue, this drama depicts a guy working silently in a cattle shed in a farming village north of Tokyo. Watanabe Hirobumi, whose film And the Mud Ship Sails Away was selected for the Japanese Cinema ...
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Her Father, My Lover (2015)
- Director
- YAMAUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- FUKIKOSHI Mitsuru, KISHII Yukino, ANDO Wako
A romantic comedy about a university student who falls head over heels in love with her best friend's father with no concern for what others think. Its director is Yamauchi Kenji, whose directorial debut Being Mitsuko was nominated for the Internatio...
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Spring Has Come (2015)
- Director
- YOSHINO Ryohei
- Cast
- YANAGIYA Kyotaro, ISHII Anna, PARK Romi
Road film about a single dad and his daughter traveling from Hiroshima to Tokyo in search of a place to live. Director Yoshino Ryohei, whose film Akaboshi was selected for the Japanese Eyes section of the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival, handl...
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Their Distance (2015)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- Ren, AOYAGI Fumiko, KAN Hanae
An ensemble piece about the wayward attractions between several men and women. Its director is Imaizumi Rikiya, whose SAD TEA screened at the 2013 Tokyo International Film Festival and became a long-running hit with a theatrical release that lasted f...
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Ken and Kazu (2015)
- Director
- SHOJI Hiroshi
- Cast
- KATO Shinsuke, MAIGUMA Katsuya, FUJIWARA Kisetsu
Drama depicting the conflict between friends who deal drugs. Director Shoji Hiroshi made the feature film based on his short Ken and Kazu, which was screened in four countries including the 41st International Film Festival Rotterdam. Ken (Kato Shins...
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Lowlife Love (2015)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, DENDEN, OSHINARI Shugo
Drama about an indie film director struggling desperately to break free of his dissolute lifestyle. Director Uchida Eiji, whose previous film GREATFUL DEAD was screened at fantastic film festivals within Japan and abroad, depicts the dreams and reali...
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areno - the wilderness (2015)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- YAMADA Maho, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, KAWAGUCHI Satoru
A melodrama based on Émile Zola's novel "Therese Raquin" that switches its setting to modern-day Japan. The directorial debut of Koshikawa Michio, producer of Our Homelandwhich won the International Confederation of Art House Cinemas (C.I.C.A.E.) Pri...
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FOUJITA (2015)
- Director
- OGURI Kohei
- Cast
- ODAGIRI Joe, NAKATANI Miki, Ana Girardot
A film by Oguri Kohei, director of The Sting of Death which won the 43rd Cannes Film Festival Grand Prize of the Jury award. Odagiri Joe stars in a story covering half the lifetime of artist Fujita Tsuguharu who thrived in France. In 1913, at the ag...
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THE HYBRID (2015)
- Director
- HANO Toru, KURATANI Yoshio
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Honoka, YAMAMURA Ken, SHIBATA Kotaro
This sci-fi fantasy tells of the love-hate relationship of a couple, and the battles of Unidentified Mysterious Animal (UMA) hunters using the enigmatic "Nue," a monster from ancient Japan, as a motif. Yamamura Ken, who appeared in Hollywood's versio...
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Udagawacho de mattete yo (2015)
- Director
- YUASA Noriko
- Cast
- KUROBA Mario, YOKOTA Ryugi, AYUKAWA Momoka
Live-action adaptation of the boys' love comic by Hide Yoshiko. A high school boy falls for a classmate who likes to dress up as a girl, and then ventures into true love. Yuasa Noriko of the popular 2016 TV drama "Higanbana" makes her feature film di...
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Lord of TSURIMERA (2014)
- Director
- SHIODE Taishi
- Cast
- AKAZAWA Muck, OKADA Agasa, KUZUKI Akira
The first starring roles for "Tsurimela," a vocalist band comprised of three actresses with feline-like beauty. The film is a ludicrous youth comedy portraying the reformation of "Tsurimela" after their breakup. Black humor specialist, Shiode Taishi,...
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SEVENDAYS FRIDAY→SUNDAY (2015)
- Director
- YOKOI Takeshi
- Cast
- HIROSE Tomoki, YAMADA James Takeshi, TANAKA Hinako
The live-action adaptation of the boys' love comic written by Tachibana Benio and illustrated by Takarai Rihito. This final part of a duology relates the hesitation in the hearts of two high students who become lovers but only for a week. The screenp...
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Pink and Gray (2016)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Yuto, SUDA Masaki, Kaho
A film adaptation of the debut novel by Kato Shigeaki, a member of the idol group NEWS. Its director is Yukisada Isao, who won Best Director at the 2002 Japan Academy Film Prize for Go, and is known for his many other hit movies including CRYING OUT ...
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CHIHAYAFURU Part 1 (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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What a Wonderful Family! (2016)
- Director
- YAMADA Yoji
- Cast
- HASHIZUME Isao, YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, TSUMABUKI Satoshi
A heartwarming comedy from director Yamada Yoji, known for his "It's Tough Being a Man" (Otoko wa Tsuraiyo) series, which reassembles the cast of his Tokyo Family. Hashizume Isao, Yoshiyuki Kazuko, and Tsumabuki Satoshi portray an entirely different ...
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The Inerasable (2016)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Yuko, HASHIMOTO Ai, SASAKI Kuranosuke
An adaptation of Ono Fuyumi's documentary-style horror novel "Zang-e" by The Snow White Murder Case director Nakamura Yoshihiro. Palpably tense visuals enhance this story of two women, an author and one of her readers, who seek the truth about an apa...
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Hana's Miso Soup (2015)
- Director
- AKUNE Tomoaki
- Cast
- HIROSUE Ryoko, TAKITO Kenichi, HITOTO Yo
Pecoross' Mother and Her Days screenwriter, Akune Tomoaki, writes and directs this film adaptation of the identically titled essay recording Yasutake Chie's fight with cancer, which she unfortunately lost at the age of 33, as well as the daily life o...
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BIKUU THE MOVIE (2015)
- Director
- OHASHI Akira
- Cast
- AKIMOTO Sayaka, SUGA Kenta, ASAKURA Erika
Daring action film featuring priestess Bikuu from the "GARO" series with direction and original story by Amemiya Keita. Film, TV drama and theater actress Akimoto Sayaka tries her hand at action sequences alongside Suga Kenta, acclaimed for his perfo...
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Nagareboshi ga kienai uchini (2015)
- Director
- SHIBAYAMA Kenji
- Cast
- Haru, IRIE Jingi, HAYAMA Shono
Director Shibayama Kenji of Your Song adapts the same-titled novel by author Hashimoto Tsumugu from the light novel series "Looking Up at the Half Moon." Depicts a university student recovering after the death of her boyfriend with help from her fami...
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Three Stories of Love (2015)
- Director
- HASHIGUCHI Ryosuke
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Atsushi, NARUSHIMA Touko, IKEDA Ryo
Director Hashiguchi Ryosuke returns with his first feature-length drama in seven years since All Around Us. Its three leads are relative unknowns chosen in auditions by Hashiguchi, who wrote their roles specially for them. The end product is a detail...
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Messiah Shinku no sho (2015)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Hiroki
- Cast
- AKAZAWA Tomoru, HIROSE Daisuke, IZAWA Yuki
Action film starring young male actors in spades, based on Takadono Madoka' s suspense novel "Messiah keibikyoku tokubetsu koan gogakari." Portrays the activities of elite spies bound by absolute ties in a police department transformed into a secret ...
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Blowing In The Winds of Vietnam (2015)
- Director
- OMORI Kazuki
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Keiko, KUSAMURA Reiko, OKUDA Eiji
The first-ever film produced in collaboration between Japan and Vietnam. Omori Kazuki of Disciples of Hippocratesadapts Vietnam-based Japanese language teacher Komatsu Miyuki's essay "A Granny from Echigo, Japan Comes to Live in Viet Nam" about livin...
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Norin ten Inazuka Gonjiro monogatari (2015)
- Director
- INAZUKA Hidetaka
- Cast
- NAKADAI Tatsuya, MATSUZAKI Kenji, NOMURA Mami
Drama about the life of agriculturalist Inazuka Gonjiro, whose Norin 10 strain of wheat formed the basis for the variety that averted a worldwide food crisis. Direction and screenplay by Nakadaitatsuya yakusya wo ikiru's Inazuka Hidetaka, who is also...
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A Dance for Blue Whales (2015)
- Director
- SAKAGUCHI Katsumi
- Cast
- MATSUSHITA Haruna, OKUBO Hiori, NIIKURA Mayumi
In the aftermath of a great disaster, the anguish and rebirth of sisters deprived of their family by a tidal wave are depicted in this silent film. At the helm is Sakaguchi Katsumi, who has been highly praised at home and abroad for directing Walking...
