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Flavor of Happiness (2008)
- Director
- MIHARA Mitsuhiro
- Cast
- NAKATANI Miki, FUJI Tatsuya
Mihara Mitsuhiro, who won the 8th Shanghai International Film Festival Grand Prix for his Photo Album of the Village, wrote the screenplay on the strength of his culinary knowledge and directed this drama about emotional ties. On-location shooting in...
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The Grapes of Joy (2020)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Akio
- Cast
- FUKUMOTO Riko, NAKAGAUCHI Masataka, YOSHIDA Cho
Set in Okayama Prefecture, the struggles of a girl captivated by Japanese fruit confectionery is depicted in this coming-of-age drama. In the director's chair is Yoshida Akio, a veteran television director of numerous series since the 1980s and direc...
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Bread of Happiness (2011)
- Director
- MISHIMA Yukiko
- Cast
- HARADA Tomoyo, OIZUMI Yo, MORI Kanna
A heartwarming drama inspired by a real bakery cafe in Hokkaido that presents a warm depiction of the everyday life of the couple who run it and their customers, filled with the scenery of the four seasons and baking scenes. Writer-director Mishima Y...
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Shiawase no taiko o hibikasete INCLUSION (2011)
- Director
- OGURI Kenichi
- Cast
- ZUIHODAIKO
A humanistic documentary focusing on the members of Japanese drum group Zuiho Taiko - who overcame their mental disabilities to accomplish the impressive feat of taking second place at the Tokyo International Taiko Contest - and their families. Its d...
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SHIBA-Dreaming of Jomon Dogs (2013)
- Director
- ISE Shinichi
- Cast
- TERUI Mitsuo, TERUI Takako, GOTO Akihiko
Documentary about Shiba dogs, the most illustrious Japanese dog breed. They have served as loyal hunting companions for humans since the Jomon Era long ago. The documentary features intense 3-year coverage of the Japan Society for Preservation of the...
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Shibata and Nagao (2012)
- Director
- YANG Ik-June
- Cast
- SHIBATA Chihiro, NAGAO Takuma, ARAGAKI Masato
Film in the second group of works from the hands-on filmmaking academy Cinema Impact, produced by director Yamamoto Masashi with the participation of 13 up-and-coming directors. Selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2013. Director...
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Shibuya Maruyama Story (2006)
- Director
- NAGATA Koto
- Cast
- EIKURA Nana, MAKI Daisuke, NAKA Riisa
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Christmas on July 24th Avenue (2006)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Shosuke
- Cast
- OSAWA Takao, NAKATANI Miki
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The Fox of Shichigorosawa (2014)
- Director
- SUGIHARA Tune
- Cast
- USA Teruyo, nitankur, HIRATA Atsushi
Short animation about a garbage landfill site at Shichigorosawa in Hakodate City, Hokkaido depicted from the perspective of foxes living in the wild. Told completely in the Ainu language, inspired by the methods of the "yukar" Ainu sagas. Conceived o...
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Innocent Seven, The (2004)
- Director
- DANKAN
- Cast
- DANKAN, WATANABE Ikkei, TAKAHASHI Hitomi
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April come she will (2024)
- Director
- YAMADA Tomokazu
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, NAGASAWA Masami, MORI Nana
Yamada Tomokazu makes his feature film directorial debut with this adaptation of Kawamura Genki's same-named novel. Epic romance about a couple's love and breakup spanning a decade. Psychiatrist Fujishiro (Satoh Takeru) receives a letter from Haru (...
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SUMMER BLOOMS (2017)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- ASAKURA Aki, MIURA Takahiro, KAWASAKI Yuriko
Tale about loss and rebirth from director Nakagawa Ryutaro, who became the youngest director to have his films selected by Tokyo International Film Festival for two consecutive years with August in Tokyo and Tokyo Sunrise. Latest film from "Tokyo New...
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Your Lie In April (2016)
- Director
- SHINJO Takehiko
- Cast
- HIROSE Suzu, YAMAZAKI Kento, ISHII Anna
Arakawa Naoshi's music themed romance comic is brought to life on the big screen. It delicately portrays with a somber touch the romance between a teenage boy and girl, one a pianist and the other a violinist. In the director's chair is Shinjo Takehi...
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Murders at the House of Death (2019)
- Director
- KIMURA Hisashi
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, HAMABE Minami, NAKAMURA Tomoya
Film adaptation of the debut novel from Imamura Masahiro, renowned as winner of the Honkaku Mystery for Best Fiction. Directed by Kimura Hisashi, a veteran TV drama director. University student Hamura (Kamiki Ryunosuke) gets roped into investigating...
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Mourning Recipe (2013)
- Director
- TANADA Yuki
- Cast
- NAGASAKU Hiromi, ISHIBASHI Renji, OKADA Masaki
Film adaptation of Ibuki Yuki‘s popular novel by One Million Yen Girl director Tanada Yuki, starring Nagasaku Hiromi from Rebirth. A mother leaves behind a "recipe for life," which revitalizes a family dealing with emotional wounds. Official selectio...
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Baian the Assassin, M.D. (2023)
- Director
- KAWAKE Shunsaku
- Cast
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi, KATAOKA Ainosuke, KANNO Miho
Two films starring Toyokawa Etsushi adapt Ikenami Shotaro's series that rivals his "Onihei Hankacho" and "Kenkyaku Shobai" in popularity. Produced to commemorate the centennial of the great historical novelist's birth. Fujieda Baian (Toyokawa) is a ...
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Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2 (2023)
- Director
- KAWAKE Shunsaku
- Cast
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi, KATAOKA Ainosuke, KANNO Miho
Two films starring Toyokawa Etsushi adapt Ikenami Shotaro's series that rivals his "Onihei Hankacho" and "Kenkyaku Shobai" in popularity. Produced to commemorate the centennial of the great historical novelist's birth. Fujieda Baian (Toyokawa) is a ...
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Shikashi Sore Dake Dewanai Kato Shuichi Yurei to Kataru (2010)
- Director
- KAMAKURA Hideya
- Cast
The critic Kato Shuichi was one of the intellectuals representative of Japan after the war and was also known as a pacifist who called for the Article Nine Association along with Oe Kenzaburo and others. This is a documentary filmed over the three ye...
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The defender of death-row convicts (2012)
- Director
- SAITO Junichi
- Cast
- YASUDA Yoshihiro
Lawyer Yasuda Yoshihiro has given legal counsel to defendants in many heinous cases that have resulted in the death penalty, including Aum Shinrikyo leader Asahara Shoko. This substantial documentary raises questions about Japan's judiciary through Y...
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Lesson in Murder (2022)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- ABE Sadawo, OKADA Kenshi
A film adaptation of mystery writer Kushiki Riu's masterpiece novel of the same title, directed by Shiraishi Kazuya of Last of the Wolves and The Devil's Path fame. This psycho-suspense drama depicts the shocking truth surrounding a false accusation....
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Elevator to the Gallows (2010)
- Director
- OGATA Akira
- Cast
- KICHISE Michiko, ABE Hiroshi, TAMAYAMA Tetsuji
This remake of director Louis Malle's debut feature is from internationally acclaimed director Ogata Akira, whose achievements include winning the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 50th Berlin International Film Festival for Boy's Choir (Dokuritsu Shonen Gas...
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Treasure Ship: Latitudes of Lust (2014)
- Director
- IKAWA Koichiro
- Cast
- AIDA Nana, OKADA Tomohiro, NAKAMITSU Seiji
A film devised by the late director Watanabe Mamoru, renowned as a master of erotic "pink film," and made to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the pink film genre. It is a comedy that depicts the love-hate relationships of two coup...
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Flavors of Youth -Japanese Version- (2018)
- Director
- Halin LI, Xiaoxing YI, TAKEUCHI Yoshitaka
- Cast
- BAN Taito, ISE Mariya, SADAOKA Sayuri
A coming-of-age animated anthology dealing with the basic necessities of life in China-food, clothing, shelter, and transportation?by three young creators from China and Japan. The film consists of three episodes: a young boy from Hunan Province year...
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SHIKKOKUTEN (2022)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Koichi
- Cast
- ARAKI Hirofumi
Third production in the Movies x Stage series that utilizes film and theater performances. Script by "Token Ranbu" series director Suemitsu Kenichi. A guy with amnesia (Araki Hirofumi) shows up in Edo. After fate leads him to getting petty criminal ...
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Sunk into the Womb (2013)
- Director
- OGATA Takaomi
- Cast
- IZAWA Emiko, TSUCHIYA Kino, TSUCHIYA Eiki
Real-life drama that unflinchingly looks at how a single mother ends up neglecting her children, based on an actual incident in Osaka, where two children died from neglect in 2010. Third film by cutting-edge director Ogata Takaomi, whose Body Tempera...
