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Play Cards When You Die (2009)
- Director
- NISHINO Mai
- Cast
- KITAMURA Yukiya, KIMURA Ayumi, MISAKA Chieko
A film shot by Nishino Mai, a third year student of the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, as her graduation project. The work surreally depicts the demeanor of a man as he deals with the death of his colleague and t...
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Whistling after Dark (2009)
- Director
- TOYAMA Tomoko
- Cast
- IZUMISAWA Yuki, KATAOKA Reiko, SHINAGAWA Toru
A film shot by Toyama Tomoko, a third year student of the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, as her graduation project. The film depicts the development and mental images of a young boy living alone with his mother, ...
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SEJI (2009)
- Director
- JUMONJI Kanako
- Cast
- SHIMAMORI Kyosuke, ANETAI Tadamasa, NAKAMURA Mao
A dramatic film shot by Jumonji Kanako, a third year student of the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, as her graduation project. This film tranquilly depicts how a man who gets transferred for his job takes the oppo...
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pendant eve (2009)
- Director
- HIRATA Junko
- Cast
- UEKI Minako, OE Mamiko, KAJIMOTO Haruka
This film, recorded with seven cameras, features a performance of the all-woman dance company "BATIK" hosted by Kuroda Ikuyo, a dancer and choreographer, from 2007. It is a highly story driven erotic work with girls dressed in colorful costumes revea...
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Tokumei joshi ana Namino Yoko (2009)
- Director
- TAJIRI Yuji
- Cast
- HORIKOSHI Nori, Q chan, KISHIMOTO Yuji
A film adaptation of the new series by Yanagisawa Kimio following the "Tokumei Kakaricho, Tadano Hitoshi" series. This is the first film starring Horikoshi Nori. Namino Yoko (Horikoshi Nori), a female announcer put out to pasture, actually works unde...
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Tamayura (2009)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Toyoko
- Cast
- AKUNE Hiroko, ANDO Tadafumi, SASAKI Yoshiko
This piece was submitted to the Momo Matsuri Presents Kiss! short film project that highlights up-and-coming female directors, created by the Momo Matsuri film screening group. Written and directed by Osaka-born Yamasaki Toyoko. Pregnant with her lov...
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Shape The Wind (2009)
- Director
- ISE Shinichi
- Cast
This documentary film is a decade-long record of the activities of children fighting childhood cancer and the medical staff and volunteers who support them. The "SMS Summer Camp" established by three doctors engaged in childhood cancer treatment is r...
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HIGH KICK GIRL! (2009)
- Director
- NISHI Fuyuhiko
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rina, NAKA Tatsuya, TAKAHASHI Ryuki
An action film depicting a battle between a karate fighter and a "kowashiya (destroyer)" who terminates the opponent both physically and mentally. The main attraction of this film is the real exchange of blows by authentic martial arts fighters, incl...
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TAJOMARU (2009)
- Director
- NAKANO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, SHIBAMOTO Yuki, TANAKA Kei
An original story which features as main character the great thief Tajomaru who appears in the novel "Yabu no Naka" by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, which was made into the film Rashomon by Kurosawa Akira. Naomitsu (Oguri Shun), a samurai warrior who has been...
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LUSHLIFE (2009)
- Director
- MARIKO Tetsuya, TOYAMA Tomoko, NOHARA Tadashi
- Cast
- SAKAI Masato, TERAJIMA Shinobu, EMOTO Tasuku
A film adaptation of the mystery novel of the same name written by the bestselling author Isaka Kotaro, many of whose other works have already been made into films, such as GOLDEN SLUMBER (Goruden Suramba) and Gravity's Clowns (Juryoku Piero). The fi...
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Pandra's Box (2009)
- Director
- TOMINAGA Masanori
- Cast
- SOMETANI Shota, KAWAKAMI Mieko, NAKA Riisa
A film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dazai Osamu, whose 100th anniversary since his birth was celebrated in 2009. The work humorously depicts the adolescent years of a young boy living in a sanatorium built at the foot of a mountain. It...
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The Abashiri Family (2009)
- Director
- ISHII Teruyoshi
- Cast
- TONOOKA Erica, Ijiri OKADA, KAMUI Kyoji
A violent action film with an original script based on the comic series by Nagai Go. A heinous criminal family, the Abashiri Ikka, who lost the battle against state power, challenges the immense organization that drove them off to an area outside Jap...
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MUSHIKOTEI (2009)
- Director
- SHINDO Fuyuki
- Cast
- ANBE Atsushi
A theatrical version DVD featuring the battles between insects produced by Shindo Fuyuki, a bestseller author who loves insects. The insects are divided into the "insect army" and the "poisonous insect army," but which side is stronger? As if in a mi...
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Mako's Enemy (2009)
- Director
- SHINOHARA Etsuko
- Cast
- NAKAGOME Sachiko, NOMURA Eri, YOSHIOKA Mutsuo
This piece was submitted to the Momo Matsuri Presents Kiss! short film project that highlights up-and-coming female directors, created by the Momo Matsuri film screening group. It portrays a strange friendship that develops between love rivals. The d...
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Bunny in Hovel (2009)
- Director
- YABE Mayumi
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Ozuno, MUTO Hiroaki, FUJITA Erisa
This piece was submitted to the Momo Matsuri Presents Kiss! short film project that highlights up-and-coming female directors, created by the Momo Matsuri film screening group. Formerly working at V-Cinema and TV drama production, Yabe Mayumi graphic...
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Touch Me (2009)
- Director
- YAMADA Saki
- Cast
- KaoRi, SEKIGUCHI Akihiro, YOSHIOKA Mutsuo
This piece was submitted to the Momo Matsuri Presents Kiss! short film project that highlights up-and-coming female directors, created by the Momo Matsuri film screening group. This film depicts the spirit of absolution and reconciliation through the...
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WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? (2009)
- Director
- NAGASHIMA Yoshie
- Cast
- NISHIYAMA Akane, NISHIDA Kaoru, YOSHIDA Tetsuta
This piece was submitted to the Momo Matsuri Presents Kiss! short film project that highlights up-and-coming female directors, created by the Momo Matsuri film screening group. Director Nagashima Yoshie, of Saraba Itoshiki Hito Yo (*Farewell, My Love...
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Shukaku (2009)
- Director
- AWATSU Keiko
- Cast
- ASO Eriko, HATANO Momoko, HIROSE Toshiki
This piece was submitted to the Momo Matsuri Presents Kiss! short film project that highlights up-and-coming female directors, created by the Momo Matsuri film screening group. This story centers on a legend involving a rural high school. Director Aw...
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Jizo no tsuji (2009)
- Director
- TAKEMOTO Naomi
- Cast
- SAITO Yoichiro, KAWAI Aoba, MORITA Aki
This piece was submitted to the Momo Matsuri Presents Kiss! short film project that highlights up-and-coming female directors, created by the Momo Matsuri film screening group. Director Takemoto Naomi, who has been a part of this project since it beg...
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csikospost (2009)
- Director
- BEPPU Yumiko
- Cast
- KAWAMURA Maria, OKABE Nao, KOTABE Chinatsu
This piece was submitted to the Momo Matsuri Presents Kiss! short film project that highlights up-and-coming female directors, created by the Momo Matsuri film screening group. It tells the story of a young girl and her single-minded quest to find a ...
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What's done is done (2009)
- Director
- SETA Natsuki
- Cast
- NAKAYAMA Erina, FUKUDA Yusuke（Choutokkyu/Yusuke）, Taiga
This piece was submitted to the Momo Matsuri Presents Kiss! short film project that highlights up-and-coming female directors, created by the Momo Matsuri film screening group. It depicts the struggles of a girl whose memories are disappearing, one a...
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Ashikabi Kodomoga hiraku mirai (2009)
- Director
- KOIKE Masato
- Cast
A new documentary directed by Koike Masato, whose previous film The Etiquette of Life garnered much attention for introducing the Japanese town of Nishiwaga, where medical care for nursing infants and senior citizens is free of charge. Ashikabi—Kodo...
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FLOWERS & TROOPS (2009)
- Director
- MATSUBAYASHI Yoju
- Cast
- SAKAI Isamu, NAKANO Yaichiro, FUJITA Matsukichi
They are "unreturned soldiers" from World War II, who were sent to fight the Southeast Asian front but decided to remain there following Japan's defeat. Flowers & Troops is a war documentary that sheds light on the struggles of those unreturned soldi...
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Elemi (2009)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideto
- Cast
- OKUMURA Tomoko, WATANABE Kazushi, KUDO Kyozo
Nakata Hideto, an up-and-coming art animator who has garnered attention at home and abroad, and his film production team Sovat Theater spent 8 years making this stop-motion animation. A poignant fantasy about a utility pole that falls in love with a ...
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SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO: RESURRECTION (2009)
- Director
- NISHIZAKI Yoshinori
- Cast
- YAMADERA Koichi, FUJIMURA Ayumi, IBU Masato
The crowning achievement of Sci-Fi animation since the first TV broadcast in 1974, Space Battleship Yamato returns to the big screen after 26 years since Final Yamato in 1983. The story picks up 17 years after the last installment. To save the human ...
