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THE FIREFLY SUMMERS (2016)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- ARIMURA Kasumi, KUDO Asuka, KOBAYASHI Kaoru
The STROBE EDGE duo of director, Hiroki Ryuichi, and lead actress, Arimura Kasumi, adapt to live-action a novel by CAPE NOSTALGIA original author, Morisawa Akio. A woman apprehensive of the future visits a forest full of memories of her late father, ...
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Shiratorireiko de gozaimasu The movie (2016)
- Director
- KUMA Shinji
- Cast
- KAWAKITA Mayuko, MIZUNO Masaru, KOBAYASHI Yutaka
The first film adaptation in 20 years of "Shiratorireiko de Gozaimasu," the girls manga which captured the minds of a generation in the 80s. Taking the mantle from her predecessor, Matsuyuki Yasuko, real-life daughter of a company president, Kawakita...
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Lost Serenade (2016)
- Director
- OZAWA Masato
- Cast
- SATO Nori, ISHIBASHI Uwa, FURUYAMA Kentaro
Drama that tackles the suffering caused by sexual violence, directed by Ozawa Masato, who dealt with child abuse in his previous film Kazakiriba. Sato Nori, who studied acting in Los Angeles, and former children's model Ishibashi Uwa graphically port...
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Sabuibo mask (2016)
- Director
- MONMA Naoto
- Cast
- FUNKY KATO, KOIKE Teppei, TAIRA Airi
Comedy marking the debut lead role in a film for the popular singer Funky Kato. An uber-positive guy who belongs to his town's youth organization rises up to revitalize the main street, which is lined with shuttered shops. Planned and produced by DLE...
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SIX FOUR: Part 2 (2016)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- SATO Koichi, AYANO Go, EIKURA Nana
The second installment in the two-part film adaptation, the ending of which strays from the original best-seller by detective novel specialist, Yokoyama Hideo. Numerous conflicts between suspect and police, organizations and individuals, as well as f...
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ETERNAL MARIA (2016)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Takehito
- Cast
- SAKURA Mana, HOSHIMI Rika, ITANO Yuki
Sakamoto Takehito draws on stories from actresses he met on nude and pin-up photo shoots for his directorial debut about the romance and struggles of an actress working in the adult video industry. The heroine is played by seven actresses, including ...
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AME-ONNA (2016)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- SEINO Nana, YANAGI Shuntaro, TAKAHASHI Yu
First horror film in six years from director Shimizu Takashi, who was the first Japanese director to grab the top spot in the US box office with JU-ON The Grudge. His spine-tingling direction stimulates all five senses by fully exploiting the experie...
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FAKE (2016)
- Director
- MORI Tatsuya
- Cast
- SAMURAGOCHI Mamoru
This film marks the return to the director's chair for the first time in fifteen years for Mori Tatsuya, who has stirred up controversy with challenging films like A about the cult Aum Shinrikyo. He lays bare a malady of our times with footage shot a...
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The Projects (2016)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- FUJIYAMA Naomi, KISHIBE Ittoku, OKUSU Michiyo
Offbeat dialogue-driven drama about the ruckus between a couple with a checkered past and residents at the housing project where they move. Director Sakamoto Junji is known for A Chorus of Angels. Hinako (Fujiyama Naomi) and Seiji (Kishibe Ittoku) ...
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NINKYO YARO (2016)
- Director
- TOKUNAGA Kiyotaka
- Cast
- EBISU Yoshikazu, YAGIRA Yuya, TRIENDL Reina
Manga artist, Ebisu Yoshikazu, who also appears on television variety programs, makes his leading actor debut in this feature-length yakuza film. It depicts a former yakuza with a deep sense of duty and humanity throwing himself into a new feud. This...
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The Kodai Family (2016)
- Director
- HIJIKATA Masato
- Cast
- AYASE Haruka, SAITOH Takumi, MIZUHARA Kiko
The live-action adaptation of Morimoto Kozueko's romance comic in which a quiet office lady with a wild imagination falls in love with a high society telepath. In the director's chair is Hijikata Masato, who has directed a large number of television ...
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THE SEA OF SEIRO: DETECTIVE MITARAI'S CASEBOOK (2016)
- Director
- IZUMI Seiji
- Cast
- TAMAKI Hiroshi, HIROSE Alice, ISHIDA Hikari
Shimada Soji's detective novel series becomes a theatrical film following its dramatization for television. A neurologist hailed as the Japanese Sherlock Holmes takes on a difficult case linked to the sea. In the director's chair is Izumi Seiji who i...
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EVERGREEN LOVE (2016)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- IWATA Takanori, TAKAHATA Mitsuki, ABE Joji
"Torihada Gekijoban" series director, Miki Koichiro, adapts to film a romance novel by popular author Arikawa Hiro. It depicts an office lady unsuccessful in life, her strange cohabitation with a young man who collapsed in front of her apartment, and...
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CONFLICT (2016)
- Director
- FUJIWARA Kenichi
- Cast
- OZAWA Hitoshi, MOTOMIYA Yasukaze, NAKANO Hideo
Intense film about a gigantic conflict engulfing everyone from the yakuza, mafia and informal criminal groups known as "hangure," all the way to the police and government. Brings together yakuza film stars including Ozawa Hitoshi, Motomiya Yasukaze a...
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HOLD MY HAND (2016)
- Director
- NARAHASHI Yoko
- Cast
- KABIRA Jay, Sumire, Nanami
Live action adaptation of the play that actor Imai Masayuki conceived, authored, directed and starred in before succumbing to illness in 2015. The story questions the meaning of living through the lives of people with learning disabilities. Directed ...
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The Little Match Girl (2016)
- Director
- UCHIDA Hiroshi
- Cast
- SATO Sumire, KOBAYASHI Yutaka, HONDA Takafumi
A dark-fantasy adapting Suzuki Sanami's popular comic to the big screen with idol group SKE48's Sato Sumire in the starring role. It portrays the cruel fate pursued by people with a wicked heart who become engrossed in the "wish match" which fulfills...
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Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2016)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- NIKAIDO Fumi, YAMAZAKI Kento, SUZUKI Nobuyuki
Nikaido Fumi, winner of numerous domestic and international film awards, and Yamazaki Kento, now an indispensable presence in current hit films, star in this movie directed by Hiroki Ryuichi of Strobe Edge. Shinohara Erika is a first-year high schoo...
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LYRICAL SCHOOL’S CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (2016)
- Director
- Demo TANAKA
- Cast
- ayaka, mei, yumi
Teenage fantasy featuring the hip hop idol unit Lyrical School. Girls who dream of becoming rap stars grow up after meeting a mysterious alien. Director Demo Tanaka makes his commercial film debut. Six friends including record store employee ayaka (...
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HIME-ANOLE (2016)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Keisuke
- Cast
- MORITA Go, HAMADA Gaku, SATSUKAWA Aimi
Suspense film based on Furuya Minoru's same-named comic. An ordinary guy's life is eroded by a lustful murderer who is after his girlfriend. Known for his humorous portraits in Silver Spoon, director Yoshida Keisuke tries his hand at graphic violence...
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MOSHPIT (2016)
- Director
- IWABUCHI Hiroki
- Cast
- Have a Nice Day!, OYASUMI HOLOGRAM, NATURE DANGER GANG
Documentary shot with 17 cameras covering a gigantic free party featuring two bands and an idol unit. Produced by HMJM of the unorthodox hit The Sex Cannon Ball Run 2013, The Movie, with Iwabuchi Hiroki as director. November 18, 2015. Throngs of peo...
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The Choice Is Ours: What Is the Future of the Japanese Constitution? (2016)
- Director
- MATSUI Hisako
- Cast
- SETOUCHI Jakucho, MAGOSAKI Ukeru, HASEBE Yasuo
A documentary created with the aim of disseminating knowledge about the Japanese Constitution to the citizenry. Present-day Japan has been unsettled by revisions to Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution which states "never to commit war" and "never...
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GARO THE ANIMATION THE MOVIE - DIVINE FLAME (2016)
- Director
- HAYASHI Yuichiro
- Cast
- NAMIKAWA Daisuke, NOMURA Katsuhito, Romi PARK
First feature film adaptation for creator Amemiya Keita's "GARO" series. Set four years after the "GARO" TV animation aired in 2014-15, the story depicts a new battle with the most beautiful of all Horrors. Leon (voice: Namikawa Daisuke), who has in...
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Why We Live: Buddhist Priest Rennyo and Yoshizaki in Flames (2016)
- Director
- OHBA Hideaki
- Cast
- SATOMI Kotaro, KONISHI Katsuyuki, TANAKA Hideyuki
Feature-length animated film about the passion and struggles of the men who spread Jodo Shinshu Buddhism throughout Japan. Directed by Ohba Hideaki of You are Umasou. The voice of Rennyo Shonin is played by Satomi Kotaro, whose numerous historical TV...
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MIDORI-THE CAMELLIA GIRL (2016)
- Director
- TORICO
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Risa, KAZAMA Shunsuke, MORINO Misaki
First animated in 1992 as Chika Gentou Gekiga Shoujo Tsubaki, Maruo Suehiro's underground manga is adapted to live-action by TORICO, whose short film, Mikagami, won numerous awards at film festivals in Japan and abroad. The film unfolds through a col...
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SHIMAUMA (2016)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- RYUSEI Ryo, SUGA Kenta, HINAMI Kyooko
Live-action adaptation of Obata Fumio's violent manga. A guy who has turned into an underworld "collection agent" uses violence to vent his clients' hatred and venom. Numerous horrific torture scenes include fingers being broken and feet being set on...
