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DESTRUCTION BABIES (2016)
- Director
- MARIKO Tetsuya
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, SUDA Masaki, KOMATSU Nana
An ensemble drama unrestrainedly depicting the desires and lunacy of young people intoxicated by violence against the backdrop of Matsuyama City in Ehime Prefecture. Yellow Kid director, Mariko Tetsuya, makes his commercial film debut. Ashiwara Tair...
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AFTER THE STORM (2016)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, MAKI Yoko, KIKI Kilin
Directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu, internationally renowned for films including Our Little Sister, this film was selected in the Un Certain Regard section at the 69th Cannes Film Festival. Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota (Abe ...
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GARM WARS: The Last Druid (2016)
- Director
- OSHII Mamoru
- Cast
- Lance HENRIKSEN, Kevin DURAND, Mélanie St-PIERRE
A fantasy film fusing live-action and anime costing 2 billion yen. Science fiction maestro, Oshii Mamoru, tells an all English story about the anguish of clone warriors in a parallel world. The producer of the Japanese language version is Studio Ghib...
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Listen (2016)
- Director
- MAKIHARA Eri, DAKEI
- Cast
- YONAIYAMA Akihiro, YOKOO Yumi, SAZAWA Shizue
Documentary without audio produced by deaf people. Music is depicted visually with the complete absence of musical instruments or voices. Directed by Makihara Eri and choreographer Dakei. With a diverse lineup including ordinary deaf people with zer...
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HK2: The Abnormal Crisis (2016)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- SUZUKI Ryohei, SHIMIZU Fumika, YAGIRA Yuya
The second live-action adaption of Ando Keishu's gag-filled manga, 'Kyukyoku!! Hentai Kamen', depicts with added portrayals of amplified special moves the activities of a righteous hero who wears a panty over his head. The principle cast and staff fr...
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About My Liberty -SEALDs 2015- (2016)
- Director
- NISHIHARA Takashi
- Cast
A documentary about SEALDs, the student group which became the heart of protests opposing proposed measures related to national security, closely covering a span of six months from the group's beginnings of merely a few members to the unrest by a thr...
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An Eden For Two (2016)
- Director
- SASAKI Akira
- Cast
- TANAKA Torao, TANAKA Fusako, YADA Keiko
A television documentary series which has won many awards including the 2004 Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Award in the entertainment category is adapted as a feature film. It portrays over twenty-five years a couple living a self-suffici...
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SINBAD (2016)
- Director
- MIYASHITA Shinpei
- Cast
- MURANAKA Tomo, TANABE Momoko, NAGASAWA Nao
Complete feature film version of the original animation produced to commemorate animation production company Nippon Animation's 40th anniversary. Stand by me Doraemon's Shirogumi handled the animation production with character design and chief animat...
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The Whispering Star (2016)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- KAGURAZAKA Megumi, ENDO Kenji, IKEDA Yuto
A science-fiction drama by internationally popular director, Sono Sion, who brings to life a script he wrote in 1990. An android delivering packages to a decimated human race is depicted in black & white imagery and whispered dialogue. The film won t...
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The Sion Sono (2016)
- Director
- OSHIMA Arata
- Cast
- SONO Sion, SOMETANI Shota, NIKAIDO Fumi
A documentary following maverick director Sono Sion, who is also active in literature, painting, and street performance among other fields. It covers a year in Sono's life starting from September of 2014, closely surveiling as well the filming of The...
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The Magnificent Nine (2016)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- ABE Sadawo, Eita, TSUMABUKI Satoshi
A film adaptation of Isoda Michifumi's original novel which is based on a true story from the middle Edo Period. It comically depicts the efforts of Yoshiokajuku, an inn town in Sendai fief, to save themselves from impoverishment by running a moneyle...
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If Cats Disappeared from the World (2016)
- Director
- NAGAI Akira
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, MIYAZAKI Aoi, HAMADA Gaku
Live action adaptation of the first novel from popular producer Kawamura Genki, whose films includes Villain and The Boy and the Beast. Heartwarming and fantastic portrayal of a young man coming to terms with himself as he faces death. A guy (Sato T...
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SIX FOUR: Part 1 (2016)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- SATO Koichi, AYANO Go, EIKURA Nana
The best-selling novel by Yokoyama Hideo, author of Half a Confession and Climber's High, is adapted into a two-part film. Director Zeze Takahisa of Heaven's Story and an all-star cast including Sato Koichi render this profound drama. Nicknamed "Six...
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Beyond the Tsunami - Onagawa,Hearts Connected - (2016)
- Director
- INUI Hiroaki
- Cast
- ABE Atsushi, ISHIMORI Yoetsu, ABE Yuri
Documentary about Onagawa Town in Miyagi Prefecture as it recovers from the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Depicts the young people who lead the recovery and the bonds between the town and Qatar, which gave aid immediately following the disaster. Nar...
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Maniac Hero (2016)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- HIGASHIDE Masahiro, KUBOTA Masataka, KOMATSU Nana
The live-action adaptation of Fukumitsu Shigeyuki's action-comedy manga, ‘Seikatsu' which comically depicts the slapstick capers of three men and a woman who begin a life of crime fighting. Staring are some of the hottest young stars in Japan. Nakat...
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AJIN: DEMI-HUMAN―Confront (2016)
- Director
- SESHITA Hiroyuki, ANDO Hiroaki
- Cast
- MIYANO Mamoru, HOSOYA Yoshimasa, FUKUYAMA Jun
The continuation to AJIN: DEMI‐HUMAN-Compel which depicts the back and forth struggle between the immortal Ajin and the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare's Ajin Control Board as it develops into an epic conflict rippling out to involve the whole...
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Beyond Manga! - Fujio Akatsuka (2016)
- Director
- TOMINAGA Masanori
- Cast
- AKATSUKA Fujio, AOKI Kozue, AKATSUKA Rieko
This documentary looks back on the unprecedented life of Akatsuka Fujio, the nationally beloved manga artist known for 'Osomatsu-kun', 'The Genius Bakabon', among others. Guiding the viewer is the character from what is said to be Akatsuka's crownin...
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HANA-DAMA PHANTOM (2016)
- Director
- SATO Hisayasu
- Cast
- ONISHI Shima, Iori, INOU Megumi
An ominous visual world unfolds in this fantasy-horror filled with eroticism and mayhem from two leading figures in pink film, director Sato Hisayasu, and screenwriter Imaoka Shinji. The unique cast is centered around newcomer actress, Iori, who was ...
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CHIHAYAFURU Part 2 (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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TERRAFORMARS (2016)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- ITO Hideaki, TAKEI Emi, YAMASHITA Tomohisa
After 13 Assassins and Sukiyaki Western Django, master filmmaker Takashi Miike comes back to the big screen with a Sci-Fi action film where a set of crew members battle against evolved cockroaches on Mars. The film is based on the best-selling comic ...
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SCANNER (2016)
- Director
- KANEKO Shusuke
- Cast
- NOMURA Mansai, MIYASAKO Hiroyuki, YASUDA Shota
Kyogen (comical Noh) actor, Nomura Mansai and comedian, Miyasako Hiroyuki co-star in this mystery about a man who can pick up residual thoughts pursuing an investigation into a missing person with his former partner. This is an original story by popu...
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Gekijoban hibike euphonium Kitaujikoko suisogakubu e yokoso (2016)
- Director
- ISHIHARA Tatsuya
- Cast
- KUROSAWA Tomoyo, ASAI Ayaka, TOYOTA Moe
Based on the novel by Takeda Ayano, this theatrical version of the televised anime relates the youthful years of high school girls passionately devoted to brass band music and depicts the girls striving hard on the long road toward competing in a con...
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I've always liked you -Confess Your Love Committee- (2016)
- Director
- YANAGISAWA Tetsuya
- Cast
- KAMIYA Hiroshi, TOMATSU Haruka, KAJI Yuki
Feature film animation adaptation of "Kokuhaku jikko iinkai - Renai series" centering on songs by the streaming video creative unit HoneyWorks. Sensitively portrays the emotions of a high school girl making her very first declaration of love to her c...
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Yu-Gi-Oh! THE DARK SIDE OF DIMENSIONS (2016)
- Director
- KUWABARA Satoshi
- Cast
- KAZAMA Shunsuke, TSUDA Kenjiro, HANAZAWA Kana
2016 marks the 20th anniversary since the start of the manga's serialization. Takahashi Kazuki, author of the original manga, personally takes overall command of the production in this highly talked about film depicting a story after the end of the o...
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I AM A HERO (2016)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, ARIMURA Kasumi, NAGASAWA Masami
A horror-cum-disaster film based on Hanazawa Kengo's identically titled comic. It depicts the survival of humanity driven to the edge of ruin by a mysterious infection turning humans into zombies. At the helm is Sato Shinsuke, who has directed many l...
