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YATTERMAN (2009)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- SAKURAI Sho, FUKUDA Saki, FUKADA Kyoko
A comical action flick, based on a popular TV animation series from the late 1970s by Tatsunoko Productions. Gather the four pieces of the legendary Skull Stone and all your wishes will be fulfilled. The Yatterman heroes and the villains of the Doron...
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DETECTIVE CONAN: THE RAVEN CHASER (2009)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Yasuichiro
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Minami, YAMAZAKI Wakana, KAMIYA Akira
he 13th theatrical animated film based on the popular 'Detective Conan' manga and anime series by Aoyama Gosho. It grossed 3.49 billion yen in Japan, surpassing the 6th film in the series, Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street, to become the highe...
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ZERO FOCUS (2009)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin
- Cast
- HIROSUE Ryoko, NAKATANI Miki, KIMURA Tae
An adaptation of the classic mystery novel of the same title by Matsumoto Seicho, one of the leading Japanese novelists from the second half of the 20th century. The story has been adapted into two previous films and five TV dramas. The film marks th...
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Battle under Orion (2009)
- Director
- SHINOHARA Tetsuo
- Cast
- TAMAKI Hiroshi, KITAGAWA Keiko, DOHCHIN Yoshikuni
An epic drama inspired by the story of Hashimoto Mochitsura, commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58, which torpedoed the USS Indianapolis in the last days of World War II. Written by Fukui Harutoshi (Aegis; Lorelei) and directed by Sh...
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RAISE THE CASTLE! (2009)
- Director
- KOHATSU Yo
- Cast
- KATAOKA Ainosuke, EBISE Hana, EMORI Toru
A feature-length remake of director Kohatsu Yo's own short film that won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 2006 San Fernando Valley International Film Festival. As a project commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Aichi Institute of Techn...
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The Chef of South Polar (2009)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- SAKAI Masato, NAMASE Katsuhisa, Kitaro
A heart-warming comedy, based on the poignant essays of Nishimura Jun, who in real life served as a Japan Coast Guard cook for an Antarctic scientific observation team. The film depicts with humor the extreme isolation of eight men, living apart from...
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THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN (2009)
- Director
- KADOKAWA Haruki
- Cast
- OMORI Nao, MATSUYUKI Yasuko, MIYASAKO Hiroyuki
Based on an actual scandal involving the Hokkaido Prefectural Police, this suspense novel series made from Sasaki Jo's popular series of suspense novels featuring the Hokkaido police. A policeman is framed as the suspect in a murder, and detectives s...
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THE SUMMIT: A CHRONICLE OF STONES (2009)
- Director
- KIMURA Daisaku
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, KAGAWA Teruyuki, MATSUDA Ryuhei
Based on a robust mountaineering novel by Naoki Prize-winning writer Nitta Jiro, this film is the directorial debut of veteran cinematographer Kimura Daisaku, who also served as cinematographer on the 1977 film of another Nitta novel, Hakkodasan. The...
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The Gift of Pachamama (2009)
- Director
- MATSUSHITA Toshifumi
- Cast
- Christian HUAYGUA, Luis MAMANI, Faniy MOSQUES
The first dramatic feature a.k.a. Pachamama by New York-based documentary producer Matsushita Toshifumi, filmed in Bolivia over the course of six years. The film depicts the unaffected lives of indigenous people against the grand expanse of nature at...
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Crayon Shin-chan : Otakebe! Kasukabe yasei-okoku (2009)
- Director
- SHIGINO Akira
- Cast
- YAJIMA Akiko, NARAHASHI Miki, FUJIWARA Keiji
The 17th movie made from the popular anime series written by Usui Yoshito. The famed super-kindergartner Shinnosuke aka Shin-chan goes on a rampage to stop a radical ecology group from implementing their dreadful plan to turn humans into animals. The...
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Mai Mai Miracle (2009)
- Director
- KATABUCHI Sunao
- Cast
- FUKUDA Mayuko, MIZUSAWA Nako, MORISAKO Ei
Nostalgic full length animated film adaptationof the autobiographical novel of the same title by Akutagawa Prize winner, Takagi Nobuko. Set in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture in the mid 1950's, a place which still retains historic sites and placename...
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Feel the Wind (2009)
- Director
- OMORI Sumio
- Cast
- KOIDE Keisuke, HAYASHI Kento, NAKAMURA Yuichi
Based on the work of the same title by Naoki Prize winning novelist Miura Shion, this film portrays a makeshift group of ten athletes from a fledgling track club as they aim for the Hakone Ekiden (relay marathon)—a dream event for long-distance stude...
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KAMUI (2009)
- Director
- SAI Yoichi
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, Koyuki, OHGO Suzuka
Director/screenwriter Sai Yoichi and screenwriter Kudo Kankuro have created a live action period piece based on the internationally famous classic Ninja comic by Shirato Sampei. From amidst the massive body of original works, ‘Sugaru no shima' was ch...
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The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio (2009)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Daihachi
- Cast
- SAKAI Masato, MATSUYUKI Yasuko, MITSUSHIMA Hikari
Based on a true story that garnered attention across Japan, this offbeat comedy follows the exploits of a marriage swindler who deceived a string of women between the 1970s to the 1990s by pretending to be a US Navy captain. Popular actor Sakai Masat...
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Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (2009)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko
- Cast
- OTANI Ikue, INUYAMA Inuko
The third feature film release in the new "Diamond and Pearl" series of the Pokémon TV animation, which has legions of fans worldwide. In this final chapter of the trilogy that included Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai and Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky W...
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Counterfeit (2009)
- Director
- KIMURA Yuichi
- Cast
- BAISHO Mitsuko, DANTA Yasunori, AOKI Munetaka
Comedian, TV writer and actor Kimura Yuichi stars in and makes his feature film directing debut with this suspense-drama that draws on a real incident that took place in Yamanashi prefecture after WWII. The humorously satirical story follows the impo...
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ASSAULT GIRLS (2009)
- Director
- OSHII Mamoru
- Cast
- KUROKI Meisa, KIKUCHI Rinko, SAEKI Hinako
The first full-length science fiction live action film in eight years from Oshii Mamoru, who gained international fame through works including Ghost in the Shell. Depicting a virtual game world where hunters and monsters confront each other in fierce...
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halfway (2009)
- Director
- KITAGAWA Eriko
- Cast
- KITANO Kie, OKADA Masaki, MIZOBATA Junpei
The directorial debut of Kitagawa Eriko, who has written a large number of popular TV drama series, including ‘Long Vacation.' Produced by filmmaker Iwai Shunji and musician Kobayashi Takeshi, the film spins the life-sized troubles of a high-school c...
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NORIBEN - The Recipe of Fortune - (2009)
- Director
- OGATA Akira
- Cast
- KONISHI Manami, OKADA Yoshinori, MURAKAMI Jun
A heartfelt drama adapted from the comic of the same title by Irie Kiwa and directed by Ogata Akira (The Milkwoman) that portrays the powerful struggle of a 31 year-old former housewife to open her own "bento" (boxed lunch) shop after returning to he...
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THE UNBROKEN (2009)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Setsuro
- Cast
- WATANABE Ken, MIURA Tomokazu, MATSUYUKI Yasuko
Based on the best selling novel by socially-conscious author Yamasaki Toyoko, writer of such books as ‘The Great White Tower.' Set against the backdrop of Japan's economic boom period around 1955–1985, The Unbroken depicts the bitter struggle of a ma...
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Good Bye, My Secret Friend (2009)
- Director
- OOOKA Toshihiko
- Cast
- FUKAZAWA Arashi, AOI Yu, TOMOSAKA Rie
Based on the heartwarming debut picture book from well-known manga artist Saibara Rieko (‘Everyday Mom'). Popular child actor Fukazawa Arashi (Helen and the Baby Fox) stars as a boy who enjoys an affectionate relationship with the strange little crea...
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Penguins in the Sky -- Asahiyama Zoo (2009)
- Director
- MAKINO Masahiko
- Cast
- NISHIDA Toshiyuki, NAKAMURA Yasuhi, MAEDA Ai
Hokkaido's Asahiyama Zoo gained attention as the first zoo in Japan to develop exhibition spaces designed to showcase animals' natural behavior, becoming one of the country's leading tourist attractions. Incorporating abundant footage of the animals ...
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Instant Swamp (2009)
- Director
- MIKI Satoshi
- Cast
- ASO Kumiko, KAZAMA Morio, KASE Ryo
A humanistic comedy from Miki Satoshi, creator of numerous variety show programs and who as a film director has garnered attention for his unique sensibility in movies such as Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected and Adrift in Tokyo. A consistently unlu...
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The Blood of Rebirth (2009)
- Director
- TOYODA Toshiaki
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Tatsuya (BLANKEY JET CITY), KUSAKARI Mayuu, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko
A new film, after an absence of four years, by Toyoda Toshiaki, the director known for such films as Pornostar, Blue Spring, and Hanging Garden. With the legend of "Oguri Hangan" from the Kumano region as its inspiration, the film creates an allegori...
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Things When I Was A Girl (2009)
- Director
- MORIOKA Toshiyuki
- Cast
- FUKATSU Eri, OHGO Suzuka, FUKUSHI Seiji
Nostalgic story based on the autobiographical best-seller comic by Saibara Rieko depicting a woman's search to reclaim her joie de vivre by reconnecting with her own childhood memories. Director/screenplay writer Morioka Toshiyuki (Koneko no namida) ...
