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THE SUN (2016)
- Director
- IRIE Yu
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, KADOWAKI Mugi, FURUKAWA Yuki
Maekawa Tomohiro's Yomiuri Engeki Taisho-winning science fiction play is adapted to film by Irie Yu, who was highly praised for his "8000 MILES" series. It depicts a near-future in which the population of the human race has been sharply reduced by bi...
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This Boy is a Profesional Wizard (2016)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Sobi
- Cast
- ONO Yuki, YASHIRO Taku
Fifth film in the "This Boy" series directed by Yamamoto Sobi, who made a splash at the age of 21 with her commercial debut film This Boy Can Fight Aliens!. Introduces the animation production software Live2D to create unique visuals that look like i...
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MINNA SUITOUTO (2016)
- Director
- HORAI Tadaaki
- Cast
- ARAKI Sakura, SAKAI Asaka, OBA Ayaka
Coming-of-age drama featuring Kyushu-based idol group LinQ's Araki Sakura in her debut as the lead performer, along with the other members of the group. Director and scriptwriter Horai Tadaaki helmed the popular late-night drama "Solitary Gourmet" an...
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Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Fast Asleep! The Great Assault on the Dreaming World (2016)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Wataru
- Cast
- YAJIMA Akiko, NARAHASHI Miki, FUJIWARA Keiji
The twenty-fourth theatrical film of the televised anime based on Usui Yoshito's comedy manga featuring the adventures of a brat kindergartener. In order to protect the quiet sleep of humanity, Shinnosuke and the other characters run amok in the drea...
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DETECTIVE CONAN: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)
- Director
- SHIZUNO Kobun
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Minami, YAMAZAKI Wakana, KOYAMA Rikiya
The twentieth theatrical film of the TV anime series based on Aoyama Gosho's mystery manga. With the soul of a high schooler but in an elementary school student's body, young detective Conan tackles international conspiracies. Dealing with the intern...
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Kansai Johnny's Jr. no mezase dream stage (2016)
- Director
- Cast
- NISHIHATA Daigo, MUKAI Koji, ONISHI Ryusei
Youth drama starring Kansai Johnny's Jr. in which a minor idol group struggles hard to defy the threat of disbandment. Hattori Daiji, who has worked on television dramas, directs. Minakami Futa (Nishihata Daigo), who had been leading a life of part-...
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Joshiko (2016)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Koki
- Cast
- MINEGISHI Minami, TAKADA Riho, IZUMI Haru
A suspense-thriller featuring idol group AKB48's Minegishi Minami in her first starring role for a movie. Friends gathering after seven years for a reunion of classmates from an all-girl high school get to the heart of two murders, both past and pres...
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Dokumushi: Toxic Insects (2016)
- Director
- ASAKURA Kayoko
- Cast
- MURAI Ryota, TAKEDA Rina, AKIYAMA Shintaro
A single-setting, isolation-horror film based on the manga, 'Dokumushi', by Aida Keito which violently portrays the behavior of individuals trapped in a confined space with limited time. At the helm is The Idols and the Undead director, Asakura Kayok...
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The Mohican Comes Home (2016)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- MATSUDA Ryuhei, EMOTO Akira, MAEDA Atsuko
A bittersweet family drama set on an island in the Seto Inland Sea. A mohawk-sporting young man's homecoming after seven years is rocked by the pronouncement of his father's remaining time to live. The film is written and directed by Okita Shuichi wh...
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THE STARE (2016)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- ITANO Tomomi, SHIRAISHI Shunya, IRIKI Mari
The live-action adaptation of Mitsuda Shinzo's horror-mystery which depicts the terror of the ghost, "Nozokime", which delivers death to whomever meets its gaze even from the merest opening between curtains, a window, etc. The director is Miki Koichi...
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BITTER HONEY (2016)
- Director
- ISHII Gakuryu
- Cast
- NIKAIDO Fumi, OHSUGI Ren, MAKI Yoko
Film adaptation of a fantasy novel composed exclusively of dialogue by Taisho and Showa era author Muro Saisei and published in his final years in 1959. Directed by Ishii Gakuryu of That's It. An adorable girl named Akako (Nikaido Fumi) lives with a...
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Sing My Life (2016)
- Director
- MIZUTA Nobuo
- Cast
- TABE Mikako, BAISHO Mitsuko, KANAME Jun
The creative team behind The Apology King reunite to give birth to a new comedic world combining humor and songs. In the role of a woman who gets to live her life over again is accomplished actress Tabe Mikako. 20-year-old Otori Setsuko (Tabe) is bl...
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I'm Fine, My Angel (2016)
- Director
- SONODA Hideto
- Cast
- KIRARA, ASHIKAWA Yoshimi, KANEKO Noboru
Feature film adaptation of Okawa Ryuho's bestselling novel "I'm Fine." Elementary school student Fuka (Aika Miki) is distressed by her classmates' bullying. Yuya (Shimizu Kazuki) has to give up on going to college because of financial reasons. Yoshi...
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salome's daughter_anotherside_in progress (2016)
- Director
- SHICHIRI Kei
- Cast
- KURODA Ikuyo, CHOSOKABE Yoko, KUDO Misaki
The third in a "film made from sound" experimental film production project director Shichiri Kei has been involved in since 2014. This first volume of the Sarome no musume series spins an abundantly imaginative tale of a mother-daughter conflict. In ...
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Doukyusei -Classmates- (2016)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Shoko
- Cast
- NOJIMA Kenji, KAMIYA Hiroshi, ISHIKAWA Hideo
An anime adaption of Nakamura Asumiko's "boys love" manga in which love slowly begins to blossom between two high schoolers who are complete opposites of one another. The film re-creates the peculiar watercolor-esque visual beauty of the manga's subt...
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Documentary of HKT48 (2016)
- Director
- SASHIHARA Rino
- Cast
- SASHIHARA Rino, KODAMA Haruka, TASHIMA Meru
Revealing behind-the-scenes documentary about the popular idol group HKT48. Group member-cum-manager Sashihara Rino makes her debut as a film director. Released simultaneously with RAISE YOUR ARMS AND TWIST Documentary of NMB48. HKT48 was formed in ...
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RAISE YOUR ARMS AND TWIST Documentary of NMB48 (2016)
- Director
- FUNAHASHI Atsushi
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Sayaka, OKITA Ayaka, SHIROMA Miru
Documentary following the trajectory of the idol group NMB48 from the Namba district of Osaka. Directed by Funahashi Atsushi from the Japan-US co-production Big River starring Odagiri Jo. Opened on the same day as Documentary of HKT48. NMB48 has ste...
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KING OF PRISM by PrettyRhythm (2016)
- Director
- HISHIDA Masakazu
- Cast
- KAKIHARA Tetsuya, MAENO Tomoaki, MASUDA Toshiki
Spinoff film featuring the three-member unit Over the Rainbow from the "Pretty Rhythm" anime series based on the arcade game for girls. Director Hishida Masakazu also handled the Pretty Rhythm TV series. Over The Rainbow made a brilliant debut and s...
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Hana Kujira Chichi (2016)
- Director
- HORIE Takahiro
- Cast
- MORISHITA Yoshiyuki, KUROKAWA Mei, SYUKUGAWA Atom
One completed film of the 2015 ndjc: Young Filmmaker Development Project, an Agency of Cultural Affairs venture aimed at discovering and cultivating young filmmakers. The director is Horie Takahiro, whose graduate thesis film, Itakutemo itakutemo, wo...
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Sin and Bus (2016)
- Director
- FUJII Yusuke
- Cast
- ABE Shinnosuke, WATANABE Dai, NAKAGAWA Kana
One completed film of the 2015 ndjc: Young Filmmaker Development Project, an Agency of Cultural Affairs venture aimed at discovering and cultivating young filmmakers. In the director's chair is Fujii Yusuke who made independent films while working fo...
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Dad's Wedding (2016)
- Director
- FUKUDA Momoko
- Cast
- Sonim, ITAO Itsuji, YAMANAKA Takashi
One completed film of the 2015 ndjc: Young Filmmaker Development Project, an Agency of Cultural Affairs venture aimed at discovering and cultivating young filmmakers. The film is directed by Fukuda Momoko whose Goodbye Mother was selected to compete ...
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Beginning to Break, Hey Hey Hey (2016)
- Director
- SATO Takuma
- Cast
- Taiga, KISHII Yukino
One completed film of the 2015 ndjc: Young Filmmaker Development Project, an Agency of Cultural Affairs venture aimed at discovering and cultivating young filmmakers. The film is directed by Sato Takuma whose debut feature Don't Say That Word won bot...
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Love circumstances for adults (2016)
- Director
- MORIKAWA Kei
- Cast
- MARU Junko, MAMIYA Yuki, ARIMA Yoshihiko
Sensual love story about a single woman struggling with romance. Director Morikawa Kei won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival for Make Room. Yamagishi Shiori (Maru Junko) is a single 38-year-old woman working in ...
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Lover of mother (2016)
- Director
- UENO Takahiro
- Cast
- MIZUSHIMA Yuko, SASAKI Kokone, SUGAWARA Masanori
Sensual love story about the romance between a single mother and a younger man. Directed by Ueno Takahiro of Pink Lady Woman Cannot Stand It. Koike Ryoko (Mizushima Yuko) lives with her daughter Mina (Sasaki Kokone), who she has raised by herself wh...
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The temptation came at stormy night (2016)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- TAKAKI Mio, ISHIKAWA Yumi, NAGAOKA Tasuku
Romantic fantasy about the ruckus that ensues after a mother and daughter switch bodies. Director Imaoka Shinji wrote the script for The Drudgery Train and has worked on numerous erotic films. Housewife Suda Sawako (Takaki Mio) is dissatisfied with ...
