Movies
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Livespire "Hello Kitty to Oz no maho no kuni" (2011)
- Director
- USUI Kenji
- Cast
- ICHIMURA Masachika, CHIAKI Shin, NAKAYAMA Noboru
3D digital movie adaptation of the musical celebrating the thirty-fifth birthday of the world-famous character Hello Kitty. The production features Ichimura Masachika, doyen of the musical world, as a voice actor, as well as staffs from the Takarazuk...
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Control Tower (2011)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, HASHIMOTO Ai, RIJU Go
A coming-of-age drama about the struggles and hopes of young musicians, inspired by the song of the same title by real life rock band Galileo Galilei. Its director is Miki Takahiro, who enjoyed box office success with his directorial debut SOLANIN. P...
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Everlasting Heart (2011)
- Director
- KUBOTA Takashi
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Aoi, SAKAMOTO Maaya
Live action adaptation of the legendary Flash animation based on the real-life experiences of the creator Yamagara Shigeto. This tearjerker poignantly portrays the decade-long relationship between a boy who dreams of becoming a comic book artist and ...
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Kenkabancho gekijoban ichinensenso (2011)
- Director
- SHOJI Tsuyoshi
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Eigo (Elite Yankee), YOKOYAMA Rurika （Idoling!!!）
The second in a series of films adapted from a popular video game, energetically depicting a violence and romance-filled year in the life of a mischievous delinquent. Nishijima Eigo of the comedy duo Elite Yankee takes the lead role, and his love int...
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Koneko no kimochi (2011)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Eiki
- Cast
- ENDO Mai, TONOOKA Erica, INOUE Naomi
A coming-of-age drama portraying the relationship between a girl whose father has died, and a kitten. Its screenplay is provided by Aso Kumiko, who depicted the bond between children and their dog in the hit television drama series Marumo no Okite (M...
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SOMEDAY (2011)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- HARADA Yoshio, OKUSU Michiyo, KISHIBE Ittoku
An ensemble comedy that focuses on the mountain village of Oshika in Nagano Prefecture. Inspired by a local tradition of performing Kabuki that has been passed down over the last 300 years, it presents a warm portrayal of the joys and sorrows of the ...
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DENDERA (2011)
- Director
- TENGAN Daisuke
- Cast
- ASAOKA Ruriko, BAISHO Mitsuko, YAMAMOTO Yoko
An unorthodox action film from director Tengan Daisuke that takes its inspiration from the same "ubasuteyama" legend featured in his father Imamura Shohei's The Ballad of Narayama, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Based on the no...
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Sengoku BASARA - Samurai Kings: The Movie (2011)
- Director
- NOMURA Kazuya
- Cast
- NAKAI Kazuya, HOSHI Soichiro, OKAWA Toru
The first animated feature film based on the popular action video game that has also become an animated television series and a stage production. Set in the Warring States Period when rival warlords vied for supremacy, it gives a bold fictional spin ...
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REBIRTH (2011)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- INOUE Mao, NAGASAKU Hiromi, KOIKE Eiko
An adaptation of Naoki Prize-winning author Kakuta Mitsuyo's humanistic suspense novel, which was also made into a television series with a different cast and crew. It presents a powerful depiction of the sorrow of a woman who abducts the young daugh...
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Gekijoban anime Nintama Rantaro ninjutsugakuen zenin shutsudo! no dan (2011)
- Director
- FUJIMORI Masaya
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Minami, TANAKA Mayumi, ICHIRYUSAI Teiyu
The second feature film offshoot of an animated NHK Educational TV show for children, adapting the 37th and 42nd issues of Sobei Amako's manga. Young boys training to be ninjas scamper across battlefields in search of a missing classmate. When ninja ...
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Pokémon the Movie:Black—Victini and Reshiram (2011)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko
- Cast
- OTANI Ikue, INUYAMA Inuko
The first film based on the new Pocket Monsters animated television series "Best Wishes", which began screening in Japan in 2010. Together with Pokémon The Movie: Black—Victini and Zekrom, this is the first time in Japanese animation history that two...
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Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom (2011)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko
- Cast
- OTANI Ikue, INUYAMA Inuko
The fourteenth film based on the animated television series inspired by Nintendo's world famous video game. This movie features different Pokémon and dialogue from Pokémon The Movie: White—Victini and Reshiram , which is the other version of the mov...
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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Steel Troops: The New Age (2011)
- Director
- TERAMOTO Yukiyo
- Cast
- MIZUTA Wasabi, OOHARA Megumi, KAKAZU Yumi
The 31st film in one of Japan's best-loved animated series, and a remake of Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops released in 1986, in which our heroes learn of an invasion of the earth by a robot army and join forces to fight back against the enemy....
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Ringing in Their Ears (2011)
- Director
- IRIE Yu
- Cast
- NIKAIDO Fumi, MORISHITA Kurumi, SHINSEI KAMATTECHAN
An ensemble coming-of-age film inspired by the music of Shinsei Kamattechan, a four-piece avant-garde rock band. Exciting young director Irie Yu, who came to prominence with his 8000 Miles series, presents a fast-paced depiction of men and women sear...
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A SKY TOO FAR TO SEE (2011)
- Director
- ENOMOTO Norio
- Cast
- MORIOKA Ryu, OKAMOTO Natsuki, WATANABE Daichi
This coming-of-age drama, the directorial debut of experienced producer Enomoto Norio, depicts the emotional struggle of a student filmmaker whose graduation work goes uncompleted. University student Takahashi (Morioka Ryu) is given the chance to dir...
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Soredemo hana ha saiteiku (2011)
- Director
- MAEDA Ken
- Cast
- NISHINA Takashi, TAKITO Kenichi, HIRAYAMA Hiroyuki
Drama depicting contemporary society through the interior lives of three men who harbor unspeakable secrets. Maeda Ken, actor and impersonator extraordinaire, wrote and directed this adaptation of his debut novel by the same title. A former instructo...
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MAEBASHI VISUAL ROCKSTARS (2011)
- Director
- OTSURU Gitan
- Cast
- KAZAMA Shunsuke, KIKAWADA Masaya, SUGIURA Takao
Coming-of-age drama depicting youths from a farming town who form a visual-style rock band and aim to make it big. Director Otsuru Gitan also serves as writer and actor. Maebashi City in Gunma Prefecture, far flung from Tokyo. Living in the countrysi...
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My Wife (2011)
- Director
- HANAWA Yukinari
- Cast
- MIURA Tomokazu, ISHIDA Yuriko, NISHIHARA Aki
A moving drama about a loving couple who support each other in the midst of a dire situation. Its story is based on the diary of Shimizu Hisanori, who spent nine months driving around Japan with his terminally-ill wife before burying her, and was arr...
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Paradise Kiss (2011)
- Director
- SHINJO Takehiko
- Cast
- KITAGAWA Keiko, MUKAI Osamu, YAMAMOTO Yusuke
A film adaptation of Yazawa Ai's coming-of-age manga, which has also inspired an animated television series. The dedication of young people who dream of succeeding in the fashion world is stylishly evoked with the cooperation of popular brands such a...
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I Wish (2011)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- MAEDA Koki, MAEDA Ohshiro, OHTSUKA Nene
An interpersonal drama about the healing of a family, inspired by the Kyushu bullet train that began operating in March 2011. Kore-eda Hirokazu, who also depicted the emotional landscapes of children in Nobody Knows, built his screenplay around young...
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Into the White Night (2011)
- Director
- FUKAGAWA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- HORIKITA Maki, KORA Kengo, FUNAKOSHI Eiichiro
Following stage, television, and film adaptations in South Korea, Naoki Prize-winning author Higashino Keigo's suspense novel has been brought to the silver screen in Japan. It follows nineteen years in the lives of a man and woman connected to a mur...
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TUESDAYGIRL (2011)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- TAKAGI Juri, SEKIGUCHI Takanori, KIMURA Tomoki
Romantic drama portraying the emotional vicissitudes of men on the verge of marriage. Director Imaizumi Rikiya's indie films have won awards at numerous film festivals in Japan, and he has earned acclaim for his technique in utilizing unique humor to...
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The Egoists (2011)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- KORA Kengo, SUZUKI Anne, OMORI Nao
Film adaptation by Vibrator director Hiroki Ryuichi of the final novel from author Nakagami Kenji, whose books have given rise to The Youth Killer and other well-known movies. Kora Kengo and Suzuki Anne have earned acclaim for the strength of their p...
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AVEC PUNCH (2011)
- Director
- FURUSAWA Takeshi
- Cast
- MAKITA Tetsuya, Suzunosuke, MISAKI Ayame
An adaptation of a martial arts comic about a fictional sport in which hand-holding male-female duos face off in the ring. Director Furusawa Takeshi studied under Zeze Takahisa and Kurosawa Kiyoshi, and has also written screenplays for films includin...
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FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)
- Director
- MURATA Kazuya
- Cast
- PARK Romi, KUGIMIYA Rie, SAKAMOTO Maaya
An adaptation of the massively successful manga and animated television series FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST on an epic scale. Its screenplay is by novelist Shimpo Yuichi, who also wrote the book on which the film Whiteout was based, and its director is Murata...
