Movies
372 Results
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ULTRAMAN X THE MOVIE (2016)
- Director
- TAGUCHI Kiyotaka
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Kensuke, SAKANOUE Akane, HOSODA Yoshihiko
Ultraman X is joined by seven other Ultramen from the "Ultraman" television series in this theatrical release directed by Taguchi Kiyotaka, who has excelled in special effects for the "Patlabor" series among others. The seal in the ancient ruins of...
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ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM -Graduation- (2016)
- Director
- HASUMI Eiichiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Ryosuke, NINOMIYA Kazunari, SUDA Masaki
Sequel to Assassination Classroom, the 2015 live-action adaptation of Matsui Yusei's popular comic. Depicts the relationship between a mysterious yellow octopus-shaped creature named Koro-Sensei, whose name is a pun meaning "unkillable teacher," and ...
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GET MY REVENGE (2016)
- Director
- MUROGA Atsushi
- Cast
- MIZUNO Masaru, TAKAHASHI Maryjun, KOBAYASHI Yutaka
Live-action suspense film that adapts the same-named novel by popular author Yamada Yusuke, known for Tag. In a world where avenging criminals has been legalized, a teacher seeks revenge after his wife is killed. Directed by Muroga Atsushi of Death M...
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Erased (2016)
- Director
- HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, ARIMURA Kasumi, ISHIDA Yuriko
Sanbe Kei's multiple award-winning manga becomes a live-action film. A man caught up in a time reversing phenomenon known as "revival" closes in on the true culprit and mystery behind a serial kidnapping and murder case that occured 18 years ago. At ...
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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun -Graduation- (2016)
- Director
- MAEDA Koji
- Cast
- HASHIMOTO Kanna, HASEGAWA Hiroki, ANDO Masanobu
Sequel to Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, which was turned into a film in 1981. Features a strong performance by Hashimoto Kanna making her film debut as the protagonist previously portrayed in film and TV by popular actresses including Nagasawa Masami,...
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The Shell Collector (2016)
- Director
- TSUBOTA Yoshifumi
- Cast
- Lily Franky, TERAJIMA Shinobu, IKEMATSU Sosuke
Based on the similarly titled short story by O. Henry Prizewinning author Anthony Doerr, this human drama depicts a blind conchologist who cures a rare disease and the problems he causes around him. In the director's chair is Tsubota Yoshifumi of MIY...
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While the Women Are Sleeping (2016)
- Director
- Wayne Wang
- Cast
- BEAT Takeshi, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, KUTSUNA Shioli
Sensual and transgressive mystery about a man whose fixation on a woman transforms into madness, set in an oceanside resort. Directed by Wayne Wang, who won the Silver Bear at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival for Smoke. Author Shimizu Ke...
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The Black Devil and the White Prince (2016)
- Director
- TSUKIKAWA Sho
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Kento, KOMATSU Nana, CHIBA Yudai
Impressive casts star in this live action adaptation of the highly popular girls comic. Akabane Yu (Komatsu Nana), who lives in a high school dormitory, goes on her first ever date with the most popular boy in her school as known as "White Prince", ...
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LITCHI HIKARI CLUB (2016)
- Director
- NAITO Eisuke
- Cast
- NOMURA Shuhei, FURUKAWA Yuki, NAKAJO Ayami
LITCHI HIKARI CLUB The film adaptation of Furuya Usamaru's identically titled comic which inspired underground theatre. Naito Eisuke, whose LET'S MAKE THE TEACHER HAVE A MISCARRIAGE CLUB sparked discussion, directs this dark fantasy depicting with p...
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Vauxhall rideshow Escape from dead school (2016)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- OKAMOTO Natsumi, WATANABE Erena, MATSUMOTO Kiyo
Action horror tailor made for the experiential 4DX screening system featuring seats that move and bursts of fragrances and water. High school idol girls flee from impending terror. Director Shiroishi Koji specializes in mockumentaries. The threesome...
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NOBUNAGA CONCERTO (2016)
- Director
- MATSUYAMA Hiroaki
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, SHIBASAKI Ko, MUKAI Osamu
Live-action adaptation of Ishii Ayumi's same-titled SF period drama comic, which has already been turned into an anime and TV drama. Oguri Shun plays a modern-day high school student as well as the Sengoku Period samurai warlord Oda Nobunaga, and oth...
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SOMETHING LIKE, SOMETHING LIKE IT (2016)
- Director
- SUGIYAMA Taiichi
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, KITAGAWA Keiko, ITO Katsunobu
This is the follow-up after 35 years to Something Like It, the masterpiece from the early career of Morita Yoshimitsu who died suddenly in 2011. It is directed by Sugiyama Taiichi, who worked many years as an assistant director on Morita's films. Mat...
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SINBAD -The Magic Lamp and the Moving Islands- (2016)
- Director
- MIYASHITA Shinpei
- Cast
- MURANAKA Tomo, TANABE Momoko, NAGASAWA Nao
The second part of an anime trilogy about the adventures of a young boy dreaming of being a seaman and a young girl from a sorcerer clan based on the literary classic 'The Arabian Nights.' The film commemorates the 40th anniversary of Nippon Animatio...
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A Living Promise (2016)
- Director
- ISHIBASHI Kan
- Cast
- TAKENOUCHI Yutaka, EGUCHI Yosuke, MATSUZAKA Tori
Drama about the recovery of a workaholic, featuring the Shinminato Hikiyama Festival in Imizu City, Toyama Prefecture with roots in the Edo Period. Director Ishibashi Kan mainly works in TV. IT company CEO Nakahara (Takenouchi Yutaka) feels unsettle...
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-KIZUMONOGATARI- Part1: TEKKETSU (2016)
- Director
- OISHI Tatsuya
- Cast
- KAMIYA Hiroshi, SAKAMOTO Maaya, HORIE Yui
A full-length animation adapting NISHIOISHIN's teen mystery novel as a trilogy: "Tekketsu", "Nekketsu", and "Reiketsu". Production studio, SHAFT, which worked on the TV version aired in 2009, is handling the animation. The staff includes chief direct...
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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 (2016)
- Director
- YAKUWA Shinnosuke
- Cast
- MIZUTA Wasabi, OHARA Megumi, KAKAZU Yumi
Thirty-sixth feature film for the popular anime series "Doraemon." Remake of the 1989 film Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan. Nobita (voice: Ohara Megumi) gets scolded constantly at school and at home, and travels in a time machine to Japan 7...
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Pink and Gray (2016)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Yuto, SUDA Masaki, Kaho
A film adaptation of the debut novel by Kato Shigeaki, a member of the idol group NEWS. Its director is Yukisada Isao, who won Best Director at the 2002 Japan Academy Film Prize for Go, and is known for his many other hit movies including CRYING OUT ...
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NEW THEATRICAL MOVIE INITIAL D Lgend3 (2016)
- Director
- NAKA Toshihito
- Cast
- MIYANO Mamoru, ONO Daisuke, NAKAMURA Yuichi
Finale of the new feature film anime trilogy based on Sigeno Shuichi's original comic, which has also been adapted as a TV anime series. The protagonist, a tofu delivery truck driver with genius driving abilities, and his biggest rival face off to se...
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Everest -The Summit of the Gods- (2016)
- Director
- HIRAYAMA Hideyuki
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, ABE Hiroshi, ONO Machiko
The film adaptation of Yumemakura Baku's best selling novel, 'The Summit of the Gods' depicting with overwhelming scale men who risk their lives atop the world's highest mountain peak. Filming in Nepal for over a month, this is the first Japanese fil...
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CHIHAYAFURU Part 1 (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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What a Wonderful Family! (2016)
- Director
- YAMADA Yoji
- Cast
- HASHIZUME Isao, YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, TSUMABUKI Satoshi
A heartwarming comedy from director Yamada Yoji, known for his "It's Tough Being a Man" (Otoko wa Tsuraiyo) series, which reassembles the cast of his Tokyo Family. Hashizume Isao, Yoshiyuki Kazuko, and Tsumabuki Satoshi portray an entirely different ...
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The Inerasable (2016)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Yuko, HASHIMOTO Ai, SASAKI Kuranosuke
An adaptation of Ono Fuyumi's documentary-style horror novel "Zang-e" by The Snow White Murder Case director Nakamura Yoshihiro. Palpably tense visuals enhance this story of two women, an author and one of her readers, who seek the truth about an apa...
