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Gekijyoban soshuhen Overroad Fushisha no o (2017)
- Director
- ITO Naoyuki
- Cast
- HINO Satoshi, HARA Yumi, UESAKA Sumire
The first part of a theatrical film compiling the televised series, "Overlord", an animated adaptation of Maruyama Kugane's novel. It is the year 2138. An online, virtual reality sensory experience game, Yggdrasil, will soon cease service. Momonga (...
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STAR BLAZERS 2202 (2017)
- Director
- HABARA Nobuyoshi
- Cast
- ONO Daisuke, KUWASHIMA Houko, OTSUKA Hochu
The first sequel to "Space Battleship Yamato 2199", a modernized retelling of the classic, science fiction anime "Space Battleship Yamato". It depicts a brand new voyage following the ship's return to Earth from Iscandar. At the helm is "Break Blade"...
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GUKOROKU - TRACES OF SIN (2017)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Kei
- Cast
- TSUMABUKI Satoshi, MITSUSHIMA Hikari
Ishikawa Kei makes his feature film directorial debut with this mystery that delves into the "true nature of human beings." A year has gone by without any progress on the Tako family's murder, in which an elite businessman, his beautiful and perfec...
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SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE -Ordinal Scale- (2017)
- Director
- ITO Tomohiko
- Cast
- MATSUOKA Yoshitsugu, TOMATSU Haruka, ITO Kanae
TV anime series "Sword Art Online" heads to the big screen. Author, Kawahara Reki, writes a brand-new story while series director, Ito Tomohiko, continues on to helm this film. It has been four years since the invention of NerveGear which introduced...
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WHO KiLLED IDOL? poetry of SiS annihilation (2017)
- Director
- Elizabeth MIYAJI
- Cast
- BiS, SiS, GANG PARADE
In-depth documentary that goes behind the scenes to show the dissolution of SiS, which was expected to be the rival to the idol group BiS. Serves as a sequel to The BiS Cannon Ball Run 2014, The Movie, which turned the camera on BiS. Directed by Eliz...
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Bully School:Devil Full of Scars (2017)
- Director
- YAMAGISHI Santa
- Cast
- ADACHI Rika, ENOSAWA Manami, Kayano
Drama about a high school girl whose life falls apart when she transfers to a school in the countryside and meets the girl who she used to bully. Director Yamagishi Santa also helmed Zenin Kataomoi. Mai (Adachi Rika) transfers from Tokyo to a high s...
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Great Mother Takiji Kobayashi's Motheｒ (2017)
- Director
- YAMADA Hisako
- Cast
- TERAJIMA Shinobu, SHIOYA Shun, WATANABE Ikkei
Drama about the life of the mother of Hayashi Takiji, known for the proletarian novel {The Crab Cannery Ship}. Directed by Yamada Hisako of Bokyo no kane Manmo kaitakudan no rakujitsu. Seki (Terajima Shinobu) was born into an impoverished family in ...
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Jinrogame Lovers (2017)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- FURUHATA Seika, SASO Yuki, HIRATA Yuya
The fifth chapter in "The Werewolf Game" series about a game in which players with different roles must find out one another's intentions. Director Ayabe Shinya continues to portray the players engaged in a psychological warfare for survival as he di...
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Random Lives (2017)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- SANO Shiro, EMOTO Akira, ADACHI Masao
A drama stressing the theme of "humans continue to live" by depicting various people being persecuted by unforeseen homicides and ill fortune. The life and death of characters from different time periods and circumstances are shown as connecting with...
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HAMON: YAKUZA BOOGIE (2017)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Syoutarou
- Cast
- SASAKI Kuranosuke, YOKOYAMA You, KITAGAWA Keiko
Film adaptation of Kurokawa Hiroyuki's Naoki Prize-winning novel. Depicts the travails of a yakuza and construction consultant who get ripped off and go after the conman. Directed by Kobayashi Syoutarou of Family Matters. Construction consultant Nin...
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SHINJUKU SWAN II (2017)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- AYANO Go, ASANO Tadanobu, ISEYA Yusuke
Set in Shinjuku's Kabuki-cho entertainment district, this is the continuing chapter of the drama depicting the life of a man who works as a scout for the after dark industries. Sono Sion, known for his radical characterizations in Cold Fish among oth...
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-KIZUMONOGATARI- Part3: REIKETSU (2017)
- Director
- OISHI Tatsuya
- Cast
- KAMIYA Hiroshi, SAKAMOTO Maaya, HORIE Yui
The final full-length animation in a trilogy adapting NISHIOISHIN's teen mystery novel. Production studio, SHAFT, which worked on the TV version aired in 2009, is handling the animation. The staff includes chief director Shinbou Akiyuki and director ...
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WHAT'S FOR DINNER, MOM? (2017)
- Director
- SHIRAHA Mitsuhito
- Cast
- KINAMI Haruka, FUJIMOTO Izumi, KAWAI Michiko
Drama based on Hitoto Tae's essay about sisters born to a Taiwanese father and Japanese mother who reaffirm their familial bonds through the recipes left behind by their deceased mother. Directed by Shiraha Mitsuhito Noto no hanayome. Tae (Kinami Ha...
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POLICEMAN AND ME (2017)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, TSUCHIYA Tao, TAKASUGI Mahiro
Romance live-action film based on the same-named comic by Miyoshi Maki. Depicts the elopement between a high school girl and an older police officer. Directed by Hiroki Ryuichi, who is known for Kabukicho Love Hotel. Police officer Kota (Kamenashi K...
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Let's Go, JETS! From Small Town Girls to U.S.Champions?! (2017)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- HIROSE Suzu, NAKAJO Ayami, AMAMI Yuki
Film adaptation based on the true story of the Fukui Commercial High School cheerleading team's victory at the U.S. Championship. High school girls pour their hearts and souls into cheer dance. Directed by Kawai Hayato of MY love STORY!!. Newbie hig...
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The 100th Love with You (2017)
- Director
- TSUKIKAWA Sho
- Cast
- miwa, SAKAGUCHI Kentaro, RYUSEI Ryo
Musically lavish portrayal of the romance between a woman who dies in an accident and her childhood friend who repeatedly goes back in time to save her. Singer-songwriter miwa plays the heroine and wrote the love song at the center of the story. Up-a...
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ONE WEEK FRIENDS (2017)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Shosuke
- Cast
- KAWAGUCHI Haruna, YAMAZAKI Kento, MATSUO Takashi
A live-action adaptation of Hazuki Matcha's identically titled romantic comic which had also been turned into a televised anime series. It portrays a high school girl whose memory resets every week and the classmate who is earnestly devoted to her. A...
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CLOSE-KNIT (2017)
- Director
- OGIGAMI Naoko
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, KIRITANI Kenta, KAKIHARA Rinka
First film in five years from director Ogigami Naoko, whose many fans adore the uniquely soothing atmosphere in films like Kamome Diner. The protagonist has undergone a sex change to become a woman and lives with her partner and his young niece. Ikut...
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Kiseki: Sobito of That Day (2017)
- Director
- KANESHIGE Atsushi
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, SUDA Masaki, KUTSUNA Shioli
Teen film based on a true story about the creation of the song "Kiseki" by the popular vocal group GReeeeN. Matsuzaka Tori plays band producer JIN, and bandleader HIDE, who is JIN's younger brother in real life, is played by Suda Masaki. GReeeeN is ...
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Black Butler Book of the Atlantic (2017)
- Director
- ABE Noriyuki
- Cast
- ONO Daisuke, SAKAMOTO Maaya, TAMURA Yukari
Feature film adaptation of "Kuro shitsuji," the anime TV series based on Toboso Yana's original manga. Set in England at the end of the 19th century, the story is about a butler who has an alter ego as a demon. Directed by Abe Noriyuki, who also hand...
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Our Meal for Tomorrow (2017)
- Director
- ICHII Masahide
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Yuto, ARAKI Yuko, MIYAMA Karen
A love story of the seven-year destined romance of a young man and woman framed within the motif of "meals". Based on Seo Maiko's identically titled novel, it is written and directed by Ichii Masahide, the former comedian who received high praise for...
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Any Way the Wind Blows (2017)
- Director
- SAKASHITA Yuichiro
- Cast
- NAKANISHI Miho, KOICHI Mantaro, MATSUKI Daisuke
Third original film production from Shochiku Broadcasting, which also produced Three Stories of Love. Deploys comedy skit humor to d epict the chaos of a group of amateur musicians who are mistaken for a famous orchestra. Director Sakashita Yuichiro ...
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A Loving Husband (2017)
- Director
- YUKAWA Kazuhiko
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, AMAMI Yuki, KANNO Miho
The directorial debut by screenwriter, Yukawa Kazuhiko, who worked on "I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper" among a number of other popular television dramas. Abe Hiroshi and Amami Yuki co-star, playing a married couple for the first time. It is based on the ...
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MOM THINKS I'M CRAZY TO MARRY A JAPANESE GUY (2017)
- Director
- YACHIDA Akihisa
- Cast
- JIAN Man Shu, NAKANO Yuta
A film adapting the Facebook page as well as photo book of a Taiwanese woman and a Japanese man which relates their becoming acquainted through to their marriage. Popular Taiwan actress and also director, Jian Man-shu, co-stars with model-turned-acto...
