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KAMPAI! FOR THE LOVE OF SAKE (2015)
- Director
- KONISHI Mirai
- Cast
- John GAUNTNER, Phillip HARPER, KUJI Kosuke
Documentary conveying the profundity of Japanese sake through three outsiders involved in the world of sake. Directed by Konishi Mirai of Blind and Close to You. Philip Harper is the first foreigner to become a sake brewer and spends his days in Kyo...
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TRUE COLORS (2015)
- Director
- KANEKO Masaru
- Cast
- TANAKA Naoki, WATANABE Ikkei, SATO Jiro
Sitcom directed by TV show "Cocorico Miracle Type" director Kaneko Masaru and starring comedian Tanaka Naoki, who is the TV show's host. Three political criminals are in a death game with their release from prison on the line. Script by Fukuda Yuichi...
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while we kiss the sky (2015)
- Director
- MOGI Ayako, Werner PENZEL
- Cast
A documentary shining a spotlight on Shobu Gakuen, an institution for people with developmental disabilities in Kagoshima City. "Silent Color Silent Voice" director Mogi Ayako co-directs with German filmmaker Werner Penzel who directed Step Across th...
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A DOUBLE LIFE (2015)
- Director
- KISHI Yoshiyuki
- Cast
- KADOWAKI Mugi, HASEGAWA Hiroki, SUDA Masaki
Film adaptation of Naoki Prize-winning author Koike Mariko's novel that drew inspiration from the artwork "True Stories" by the French contemporary artist Sophie Calle. Cutting-edge director Kishi Yoshiyuki's NHK drama "Radio" won the Gold Plaque for...
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Atoms for Peace (2015)
- Director
- NITTA Yoshitaka
- Cast
- MATSUNAGA Ruiko, SUZUKI Tatsujiro, ISHIHARA Yoshinori
Road movie featuring Matsunaga Ruiko, whose grandmother survived the Nagasaki atomic bomb. Directed by Nitta Yoshitaka of Utae machigwa. The Fukushima nuclear power plant accident on March 11, 2011 prompts Ruiko to go on a journey to Nagasaki, Fukus...
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Come on home to SATO (2015)
- Director
- SHIGEE Yoshiki
- Cast
Documentary about Kodomo no Sato, a safe haven for children in the day labor district of Nishinari, Osaka. The facility assists children of all nationalities, irrespective of disabilities, from preschool through twenty years of age. Shigee Yoshiki ma...
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Ametsuchi no hibi (2015)
- Director
- KAWASE Mika
- Cast
- MATSUDA Yoneshi, OGYU Shinzo, YAMAUCHI Tokushin
Documentary about potter Matsuda Yoneshi's "Kitagama" pottery in Yomitan Village, Okinawa. He uses the island's soil as clay and creates shapes using a pottery wheel, and then fires the pieces in a shared 13-chamber climbing kiln. The documentary rec...
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MY TECHNICOLOR GIRL (2015)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Rei
- Cast
- SANO Kazuhiro, ITO Kiyomi, WADA Hanako
An elderly man who was cut off from society and his reunion with his first love are depicted in this sensual drama. The Story of Noriko director, Sakamoto Rei, along with Sano Kazuhiro from But Only Love have come together among other cast and staff ...
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A Voiceless Cry (2015)
- Director
- HARAMURA Masaki
- Cast
- KIMURA Michio, KIMURA Shigeko, INOUE Yukiko
Documentary that retraces the experiences of 79-year-old farmer-cum-poet Kimura Michio, who lives in Tohoku. Narrated by actress Muroi Shigeru, whose prolific work in TV and film includes The Little House. Poetry readings by internationally renowned ...
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Hinageshi (2015)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Keiji
- Cast
- TANIGAWA Miyuki, SANNOMIYA Eiko
Episode in the omnibus horror film Ankokuno Utage comprised of six shorts about fragments from nightmares. Director Sakamoto Keiji won the 600 Second Competition Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival 2003 for Tagawori. A wom...
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Iwa (2015)
- Director
- KUNISAWA Minoru
- Cast
- MIZUI Maki, MIKAI Go
Episode in the omnibus horror film Ankokuno Utage comprised of six shorts about fragments from nightmares. Adult film director Kunizawa Minoru depicts the destructive love between a man and woman. A man (Mikai Go) and woman (Mizui Maki) huddle toget...
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Confinement (2015)
- Director
- KAMEI Toru
- Cast
- Akari, AYANO Ten
Episode in the omnibus horror film Ankokuno Utage comprised of six shorts about fragments from nightmares. Director Kamei Toru has won numerous overseas film festival awards for Double Suicide Elegy and depicts the horror of time passing without any ...
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Gaze of 36℃ (2015)
- Director
- SANNOMIYA Eiko
- Cast
- KONO Yuka, MATSUSHITA Aiko, HOSHINO Kayo
Episode in the omnibus horror film Ankokuno Utage comprised of six shorts about fragments from nightmares. Director Sannomiya Eiko is also an actress and joins the cast for the film. A hot and muggy afternoon. A girl living by herself (Kono Yuka) na...
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House the child lives (2015)
- Director
- KIKUSHIMA Toshiaki
- Cast
- TODO Umi, KUWANO Sora, TANAKA Ryoichi
Episode in the omnibus horror film Ankokuno Utage comprised of six shorts about fragments from nightmares. Director and scriptwriter Kikushima Toshiaki depicts the emotional darkness harbored by a woman. Housewife Miri (Todo Umi) is living in tough ...
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Shadowgraph (2015)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Keiji
- Cast
- KAWASHIMA Haruka, Taizo, HOSHINO Yuzu
Episode in the omnibus horror film Ankokuno Utage comprised of six shorts about fragments from nightmares. Director Sakamoto Keiji won the 600 Second Competition Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival 2003 for Tagawori. A maid...
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But only love… (2015)
- Director
- SANO Kazuhiro
- Cast
- SANO Kazuhiro, ENJO Hitomi, IIJIMA Yoishi
This film marks the return of director Sano Kazuhiro, known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink Films" in the 1990s, after an 18-year hiatus with multiple hats as director, screenplay writer and lead actor. The story of a man's agony upon find...
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Under the cherry tree (2015)
- Director
- TANAKA Kei
- Cast
A documentary set in the municipal apartment complex of Kawasaki City which has become host to elderly people living alone and depicts their indomitable existence in the face of loneliness. Director Tanaka Kei makes her commercial film debut with thi...
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SCHOOL OF NURSING (2015)
- Director
- ADACHI Satoshi
- Cast
- KIRISHIMA Coco, OWADA Kensuke, SAEKI Hinako
Depicts the relationships between nursing students and their patients who deal with various worries, set in a nursing college in Hitoyoshi City in Kumamoto Prefecture. Adachi Satoshi makes his directorial debut with this film. The beautiful scenery w...
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JOGGING_WATARIDORI (2015)
- Director
- SUZUKI Takuji
- Cast
- NAKAGAWA Yukari, FURUYA Toshio, NAGAYAMA Yurie
A sci-fi drama created by The Wife of Gegege director, Suzuki Takuji, together with students of the acting course he teaches at The Film School of Tokyo. The entire cast concurrently perform duties as production staff and the film employs an experime...
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To eat. To live. (2015)
- Director
- KUDO Risa
- Cast
- WAKAYAMA Kirato, TAIRA Yuna, TAKAHASHI Kazuya
A warm-hearted drama themed on food education which depicts a young boy who comes in contact with Japan's traditional food culture learning to appreciate life. Director Kudo Risa served as Line Producer for a television travel program which showcased...
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NINJA THE MONSTER (2015)
- Director
- OCHIAI Ken
- Cast
- Dean FUJIOKA, MORIKAWA Aoi, WADA Sohkoh
A period film depicting the battle against evil spirits who assail a ninja charged with escorting a princess to Edo (old Tokyo). In the director's chair is Ochiai Ken, who won the Best Film award at the 2014 Fantasia International Film Festival for U...
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Be a light to the world (2015)
- Director
- SAKAI Mai
- Cast
- KANEKO Rie, YOSHIMURA Kaito, Vampillia
A dark fantasy film which took home honors in six categories including the grand prize and audience award at "Moosic Lab 2016", a festival celebrating the collaboration of music and film. Underground orchestra, "Vampilla", who have a high reputation ...
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6600 volt (2015)
- Director
- SHIMOHONJI Takashi
- Cast
- YAMABE Zenjiro
A documentary road movie following Hakata-based artist/musician Yamabe Zenjiro for the 3 years leading up to his 60th birthday. The film gets a close look at the hidden side of Yamabe, who has continued his robust activities despite the severe injuri...
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DOGLEGS (2015)
- Director
- Heath COZENS
- Cast
- SAMBO Shintaro, Antithesis KITAJIMA, NAKAJIMA Yuki
New Zealand-born director Heath Cozens' documentary covers Japan's professional wrestling organization for the disabled, "Doglegs". Centered around its star wrestler, Sambo Shintaro, the film shows the fluctuating joys and sorrows of their friends an...
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Chieri and Cherry (2015)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Makoto
- Cast
- TAKAMORI Natsumi, HOSHINO Gen, ONO Machiko
The emotional growth of a young girl who confronts the importance of life and sets out toward a new future is depicted in this stop motion animated feature film directed by Nakamura Makoto who helmed 2010's Cheburashka. Sixth grader Chiery (voice: T...
