Movies
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The Second Security Unit (2017)
- Director
- KAKIZAKI Yuji
- Cast
- KAKEI Toshio, DEAI Masayuki, TAKESHIMA Yuka
A drama shining a light on the work of personal bodyguards, the film is based on a true story and depicts an elite private bodyguard team taking a stand against organized crime. Kakizaki Yuji, who in fact also heads a security firm, makes his directo...
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KAIRAI (2017)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Chiaki
- Cast
- KIGUCHI Kenta, NIKAIDO Satoshi, ISHIZAKI Natsumi
Mystery produced as a graduation project for Musashino Art University and finalist for the Pia Film Festival Award 2016. Delves into the uncertainties of memory and perils of emotions through the mystery of an accidental drowning. Magazine reporter ...
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The Reverse Diaries (2017)
- Director
- SONODA Shin
- Cast
- OGAWA Gen, ARAI Iku, ONO Marie
In this suspense romance, filmmaker Sonoda Arata adapts his own original script for his first film since Wiz/Out in 2007. Honored with seven awards at overseas film festivals, including Best Feature at the London Film Awards. Shiraishi Rihito (Ogawa...
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Butterfly Sleep (2017)
- Director
- JEONG Jae-Eun
- Cast
- NAKAYAMA Miho, KIM Jae-Uck, ISHIBASHI Anna
Romantic drama intertwining the lives of a female novelist with hereditary Alzheimerﾕs disease and a Korean student who aspires to be a writer. Stars Nakayama Miho of Love Letter. Popular novelist Ryoko (Nakayama) realizes that she is succumbing to ...
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Sweating the Small Stuff (2017)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro, YASHIMA Yasumi, MATSUMOTO Daiki
Pia Film Festival alum Ninomiya Ryutaro writes, directs, and stars in his theatrical debut film. The semi-autobiographical film weaves truth and fiction together in depicting the impatience of a young man living a gloomy life. Ryutaro (Ninomiya), wh...
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The Sacrament (2017)
- Director
- IWAKIRI Isora
- Cast
- MINAMI Mio, OGAWA Sara, YAMAMOTO Shun
Talented young director Iwakiri Isora directs this unpredictable mockumentary. It was crowned with four awards including the Grand Prize at Moosic Lab 2017 (a music and film collaboration project). Iwakiri (Iwakiri) is now a third year university st...
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Seaside Shukan Taishu (2017)
- Director
- OTA Yu
- Cast
- MATAYOSHI Naoki, SHIBUYA Nagisa, ISOYAMA Sayaka
Delusionary survival comedy film adaptation of a novel by Sekishiro with screenplay by Ueda Makoto, the popular screenwriter with Europe Kikaku. Surreal depiction of a man stranded on an uninhabited island as he single-mindedly waits to be rescued. S...
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She is a too unbelievable woman - defendant Yoshie - (2017)
- Director
- KITAMURA Seiji
- Cast
- ASAKA Akie, MITSUMUNE Kaoru, NISHINA Masaki
Courtroom mystery probing for the truth behind a crime, as well as the charms of an elderly woman arrested as a suspect in the murder of three men, based on the variety TV show 'Narumi Okamura no Sugiru TV.' Stars Asaka Akie, veteran comedian in Yosh...
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Psychic Agents (2017)
- Director
- KUMA Shinji
- Cast
- TANAKA Naoki, ASAKA Kodai, NAKAMURA Yuri
Theatrical film adaptation of the TV drama series based on Honda Tetsuya's short story series. Psychic detectives enact slapstick shenanigans in a world where people really have supernatural powers. Features the cast and crew from the TV version, inc...
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ANIMA! (2017)
- Director
- HORIE Takahiro
- Cast
- HATTORI Saika, KOYANAGI Yu, KUROSAWA Haruka
Coming-of-age drama about a woman who grows up through contemporary dance. Opening film for Skip City International D-Cinema Festival 2017. Auditions are being held for funding to study abroad. Dancer Kaho (Hattori Saika) doesn't feel right about do...
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Girl’s play (2017)
- Director
- TAKANO Mai
- Cast
- FUKUHARA Haruka, TAMASHIRO Tina, YAGURA Fuko
Black comedy about animosity among four high school girls. Right before the annual school festival, members of the theater club launch a brutal fight for the lead role. Film directorial debut for Takano Mai, who works for Fuji TV. Theater club diva ...
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Taiwan yori ai o komete (2017)
- Director
- MIHARA Keigo
- Cast
- ONO Takuro, OCHIAI Motoki, OKAMOTO Natsumi
Coming-of-age road movie set in Taiwan. Two guys troubled by their lives go on a trip to visit a place filled with memories. Commercial feature film debut for Mihara Keigo, who is also an idol and YouTuber primarily in Taiwan. Yusuke (Ono Takuro) a...
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Baketsu to boku (2017)
- Director
- ISHIDA Kazuhiko
- Cast
- Hiroki, TOKUNAGA Yuki, OKAMOTO Rei
Buddy film based on Kitajima Yukinori's novel 'Bucket.' Depicts the friendship between the shy protagonist and a boy with slight mental disability. Kamijima (Hiroki) gets a job at a foster care facility and meets a 15-year-old boy called 'Bucket' (...
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Life Goes On (2017)
- Director
- YOON Mia
- Cast
Documentary shedding light on the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The camera focuses on Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima Prefectures six years after the 2011 disaster to depict ordinary people who grope their way forward, including a couple...
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Tamayura (2017)
- Director
- TSUCHIDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- KUBO Haruka, OKABE Nao, TATSUMI Aoi
Medical drama based on a true story. Highlights problems in Japan's medical system through the eyes of a rookie hospital administrative assistant. Directorial debut for Tsuchida Hirokazu, an orthopedic surgeon. Former flight attendant Kazuyo (Kubo H...
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N.Y. Maxman (2017)
- Director
- MASUDA Akihide
- Cast
- INABA Yu, YAMAYA Kasumi, CHIBA Yudai
Third film in the comedy hero action series. The third hero with paranormal abilities unites with his two predecessors to fight the ultimate enemy. Brings together numerous special effects veterans including director Masuda Akihide. New York-based M...
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Nine (2017)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Jiro
- Cast
- ICHIKI Rena, MARUYAMA Atsushi, MAEDA Akira
Tsutsumi Yasuyuki's identically titled play is reimagined for this adolescent drama. Turning the male protagonist a female, it comically portrays an obscure actress trying her hand at boxing. In the starring role is former member of idol group Nogiza...
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The Red Comet Club (2017)
- Director
- TAKEI Yuri
- Cast
- HABA Chihiro, TESHIMA Miyu, SAKURAI Yasuyuki
Promising new director Takei Yuri directs this ensemble teen sci-fi drama about adolescent boys and girls becoming fascinated by a star. The film won the Gemstone Award and the Cinema Fan Award at the PFF Award 2017. A red comet observable only once...
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NEW CINEMA KABUKI 『Yotsuya Kaidan』 (2017)
- Director
- KUSHIDA Kazuyoshi
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Shido, NAKAMURA Kankuro, NAKAMURA Shichinosuke
Twenty-eighth Cinema Kabuki digital theatrical screening of kabuki shot with HD cameras. Classic kabuki repertoire performed with a modern twist by Cocoon Kabuki is turned into film while preserving the immediacy of a playhouse. Iemon (Nakamura Shid...
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"CHOU"KOWAIHANASHI (2017)
- Director
- CHIBA Seiji
- Cast
- OGINO Karin, SHIDA Yumi, Kyoka
Alien vs. Ninja director, Chiba Seiji, resumes directorial and screenplay duties in this follow-up to Chou Kowaihanashi Comprised of four episodes, each stars current and former members of the idol group Yumemiru Adolescence. "Creak" is an encounter ...
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VAMPIRE CLAY (2017)
- Director
- UMEZAWA Soichi
- Cast
- TAKEDA Anna, SUGIMOTO Momoka, FUJITA Ena
A horror film in which people are beset by cursed clay. Serving as writer, director, and editor is Umezawa Soichi who worked on a segment of the omnibus project, The ABCs of Death2. Hidaka Kaori (Takeda Anna) has transferred to a vocational school. ...
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Lemon&Letter (2017)
- Director
- UMENOKI Keiko
- Cast
- SHINADA Makoto, UJIHARA Kyoko, KINOUCHI Akiko
Self-produced drama aiming to revitalize Ogijima island in the Seto Inland Sea by conveying the island's charms. A boy and girl who relocated to the island grow up as they become high school students and worry about love and their path in life. Fift...
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Danchi Woman (2017)
- Director
- SUGIMOTO Akiko
- Cast
- UCHIKOSHI Shizu, HIRAYAMA Reiko, TERADA Keiko
A documentary by Sugimoto Akiko who shot the independent film Seaside Road Danchi Story about a public housing complex on the verge of demolition. The camera is once again turned on the same public housing apartments as new construction begins and ca...
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MABUIGUMI (2017)
- Director
- HONGO Yoshiaki
- Cast
- Jean-Pierre Zengoro, Kana Obry, TAMAKI Katsuo
Documentary based on journalist and commentator Miki Takeshi's "Kuhaku no iminshi - New Caledonia to Okinawa." Miki serves as the navigator and explores the themes of family, war and ethnic groups from multiple perspectives. On his first visit to Ne...
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”Children of the Hakkyo School Project”, Work-in-progress 2017 (2017)
- Director
- SHIOZAKI Toshiko
- Cast
Documentary about kids growing up as they attend the Korean school in Edakawa in Tokyo's Koto district. Footage covering first-graders in 2010 through graduation was edited as a work-in-progress and given a special screening at the Yamagata Internati...
