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AGAIN (2014)
- Director
- OMORI Sumio
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, Haru, WAKUI Emi
Live-action adaptation of the popular novel by Naoki Prize winner Shigematsu Kiyoshi. Depicts down-and-out adults going after the ball once again, based on the Masters Koshien baseball tournament that draws former high school baseball players. The cl...
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ITECHO (2014)
- Director
- TANAKA Yukio
- Cast
- DAIKOKUDO Miro, AZUMA Gaku, Simone FUKAYUKI
A documentary in which artists with various tendencies, including homosexuality, fetishism, body modification, and drug addiction, express themselves in striking ways. Mapping the Future, Nishinari director Tanaka Yukio reports on notable figures in ...
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THE NEXT GENERATION-PATLABOR- Chapter7 (2014)
- Director
- OSHII Mamoru
- Cast
- MANO Erina, FUKUSHI Seiji, KAKEI Toshio
The seventh in a seven-part series of completely original live-action films continuing the "Patlabor" saga, a multimedia property created in the 1980s. Oshii Mamoru returns to the director's chair to depict events following those of Patlabor 2: The M...
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MOUNT HAKKODA The worst mountaineering disaster (2014)
- Director
- MIYATA Satoshi
- Cast
- ARAI Takahito, KAWADA Seiji, SATO Yuma
A documentary about the Hakkoda Mountains disaster that claimed the lives of numerous Imperial Japanese Army soldiers on a marching expedition, which later inspired the movie Mount Hakkoda. Based on the non-fiction novel "Hakkoda Renho Fubuki no Sang...
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DASHI & SHOYU： Essence of Japan (2014)
- Director
- SHIBATA Shohei
- Cast
A documentary that examines how the people of the Japanese archipelago have interacted with nature and the wisdom they have gained from it with regard to food. It was ranked second in Kinema Junpo magazine's best ten cultural films of 2014, and the w...
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My wife's illness -Dementia with Lewy Bodies (2014)
- Director
- ISE Shinichi
- Cast
- ISHIMOTO Koichi, ISHIMOTO Yayoi, ISHIKAWA Mari
Documentary patiently following a couple's decade-long battle with dementia. Directed by Ise Shinichi, who got to know the husband, Dr. Ishimoto Koichi, during Shape the Wind. Warmly portrays the enduring affection between husband and wife and the a...
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Two Homelands, One Love -Lee Jung-Seop's wife- (2014)
- Director
- SAKAI Atsuko
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Masako, YAMAMOTO Yasunari, KIM In-Ho
A documentary about a couple's enduring love for each other, and their checkered lives at the mercy of turbulent times, namely the Pacific War and the Korean War. Memories of Taiwan director Sakai Atsuko shines a spotlight on renowned Korean painter ...
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Farmers wife - I want to meet you (2014)
- Director
- ENOMOTO Toshiro
- Cast
- MIZUTANI Kei, HAMADA Manabu, NISHIMOTO Haruka
The sixth entry in the "Love Stories" series, in which six directors explore various romantic possibilities. Mizutani Kei, who starred in the V Cinema production A Weather Woman that also gained popularity overseas, gives a delightfully humorous perf...
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Like A Fairytale (2014)
- Director
- Ū-ki Yamato
- Cast
- Shuri, OTOGIVANASHI
A coming-of-age film directed by promising newcomer Yamato Yuki (COUNT FIVE TO DREAM OF YOU). It stars talented actress Shuri, and members of the band OTOGIVANASHI also appear and provide music. Young viewers in Tokyo were highly supportive of the mo...
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Fruit of love (2014)
- Director
- KANEDA Satoshi
- Cast
- KAMON Yoko, KAWAI Ryunosuke, YOSHIOKA Mutsuo
The fifth entry in the "Love Stories" series, in which six directors explore various romantic possibilities. Farmer's wife:35 years old, her skirt flutters in the wind director Kaneda Satoshi and star Kamon Yoko join forces once again. It delicately ...
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Taksu (2014)
- Director
- SUGINO Kiki
- Cast
- MITSUYA Yoko, SAITOH Takumi, SUGINO Kiki
The feature directorial debut of Sugino Kiki, known for her work as an actress and producer on films such as hospitalite. Set in Bali, it presents a delicate depiction of sexual love between men and women, and life and death. Winner of a Rising Direc...
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Leap Year Girl (2014)
- Director
- AMANO Chihiro
- Cast
- KOSAKI Emiri, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, SATO Takehirto
A film from the third Enbu Seminar Cinema Project. This fantasy depicts the wavering emotions of an unsuccessful actress tormented by pride and anxiety who comes face to face with her past self. Its director is Amano Chihiro (Hokago Rosuto). Emi (Ko...
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END-end? (2014)
- Director
- SASAKI Tomonori
- Cast
- SASANO Suzune, KAGEYAMA Yuko, ONO Marie
A film from the third Enbu Seminar Cinema Project. It depicts the despair and hope felt by three pairs of people of different ages, genders, and backgrounds who experience a sudden tragedy. Its writer and director is Sasaki Tomonori, whose previous w...
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Dawn (2014)
- Director
- KAWAMURA Kiyoto
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rina, KASAJIMA Tomo, MURAKI Yu
A film from the third Enbu Seminar Cinema Project. It depicts the inconceivable fate of a woman and the mistress of her late husband. Takeda Rina of {The Tale of Iya} and {Attack on Titan} fame gives a fine performance as a girl who holds the key to ...
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Koi no prototype (2014)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Kimihiko
- Cast
- SAKURAI Takuya, HOSHIZAKI Yuna, ABE Shunya
Forty-first film in the "Youth-H" series that delivers personal films about sexuality. A guy into dating simulation games finds himself at the mercy of unrequited love in real life. Direction and script by Nakamura Kimihiko, who also works as an acto...
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gekisha! Kajirena netsuaichu (2014)
- Director
- YASUKAWA Yuka
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Aimi, ARAI Hideyuki, KIGUCHI Kenta
Thirty-eighth instillation in the "Youth-H" series that delivers boldly authorial films about youth and sexuality. Cynical and comical take on a washed-up actress who makes an unusual comeback. Has-been actress Kajinami Rena (Nakamura Aimi) gets a s...
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Reveries (2014)
- Director
- MATSUI Issei
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Yukichi, WATANABE Naoko, SAITO Ayumu
Fantastical drama depicting the process of a youth living in his own world as he gets lost in a different world. The protagonist's despairing mental state is expressed through carefully calculated changes in the production design, wardrobe and colors...
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A Light in the Distance (2014)
- Director
- TSURUOKA Keiko
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Mariko, SHIMIZU Naoya, TAKESHITA Kaori
Young director Tsuruoka Keiko, whose directorial debut The Town of Whales was screened at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival 2013, shot this mystery in her hometown of Ueda in Nagano Prefecture. She garnered attention for her bold direction ...
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Misty (2014)
- Director
- MASUI Daichi
- Cast
- KAN Yuki, TAKEKO Aya, SHINOHARA Yukiko
Suspense film depicting the anguish of a couple whose child has been kidnapped, interweaving supernatural themes like necromancy, unexplained disappearances, and overwhelmingly deep mist. Directed by Masui Daichi, who helmed Ibara no bara in the omni...
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RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW (2014)
- Director
- ICHIMI Masataka
- Cast
- YANAGI Shuntaro, KAMEYAMA Akira, OKUNO Eita
Coming-of-age action drama about a young man on the run who gets entangled in a crime committed by an old friend. Features a colorful cast of characters and various Yokohama sites from tourist spots to back alleys. Directed by Ichimi Masataka, who ha...
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Hold Your Breath Like a Lover (2014)
- Director
- IGARASHI Kohei
- Cast
- TANIGUCHI Ran, INABA Yusuke, MINE Goichi
Drama directed by Igarashi Kohei, who earned acclaimed while still a student at Tokyo Zokei University. The tenuous bonds among workers at a garbage incineration plant site come into relief when a dog gets lost at the facility. Nominated for the Film...
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Kyoto Elegy (2014)
- Director
- SUGINO Kiki
- Cast
- MIURA Takahiro, SUGINO Kiki, TOKUNAGA Eri
Directorial debut for Sugino Kiki, who won the Rising Director Award for Taksu at the 19th Busan International Film Festival. Depicts the bizarre cohabitation of a lonely guy and a woman harboring a secret. Screened in the Asian Future section at the...
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Fragile (2014)
- Director
- OTA Shingo
- Cast
- OTA Shingo, MOTOYAMA Dai, Shingo☆Nishinari
The first feature-length work of fiction from director Ota Shingo, whose previous film The End of the Special Time We Were Allowed received praise both in Japan and abroad. It uses a documentary-style approach to depict young people in the Nishinari ...
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August in Tokyo (2014)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Eriko, OKITO Takashi, NAKAMURA Asaka
Cross-generational drama about the affections shared by a father and daughter, and brother and sister. Directed by Nakagawa Ryutaro, one of the leading young up-and-coming filmmakers in Japan and an established poet. Screened in Japanese Cinema Splas...
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Bird Time (2014)
- Director
- IMAI TOMOKI
- Cast
- IMAI Teruo, SATO Fumio, NIWA Hiroshi
A documentary exploring the ecology of migratory birds that fly to the Tono region of Gifu Prefecture. Director Imai Tomoki is told by his grandfather Teruo that the sky in his hometown was once filled with a massive flock of migratory birds. At that...
