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The Road Home (2017)
- Director
- OURA Miran
- Cast
Oura Miran was a university student when she shot this documentary about her family in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The Oura family are forced to leave their hometown of Namie because of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster....
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Tremorings of Hope (2017)
- Director
- AGATSUMA Kazuki
- Cast
Depicts the aftermath to disaster as a sequel to The People Living in Hadenya, which followed daily life in the Hadenya fishing village in Miyagi Prefecture's Sanriku Town during the three years prior to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Depicts the...
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Home Away From Home (2017)
- Director
- MAKABE Yukinori
- Cast
- James Jirayu, ABE Junko, Hershel Peppers
Work in the Tokyo Cine-magic project that creates short films about Tokyo, produced by Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. Directed by Makabe Yukinori of I Am a Monk. A taxi driver, young girl and backer packer travel through fantastical Tokyo that i...
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The Night I Swam (2017)
- Director
- IGARASHI Kohei, Damien MANIVEL
- Cast
- KOGAWA Takara, KOGAWA Keiki, KOGAWA Chisato
A Japan-France jointly produced film co-directed by Igarashi Kohei of Hold Your Breath Like a Lover and Damien Manivel of A Young Poet. It was screened at the 74th Venice International Film Festival. Just before the break of dawn in a small town nes...
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GHOST SQUAD (2017)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- MIKADO Minori, HON Yuni, UENO Sumire
A quirky horror film depicting the escapades of the ghost revenge group, "Ghost Squad", by the gifted director of The Machine Girl, Iguchi Noboru. Rika (Yanagi Anna) is a young girl thinking of committing suicide who is possessed by the ghosts of th...
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Sennan Asbestos Disaster (2017)
- Director
- HARA Kazuo
- Cast
A documentary in which Hara Kazuo, director of The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, covers the eight-year-long court proceedings of a lawsuit against the national government demanding restitutions for wrongful injury from asbestos in the Sennen disct...
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Misojionna wa romantic na yume o miruka? (2017)
- Director
- YAMAGISHI Kentaro
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rina, KUBOTA Yuki, SASO Yuki
A road movie depicting a woman who goes on the run with the band of robbers who kidnapped her. It is written and directed by Yamagishi Kentaro, whose short film Tokyo Mukokuseki Shojo was adapted to a feature length film by Oshii Mamoru. Nana (Taked...
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our blue moment (2017)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- FUKAGAWA Mai, YAMASHITA Kenjiro
Using "marriage" as a theme, this romantic ensemble crisscrosses comical human relationships. Imaizumi Rikiya of Sad Tea writes and directs. Bakery employee Ichii Fumi (Fukagawa Mai) holds a peculiar outlook on marriage: "I doubt anyone would love m...
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Occult Bolshevism (2017)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Hiroshi
- Cast
- KAN Hanae, TOMOYAMA Yuki, CHOSOKABE Yoko
Takahashi Hiroshi, screenwriter on the Ring and Don't Look Up, directs this horror film depicting a spiritual experiment involving people who are drawn to death. Ever since she vanished mysteriously when she was a child, Yukiko (Kan Hanae) has been ...
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RAMEN HEADS (2017)
- Director
- SHIGENO Koki
- Cast
- TOMITA Osamu, IIDA Shota, ONISHI Yuki
This documentary gives an intimate look at enthusiastic fans of ramen and the chefs who make it. Over a 15 month long shoot, Chukasoba Tomita proprietor Tomita Osamu and his customers are interviewed revealing the history of ramen's evolution while a...
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Cinema fighters (2017)
- Director
- KAWASE Naomi, A.T., HAGIWARA Kentaro
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki, ISHII Anna, AKIRA
The first collection of films from a collaborative project from international short films festival, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. The short films are screen dramatizations inspired by the hit songs of group EXILE TRIBE. The six works are compris...
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Colors of Wind (2017)
- Director
- KWAK Jae-Yong
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Yuki, FUJII Takemi, TAKENAKA Naoto
Set in Shiretoko, Hokkaido and Tokyo, this mysterious drama depicts two couples who have surpassed space-time. In the director's chair is Kwak Jae-Yong of My Sassy Girl and Cyborg, She. Ryo (Furukawa Yuki) is at the pit of despair after the death of...
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KAGURA Troupe on the beat (2017)
- Director
- ENDO Kano, OSAWA Mirai
- Cast
- Kuromori Kagura Hozonkai
The Kuromori Kagura which has continued to this day on the Sanriku coast of Iwate Prefecture is the focus of this documentary. It captures both the kagura troupe who for over 340 years have continued performing the ritual dance at home after home no ...
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Meeting Pinkerton (2017)
- Director
- SAKASHITA Yuichiro
- Cast
- UCHIDA Chika, MATSUMOTO Wakana, TAMURA Kentaro
Fifth work in the original film project from Shochiku Broadcasting, which has also come out with Ecotherapy Getaway Holiday and Three Stories of Love. Depicts the struggles of women who were once pop stars and reunite after their breakup twenty years...
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Our House (2017)
- Director
- KIYOHARA Yui
- Cast
- KAWANISHI Nodoka, YASUNO Yukiko, OSAWA Mariwo
In this thriller, two different storylines about a girl who has lost her father and a woman who loses her memory intersect in the same house. Kiyohara Yui made this graduation film at Tokyo University of the Art's graduate school with mentorship from...
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Roupeiro's Melancholy (2017)
- Director
- KAJIYA Akihito
- Cast
- SHIRAISHI Shunya, MIZUKAWA Asami, NAGAI Masaru
Film about sports based on Inoue Naoto's novel by the same title. Depicts the struggles of a professional soccer team from the perspective of someone toiling behind the scenes. Stars Shiraishi Shunya from {Tokyo Ghoul}. Sakagami Eisaku (Shiraishi) i...
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GARO GOD'S FANG (2017)
- Director
- AMEMIYA Keita
- Cast
- KURIYAMA Wataru, IKEDA Junya, AOKI Tsunenori
The three demon knights from the TV and film SFX action series "Garo" assemble for this film written and directed by Amemiya Keita, the creator of the series. Gold Knight Dougai Ryuga (Kuriyama Wataru) has overcome many fierce battles and has furthe...
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Eiga Senko issenri (2017)
- Director
- MUKOYAMA Masahiro
- Cast
- Subenja PONGKORN, TOMITA Katsuya, AIZAWA Toranosuke
A making-of documentary about BANGKOK NITES, the film written and directed by Tomita Katsuya of the production team Kuzoku, put together from over 100 hours of behind-the-scenes footage of the filming. Mukoyama Masahiro, a member of the cinematograph...
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Borderline (2017)
- Director
- WATANABE Takeshi
- Cast
- FUJITA Ray, ARAI Atsushi, SOEJIMA Jun
Car action film that shares the same story universe with "Gachiban" and "Yamikin Dogs" and features characters from both series. Directed by Watanabe Takeshi of Neko Ninja. Ex-hoodlum Azuma Aberu (Fujita Ray) works at a car factory and has a side gi...
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Please don't go anywhere (2017)
- Director
- SHUTO Rin
- Cast
- IKEDA Natsumi, SUGAMOTO Yuko, KASAI Yusuke
Up-and-coming director Shuto Rin's film which won the runner-up prize at MOOSIC LAB 2017, a stepping stone for young film directors. The story depicts a very normal high school girl aimlessly running off with the girl spawned by her jealousy. Akino...
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LOVE AND WOLBACHIA (2017)
- Director
- ONO Sayaka
- Cast
- Ouji, Ayu, Jurian
Having made her debut with the autobiographical documentary The Duckling, Ono Sayaka directs, shoots, and edits this documentary focusing on Japan's sexual minorities. After a man starts to wear women's clothing simply hoping to be stylish, he finds...
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Nigeta sakana wa oyoideru (2017)
- Director
- MORI Yasunori
- Cast
- SOMEYA Toshiyuki, AKAZAWA Tomoru, HIROSE Tomoki
This is the final chapter in the series depicting the roadtrip of loser men that includes Kani wo Taberu, Hitsuji wo Kazoeru, Tenbin wo Yurasu. Set in Taiwan, an incident-filled journey unfolds for three men. Mori Yasutaka writes and directs, as he h...
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BELOVED NORA (2017)
- Director
- TAJIRI Yuji
- Cast
- MIZUSAWA Shingo, OSHIMA Hako, MORIYA Fumio
Inspired by novelist Uchida Hyakken's 'Noraya', this drama depicts the connection between cats and humans. Veteran director, Tajiri Yuji of Broken Pieces helms. Tsukumo Sakumi (Mizusawa Shingo) is an undistinguished screenwriter who discovers a stra...
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YOCHO (FOREBODING） (2017)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- Kaho, SOMETANI Shota, HIGASHIDE Masahiro
Companion piece to Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Before We Vanish, which was an official selection for the 70th Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard section. Etsuko's (Kaho) colleague Miyuki (Kishii Yukino) reveals that her house is haunted. Etsuko is worr...
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Yellow Guitar (I think It’s time for me to quit music) (2017)
- Director
- ONO Shinichi
- Cast
- Dynamite☆Naoki, HATAZAKI Sachiko, SUEHIRO Kazuhiro
A man dreaming of becoming a professional musician is exposed to harsh realities in this drama directed by first-time director Ono Shinichi. Kenichi (Dynamite?Naoki), an aspiring musician, has kept up a low-key music career. Now in his 40s without h...
