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Yamikin dogs 5 (2016)
- Director
- MOTOKI Takashi
- Cast
- AOKI Tsunenori, SUGAWARA Daikichi, MITANI Kazue
Set in a violence and lust stained underworld, this is the fifth chapter in the "Yamikin Dogs" series which depicts various people flocking to money. Motoki Takashi continues on as director from the previous chapter. Sudo Tsukasa (Aoki Tsunenori) wo...
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GARAGE ROCKIN' CRAZE (2016)
- Director
- Mario Cuzic
- Cast
- The 5.6.7.8's, 20 Hits, Theee Bat
A documentary chronicling the event known as "Back From The Grave" which started in the latter half of the 1980s and continues to this day. Croatian director, Mario Cuzic, who became enamored by the event, closely examines its history and appeal. "B...
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Yamikin dogs 4 (2016)
- Director
- MOTOKI Takashi
- Cast
- YAMADA Yuki, MASU Takeshi, TAKAHASHI Yu
Set in the world of black market loans, this is the fourth chapter of the "Yamikin Dogs" series which depicts the essence of human beings living in the underworld. In the director's chair is Motoki Takashi who was involved with the "Gachi-Ban" series...
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RANMARU: THE MAN WITH THE GOD TONGUE (2016)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- MUKAI Osamu, KIMURA Fumino, SATO Jiro
The theatrical edition of a television series depicting the exploits of its protagonist who, analyzing every component of anything he tastes with his tongue, solves a variety of cases. Tsutsumi Yukihiko, known for his comedic style on the "Trick" ser...
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Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days’ Time (2016)
- Director
- KISHI Seiji
- Cast
- FUKUYAMA Jun, FUCHIGAMI Mai, OKAMOTO Nobuhiko
Feature film adaptation that combines the TV animation series based on Matsui Yusei's popular comic with brand-new scenes. Depicts the unusual relationship between the worst students at school and the mysterious creature assigned as their teacher. Di...
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Remini sentexia (2016)
- Director
- INOUE Masaki
- Cast
- Alexander Tsirkov, INOUE Mirena, Julia Asadova
Dealing with the theme of "memories", this science fiction film depicts people struggling with memories they want to forget and those they want to remember. Director Inoue Masaki makes his feature-length debut with this independent film he made in Ru...
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Cinema hawaiians (2016)
- Director
- SUGIYAMA Taro, TOSHIKURA Akira
- Cast
- Moana Rie, Roselani Sachie, Makalea Mai
Documentary about the dance group at Spa Resort Hawaiians, one of Japan's premiere spa resort facilities, located in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture. The dancers throw themselves into rehearsals for a special show in celebration of the resort's foun...
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Cinderella game (2016)
- Director
- KANO Hayato
- Cast
- YAMAYA Kasumi, SURUGA Taro, YOSHIDA Miku
Thriller about the fate of idols who get abducted by a mysterious figure and are forced to participate in a life-or-death card battle. Directed by Kano Hayato, who grabbed the spotlight with The Boy Who Has Lifeless Eyes. After Haitani Sana's (Yamay...
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Blossoming Into A Family (2016)
- Director
- HAYASHI Hiroki
- Cast
- SATO Hitomi, NAKANISHI Miho, MIYAZAKI Yoshiko
Drama about a family on the eve of the eldest daughter's wedding, when memories of their deceased father bring home the intensity of their familial bonds. Directed by Hayashi Hiroki, who has served as assistant director for Kitano Takeshi and Kurosaw...
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BANGKOK NITES (2016)
- Director
- TOMITA Katsuya
- Cast
- Subenja PONGKORN, TOMITA Katsuya, KAWASE Yohta
A road movie set in Thailand depicting a Thai prostitute working in the red light district of Bangkok running away with a former Japanese Self-Defense Force serviceman. At the helm is director Tomita Katsuya, who became the focus of attention with Sa...
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Dyurarara!!×2 Ketsu Gaiden!? Dai19.5wa dyufufufu!! (2016)
- Director
- OMORI Takahiro
- Cast
- SAWASHIRO Miyuki, KAMIYA Hiroshi, ONO Daisuke
Third original-video-animation side story to the TV anime series based on Narita Ryogo's light novel. A cocky roughneck from Numabukuro heads for Ikebukuro to impersonate the baddest guy in town. Director Omori Takahiro also helmed the TV anime serie...
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Resistance: The Old Writer Hayashi Eidai (2016)
- Director
- NISHIJIMA Shinji
- Cast
- HAYASHI Eidai, KANZAKI Azusa, KURACHI Mitsuko
Documentary about the documentary filmmaker Hayashi Eidai, who has covered Korean forced laborers and wartime tragedies from his base in Chikuho in Fukuoka Prefecture. Directed by Nishijima Shinji, who has been making documentaries about war. Hayash...
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Learning at a Correspondence Course Junior High School After 60 Years (2016)
- Director
- OTA Naoko
- Cast
Documentary about elderly people who couldn't finish junior high school after the war taking classes for correspondence school. Director Ota Naoko earned acclaim for Tsukiakari no shita de Aru teijisei koko no kioku. Kanda Hitotsubashi Junior High S...
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TSUTAKANTOKU (2016)
- Director
- TSUTA Tetsuichiro
- Cast
- TSUTA Fumiya, TSUTA Kimiko, HATAKEYAMA Hitoshi
Documentary about the famed high school baseball coach Tsuta Fumiya. Commentary from his contemporaries reveal the true persona of Tsuta, who led a prefectural high school baseball team in Tokushima to over ten appearances and three victories at the ...
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POP IN Q (2016)
- Director
- MIYAHARA Naoki
- Cast
- SETO Asami, IZAWA Shiori, TANEZAKI Atsumi
Young girls stand up to face a global crisis in this fantasy anime commemorating the 60th anniversary of Toei Animation. Miyahara Naoki, who has worked on the "Pretty Cure" series among others, directs. Third year middle-schooler, Isumi (voice: Set...
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THE RED TURTLE (2016)
- Director
- Michael DUDOK DE WIT
- Cast
THE RED TURTLE is the first animated feature film coproduced by Studio Ghibli with an overseas studio. Michael Dudok de Wit, whose FATHER AND DAUGHTER won the Best Animated Short Film at the 73rd Academy Awards, directs this tale depicting the life ...
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RE:BORN リボーン (2016)
- Director
- SHIMOMURA Yuji
- Cast
- TAK∴, SAITOH Takumi, SHINODA Mariko
Action film about fate catching up with a man who once belonged to the top special forces squad. Helmed by Shimomura Yuji, who is also an action director and stunt coordinator. Kuroda Toshio (TAK) lives quietly raising young Sachi (Kondo Yura) and w...
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Aroused by Gymnopedies (2016)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- ITAO Itsuji, ASHINA Sumire, OKAMURA Izumi
Yukisada Isao, known for GO and Crying Out Love, In The Center Of The World, directs this film commemorating the 45th anniversary of Nikkatsu Roman Porno. With heartbreaking drama and striking imagery as his strengths, Yukisada richly portrays a film...
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White Lily (2016)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- ASUKA Rin, YAMAGUCHI Kaori, MACHII Shoma
In this film commemorating the forty-fifth anniversary of Nikkatsu Roman Porno, Nakata Hideo, the Ring director highly known as a leading figure in Japanese horror, tries his hand at a drama interweaving the innocent love of lesbian women. Haruka (A...
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ANTIPORNO (2016)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- TOMITE Ami, TSUTSUI Mariko, FUJIKO
Sono Sion, who shows his forte for radical portrayals in films such as Love Exposure and Cold Fish among others, takes on his first roman porno in this Nikkatsu Roman Porno 45th anniversary commemorative film. Somewhere between fiction and reality, a...
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Dawn of the Felines (2016)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- IHATA Juri, MAUE Satsuki, Michie
Garnering attention with THE DEVIL'S PATH, Shiraishi Kazuya directs an ensemble cast in a story poignantly, yet at times amusingly, portraying women who exist in Tokyo's nightlife. One of the films commemorating the forty-fifth anniversary of Nikkats...
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Wet Woman in the Wind (2016)
- Director
- SHIOTA Akihiko
- Cast
- MAMIYA Yuki, NAGAOKA Tasuku, TEI Ryushin
A romantic drama wittily depicting a man and a woman who go through life obeying their instincts. DORORO director Shiota Akihiko helms this film commemorating the forty-fifth anniversary of Nikkatsu Roman Porno. It won a Junior Jury Award at the 69th...
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In This Corner of the World (2016)
- Director
- KATABUCHI Sunao
- Cast
- Non, HOSOYA Yoshimasa, OMI Minori
Mai Mai Miracle director, Katabuchi Sunao, adapts Kouno Fumiyo's comic to an animated feature film. It depicts a young girl who married into a family in Hiroshima during the war resolutely living amid the escalating intensity of wartime destruction. ...
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The City of Betrayal (2016)
- Director
- MIURA Daisuke
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, TERAJIMA Shinobu, HIRATA Mitsuru
Playwright and theater director Miura Daisuke, who has also earned acclaim as a film director for Ai no uzu and Someone, adapts his own play as a film drama. Sugawara Yuichi (Ikematsu Sosuke) is a job-hopping slacker who freeloads off his live-in gi...
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Katana –Respecting tradition, creating something new- (2016)
- Director
- SATO Toshihiro
- Cast
- YOSHIHARA Yoshikazu, YOSHIHARA Yoshindo, NAKAJIMA Yoshio
Documentary shot in 4K resolution that follows the creation of a Japanese sword from start to finish. Japanese swords are mesmerizing works of art, and this documentary shows the master sword maker, sword polisher, and sword mount craftsman as they b...
