Movies
173 Results
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ASHURA (2005)
- Director
- TAKITA Yojiro
- Cast
- ICHIKAWA Somegoro, MIYAZAWA Rie, HIGUCHI Kanako
Towards the end of the Edo period (in the middle of the 19th century), the city of Edo is plagued with "Demons" who assume human form, devour people, and are bent on the destruction of the human world. A secret society of ruthless martial arts expert...
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MILKWOMAN, THE (2005)
- Director
- OGATA Akira
- Cast
- TANAKA Yuko, KISHIBE Ittoku, NISHINA Akiko
Minako (Tanaka Yuko) is an unmarried, fifty year old woman who leads a quiet life, working at the check-out counter in the supermarket and delivering milk to local residents. At night, she finds solace in novels, her only escape from her dreary, dail...
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ALL ABOUT MY DOG (2005)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin, KURODA Yoshio, NEZU Tetsuhisa
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Shido, ITO Misaki, MIYAZAKI Aoi
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Ubume (2005)
- Director
- JISSOJI Akio
- Cast
- TSUTSUMI Shinichi, NAGASE Masatoshi, ABE Hiroshi
In Tokyo in the 1950s, weird rumors circulate about the Kuonji clinic. According to the rumors, Kyoko (Harada Tomoyo), the daughter of the chief obstetrician has been pregnant for 20 months and her husband, Makio, has mysteriously disappeared. Sekigu...
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HOUSE OF BUGS (2005)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, OGAWA Tamaki
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Buried Forest, The (2005)
- Director
- OGURI Kohei
- Cast
- Karen, TOSAKA Hiromitsu, ASANO Tadanobu
Machi (Karen), a high school girl lives in a small village in the mountains. One day, she and her friends start a kind of storytelling game. They begin with the sentence "A pet shop in town bought a camel..." and spin fairy-tale yarns. Every adult li...
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Japan's Peace Constitution (2005)
- Director
- John JUNKERMAN
- Cast
- John DOWER, HIDAKA Rokuro, Noam CHOMSKY
The Japanese Constitution, known as the Peace Constitution, has been the subject of heated discussion since the Self Defense Forces were dispatched to Iraq. This documentary examines the Japanese Constitution in the international context. Focusing on...
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ALWAYS-Sunset on Third Street- (2005)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Hidetaka, TSUTSUMI Shinichi, Koyuki
Set in a working class district of Tokyo in 1958, the year when Tokyo Tower was built. Norifumi (Tsutsumi Shinichi) runs a garage in Yuuhi-machi 3-chome. A woman named Mutsuko comes to the garage to work, but she is disappointed to find that it is su...
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YAMATO (2005)
- Director
- SATO Junya
- Cast
- SORIMACHI Takashi, NAKAMURA Shido, NAKADAI Tatsuya
A young woman (Suzuki Kyoka) turns up at the house of an old fisherman named Kamio (Nakadai Tatsuya). She is the daughter of Lieutenant Uchida (Nakamura Shidou) who served on the legendary Battleship Yamato with Kamio during the Second World War. She...
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OTOKOMAE (2005)
- Director
- ICHIKAWA Toru
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Syu, KUNIHIRO Tomiyuki, MIKI Ryosuke
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UNDER THE SAME MOON (2005)
- Director
- FUKASAKU Kenta
- Cast
- KUBOZUKA Yosuke, KUROKI Meisa, Edison CHEN
Tetsuya (Kubozuka Yosuke) becomes a doctor to cure his childhood sweetheart, Emi (Kuroki Meisa), of heart disease. Just before they get married, Tetsuya hears that a childhood friend, Don (Edison Chen) has escaped from prison. Don was imprisoned for ...
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Princess Raccoon (2005)
- Director
- SUZUKI Seijun
- Cast
- ZHANG Ziyi, ODAGIRI Joe, YAKUSHIMARU Hiroko
Director Suzuki Seijun was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 58th Venice International Film Festival. The Lord of Garasa Castle, Azuchi Momoyama (Hira Mikijiro), becomes depressed when he hears a prophecy that his son, Amechiyo...
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CANARY (2005)
- Director
- SHIOTA Akihiko
- Cast
- ISHIDA Hoshi, TANIMURA Mitsuki, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi
Shiota Akihiko, the director of Yomigaeri (Resurrection), inspired by the Aum cult, portrays the lives of the young victims of a fictional cult. Koichi (Ishida Houshi), lives with his mother and sister in a cult, but after the cult is involved in a ...
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TURTLES ARE SURPRISINGLY FAST SWIMMERS (2005)
- Director
- MIKI Satoshi
- Cast
- UENO Juri, AOI Yu, IWAMATSU Ryo
Bored housewife Suzume (Ueno Juri) leads a very mundane life. Her husband has been transferred to work in another city, leaving Suzume on her own. The most demanding job of the day is feeding her husband's beloved pet turtle. Suzume is getting fed up...
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Hanging Garden (2005)
- Director
- TOYODA Toshiaki
- Cast
- KOIZUMI Kyoko, SUZUKI Anne, ITAO Itsuji
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Kakuta Mitsuyo and directed by Toyoda Toshiaki (Aoi Haru - Blue Spring). Eriko (Koizumi Kyoko) lives with her family in what used to be a thriving, modern, suburban residential area, but which has ...
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CRAYON SHIN-CHAN: Densetsu wo yobu Buri-Buri 3pun Pokkiri Daishingeki (2005)
- Director
- MUTO Yuji
- Cast
- YAJIMA Akiko, NARAHASHI Miki, FUJIWARA Keiji
The 13th feature length version of the hugely popular cartoon series 'Crayon Shin-chan' which depicts the cute, surreal and comical world of kindergarten kid Nohara Shin-nosuke. Time-and-space researcher Miraiman (Future Man) suddenly disrupts the p...
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Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko
- Cast
- OTANI Ikue, INUYAMA Inuko, HAYASHIBARA Megumi
Satoshi and his friends visit the town of Rota, which still celebrates the "Legend of Aura". The town is holding a festival in honor of "Aaron, the Aura Guardian" who used the power of the "Tree of Beginning" to stop a war several million years ago. ...
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GO! GO! Haiku Girl! (2005)
- Director
- OGIGAMI Naoko
- Cast
- SEKI Megumi, TAKAOKA Saki, EMOTO Akira
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NEGOTIATOR (2005)
- Director
- MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki
- Cast
- Yusuke SANTAMARIA, TERAJIMA Susumu, KOIZUMI Kotaro
The first spin-off from the mega-hit TV series and movie Odoru Daisousasen (Bayside Shakedown). A prototype high speed train is highjacked in the Tokyo subway on Christmas Eve. The terrorists request special negotiator, Mashita (Yusuke Santamaria) a...
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GOGGLES (2005)
- Director
- SAKURAI Tsuyoshi
- Cast
- TAMOTO Soran, NOHARA Rumi, RIJU Go
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Heartful of Love, A (2005)
- Director
- SHIOTA Akihiko
- Cast
- ITO Hideaki, Mimula
Based on one section of the novel 'Cronos Jounter no Densetsu' by Kajio Shinji whose 'Yomigaeri (Resurrection)' was also brought to the screen by the same director, Shiota Akihiko. On a business trip to the small southern town of Moji where he spent...
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CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL (2005)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Yudai
- Cast
- SUGA Takamasa, KOGA Mitsuki, YAMAMOTO Hiroshi
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Summer Time Machine Blues (2005)
- Director
- MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki
- Cast
- Eita, UENO Juri, MAKI Yoko
It's the middle of the summer holidays and Komoto (Eita) from the University Science Fiction Research Club is wasting his time playing baseball instead of getting down to the serious business of studying Science Fiction. Another distraction is provid...
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DEAD RUN (2005)
- Director
- SABU
- Cast
- TEGOSHI Yuya, KAN Hanae, NAKATANI Miki
Shigematsu Kiyoshi's dramatic account of an adolescent boy's life is brought to the screen by director SABU (Dangan Runner and Kofuku no Kane - The Blessing Bell). On an area of reclaimed land there are two distinct areas: the "Islands" and the "Lan...
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SHINOBI (2005)
- Director
- SHIMOYAMA Ten
- Cast
- NAKAMA Yukie, ODAGIRI Joe, SHIINA Kippei
