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Japan in contamination (2009)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Kenji
- Cast
- SUDO Kentaro, MIWA Hitomi, TAKENAKA Naoto
This is a parody of the film PANDEMIC (Kansen retto), directed by Murakami Kenji, the unusually talented filmmaker who has created a documentary and drama at the same has been highly praised at international film festivals. In this film, the General,...
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GROTESQUE (2009)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Tsugumi, KAWATSURE Hiroaki, OSAKO Shigeo
Fake documentary style horror films, such as Noroi: The Curse (Noroi), have been garnering a lot of attention, and director Shiraishi Koji, who has helped created countless horror films, has focused his energies into creating a truly shocking horror ...
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Tokyo Gore School (2009)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yohei
- Cast
- YAMADA Yusuke, MIZUSAWA Nako, SHIRAISHI Shunya
A film version of the original story which won the Dainikai keitai hora shosetsu taisho (*2nd Mobile Phone Horror Novel Award), it features an ensemble performance of young actors who have recently been seen starring in special effects-based TV serie...
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Woman-Killer in Oil Hell (2009)
- Director
- SAKAGAMI Shinobu
- Cast
- FUJIKAWA Nozomi, YAMADA Kinuo, YASUDA Shingo
Starting with director Gosha Hideo's version in 1992, the puppet theater of Chikamatsu Monzaemon has been made into a film on countless occasions. The actor Sakagami Shinobu wrote and directed this version. This new interpretation focuses on a woman ...
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Space Monster DEMEKING (2009)
- Director
- TERAUCHI Kotaro
- Cast
- NADAGI Takeshi, HONJO Manami, Guts ISHIMATSU
The film version of the cult, hugely popular "DEMEKING" comic by manga artist Imashiro Takashi, who joined as a script writer for the film. Nadagi Takeshi (The Plan 9), a comedian who has also been highly praised for his acting abilities, gives a str...
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Breaking the Silence (2009)
- Director
- DOI Toshikuni
- Cast
- Yehuda SHAUL, Avichay SHARON, Dotan GREENVALD
In the spring of 2002, the Balata refugee camp was surrounded and attacked by the Israeli army. Director Doi Toshikuni, who has reported on the Palestine-Israel conflict as a journalist for the last 20 years, provides a graphic portrait of the lives ...
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MY RAINY DAYS (2009)
- Director
- KANCHIKU Yuri
- Cast
- SASAKI Nozomi, TANIHARA Shosuke
This love romance is based on an mobile phone novel by sin, which has been accessed 13 million times. Popular model Sasaki Nozomi gives a pleasing performance as the heroine who, through meeting a man, comes to know love and the true meaning of trust...
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A White Night (2009)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Masahiro
- Cast
- MAKI Daisuke, KICHISE Michiko
A romantic drama by internationally renowned director Kobayashi Masahiro, whose works include BASHING and THE Rebirth Ai no yokan. It quietly depicts a day in the lives of a Japanese man and woman who meet and are drawn to each other in Lyon, France....
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Be Sure to Share (2009)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- AKIRA, ITO Ayumi, TAKAHASHI Keiko
This taught drama, by Love Exposure Ai no Mukidashi director Sono Shion, stars AKIRA from music group, EXILE in the leading role. Although his father is seriously ill, AKIRA has himself been sentenced to have his life curtailed even sooner. This film...
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DumBeast (2009)
- Director
- HOSONO Hideaki
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, KITAMURA Kazuki, MAKI Yoko
A film version of the stage drama by popular script writer Kudo Kankuro, who won the Kishida Kunio Drama Award in 2004. The director is Hosono Hideaki who has established works in TV commercials and music videos. It humorously depicts the tangled web...
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GUARDIAN ANGEL (2009)
- Director
- SATOH Yuichi
- Cast
- TAKEYAMA Takanori, SASAKI Kuranosuke, ATAE Shinjiro(AAA)
Winner of the second "Japan Love Story Award," this film is based on the Uemura Yu novel of the same name. A down-trodden business man decides to become a young high school girl's "guardian angel," and unwittingly causes quite a big stir. One day, Su...
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KAFOO -Waiting for happiness- (2009)
- Director
- NAKAI Yu
- Cast
- TAMAYAMA Tetsuji, Maiko, KATSUJI Ryo
Winner of the first "Japan Love Story Award," this film is based on the Harada Maha novel of the same name. A touching story about the exchange between an Okinawan man and the beautiful, but mysterious young woman who comes to visit. The young man, A...
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BLUE PACIFIC STORIES : Chamomile no Hane (2009)
- Director
- Micro
- Cast
- NARIMIYA Hiroki, ITO Ayumi, KISHIMOTO Kayoko
An omnibus film by three artists challenging creating a film showcasing their ocean derived inspirations. Former Def Tech member Micro creates a human drama based around surfing with an all-star cast including Narimiya Hiroki, Ito Ayumi and Kishimoto...
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BLUE PACIFIC STORIES : Fish Born (2009)
- Director
- TSUCHIYA Anna
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Anna
Ocean themed works directed by three artists from various music genres that challenged creating a film. Model, actress and rock singer Tsuchiya Anna takes the director's chair and joins with CG creator Iwata Naomi to portray a fantasy dealing with en...
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BLUE PACIFIC STORIES : TAKE ACTION (2009)
- Director
- ＡＩ
- Cast
- Larry BERRY aka Larry the Clown, Karin BERRY, Anwar Flii BURTON
Talented individuals from the music industry direct a collection of films with themes revolving around the ocean. In her film, R&B singer AI sets the stage for a dance film in her birthplace L.A. AI casts dance members previously featured in RIZE and...
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KONAGONA (2009)
- Director
- KANEKO Masakazu
- Cast
- KOMIYAMA Nami, MATSUOKA Ryohei
A short film project originating from a popular cell-phone game. Elements from off-color manga artist Hayami Jun's controversial 'Fukkatusai' (*Easter) have been added to this interpretation of the "Nigekirenai ai" (*Inescapable Love) game series. Cr...
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The devil’s envoy probably (2009)
- Director
- ARAGAKI Ippei
- Cast
- MURANAGA Nao, MURATA Makiko, KUROSE Kae
One of a collection of shorts set in situations from popular cell-phone games. An unexpected visitor comes to the door of an ex-office worker who has come to a life impasse and begun living a degenerate lifestyle. Directed by recording engineer Araga...
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classroom (2009)
- Director
- JUJI Toshio
- Cast
- OSADA Ryoko, NAGANO Makiko
The cell-phone game site "Dasshutsu Game@GotMail" (*Escape Game @ Got Mail) has provided a rich variety of "escape" themed games. Prompted by the game world, this is one of a short film from the collection of 11 creators' portrayals of "escape." A di...
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HoneyMoon (2009)
- Director
- ITO Hiromitsu
- Cast
- YAMAKI Mika, ISHIZAKI Chavetaro, masa
One film out of a short film project comprised of 11 filmmakers interpretations of a cell-phone game series. Based upon the "Akuma no kaseifu" (*Devil Housemaid) series, this is a drama portraying a fugitive murderess and her boyfriend. Wakako (Yamam...
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NO MERCY (2009)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Yuichiro
- Cast
- SATO Ui, SUZUKI Junpei, HOSOYA Risa
A thrilling adaptation capturing the essence of the "Shojo tanteidan" (*Girl Investigator), cell-phone game series. One girl sets forth to solve a series of kidnappings in a rural city. Directed by Yoshida Yuichiro, the creator of the first chapter i...
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LOST SONG (2009)
- Director
- OSOZUKA Katsuichi
- Cast
- bamboo, Chie KAJIURA, KANEKO Hiroshi
A short film inspired by the "Sealed Studio" featured on the cell-phone game site "Dasshutsu Game@GotMail" (*Escape Game @ Got Mail). A washed up musician gets closed in his practice studio and must find a way to escape. Directed by TV commercial dir...
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Unfinished painting (2009)
- Director
- YAMADA Hirono
- Cast
- HORIKEN., HASEGAWA Seiji, SUZUKI Mariko
One of a collection of short films expanding the world of cell-phone game. Bearing the same name as the game, this is a comical portrayal of two men's feeble attempts to exorcise ghosts from a kindergarten one night. Popular for his style of self kat...
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”No title.” (2009)
- Director
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Anna
One of a collection of short film spin-off project originating from the cell phone game site "Dasshutsu Game@GotMail" (*Escape Game @ Got Mail). 11 creators use cell-phone games as inspiration for their visual expressions, and widen the scope of the ...
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ROOKIE YEAR (2009)
- Director
- KAWAMURA Kohei
- Cast
- KAWAMURA Kohei
One of a collection of short films originating from cell phone games, created by 11 filmmakers rich in individuality. An animation set as the prequel to the "Koroshiya Junnosuke" (*Assasin Junnosuke) series, with a cynical sense of humor it portrays ...
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Neo moratorium (2009)
- Director
- OBATA Shinsuke
- Cast
- AIBA Rubi, IWASHITA Hiroshi, TAKAGI Kanoko
One of a compilation of short films derived from a popular cell phone game site. Based upon the game series "Daremo inai heya" (*The Empty Room), this draws a story of jyobutsuya, a business of letting someone rest in peace, sends wandering ghosts in...
