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areno - the wilderness (2015)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- YAMADA Maho, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, KAWAGUCHI Satoru
A melodrama based on Émile Zola's novel "Therese Raquin" that switches its setting to modern-day Japan. The directorial debut of Koshikawa Michio, producer of Our Homelandwhich won the International Confederation of Art House Cinemas (C.I.C.A.E.) Pri...
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SOSEI - Revival - (2015)
- Director
- SHIRATORI Tetsu
- Cast
- HIGA Teruo, IYAMA Ichiro, FUNASE Shunsuke
Documentary using reenactments to explore the potential of beneficial microorganisms in restoring the environment. Directed by Shiratori Tetsu of INORI Prayer: Conversation with Something Great and Fushoku no jidai: Ai to jihi no shoshoku. The docu...
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FOUJITA (2015)
- Director
- OGURI Kohei
- Cast
- ODAGIRI Joe, NAKATANI Miki, Ana Girardot
A film by Oguri Kohei, director of The Sting of Death which won the 43rd Cannes Film Festival Grand Prize of the Jury award. Odagiri Joe stars in a story covering half the lifetime of artist Fujita Tsuguharu who thrived in France. In 1913, at the ag...
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THE HYBRID (2015)
- Director
- HANO Toru, KURATANI Yoshio
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Honoka, YAMAMURA Ken, SHIBATA Kotaro
This sci-fi fantasy tells of the love-hate relationship of a couple, and the battles of Unidentified Mysterious Animal (UMA) hunters using the enigmatic "Nue," a monster from ancient Japan, as a motif. Yamamura Ken, who appeared in Hollywood's versio...
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Udagawacho de mattete yo (2015)
- Director
- YUASA Noriko
- Cast
- KUROBA Mario, YOKOTA Ryugi, AYUKAWA Momoka
Live-action adaptation of the boys' love comic by Hide Yoshiko. A high school boy falls for a classmate who likes to dress up as a girl, and then ventures into true love. Yuasa Noriko of the popular 2016 TV drama "Higanbana" makes her feature film di...
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SEVENDAYS FRIDAY→SUNDAY (2015)
- Director
- YOKOI Takeshi
- Cast
- HIROSE Tomoki, YAMADA James Takeshi, TANAKA Hinako
The live-action adaptation of the boys' love comic written by Tachibana Benio and illustrated by Takarai Rihito. This final part of a duology relates the hesitation in the hearts of two high students who become lovers but only for a week. The screenp...
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Hana's Miso Soup (2015)
- Director
- AKUNE Tomoaki
- Cast
- HIROSUE Ryoko, TAKITO Kenichi, HITOTO Yo
Pecoross' Mother and Her Days screenwriter, Akune Tomoaki, writes and directs this film adaptation of the identically titled essay recording Yasutake Chie's fight with cancer, which she unfortunately lost at the age of 33, as well as the daily life o...
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BIKUU THE MOVIE (2015)
- Director
- OHASHI Akira
- Cast
- AKIMOTO Sayaka, SUGA Kenta, ASAKURA Erika
Daring action film featuring priestess Bikuu from the "GARO" series with direction and original story by Amemiya Keita. Film, TV drama and theater actress Akimoto Sayaka tries her hand at action sequences alongside Suga Kenta, acclaimed for his perfo...
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Harmony (2015)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Takashi, MICHAEL ARIAS
- Cast
- SAWASHIRO Miyuki, UEDA Reina, SUZAKI Aya
Anime adaptation of the novel that won the 30th Japanese Science Fiction Grand Prize by SF author Itoh Keikaku, who passed away just two years after making his sensational debut in 2007 with "Genocidal Organ." Produced by Studio 4℃ of the series Bers...
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Nagareboshi ga kienai uchini (2015)
- Director
- SHIBAYAMA Kenji
- Cast
- Haru, IRIE Jingi, HAYAMA Shono
Director Shibayama Kenji of Your Song adapts the same-titled novel by author Hashimoto Tsumugu from the light novel series "Looking Up at the Half Moon." Depicts a university student recovering after the death of her boyfriend with help from her fami...
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Three Stories of Love (2015)
- Director
- HASHIGUCHI Ryosuke
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Atsushi, NARUSHIMA Touko, IKEDA Ryo
Director Hashiguchi Ryosuke returns with his first feature-length drama in seven years since All Around Us. Its three leads are relative unknowns chosen in auditions by Hashiguchi, who wrote their roles specially for them. The end product is a detail...
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Messiah Shinku no sho (2015)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Hiroki
- Cast
- AKAZAWA Tomoru, HIROSE Daisuke, IZAWA Yuki
Action film starring young male actors in spades, based on Takadono Madoka' s suspense novel "Messiah keibikyoku tokubetsu koan gogakari." Portrays the activities of elite spies bound by absolute ties in a police department transformed into a secret ...
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Blowing In The Winds of Vietnam (2015)
- Director
- OMORI Kazuki
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Keiko, KUSAMURA Reiko, OKUDA Eiji
The first-ever film produced in collaboration between Japan and Vietnam. Omori Kazuki of Disciples of Hippocratesadapts Vietnam-based Japanese language teacher Komatsu Miyuki's essay "A Granny from Echigo, Japan Comes to Live in Viet Nam" about livin...
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Cure Flora and a Mysterious Mirror (2015)
- Director
- KAIZAWA Yukio
- Cast
Inspired by Halloween in the popular animated TV series "Go! Princess Pretty Cure", this film is part of "Go! Princess Pretty Cure the Movie Go! Go!! Gorgeous Triple Feature!!!". This fully CG animation features the mini-sized Cure Flora. Cure Flora...
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Lefy’s Wonderful Night (2015)
- Director
- MIYAMOTO Hiroshi
- Cast
- SHIMAMURA Yu, ASANO Masumi, YAMAMURA Hibiku
Inspired by Halloween in the popular animated TV series "Go! Princess PreCure", this film is part of "Go! Princess Pretty Cure the Movie Go! Go!! Gorgeous Triple Feature!!!". Miyamoto Hiroshi has participated in the computer graphics production for t...
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A Precious Treasure of Pumpkin Land (2015)
- Director
- ZAKO Akifumi
- Cast
- SHIMAMURA Yu, ASANO Masumi, YAMAMURA Hibiku
Inspired by Halloween in the popular animated TV series "Go! Princess Pretty Cure", this film is part of "Go! Princess Pretty Cure the Movie Go! Go!! Gorgeous Triple Feature!!!". Directed by Zako Akifumi of Toriko the Movie Secret Recipe of Gourmet G...
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ARPEGGIO OF BLUE STEEL -Ars Nova- Cadenza (2015)
- Director
- KISHI Seiji
- Cast
- OKITSU Kazuyuki, FUCHIGAMI Mai, NUMAKURA Emi
Second part of the two-part anime feature film "Arpeggio of Blue Steel - Ars Nova," based on the comic by the same name that is currently being serialized in "Young King Ours." Near-future SF animation about the people who battle the mysterious "Flee...
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Hitsuji o kazoeru (2015)
- Director
- MORI Yasunori
- Cast
- SOMEYA Toshiyuki, AKAZAWA Tomoru, MIYAI Kurara
Kani wo taberu sequel about two slacker guys on a journey filled with surprises. Someya Toshiyuki and Akazawa Tomoru frequently co-star on stage and are kindred spirits in their repeat performances as two losers. Mori Yasutaka, known for Onobori mona...
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Norin ten Inazuka Gonjiro monogatari (2015)
- Director
- INAZUKA Hidetaka
- Cast
- NAKADAI Tatsuya, MATSUZAKI Kenji, NOMURA Mami
Drama about the life of agriculturalist Inazuka Gonjiro, whose Norin 10 strain of wheat formed the basis for the variety that averted a worldwide food crisis. Direction and screenplay by Nakadaitatsuya yakusya wo ikiru's Inazuka Hidetaka, who is also...
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A Dance for Blue Whales (2015)
- Director
- SAKAGUCHI Katsumi
- Cast
- MATSUSHITA Haruna, OKUBO Hiori, NIIKURA Mayumi
In the aftermath of a great disaster, the anguish and rebirth of sisters deprived of their family by a tidal wave are depicted in this silent film. At the helm is Sakaguchi Katsumi, who has been highly praised at home and abroad for directing Walking...
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Water,Winds,and Living Creatures Keiko Nakamura – Weaving Biohistory (2015)
- Director
- FUJIWARA Michio
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Keiko, SUEMORI Chieko, SHINGU Susumu
A documentary that closely follows Nakamura Keiko, Director General of the JT Biohistory Research Hall. As she works on a stage production adapting Miyazawa Kenji's short story "Gauche the Cellist", the film conveys the importance of communing with n...
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The Letters (2015)
- Director
- OMORI Kenichi
- Cast
- HONDA Miyu, NAKAMURA Tamao, OHTSUKA Nene
Drama based on Yumoto Kazumi's same-titled novel about a girl traumatized by her father's death, and her relationship with a mysterious old lady. Directed by Omori Kenichi, whose film Samurai Pirates was screened at LA EigaFest 2013 and other festiva...
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A Room of Her Own: Rei Naito and Light (2015)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yuko
- Cast
- NAITO Rei, TANIGUCHI Ran, YUKAWA Hina
Documentary about contemporary artist Naito Rei and the women who gravitate to the world created by her works. Director Nakamura Yuko made her feature debut with Memories of Origin Hiroshi Sugimoto. Director Nakamura is mesmerized by a piece at the ...
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SLUM-POLIS (2015)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ken
- Cast
- NISHIMURA Horyu, ABERA Hidenobu, ONO Ryoko
A science-fiction film depicting the friendship of three young people chasing their dreams amid a devastated Japan of the near future. In the director's chair is Ninomiya Ken, who won the 2015 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival's Jury Speci...
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On the road (2015)
- Director
- TANAKA Yukio
- Cast
- SAKAI Asayo, SAKAI Akiko
The straightforward lifestyle of a woman with Alzheimer's Disease living with her daughter in the Kitahama district of Osaka City is depicted with a touch of humor in this documentary by Mapping the Future, Nishinari and ITECHO director Tanaka Yukio....
