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Gekijoban Iwago Mitsuaki no sekai nekoaruki Kotorakazoku to sekai no iikotachi (2017)

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Cast: IWAGO Mitsuaki

A theatrical version of a documentary program which shows scenes of the world's cats shot by animal photographer, Iwago Mitsuaki, who has continued to photograph cats for over 40 years and is known for the books 'Neko' and 'Neko Aruki'. The film is a...

Gifted Furimun to chichiuri onna (2017)

Director: IZUMA Yasunari

Cast: HARASHIMA Motohisa, MAMIYA Yuki

Okinawa include Mabui no tabi, Zanpa and Obaa ha kigeki no jo-ou. Graphically depicts a man and woman living in the after-hours world of Matsuyama, Okinawa's red-light district. Etsuko (Mamiya Yuki) works as a hostess at a topless bar and Hayato (Ha...

MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT BANDIT FLOWER (2017)

Director: MATSUO Ko

Cast: NAKAMURA Yuichi, KIMURA Ryohei, FURUKAWA Yurina

Yasuo Ohtagaki's manga "Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt" is the basis for this special compilation animation, which adds new scenes to the four-part second season. Seven months after the close of the One Year War, Daryl (voice: Ryohei Kimura), the fo...

Omotenashi (2017)

Director: Jay Chern

Cast: TANAKA Rena, Wang Bo-Chieh, YO Kimiko

Tanaka Rena of Dear Etranger and Taiwanese actor Wang Bo-Chieh co-star in this coproduction between Japan and Taiwan. In the director's chair is Taiwanese director Jay Chern. On the bank of Lake Biwa stands an old Japanese inn called . Mitsuko (Yo K...

Kira Kira Pretty Cure A La Mode the Movie (2017)

Director: TSUCHIDA Yutaka

Cast: MIYAMA Karen, FUKUHARA Haruka, MURANAKA Tomo

Twenty-third feature film in the "Pretty Cure" series. Set in Paris, the land of desserts, Pretty Cure from "Glittery Pretty Cure a la Mode" use the power of their memories to confront a mysterious monster. "Kira Pati" members including Ichika (voic...

LAIKA (2016)

Director: IMAZEKI Akiyoshi

Cast: MIYAJIMA Sae,

Set in Moscow, this romantic drama directed by Imazeki Akiyoshi of Aiko Jurokusai fame depicts the blossoming emotions between a Russian girl and a Japanese girl. Laika (Miyajima Sae), a young girl who came to Russia from Japan for language studies,...

MAKE A BOW AND KISS (2017)

Director: FURUSAWA Takeshi

Cast: IKEDA Elaiza, NAKAO Masaki, MATSUO Takashi

Live-action feature film adaptation of manga artist Kaga Yakko's same-named comic. Directed by Furusawa Takeshi of Clover and Love for Beginners. Mikami Yota (Nakao Masaki) is smitten with the archery of his older schoolmate Kishimoto (Ikeda Elaiza)...

Love and Lies (2017)

Director: FURUSAWA Takeshi

Cast: MORIKAWA Aoi, KITAMURA Takumi, SATO Kanta

Manga artist, 's identically titled manga, which has also been adapted as a television anime series, is brought to life on the big screen as "another story". In the director's chair is Furusawa Takeshi of ReLIFE. With birthrates continually in decli...

The Ringside Story (2017)

Director: TAKE Masaharu

Cast: SATO Eriko, Eita

A romantic-comedy depicting a loser with a gargantuan dream and the admirable girlfriend who supports him, directed by Take Masaharu of 100 Yen Love. Kanako (Sato Eriko) and Hideo (Eita) have been living together for ten years. An actor when they fi...

The Salt of the Earth, Gunpei Yamamuro (2016)

Director: TOJO Masatoshi

Cast: MORIOKA Ryu, WAGATSUMA Miwako, TATSUMI Takuro

Historical drama set in the tumultuous Meiji period about Yamamuro Gunpei, who devoted his life to saving others, and his comrades. Directed by Tojo Masatoshi of 9/10. Born into a poor farming family in Okayama, Gunpei (Morioka Ryu) was adopted by ...

Pelican: 74 Years of Japanease Tradition (2017)

Director: UCHIDA Shuntaro

Cast: WATANABE Kazuo, WATANABE Riku, NAGI HIoriki

Documentary about the venerable Pelican bakery that was founded 74 years ago. Directed by Uchida Shuntaro of Portrait. Tokyo is crowded with bakeries that sell bread of all varieties imaginable. Located in Tokyo's old-style downtown district of Asa...

Dawn Wind in My Poncho (2017)

Director: HIROHARA Satoru

Cast: Taiga, NAKAMURA Aoi, YAMOTO Yuma

Hayami Kazumasa's identically titled novel is adapted to film by Hirohara Satoru, the rising director of Good Morning to the World!!. The road movie depicts the adolescence of high schoolers on the verge of graduation. Matahachi (Taiga) hasn't decid...

MIXED DOUBLES (2017)

Director: ISHIKAWA Junichi

Cast: ARAGAKI Yui, Eita

Popular screenwriter, Kosawa Ryota, writes an original story depicting the rejuvenation of love and life through table tennis which is brought to screen by Ishikawa Junichi, director of April Fools. Tamako (Aragaki Yui), who was once known as a "tab...

Psychic Kusuo (2017)

Director: FUKUDA Yuichi

Cast: YAMAZAKI Kento, HASHIMOTO Kanna

School comedy directed and scripted by Fukuda Yuichi, who has earned overwhelming popularity with Gintama and Forbidden Super Hero. High school student Saiki Kusuo (Yamazaki Kento) conceals the supernatural abilities endowed to him at birth, includi...

Wilderness Part 2 (2017)

Director: KISHI Yoshiyuki

Cast: SUDA Masaki, YANG Ik-June, Yusuke SANTAMARIA

The second in a two-part film adaptation boldly recreating the backdrop of playwright, Terayama Shuji's one and only full length novel. Kishi Yoshiyuki, who made his feature-length debut with A Double Life, serves as both screenwriter and director. S...

Fate/stay night THE MOVIE [Heaven's Feel] I. presage flower (2017)

Director: SUDO Tomonori

Cast: SUGIYAMA Noriaki, SHITAYA Noriko

The first of a theatrical trilogy based on the third route, Heaven's Feel, of the popular PC game 'Fate/stay night'. It has been ten years since the last Holy Grail War which involved mages (masters) and their spiritual familiars (servants) battling...

Narratage (2017)

Director: YUKISADA Isao

Cast: MATSUMOTO Jun, ARIMURA Kasumi, SAKAGUCHI Kentaro

The film adaptation of Shimamoto Rio's identically titled romance novel. It portrays a man and woman who first meet as teacher and pupil, then meet again years later and fall into an undeniably forbidden romance. At the helm is Yukisada Isao of Cryin...

The diary about Ayame's easygoing and aggressive days. (2017)

Director: SHIBASAKI Hiroki

Cast: KUROBA Mario, ADACHI Rika

Film adaptation of the same-named comic by manga artist Machi Mai. Helmed by Shibasaki Hiroki, who directs TV dramas and commercials. Undergrad science major Tsubaki (Adachi Rika) is obsessed with researching animal skeletons, and she meets the quir...

Moon and Thunder (2017)

Director: ANDO Hiroshi

Cast: HATSUNE Eriko, KORA Kengo, KUSAKARI Tamiyo

Feature film adaptation of the same-named novel by Kakuta Mitsuyo. The story shows how an encounter and intimacy can send life on an unexpected trajectory. Directed by Ando Hiroshi of Undulant Fever. Yasuko (Hatsune Eriko) has plans to get married a...

OUTRAGE CODA (2017)

Director: KITANO Takeshi

Cast: BEAT Takeshi, NISHIDA Toshiyuki, OMORI Nao

This is the final chapter of Kitano Takeshi's "Outrage" series depicting the unscrupulous clashes that exist in the underworld. Set in Japan and Korea, an all-out war breaks out jumbling together yakuza, fixers, and police. After the large-scale ba...

Wilderness Part 1 (2017)

Director: KISHI Yoshiyuki

Cast: SUDA Masaki, YANG Ik-June, Yusuke SANTAMARIA

The first in a two-part film adaptation boldly recreating the backdrop of playwright, Terayama Shuji's one and only full length novel. Set in 2020 after the Tokyo Olympics, it perceptively depicts the soul of people living in a nook of the metropolis...

ERNESTO (2017)

Director: SAKAMOTO Junji

Cast: ODAGIRI Joe, NAGAYAMA Kento, Juan Miguel VALERO ACOSTA

In this drama, Sakamoto Junji, director of Human Trust and The Projects, portrays the life of a man of Japanese descent who fought alongside Che Guevara and from whom he was given his first name. Odagiri Joe plays Freddy Maemura Hurtado, who was in l...

Yakan mo yatteru hoikuen (2017)

Director: OMIYA Koichi

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Documentary from director Omiya Koichi of TADAIMA I'm home, a place for everyone and The Voyage of Bunyo Ishikawa about the challenges facing childcare workers and parents who are raising kids in a wide range of circumstances, based on the real-life ...

Three Lights (2017)

Director: YOSHIDA Kohki

Cast: IKEDA Ryo, SUZUKI Hiroshi, KOMIYA Kazuha

Drama directed by Yoshida Kiko of HOUSEHOLD X and Tokyo Bitch, I Love You, which have been lauded at international film festivals. Graphic depiction of hope, frustrations and restlessness through people groping their way through life. Three women tr...

A Whale of A Tale (2017)

Director: SASAKI Megumi

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Herb & Dorothy director Sasaki Megumi tackles the whaling industry controversy in this documentary which took six years to make. The tiny fishing village of Taiji in Wakayama Prefecture has become entangled in an international controversy over its h...

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