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Ano sora wo oboeteru (2008)
- Director
- TOGASHI Shin
- Cast
- TAKENOUCHI Yutaka, MIZUNO Miki, HIROTA Ryohei
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FINE, TOTALLY FINE (2008)
- Director
- FUJITA Yosuke
- Cast
- ARAKAWA Yoshiyoshi, KIMURA Yoshino, OKADA Yoshinori
Officially screened at the 32nd Hong Kong International Film Festival. Directed by Fujita Yosuke who won the Grand Prize in the 8mm film section at the Torino Film Festival for his short film, A Terrible Tiger (1987). This is his feature debut. The h...
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Gu Gu, the Cat (2008)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin
- Cast
- KOIZUMI Kyoko, UENO Juri, KASE Ryo
Based on an autobiographical essay manga of the same title by Oshima Yumiko, a shining star in the girls manga world, about her days with her pet cats. Direction and screenplay by Inudo Isshin who won the Picture of the Year Award and the Director of...
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Crayon Shin-chan Cho Arashi wo Yobu Kinpoko no Yusha (2008)
- Director
- HONGO Mitsuru
- Cast
- YAJIMA Akiko, NARAHASHI Miki, FUJIWARA Keiji
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Itsuka anohi to naru kyo (2008)
- Director
- ANDO Hiroshi
- Cast
- FUJIMA Miho, KAMOSHITA Yoshimasa, SAITO Aya
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Taiwa (2008)
- Director
- SASAKI Hirohisa
- Cast
- YAMANAKA Shigeki, KAMOSHITA Yoshimasa, KITAYAMA Hiroshi
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Akui (2008)
- Director
- SHINOHARA Tetsuo
- Cast
- NAKADAI Akio, RUKAWA Atsuko, MIYASATO Ryo
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Kutsugahama onsen companion hikaeshitsu (2008)
- Director
- OGATA Akira
- Cast
- SAWAYAMA Kaoru, NISHINO Mari, WATANABE Yosuke
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Kesshin wo surukoto (2008)
- Director
- RIJU Go
- Cast
- IGARASHI Chiyo, Yue
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Teacher and Three Children (2008)
- Director
- SHINDO Kaneto
- Cast
- EMOTO Akira, TOYOKAWA Etsushi, MUSAKA Naomasa
The latest by Shindo Kaneto who has won various awards both in Japan and abroad including the Grand Prix at the Moscow International Film Festival. It has been seventy years since he started his creative work, and as the oldest director at work at th...
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Noto no Hanayome (2008)
- Director
- SHIRAHA Mitsuhito
- Cast
- TANAKA Misato, UTSUMI Keiko, IZUMI Pinko
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Scenery to Remember (2008)
- Director
- OBAYASHI Nobuhiko
- Cast
- NAMBARA Kiyotaka, NAGASAKU Hiromi, KAKEI Toshio
A Naoki Prize winning author, Shigematsu Kiyoshi's collection of novels of the same title, has been adapted to a film by Obayashi Nobuhiko, who won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1998 Berlin International Film Festival for his SADA. The script is by Ichik...
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near equal Kusama Yayoi I Adore Myself (2008)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Takako
- Cast
- KUSAMA Yayoi
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All Around Us (2008)
- Director
- HASHIGUCHI Ryosuke
- Cast
- KIMURA Tae, Lily Franky, BAISHO Mitsuko
The latest by Hashiguchi Ryosuke after six years since Hush! which was officially entered in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes International Film Festival. The title refers to one's "immediate surroundings". The film is ambitious as it looks at the ...
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The Burning (2008)
- Director
- HAYASHIDA Kenta
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Rika, NAKAMURA Mika, HIRABAYASHI Taichi
Brulée means "burn" in French. The story of a sorrowful and beautiful love shared by identical twin sisters. Hinako commits arson in a town on the sea in the Tohoku district. They run into each other, when Minako takes their grandmother's ashes from...
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The Two in Tracksuits (2008)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- SAKAI Masato, AYUKAWA Makoto, MIZUNO Miki
Based on a masterpiece novel of the same title by an Akutagawa Award winning and Oe Award winning novelist, Nagashima Yu. Adapted by Nakamura Yoshihiro of The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker and The Glorious Team Batista. Starr...
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Love Fight (2008)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- KITANO Kie, HAYASHI Kento, OSAWA Takao
The first film produced by Osawa Takao, a model turned actor, who has been building a steady acting career in Japan. Directed by Narushima Izuru, for whom this is the fourth film as a director. Narushima came to the film industry as a screenwriter, a...
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SING, SALMON, SING! (2008)
- Director
- TANAKA Makoto
- Cast
- Kaho, Gori (Garage Sale), YAKUSHIMARU Hiroko
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FROGS on Screen (2008)
- Director
- SATO Katsunori
- Cast
- SAKURADA Dori, AOYAGI Ruito, UEHARA Takuya
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Metro ni notte (2008)
- Director
- MIYASAKA Mayumi
- Cast
- HIROTA Yuji, AKIMOTO Minako, YOSHIDA Tomohiro
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THE BLOODSHOT (2008)
- Director
- KANEMARU Yuichi
- Cast
- TABATA Tomoko, MASHIKO Rie, DEAI Masayuki
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Baby's Breath - Mama ni Naroyo - (2008)
- Director
- KANEMARU Yuichi
- Cast
- ASADA Yoshimi, NAGAKURA Daisuke, ISAYAMA Hiroko
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UTAKATA (2008)
- Director
- KOMATSUZAKI Yoshiko, JINGUJI Sei, FUJITA Kenichiro
- Cast
- NAGANO Serina, NAGANO Reina, WATANABE Banbi
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The Blue Bird (2008)
- Director
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, HONGO Kanata, ITO Ayumi
Film adaptation of a short story by a Naoki Prize winner, Shigematsu Kiyoshi, who tackled the emerging issue of bullying among junior high school and high school pupils, directed by Nakanishi Kenji, for whom this is a directorial debut. The film was ...
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Grave of the Fireflies (2008)
- Director
- HYUGAJI Taro
- Cast
- YOSHITAKE Reo, HATAKEYAMA Rina, MATSUDA Seiko
A live-action version of the human drama based on Nosaka Akiyuki's novel of the same title, which is known for the animated version from Studio Ghibli. Hyugaji Taro of Portrait of the Wind boldly filmed it all on location in Hyogo prefecture. The ser...
