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Asobi no ato (2014)
- Director
- OTA Tatsunari
- Cast
- GOMESS
Documentary that takes a matter-of-fact look at the rapper GOMESS's recording sessions and concerts. Directed by Ota Tatsunari, who won the grand prize at the Kyoto International Student Film and Video Festival in 2012 for Overseas Intention. Screene...
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NOBIDORANDO (2014)
- Director
- MIYAMOTO Moriro
- Cast
- TADZIO, YONEMOTO Takato, MATSUI Daigo
Film that brings a documentary touch to depicting the past of the shadowy hardcore pop unit TADZIO. Uzumasa Jacopetti's Miyamoto Moriro serves as director and cameraman. Screened at the music cinema project MOOSIC LAB 2014. TADZIO is a girl band con...
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QOQ (2014)
- Director
- KURODA Masafumi
- Cast
- Ketsu, Uma to Sakana, SAKAMOTO Yuna
Comedy that humorously depicts the daily lives of an unsuccessful folk duo. Directed by Kuroda Masafumi, the youngest winner ever of the Grand Prix and Audience Award at the Shitamachi Comedy Film Festival in 2013. Screened at the music cinema projec...
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Obake (2014)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yukari
- Cast
- SATO Ryo, SATO Ryo, Za Ningen
Sakamoto Yukari, who studied editing at Tokyo University of the Arts, did the direction, script and editing for this coming-of-age drama with a science fiction touch. Music by the punk band Zaningen. Screened at the music cinema project MOOSIC LAB 20...
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Dislike A Girl Like Thing (2014)
- Director
- KATO Ayaka
- Cast
- MORIKAWA Aoi, KIGUCHI Kenta, TANI Keigo
Heartrending romance in which the prolific Chocolietta actress Morikawa Aoi transforms herself into a girl with anorexia. Music from the electropop band Phenotas. Screened at the music cinema project MOOSIC LAB 2014. Kiriko (Morikawa) has a reputati...
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Iruka shojo da watashi wa (2014)
- Director
- TIME Ryosuke
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Riho, KAWAKAMI Eri, AMPO Sayo
Music film with direction, script, editing and visual effects by comic book artist Time Ryosuke. Fantastic visuals depict the special abilities of a girl who claims to be a dolphin, with music from the electronic band yamaNEUyuzuru. Screened in the m...
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ANKOMAN (2014)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yutaro
- Cast
- AOYAMA Miku, WADA Misa, NAKAMURA Yutaro
Drama featuring the cutting-edge Nakamura Yutaro as director, cameraman, editor and actor. The struggles and growth of a heroine who can't express herself are set to pop songs by Machi Akari. Screened at the music and cinema project MOOSIC LAB 2014. ...
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THE NEXT GENERATION-PATLABOR- Chapter4 (2014)
- Director
- OSHII Mamoru, YUASA Hiroaki
- Cast
- MANO Erina, FUKUSHI Seiji, KAKEI Toshio
The fourth in a seven-part series of completely original live-action films continuing the "Patlabor" saga, a multimedia property created in the 1980s. It depicts the misadventures of the Special Vehicle Section 2, featuring a brand new cast of charac...
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GOSPEL (2014)
- Director
- MATSUNAGA Daishi
- Cast
A documentary investigating the reasons why nine out of ten gospel music aficionados are non-Christians in Japan, a phenomenon unique to the country. Director Matsunaga Daishi, who gained plaudits at home and abroad for his film PYUUPIRU 2001-2008 ab...
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TOKYO FANTASY SEKAI NO OWARI (2014)
- Director
- Raphael Frydman
- Cast
- Nakajin, Fukase, Saori
A documentary by French visual artist Raphael Frydman, a prolific music video and commercial director, that closely follows the four-piece Japanese rock band SEKAI NO OWARI. It uses animation and other techniques to evoke the band's unique dream-like...
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I'm ten, then I'll catch eleven. (2014)
- Director
- JIMBO Yoshimasa
- Cast
- HAMADA Hibiki, Shion, Karmula Kosho
Drama dealing with death. Feature debut for director Jimbo Yoshimasa. The director mines his experiences in India and Bhutan in the employ of a travel agency specializing in remote destinations, and infuses the film with views on life and death. Sho...
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True Songs: On tour with the dramatic reading of “Night on the Milky Way Train” (2014)
- Director
- KAWAI Hiroki
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Hideo, SUGA Keijiro, KOJIMA Keitaneylove
Documentary about dramatic readings produced in response to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Author Furukawa Hideo, a Fukushima Prefecture native, dramatizes Miyazawa Kenji's "Night on the Milky Way Train" with a post-disaster perspective. Performe...
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THE NEXT GENERATION-PATLABOR- Chapter3 (2014)
- Director
- TSUJIMOTO Takanori, OSHII Mamoru
- Cast
- MANO Erina, FUKUSHI Seiji, KAKEI Toshio
The third in a seven-part series of completely original live-action films continuing the "Patlabor" saga, a multimedia property created in the 1980s. It depicts strange disturbances involving the Patlabor Squad, including an episode helmed by general...
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THE NEXT GENERATION-PATLABOR- Chapter2 (2014)
- Director
- TSUJIMOTO Takanori, YUASA Hiroaki
- Cast
- MANO Erina, FUKUSHI Seiji, KAKEI Toshio
The second in a seven-part series of completely original live-action films continuing the "Patlabor" saga, a multimedia property created in the 1980s. It follows the current plight of the Patlabor Squad, which has become an annoyance to the Tokyo Met...
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THE NEXT GENERATION-PATLABOR- Chapter1 (2014)
- Director
- OSHII Mamoru, TAGUCHI Kiyotaka
- Cast
- MANO Erina, FUKUSHI Seiji, KAKEI Toshio
The first in a seven-part series of completely original live-action films continuing the "Patlabor" saga, a multimedia property created in the 1980s. It presents a humorous depiction of the everyday lives of members of the Patlabor Squad, who find th...
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Summmer when my wife was in love (2014)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- MIYAJI Mao, KANEKO Noboru, KAWAI Ryunosuke
Fourth installation in the "Love Stories" series in which six directors explore the possibilities within different kinds of love. Imaoka Shinji, one of Japan's best-known adult film directors and The Drudgery Train scriptwriter, tells a couple's secr...
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last love / my one and only (2014)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Hitoshi
- Cast
- SAKURAGI Rina, HINO Shohei
Third installation in the "Love Stories" series in which six directors explore the possibilities within different kinds of love. Depicts the touching romance between a middle-aged single guy and a woman with bipolar disorder. Directed by Ishikawa Hit...
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Starting Over (2014)
- Director
- NISHIHARA Takashi
- Cast
- AKIZUKI Mika, ENDO Nina, WATANABE Makiko
A love story from director Nishihara Takashi, whose Blue Ray was an official selection of the 2011 Osaka Asian Film Festival. It was made with a small crew centered around Nishihara. Screened in the Japanese Cinema Splash section of the 2014 Tokyo In...
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Tamashiino realism Hiroshi Noda (2014)
- Director
- HYUGAJI Taro
- Cast
- NODA Hiroshi
Documentary on Noda Hiroshi, one of Japan's best-known realistic painters. Up-close coverage of Noda as he creates "Seinarumono THE IV Torinosu" (Holy The IV Bird's Nest), powerfully conveying his passion as an artist. Directed by Hyugaji Taro, known...
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HIS MASTER’S VOICE (2014)
- Director
- ITAYA Hiroyuki
- Cast
- HAYASHIYA Taihei, FUKUZAKI Nayuta, TOMITA Yasuko
A heartwarming drama devised by rakugo performer Hayashia Taihei. It presents an affectionate depiction of the highs and lows of ordinary people, and weaves a traditional rakugo story into its narrative. Music video veteran Itaya Hiroyuki makes his f...
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little forest -summer/autumn- (2014)
- Director
- MORI Junichi
- Cast
- HASHIMOTO Ai, MIURA Takahiro, MATSUOKA Mayu
Drama that adapts manga artist Igarashi Daisuke's original story for film. Four sections released in two parts depict the changing seasons in a verdant hamlet in Tohoku. Portrays the daily life of a heroine who lives of f the land, while interweaving...
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TOKYO TRIBE (2014)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- SUZUKI Ryohei, YOUNG DAIS, SEINO Nana
A live-action adaptation of Inoue Santa's manga "TOKYO TRIBE 2" by Himizu director Sono Sion. It tells the story of a fierce turf war between youth gangs, in the form of a rap musical. Tokyo, in the near future. Youths who belong to various "tribes"...
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LUPIN THE THIRD (2014)
- Director
- KITAMURA Ryuhei
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, TAMAYAMA Tetsuji, AYANO Go
Live action adaptation of the nationally popular comic by Monkey Punch. Lightheartedly depicts the exploits of master thief Lupin the 3rd, grandson of Arsene Lupin. Directed by Hollywood-based Kitamura Ryuhei. Lupin the 3rd (Oguri Shun) schemes to r...
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Finding the Adolescence (2014)
- Director
- KURAMOTO Raita
- Cast
- MIKI Honoka, AOYAMA Misato, KAWAMURA Yukie
Coming-of-age film uses visuals infused with subdued light to depict the gradual transformation of the intimate relationship between two girls in their final year of junior high school. Feature film debut by director Kuramoto Raita, who also works as...
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Over your dead body (2014)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- ICHIKAWA Ebizo, SHIBASAKI Ko, ITO Hideaki
Psychological horror film from Miike Takashi based on Tsuruya Nanboku IV's kabuki play "Yotsuya Kaidan." Ask This of Rikyu's Ichikawa Ebizo also contributed to the planning and production. Ichikawa channels his experience as a kabuki actor to enthusi...
