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Yell for the Blue Sky (2016)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Tao, TAKEUCHI Ryoma, HAYAMA Shono
Live-action adaptation of Kawahara Kazune‘s teen comic. A girl who plays in her school's brass band and a guy on the baseball team help each other achieve their dreams. Directed by Miki Takahiro, veteran adaptor of original comic stories. Tsubasa (T...
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The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Those Awaiting a Star Part 1 (2016)
- Director
- NAGANUMA Norihiro
- Cast
- TANEZAKI Atsumi, TAKEUCHI Ryota, UCHIYAMA Koki
First part in the anime trilogy based on Yamazaki Kore's fantasy comic titled "The Ancient Magus' Bride" featuring a completely new story penned by the author. Hatori Chise (voice: Tanezaki Atsumi) is a lonely 15-year-old girl who has neither family...
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Tora-san in Goto (2016)
- Director
- OURA Masaru
- Cast
- INUZUKA Torao
A documentary shot from 1993 and over 22 years chronicled a large family who make their living as udon noodle makers on the Goto Archipelago in Nagasaki Prefecture. It was awarded the Magnolia Award for Best Documentary at the 22nd Shanghai TV Festiv...
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Rudolf the Black Cat (2016)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko, SAKAKIBARA Motonori
- Cast
- INOUE Mao, SUZUKI Ryohei
"Rudolf and Ippai-attena," a masterpiece of children's literature, is now a 3D computer graphics animation movie. A tale of cats, their friendship, adventures, encounters and farewells. Rudolf (voice: Inoue Mao), a black cat, is suddenly separated f...
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A FLOWER AFLAME (2016)
- Director
- ANDO Hiroshi
- Cast
- MURAKAWA Eri, HAYASHI Kento, ANDO Masanobu
The film adaptation of the identically titled novel by Setouchi Jakucho (real name: Setouchi Harumi) who is called the "womb writer". It sensually depicts a married woman becoming attracted to her husband's superior against the backdrop of Kyoto imme...
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THE TOP SECRET: MURDER IN MIND (2016)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, OKADA Masaki, KIKKAWA Koji
Live-action adaptation of Shimizu Reiko's popular mystery manga which won the 15th Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award. It depicts police investigators exposing the truth of difficult cases by using a system which turns the memories of the dec...
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The Eye's Dream (2016)
- Director
- SATO Hisayasu
- Cast
- Marissa, SAKURAGI Rina, NAKANO Tsuyoshi
SI-SEI director, Sato Hisayasu, helms this Japan-America co-produced drama depicting the bizarre world unfolding for a female photographer obsessed with taking pictures of the human eye, and the man following her. Maya (Marissa), a photographer who ...
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Corpse Party Book of Shadows (2016)
- Director
- YAMADA Masafumi
- Cast
- IKOMA Rina, MAEDA Nozomi, IKEOKA Ryosuke
Second film adaptation in the series based on the horror adventure game Corpse Party. A high school girl who escaped the grasp of ghosts faces an even more horrific fate. This sequel brings back the main cast from the previous film, including Ikoma R...
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Ganguro Gals Riot (2016)
- Director
- UGANA Kenichi
- Cast
- BABA Fumika, YANAGI Elisa, HIRAMATSU Kanako
Ex-Ganguros (Japanese Black Gals) recall high school memories to face their ongoing tough life! A coming-of-age drama dealing with "Ganguro", the 1990s fad of girls applying unnaturally dark and heavy make-up to their face. Crisscrossing between the...
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SHIN GODZILLA (2016)
- Director
- HIGUCHI Shinji
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Hiroki, TAKENOUCHI Yutaka, ISHIHARA Satomi
The twenty-ninth Japanese-produced film in the globally popular "Godzilla" series. It dynamically portrays humanity being trampled by a gigantic monster while incorporating the perspective of the Japanese government under pressure to deal with the si...
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THE WATCHER IN THE ATTIC (2016)
- Director
- KUBOTA Shoji
- Cast
- KIJIMA Noriko, MAMIYA Yuki, KAWAI Ryunosuke
Director Okuda Shuji, who adapted Edogawa Rampo's original stories "Lost Love Murder" and "Murder on D. Street" for film, creates a new film version of "The Watcher in the Attic," which has already been turned into a movie several times. Famed detec...
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Distance (2016)
- Director
- OKAMOTO Mana
- Cast
Okamoto Mana makes her directorial debut with this personal documentary about her family. Selected for the New Asian Currents program at the 2015 Yamagata International Film Festival. The director's parents divorced when she was little, and currentl...
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ONE PIECE FILM GOLD (2016)
- Director
- MIYAMOTO Hiroaki
- Cast
- TANAKA Mayumi, NAKAI Kazuya, OKAMURA Akemi
The 13th anime feature film based on Oda Eiichiro's adventure comic. The "Straw Hat Pirates," who aspire to be pirate kings, confront a conspiracy that has taken root on a gigantic golden ship-cum-city. Original story author Oda once again serves as ...
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Ishibumi (2016)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- AYASE Haruka, IKEGAMI Akira
A re-edit of an atomic bomb documentary aired in 2015 to commemorate the 70th year after the end of World War II. Based on "Ishibumi", which aired in 1969, readings of family memoirs give prominence to the lives of 321 Hiroshima Prefectural Middle Sc...
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The Albino’s Trees (2016)
- Director
- KANEKO Masakazu
- Cast
- MATSUOKA Ryohei, HIGASHI Kanako, FUKUCHI Yusuke
A young man engaged in exterminating animals which damage crops has doubts about his own actions as he gradually reconsiders our relationship with nature. The second feature-length film by Kaneko Masakazu, director of Sumire Ningyo. Yuku (Matsuoka R...
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A Wild Namahage (2016)
- Director
- ARAI Kenichi
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Ren, IMATANI Futoshi, CHOSOKABE Yoko
Fantasy comedy about the relationship between a boy and a wild "namahage" ogre from traditional culture in Northeastern Japan with the premise that namahage are animals. Directed by Arai Kenichi of Ossan Sukebo. A namahage captured in the wild escap...
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KAIJYU MONO (2016)
- Director
- KAWASAKI Minoru
- Cast
- IBUSHI Kota, SAITO Shusuke, KAWANISHI Miki
Visual effects movie featuring battles between a giant monster and professional wrestler Ibushi Kota, who makes his film debut. Director Kawasaki Minoru is known for The World Sinks Except Japan and Outer Man. A giant monster shows up in Tokyo and t...
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THE SEAL OF THE SUN (2016)
- Director
- SATO Futoshi
- Cast
- KITAMURA Yukiya, HAKAMADA Yoshihiko, NAKAMURA Yuri
Drama that re-enacts the five days after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Juxtaposes the activities of a newspaper reporter pursuing the truth behind the nuclear power plant accident, Japanese government officials, and people who ...
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Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel (2016)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Rika, OTANI Ikue
The nineteenth feature film for the animated Pokemon TV series based on the worldwide mega-hit video games, and the first film in the XYZ series. The story takes place in an ultra-mechanized city powered by gears and cogs and depicts the battle invol...
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HiGH&LOW THE MOVIE (2016)
- Director
- KUBO Shigeaki
- Cast
- AKIRA, IWATA Takanori
The first feature film in the multimedia entertainment project "HIGH&LOW," which is produced by HIRO of "EXILE" and includes a TV drama, online streaming, SNS, comics, original album, and arena tour. Five groups are wrestling for control in the SWOR...
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MORIYAMACHU DRIVING SCHOOL (2016)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- NOMURA Shuhei, KAKU Kento, KISHII Yukino
Youth drama based on the same-named comic by Shinzo Keigo which depicts the summer a free spirited university student and a cool-and-collected yakuza spend at a driving school. At the helm is Toyoshima Keisuke who has worked on numerous genres. Seem...
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Sonzaisuru riyu Documentary of AKB48 (2016)
- Director
- ISHIHARA Makoto
- Cast
- AKB48
The fifth documentary about idol group AKB48. It is directed by former NHK producer, Ishihara Shin, who has continued to follow the group since before they became popular. 2015 should have been the year commemorating the 10th anniversary of the grou...
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HANAKO VS YOSUKE (2016)
- Director
- TORII Yasutake
- Cast
- SHIDA Yumi, TAKEUCHI Eri, SUGIE Taishi
Horror film based on a famous urban legend. Depicts the clash between the female ghost Hanako who lives in the girl's toilet at an abandoned school and Yosuke, the male ghost in the boy's toilet. The lead is played by Shida Yumi from the idol group Y...
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Live Fashionably or Die (2016)
- Director
- TANAKA Yukio
- Cast
Documentary with an uplifting message about elderly society featuring a fashion show with senior citizens walking the runway. Director Tanaka Yukio has dealt with numerous minority issues in films including ITECHO and Mapping the Future, Nishinari. ...
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The Werewolf Game:Prison Break (2016)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- KOJIMA Riria, WATANABE Yutaro, YAMAYA Kasumi
Fourth film in the popular series about the terror experienced by trapped high school students who kill each other in a survival game, featuring up-and-coming cast members and new rules in the game. Director Ayabe Shinya also helmed the previous film...
