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HIGH★LIGHTZ★LITTLE★UNIVERSE (2007)

Director: MAENO Yusuke

Cast: IKEDA Sho, YOSHITAKE Mariko, OKA Kentaro

Coming-of-age ensemble drama about film club members struggling with their graduation films. Director Maeno Yusuke, graduate of Tokyo Zokei University's film department, bases the film on his own experiences. Seven years in production, and released a...

MINICHIKA (2007)

Director: DAIKUHARA Masaki

Cast: SATO Yasue, NIIYA Naoyuki, NISHIYAMA Yoichi

An entry in Project DENGEKI, a screening program introducing short works by up-and-coming directors selected by filmmaker and film school tutor Daikuhara Masaki. Directed by Daikuhara himself, this short movie was originally made for satellite televi...

Taiyo ha shiranai (2007)

Director: SAKAIDA Shun

Cast: TOYAMA Takahiro, UETAKE Naoto

A crime film from director Sakaida Shun, whose constantly experimental and ambitious style of direction and imagery has caused a sensation and is drawing attention in the independent film scene. It is also an installment in a four-part crime quadrilo...

Kowashitai omocha (2007)

Director: SAKAIDA Shun

Cast: URUSHIBARA Mitsuru, KOBAYASHI Sho

A selection for the open competition section of Cineastes Organization Osaka (CO2), a project that endeavors to cultivate up-and-coming filmmakers who carry the future of the Japanese film industry. Director Sakaida Shun has created a sensation with ...

YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (2007)

Director: MATSUNO Izumi

Cast: NISHIMURA Hitoshi, IUCHI Natsumi, YOSHIDUKA Takuya

A horror movie that makes exquisite use of the melody of Humoresques, a piano cycle by Dvorak, the great Czech composer, directed by Matsuno Izumi, who was awarded the special jury' award and planning award at the 30th Pia Film Festival for GHOST OF ...

Tokijima Sosakuno toki no tanjo (2007)

Director: MIYAKE Nagaru

Cast: TSUMURA Reijiro, YASUDA Noboru, OKURA Shonosuke

A documentary depicting the process whereby Tsumura Reijiroh, a Noh performer in the Kanze school, creates a new Takigi Noh play (a traditional Noh play shown outdoors and lit up by burning torches). The film is directed by Miyake Nagaru, who showed ...

Lost & Found (2007)

Director: MIYAKE Nobuyuki

Cast: SUGATA Shun, HATANAKA Tomoyuki, SAKATA Masahiko

A drama featuring several characters, which was awarded the Grand Prix at the 2008 Austin Film Festival in the United States. This film is directed by Miyake Nobuyuki, a young director who studied at the City University of New York, and features Suga...

LOST GIRL (2007)

Director: YAMAOKA Daisuke

Cast: WATANABE Makiko, YAMAMOTO Hiroshi, TANABE Manami

A theatrical debut film by Director Yamaoka Daisuke whose future works are highly anticipated as the winner of the Grand Prix of the Sundance/NHK International Fimmakers Awards 2010. This time he welcomes as the heroine Watanabe Makiko, the actress k...

Girl Sparks (2007)

Director: ISHII Yuya

Cast: IKAWA Ayuko, INOMATA Toshiaki, NAKAMURA Mukau

The first work with a female lead actress by Director Ishii Yuya, who instantaneously drew attention with his first feature film Bare-assed Japan (Mukidashi Nippon) as it was screened as a special feature work at both the International Film Festival ...

Rainmaker (2007)

Director: MIYAMOTO Moriro

Cast: Daioh, YAMADA Miki, MIZUUCHI Yoshihito

A road trip film set in the near future which won the acclaim of being a "great hoax and showing intriguing imagination" at the Third Cineastes Organization Osaka Exhibition (CO2) hosted by the Osaka City Film Culture Promotion Association in 2007. T...

THE MEMORY STEALERS (2007)

Director: YAMAGISHI Kentaro, ISHIDA Hajime

Cast: MASAKI Soji, KIMURA Tamotsu, MORIKAWA Ryoka

A full-blown sci-fi film by an independent film production team, Project Yamaken. The work spectacularly depicts a battle which takes place in a future society with a technology to digitize all memories. The work is packed with fascinating action sce...

Now, I... (2007)

Director: CHIKUMA Yasutomo

Cast: CHIKUMA Yasutomo, FUJISAWA Yoshiharu, BEN

A social drama film produced, written, directed and starred in by Chikuma Yasutomo, who was 23 years old at the time of production. Without any additional background music, the work closely depicts in great detail the mentality of a youth who has clo...

The Miracle of the Gifted Quarter - Life's Truth Revealed (2007)

Director: IRIE Fumiko

Cast: YAMAMOTO Katsuko, KOBAYASHI Masaki, SAKANE Hiroshi

Irie Fumiko, a mother of two and a housewife with zero experience in film production, created this documentary film in a "NO technique, NO money and NO connections" environment. Focusing on a special-needs school in Ishikawa Prefecture attended by ch...

SASORI (2007)

Director: Joe MA

Cast: MIZUNO Miki, Dylan KUO, Sam LEE

A remake of the cult action film Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion (Joshu 701 go Sasori) that heavily influenced overseas creators. This international action film cameos guest stars from Taiwan and Hong Kong such as Dylan Kuo, Lam Suet and Simon Yam. Mat...