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RAIGA, The Monster from the Deep Sea (2009)
- Director
- HAYASHIYA Shinpei
- Cast
- HOTARU Yukijiro, ORIYAMA Miyu, URATA Mao
A monster film by the self-proclaimed special effects maniac and rakugo storyteller, Hayashiya Shinpei takes up the megaphone and brings us REIGO, The Monster from the Deep Sea (Shinkaiju Reigo). Set 60 years after the epic battle between Reigo and t...
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MIYOKO (2009)
- Director
- TSUBOTA Yoshifumi
- Cast
- MIZUHASHI Kenji, MACHIDA Marry, HONDA Shoichi
The underground comic magazine "GARO" led Japanese subculture for years. This cinematic drama is based on the first-person narrative novel-like comic series by Abe Shinichi that was published in "GARO" in the 1970s. Asagaya, Tokyo, in the 1970s. Abe ...
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HARD REVENGE, MILLY Bloody Battle (2009)
- Director
- TSUJIMOTO Takanori
- Cast
- MIZUNO Miki, NAGASAWA Nao, TSUJIMOTO Kazuki
A sequel to the violent action film Hard Revenge, Milly, portraying a vengeful heroine with a flaming passion. Set sometime in the near future, this film powerfully depicts a survival battle in the devastated city of Yokohama. It is packed with even ...
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SAMURAI PRINCESS (2009)
- Director
- KAJI Kengo
- Cast
- KISHI Aino, Mihiro, MIZUNO Dai
An action film with a heroine, directed by Kaji Kengo who also works as a comic author. Another attraction of this work is the bloody splatter images created by Nishimura Yoshihiro, a special effects artist, who has done special effects in many films...
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Aru Ongaku - A Music (2009)
- Director
- TOMOHISA Takeshi
- Cast
- TAKAGI Masakatsu, TAGUCHI Haruka, MATSUDAIRA Takashi
Up-and-coming artist Takagi Masakatsu has traveled the world collecting images, arranging them with digital processing, and then setting them to music, particularly the piano. His work has been commanding global attention and he was chosen as one of ...
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KIKOE (2009)
- Director
- IWAI Chikara
- Cast
- OTOMO Yoshihide, KIKUCHI Naruyoshi, OOTANI Yoshio
The first documentary film featuring the musician Otomo Yoshihide, focusing on his activities between the 1990s and 2007. The film is based on 500 hours of recorded footage and interviews with a total of 100 people including Otomo himself and the mus...
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THE HARIMAYA BRIDGE (2009)
- Director
- Aaron WOOLFOLK
- Cast
- Ben GUILLORY, TAKAOKA Saki, SHIMIZU Misa
This is a Japan-U.S. co-production drama with the executive producer Danny Glover, from Lethal Weapon. An American photographer must travel to Japan after his son's death, who had lived there. But the people he meets and things he discovers cause him...
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Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009)
- Director
- TOMOMATSU Naoyuki, NISHIMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- KAWAMURA Yukie, SAITOH Takumi, OTOGURO Elly
Jointly directed by Tomomatsu Naoyuki, of STACY and Nishimura Yoshihiro, of TOKYO GORE POLICE (Tokyo zankoku keisatsu), this is a splatter comedy of the horror comic by Uchida Shungiku. It mixes the surreal with the grotesqu to depict a fight to deat...
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Cobalt Blue (2009)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Yosuke
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami, FUKUSHI Seiji, SASAKI Kuranosuke
Nakagawa Yosuke 1997 debut feature Blue Fish (Aoi Sakana) as was his second, Departure, and third, Starlit High Noon (Mahiru no hoshizora), were all set in Okinawa. His films have won international acclaim, including being an official selection of th...
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A Thousand Year Song of Baobab (2009)
- Director
- MOTOHASHI Seiichi
- Cast
- HASHIZUME Isao, Modou DIOUF, Mbaye DIOUF
A documentary film taking up the long-living giant Baobab trees as its theme. It is shot by photographer Motohashi Seiichi, known as the director of Alexei and the Spring (Alexei to Izumi) and others. Set in Senegal in West Africa, where modernizatio...
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Deep in the Valley (2009)
- Director
- FUNAHASHI Atsushi
- Cast
- NOMURA Yuki, SATO Mayu, KATO Katsuhiro
A new and powerful experimental documentary fiction from Funabashi Atsushi, who garnered critical acclaim for his previous work, Big River. Set in Yanaka, Tokyo, it tells the story of a man and woman trying to track down lost film footage, while also...
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THEE MOVIE-LAST HEAVEN 031011- (2009)
- Director
- BANBA Syuichi
- Cast
- CHIBA Yusuke, ABE Futoshi, UENO Koji
Rock band, thee michelle gun elephant, who's solid and a powerful sound garnered them enormous popular support, disbanded in 2003. This documentary uses a treasure trove of images to track the outpouring of emotion at their farewell concert. On Octob...
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Dirty Heart (2009)
- Director
- TSUJIOKA Masato
- Cast
- YOKOKAWA Koji, Passion YARA, NEKO Hiroshi
A gangster comedy film with a fascinating cast including the comedians Passion Yara and Neko Hiroshi, as well as former J-league soccer player Yano Michael. This work packed with action scenes comically depicts a boxer and ninja sent to a mob fight a...
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The Right to Philosophy: Traces of the International College of Philosophy (2009)
- Director
- NISHIYAMA Yuji
- Cast
- Michel DEGUY, François NOUDELMANN, Bruno CLÉMENT
This is the first documentary film on the semi-private research and education institution, the International College of Philosophy (College International de Philosophie), founded by, among others, Jacques Derrida and Francois Chatelet in 1983 in Par...
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Henrik Shuji Terayama's brother (2009)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Atsushi
- Cast
- MORISAKI Henrikku, ARAKI Nobuyoshi, UNO Akira
Terayama Shuji gained great global respect for his many works as a poet, theatrical writer and essayist. This documentary film features Morisaki Henriku, who studied under the multi-talented Terayama Shuji, and even became adopted as his younger brot...
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SHO NO MICHI (2009)
- Director
- KAWANO Koji
- Cast
- YANAGISHITA Tomo, FURUHARA Yasuhisa, MIURA Ryosuke
Yanagishita Tomo from Threads of Destiny (Akai ito) and star of GO-ONGERS THE MOVIE (Engin sentai Go-onjer: Bunbun! banban! Gekijo bang!!) Furuhara Yasuhisa, join with Miura Ryosuke of Bokura no Hoteshiki (*Our equation) to make up a crew of fresh a...
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DAIKO NO SUSUME (2009)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Satoshi
- Cast
- FUJIMA Miho, YAMADA Tatsuo, ENJOJI Aya
A family drama directed by the gifted Yamaguchi Satoshi, who gathered worldwide attention with his short film production Kirei ni Suru Koto Kara Hajimeyo (*We'll Start by Cleaning Up). Yamada Tatsuo fell in love with the script and starred in this fi...
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MADO NO SOTO NO SEKAI (2009)
- Director
- MATSUMURA Kiyohide
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Seijiro, AKIYAMA Rina, NEMOTO Masakazu
The popular Japanese idol Akiyama Rina (affectionately known as "Oshiriina" (nice bottom)) co-stars with Nakamura Seijiro of Dai 2 Shashinbu (*2nd Photography Club) in this human drama. This is a heartwarming portrayal of the kinship of a terminally...
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DAI 2 SHASHINBU (2009)
- Director
- MATSUMURA Kiyohide
- Cast
- YAGAMI Ren, OKAWA Genki, AKIYAMA Rina
A youth comedy co-written by the comedy duo "Home Team". Regardless that one already exists, a group of male university students decide to create their own photo club in this energetic film. Star of the musical version of "The Prince of Tennis" Yagam...
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My 8MM (2009)
- Director
- OTSURU Gitan
- Cast
- OKADA Rie, TAKASUGI Mizuho, HASEGAWA Hatsunori
14 years after directing his first film Tonari no Bob Marley (*My Neighbor Bob Marley), actor Otsuru Gitan returns to the director's chair for this travel film. Illustrating the insights into one woman's motorcycle journey to visit the hometown of he...
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Shura no toitsu (2009)
- Director
- TSUJI Hiroyuki
- Cast
- KASE Taishu, Hakuryu, AIKAWA Show
A yakuza film with a rich cast of big-name actors including Hakuryu, Aikawa Sho, Matsukata Hiroki, and Ozawa Hitoshi. This work depicts in depth the life of a motorcycle gangster-turned-mobster establish himself with honor in the underground communit...
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The Awakening of Love (2009)
- Director
- Elisa BOLOGNINI
- Cast
- KANO Kyoko, Maria Cocchiarella ARISMENDI, Raffaella PANICHI
This is an erotic drama starring well-known celebrity Kano Kyoko, based on her bestselling essay 'Triolisme.' A sensual portrayal of a young girl raised in a strict household who encounters a gorgeous and bewitching woman who awakens her to the joy o...
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Ueshima Jane (2009)
- Director
- Maccoi SAITO
- Cast
- UESHIMA Ryuhei, ARIYOSHI Hiroiki, SEIMIYA Yumi
Ueshima Ryuhei (from the comedy trio, Dacho Club) is a popular comedian who has earned massive respect from junior comedians with his unique sense of humor and appearance. With the support of Ariyoshi Hiroyuki, who staged a comeback by badmouthing ot...
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I LOVE RED LION (2009)
- Director
- Cast
- SATOMI Yojiro, MIYAKO Wakamaru, AOI Kojiro
Theaters that provide mass entertainment have long been a perennial favorite in Japan. This classic tale of chivalry and heroism features a star-studded cast, including leaders of theatrical troupes representing both eastern and western Japan, as wel...
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PANIC4ROOMS (2009)
- Director
- INOUE Hiroki, MORIMOTO Hidetoshi
- Cast
- KAWAGUCHI Maika, OKAWA Genki, YAMANAKA Takashi
A unique comedy film written by four theatrical playwrights - Nozoe Seiji, Tanabe Shigenori, Matsumoto Yoichi, and Bluesky - based in small theaters of Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. The story takes place at an apartment building, depicting a quarrel between ...
