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  • TADASHIKUWASURERU

    TADASHIKUWASURERU (2010)

    Director
    INOUE Masayuki
    Cast
    ONO Marie, SHINODA Mitsuyoshi, SOMETANI Shota

    A drama that depicts the suffering of young people struggling to overcome past traumas, with an unpredictable storyline. Director Inoue Masayuki (Ichibyo no Ondo) also handles production, writing, and editing duties.Winner of the Tokyo International ...

  • Seesaw

    Seesaw (2010)

    Director
    KANYAMA Keihiro
    Cast
    MURAKAMI Maki, KANYAMA Keihiro, SoRA

    This film earned high acclaim after winning the 2010 SKIP City Award at the SKIP City International D-Cinema Film Festival and being invited to numerous film festivals, including the Vienna International Film Festival. Love story that gives a fresh d...

  • Audrey

    Audrey (2010)

    Director
    KATSUMATA Yu
    Cast
    KASAHARA Mika, KAJIWARA Hikari, KURERU Kohei

    Coming-of-age drama depicting a high school girl's love affair, set during the annual school festival. Director Katsumata Yu, who has made numerous independent films, is lauded for his ability as a director to elicit the best of actresses. Yuko (Kasa...

  • Coutry girl

    Coutry girl (2010)

    Director
    KOBAYASHI Tatsuo
    Cast
    HATTORI Satoshi, KUBA Yuta, FUJIMURA Shoko

    Indie feature film directed by Kobayashi Tatsuo, who won the Grand Prix at the 10th Kyoto International Student Film and Video Festival, with a script by Watanabe Aya, who served as a juror at the same festival. Kyoto high school student Hayashi (Hat...

  • hasami

    hasami (2010)

    Director
    MITSUISHI Fujiro
    Cast
    IKEWAKI Chizuru, TOKUNAGA Eri, KUBOTA Masataka

    A coming-of-age drama depicting the personal growth of teachers and students at a hair dressing and beauty school. Shot on location at an actual vocational school in Tokyo's Nakano City. Its script is derived from numerous true stories. Director Mits...

  • 20nenmae no hanketsu

    20nenmae no hanketsu (2010)

    Director
    TSUBOUCHI Takahiro
    Cast
    SANADA Etsuko, MURAKAMI Rumi, YODA Tatsuya

    A self-produced film by director Tsubouchi Takahiro, who also writes, shoots, and edits his works. Set to the rhythms of flamenco music, it depicts the struggle of a public prosecutor who hides a secret regarding her child. Its cast features many sta...

  • TENTSUKI

    TENTSUKI (2010)

    Director
    YAMADA Masafumi
    Cast
    MANABE Taku, SETO Natsumi, HATTORI Ryuzaburo

    The second film in the "Kyoto Renzoku" series, produced by Shima Films and set in the ancient capital of Kyoto. A mysterious and fantastic story unfolds in a nonexistent town called "Tenshi Tsukinuke Roku-chome." Noboru (Manabe Taku) is being pursued...

  • In Love With Bento Boy

    In Love With Bento Boy (2010)

    Director
    KOIZUMI Tsuyoshi
    Cast
    SAITO Syota, IDA Kaori, YAMAMOTO Hiroko

    A romantic comedy featuring a "herbivorous" protagonist, the kind of man who is demure toward the opposite sex and enjoys housework, and has become a modern Japanese social phenomenon. It depicts the lovelife of a young editor who ends up bringing hi...

  • Obachanonnanoko

    Obachanonnanoko (2010)

    Director
    YOKOHAMA Satoko
    Cast
    NOZAKI Yoshimi, UNO Shohei, SATO Miyu

    Mid-length feature depicting a childish wife and her husband's love. Directed by Yokohama Satoko, the up-and-coming female director who won the Directors Guild of Japan's New Directors Award, and has earned high acclaim for an approach that abounds w...

  • Self-Defense

    Self-Defense (2010)

    Director
    INO Saki
    Cast
    MIYATA Aki, SATO Namiko, MORITA Aki

    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. This reality drama was directed by Ino Saki, based on her own experiences. Sakurai (Miya...

  • My Baby

    My Baby (2010)

    Director
    ISOGAI Nagisa
    Cast
    FUJII Momoyo, MORITA Aki, ARAI Hideyuki

    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. Rookie director Isogai Nagisa presents a sharp-eyed depiction of a love-hate relationshi...

  • BUSTER BUDDHIST BICH

    BUSTER BUDDHIST BICH (2010)

    Director
    YAMAMOTO Shunsuke
    Cast
    MATSUYAMA Yuki, MORIYAMA Riko, KINNO Manabu

    An unusual violent action film featuring a vagabond mendicant priestess and wannabe celebrity engaged in mortal combat, with Japanese swords and other weapons in hand. Directed by Yamamoto Shunsuke, who also writes screenplays and novels. Replete wit...

  • Amazing Grace -Japanese Gangster Elegy-

    Amazing Grace -Japanese Gangster Elegy- (2010)

    Director
    KAWANO Koji
    Cast
    KUBOZUKA Shunsuke, MIYATA Daizo, KANDA Sayaka

    Yakuza movie based on the youthful recollections of Shirakawa Ren. Two juvenile delinquents with strong ties unintentionally come into conflict after taking different paths. Includes several true experienced from the life of the author, who was a for...

  • Drawer Hobs

    Drawer Hobs (2010)

    Director
    KISE Kazuchika
    Cast
    NOTO Mamiko, OOURA Fuyuka, MATSUMOTO Megumi

    Short fantasy produced as part of the Young Animators Fostering Project 2010, sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Directorial debut of Kise Kazuchika, an animator at Production I.G, known for films including A Letter to Momo. Noeru (voice: ...

  • Tales of Terror From Japan Nagurikomi The Movie Tokyo

    Tales of Terror From Japan Nagurikomi The Movie Tokyo (2010)

    Director
    MURAKAMI Kenji
    Cast
    Ginty KOBAYASHI, TANOBE Naoto, ICHIKAWA Rikio

    Feature-length edition of the ghost story documentary that undertakes actual explorations of haunted places included in "Gendai hyaku monogatari, shin mimibukuro", a compilation of true ghost stories from around Japan. The four DVDs produced to date ...

  • YAKUZA WEAPON

    YAKUZA WEAPON (2010)

    Director
    SAKAGUCHI Taku, YAMAGUCHI Yudai
    Cast
    SAKAGUCHI Taku, MURAKAMI Jun, KUROKAWA Mei

    A violent action movie produced by Japanese label Sushi Typhoon, which was set up to make films for genre audiences in the United States and elsewhere, and features a roster of directors with established international fanbases. Its co-directors are a...

  • HELLDRIVER

    HELLDRIVER (2010)

    Director
    NISHIMURA Yoshihiro
    Cast
    HARA Yumiko, SHIINA Eihi, NAMIOKA Kazuki

    A zombie movie produced by Japanese label Sushi Typhoon, which was set up to make films for genre audiences in the United States and elsewhere. Director Nishimura Yoshihiro, known for works such as TOKYO GORE POLICE, has a cult overseas fanbase and i...

  • AVN : ALIEN VS. NINJA

    AVN : ALIEN VS. NINJA (2010)

    Director
    CHIBA Seiji
    Cast
    MIMOTO Masanori, KASHIWABARA Shuji, TSUCHIHIRA Donpei

    A battle movie produced by Japanese label Sushi Typhoon, which was set up to make films aimed at genre audiences in the United States and elsewhere, and features a stable of directors with a cult overseas fanbase such as Iguchi Noboru. Its action sce...

  • Peace

    Peace (2010)

    Director
    SODA Kazuhiro
    Cast

    The third feature-length documentary film from director Soda Kazuhiro, who received international acclaim for his Election which went behind the scenes of an election campaign, and Mental which went inside a psychiatric institution. It has won numero...

  • A Man with Style

    A Man with Style (2010)

    Director
    ISHII Yuya
    Cast
    MITSUISHI Ken, MORIOKA Ryu, YOSHINAGA Jun

    Humorous drama about the drab dandyism of a middle-aged man. Director Ishii Yuya is closely watched in Japan and abroad, with honors including the first Edward Yang New Talent Award for new Asian directors at the 2008 Asia Film Awards, and special sc...

  • Morikiki ; Mountains, Students and Sages

    Morikiki ; Mountains, Students and Sages (2010)

    Director
    SHIBATA Shohei
    Cast
    HASEGAWA Rikio, SHIIBA Kuniko, KOBAYASHI Kamekiyo

    Winner of the audiovisual media category of the Children's Welfare Culture Awards in 2007, this documentary focuses on the interaction between high schoolers at a crossroads in their lives and elderly people who live in a forested region. It is the s...

  • KARATE GIRL

    KARATE GIRL (2010)

    Director
    KIMURA Yoshikatsu, NISHI Fuyuhiko
    Cast
    TAKEDA Rina, TOBIMATSU Hina, NAKA Tatsuya

    Karate action movie featuring genuine hand-in-hand combat without the use of wires, CG or stunts. Takeda Rina, Japanese national karate champion who debuted in High Kick Girl!, gives a powerful performance of a heroine burning for revenge. As a young...

  • Fig Wasp

    Fig Wasp (2010)

    Director
    SATO Toshiki
    Cast
    MIZUI Maki, FUKAZAWA Tomoki, ITO Takeshi

    The fourth film in the "Seishun H" series, which produces extremely low budget coming-of-age and sex-themed works with a strong directorial style. Director Sato Toshiki, regarded as one of the "four heavenly kings" of pink film, uses swaying handheld...

  • The smell of curry rice

    The smell of curry rice (2010)

    Director
    YAMAGUCHI Satoshi
    Cast
    EGAWA Minako, SENDA Takuya, TATSUMI Tomoaki

    Installment in the highly lauded Seishun H (Youth Sex) series created by distinctively original filmmakers on the shared theme of adolescence and love. Director Yamaguchi Satoshi's 2006 film {An Electric Fan of Grandma} won the Short Short Film Festi...

  • Broken Blade Episode 5 The Horizon Between Life and Death

    Broken Blade Episode 5 The Horizon Between Life and Death (2010)

    Director
    AMINO Tetsuro, HABARA Nobuyoshi
    Cast
    HOSHI Soichiro, SAITO Chiwa, NAKAMURA Yuichi

    The fifth in a six-part "mecha action" animated series based on Yoshinaga Yunosuke's manga. In a world reminiscent of Greek myths, where magic is an energy source that lies in the hands of certain people, four close friends follow eventful paths to t...