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TADA'S DO-IT-ALL HOUSE: DISCONCERTO (2014)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- Eita, MATSUDA Ryuhei, KORA Kengo
Live action adaptation of Miura Shion's Naoki Prize-winning series. This third work follows up on the first feature film in 2011 and TV drama in 2013 and gives an up-tempo depiction of a handyman duo. Direction and screenplay by Omori Tatsushi, who a...
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THE NEXT GENERATION-PATLABOR- Chapter5 (2014)
- Director
- TSUJIMOTO Takanori, TAGUCHI Kiyotaka
- Cast
- MANO Erina, FUKUSHI Seiji, KAKEI Toshio
The fifth 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 ongoing adventures of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Special Vehicle Section 2, whic...
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The Tenor Lirico Spinto (2014)
- Director
- KIM Sangman
- Cast
- YOO Ji-tae, ISEYA Yusuke, CHA Ye-ryun
This Japan-South Korea co-production is a drama based on the true story of singer Bae Jae-cheol, who achieved a miraculous comeback after to losing his voice to illness. Yoo Ji-Tae (Old Boy) and Iseya Yusuke (Tomorrow's Joe) star, and many of Bae's s...
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Harmonics Minyoung (2014)
- Director
- SASAKI Shoichiro
- Cast
- Min-young, Yoon-young, MUTO Hideaki
The first feature film by Sasaki Shoichiro, who has won numerous awards for his direction of NHK television dramas. Through the travel in Japan of a Korean woman who loves Mozart, it depicts present anxiety and past wars, as well as the human ability...
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SENGOKU BLOODY AGENT (2014)
- Director
- TAKEDA Naoki
- Cast
- KINOSHITA Ayumi, YAMAGUCHI Yoshiyuki, OSHITA Genichiro
An authentic action movie with a devotion to physical stunts without gimmicks. Four men and women, connected only by their mutual objective, attempt to bring down a vicious yakuza organization. Its director, Takeda Naoki, previously helped uncover un...
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kabaddieen!!!!!!!dokuro high school (2014)
- Director
- ABE Yuichi
- Cast
- WATANABE Daisuke, TAKAGI Manpei, SAITO Shusuke
Second installation in the coming-of-age drama about kabaddi, the team sport from India. Depicts a failing manga artist who matures through kabaddi after slipping into a high school kabaddi club to develop material for a new project. Directed by Abe ...
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From Kumano (2014)
- Director
- TANAKA Chiseko
- Cast
- KAIBE Tsuyoshi, ISEYA Hisanobu, ITO Koichi
Road movie set in Kumano, situated in the southern part of the Izu Peninsula, by Tanaka Chiseko, the film critic who has also directed films including The Sea, the Bicycle and the Amanohashidate. Also depicts the landscape of the Kumano Kodo, famed a...
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A DROP OF THE GRAPEVINE (2014)
- Director
- MISHIMA Yukiko
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, ANDO Yuko, SOMETANI Shota
Drama that reunites Bread of Happiness director Mishima Yukiko and actor Oizumi Yo. Depicts the relationships between brothers who run a small winery and the people around them, set against the lush natural environment of Sorachi, Hokkaido. Ao (Oizu...
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Kinkyori Renai (2014)
- Director
- KUMAZAWA Naoto
- Cast
- YAMASHITA Tomohisa, KOMATSU Nana, MIZUKAWA Asami
An adaptation of Mikimoto Rin's smash hit girls' manga by the ROMANTIC PRELUDE duo of director Kumazawa Naoto and screenwriter Manabe Yukiko. Yamashita Tomohisa (Tomorrow's Joe) plays a standoffish teacher who enters into a forbidden love affair with...
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Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!: Ballerina of the Doll Kingdom (2014)
- Director
- KON Chiaki
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Megumi, HAN Megumi, KITAGAWA Rina
The 17th entry in the "Pretty Cure" series of animated feature films about transforming heroines. In order to save a land of dolls in a time of crisis, young female warriors for good rise to the challenge. Its director is Kon Chiaki, known for her wo...
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CAPE NOSTALGIA (2014)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, ABE Hiroshi, TAKEUCHI Yuko
An ensemble piece depicting the heartwarming relationships between a woman who runs a seaside cafe and the people who gather there, featuring nostalgic imagery shot on the Boso Peninsula of Chiba Prefecture. Winner of the Special Grand Prix from the ...
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kabaddieen!!!!!!!hanafubuki high school (2014)
- Director
- OHARA Go
- Cast
- SUZUKI Shogo, SOMEYA Toshiyuki, AKAZAWA Tomoru
First installation in the coming-of-age drama about kabaddi, the team sport from India. A high school student who has left his basketball team stages a comeback after learning kabaddi. Concept and direction by former stuntman Ohara Go. Basketball st...
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Ai koso wa subete all you need is love (2014)
- Director
- GOTO Toshihiro
- Cast
- KURAHACHI Kei, FUJITA Ayako, KATO Ryo
42nd installation in the "Youth-H" series about youth and sexuality. A guy plagued by illness scrambles to leave behind offspring. Director Goto Toshihiro helmed (just like) Starting Over from the same series. 28-year-old part-time worker Yu (Kuraha...
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OGAWACHO SERENADE (2014)
- Director
- HARA Keinosuke
- Cast
- SUDOU Risa, FUJIMOTO Izumi, YASUDA Ken
Set in a rundown small town bar called Snack Sayoko, this drama revolves around its female proprietor, her daughter, a cross-dressing gay man and other characters. Its director is Hara Keinosuke, making his feature debut. Bar owner Manami (Sudo Risa...
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Treasure Ship: Latitudes of Lust (2014)
- Director
- IKAWA Koichiro
- Cast
- AIDA Nana, OKADA Tomohiro, NAKAMITSU Seiji
A film devised by the late director Watanabe Mamoru, renowned as a master of erotic "pink film," and made to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the pink film genre. It is a comedy that depicts the love-hate relationships of two coup...
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A Samurai Chronicle (2014)
- Director
- KOIZUMI Takashi
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, OKADA Junichi, HORIKITA Maki
Director Koizumi Takashi, who was mentored by Kurosawa Akira and won the CinemAvvenire Award award at the 56th Venice Film Festival for After the Rain, adapts Hamuro Rin's Naoki Prize-winning novel for film. Beautifully portrays the relationship betw...
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Alps a girls high-school (2014)
- Director
- OTA Takeshi
- Cast
- NAKAHARA Mai, MIYAZAKI Rina, YASUDA Seia
A coming-of-age drama set in Minami-Alps City, Yamanashi Prefecture. It features a fresh-faced cast, including Nakahara Mai who starred in a production of the musical "Annie", and Yokoyama Rurika and Ishida Karen of the idol group Idoling!!! and Miya...
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Carefree fairies the movie (2014)
- Director
- SUGAHARA Sota
- Cast
- MIMORI Suzuko, MIZUHARA Kaoru, AKESAKA Satomi
A feature film version of a short animated television series with a loose touch about the daily lives of fairies. They set off on a journey to change their destinies, and get into strange situations wherever they go. It explores its unique outlook, i...
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Akira No.2 (2014)
- Director
- YOSHIMURA Norihisa
- Cast
- OZAWA Ryota, KIDO Yasuhiro, FUKUYAMA Shodai
An action film adapted from Okushima Hiromasa's manga. Ozawa Ryota ("Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger") gives a comical portrayal of a male high school student striving to become top dog within a group of juvenile delinquents. Kickboxer Kido Yasuhiro appears ...
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PHANTOM LIMB (2014)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- YOSHIKI Ryo, TANIMURA Mitsuki, ENDO Yuya
First film written by Shimada Soji, the top-class mystery author who enjoys worldwide recognition. Interweaves suspense in depicting the mysterious events encountered by a young man with amnesia. Masato (Yoshiki Ryo) sustains serious injuries in a ...
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Hunger Z (2014)
- Director
- TSUKIASHI Naoto
- Cast
- MURAI Ryota, ODAJIMA Nagisa, NIIRO Shinya
An unusual work set in a world where people have become fodder for zombies that presents an abundantly humorous depiction of a young man sent to a "human farm." Murai Ryota of {MASKED RIDER DECADE THE MOVIE} delivers a nimble performance as the good-...
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MOTHER (2014)
- Director
- UMEZZ Kazuo
- Cast
- KATAOKA Ainosuke, MAIHANE Mimi, SHINGYOJI Kimie
Horror film marking the directorial debut for 77-year-old manga master Umezz Kazuo. He penned the script for this autobiographical horror story dealing with memories of his deceased mother. Replete with shocking scenes featuring his signature aesthet...
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Fatal Frame (2014)
- Director
- ASATO Mari
- Cast
- NAKAJO Ayami, MORIKAWA Aoi, KOJIMA Fujiko
Bilocation director Asato Mari wields beautifully fantastic images for this adaptation of Otsuka Eiji's novel, inspired by the horror game series "Zero". Students at an all-girls academy deep in the mountains deal with unexplainable disappearances. ...
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Mr. HOME (2014)
- Director
- NAGATOMO Takakazu, HASEGAWA Ayumu, KUDO Wataru
- Cast
- HIROSUE Hiromasa, KASAJIMA Tomo, TASAKA Hideki
Five-part omnibus film about the various people living in a shared house. Young directors are in charge of each section, starting off with Tokyo Rendezvous director Ikeda Chihiro. Produced as part of a film acting workshop. An old seaside house. A g...
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Torihada gekijoban 2 (2014)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Anna, ADACHI Rika, SATSUKAWA Aimi
The second feature film version of an omnibus horror television series that gained a large following in its late night slot. It depicts the terrors that befall a female office worker who reads a letter addressed to someone else and gets caught up in ...
