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Mr.MAXMAN (2015)
- Director
- MASUDA Akihide
- Cast
- CHIBA Yudai, YAMAMOTO Mizuki, SUZUKI Anju
Special effects comedy about the weakest super hero ever starring Chiba Yudai, who made his acting debut in Goseiger Epic on the Movie. Screened in the TV DIRECTOR'S MOVIE section at the 7th Okinawa International Movie Festival. Rookie TV announcer ...
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NUCLEAR JAPAN the nightmare continues (2015)
- Director
- KAWAI Hiroyuki
- Cast
- KAWAI Hiroyuki, KAIDO Yuichi, KIMURA Yui
A complete picture of Japan's nuclear problem is drawn in this documentary. Based on interviews with concerned parties and experts as well as documents and information gathered on-site, the film seeks out the truths and lies of the circumstances behi...
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Children can draw wind (2015)
- Director
- TSUTSUI Katsuhiko
- Cast
- IGUCHI Keiko, KAMITO Keiko, ISHIKAWA Masae
Feature length documentary directed by Tsutsui Katsuhiko of The Shining Kids ? The Next Nursery Schools in Japan. Intimate year-long coverage of children growing up freely in a nursery school with more nature than you'd expect in Tokyo's urban Sugina...
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Mirai Shutter (2015)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Kazuyuki
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Yo, MIDORIKAWA Kenji, MASAGO Takeshi
Drama probing deeply into diversity and identity with a focus on the ability to "draw the line" emotionally, which is said to be at the root of social problems. Open innovation from the NPO Wupfilm. Miki (Hasegawa Yo) quits her job and shuts down em...
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Summer on the Frontline (2015)
- Director
- MATSUSHIMA Tetsuya
- Cast
- TANAKA Min, NATSUYAGI Isao, OTANI Eiko
Drama based on Tawara Kazuo's notebooks by the same title. Delves into the tragic fate of student draftees who were left behind at the border between the Soviet Union and Manchu at the close of World War II. The film bolsters its social advocacy by h...
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Home of Our Hearts (2015)
- Director
- IMANISHI Yuko
- Cast
- MATSUDA Madoka, NAKADA Yuichi, MORIBAYASHI Erina
Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the merger of Takayama City in Gifu Prefecture, this human drama was produced by a group of Takayama natives. Imanishi Yuko, director of Ano Saka wo Noboreba, takes the reigns while actress Matsuda Madoka, a Tak...
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Summer day, Your voice (2015)
- Director
- KAMIMURA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- HAYAMA Shono, ARAKAWA Chika, FURUHATA Seika
Romance with two intersecting timelines: The past, when a high school boy and a chronically ill girl meet and part ways, and the present depicting the guy 14 years later. Director Kamimura Tomoyuki won numerous awards in Japan for his short film Ushi...
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A Story of Hikari and Lies (2015)
- Director
- HAYASAKA Ryosuke
- Cast
- SHIBATA Kyoka, HASEGAWA Tomoharu
Installation in the omnibus "4 Stories with a Cat" in which four young directors deal with the theme of cats. Director Hayazaka Ryosuke‘s graduation film Socratic Love for the Graduate School of Film and New Media at Tokyo University of the Arts got ...
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Lived, Loved, Stole (2015)
- Director
- ASANUMA Naoya
- Cast
- YAMADA Kinuo, Kanna, ASAKURA Aki
Installation in the omnibus "4 Stories with a Cat" in which four young directors deal with the theme of cats. Director Asanuma Naoya's feature Heart Beat was screened at the 2012 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Kiki (Yamada Kinuwo) and...
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Hotel Nanohana (2015)
- Director
- NAKAIZUMI Yuya
- Cast
- YAMANAKA Takashi
Installation in the omnibus "4 Stories with a Cat" in which four young directors deal with the theme of cats. Directed by Nakaizumi Yuya, whose short films Enzai and Trip with Mother were screened at the Skip City International D-Cinema Film Festival...
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Cat Manma (2015)
- Director
- UEDA Shinichiro
- Cast
- MIURA Masaki, KINAMI Haruka
Installation in the omnibus "4 Stories with a Cat" in which four young directors deal with the theme of cats. Director Ueda Shinichiro's short film Dreaming Novelist was screened at the 2012 Skip City International D-Cinema Film Festival. Shota (Miu...
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TOKYO LIFE (2015)
- Director
- IKEDA Chihiro
- Cast
- Shuri, SASAKI Daisuke, ASANO Chizuru
Romance that Tokyo Rendezvous's Ikeda Chihiro directs and scripts as an original project. Probes the true nature of love through the romance between a man and women who meet on the fringes of Tokyo. Stars Shuri of The Voice of Water and Sasaki Daisuk...
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Yaru otoko (2015)
- Director
- YAMANOUCHI Daisuke
- Cast
- ASAKURA Kotomi, SUZUKAWA Ayane, KAWASE Yohta
First film in the new project OP PICTURES+ from Okura Pictures. Director Yamanouchi Daisuke won the 27th Pink Film Award's Grand Prize for Yokubo ni kurutta aijutachi. Yoshii (Kawase Yohta), a guy who molests women and trails them to break into thei...
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Hand in the Glove (2015)
- Director
- INABA Yusuke
- Cast
- Chanon RIKULSURAKAN, IZAWA Emiko, SASAI Eisuke
Thailand-Japan coproduced road movie. Depicts the meeting between a Japanese woman and a prince who is visiting Japan on the sly. Director-cum-screenwriter Inaba Yusuke starred in Hold Your Breath Like a Lover, which was screened at the 67th Locarno ...
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Punk, Sweets, My Way (2015)
- Director
- Nario
- Cast
- INOUE Atsushi, AOI Sola, AYANOKOJI Sho
Vocalist Inoue "Acchan" Atsushi is at the heart of this documentary hounding punk band NEW ROTE'KA as they mark their 30th anniversary. Beyond the frank candor of friction amongst band members, Inoue's everyday life as the successor to the family-run...
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Scarecrow and Racket ～Aki and Tamako's summer vacation～ (2015)
- Director
- INOUE Haruo
- Cast
- TAIRA Yuna, OTOMO Karen, YANAGIBA Toshiro
The maturing of two middle school girls participating in soft tennis is depicted in this coming-of-age drama set in the summer of an island on the Sea of Japan. Inoue Haruo, who directed veteran Korean actor Kim Eung-Soo in Toku No Sora takes the rei...
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Sayonara (2015)
- Director
- FUKADA Koji
- Cast
- Bryerly LONG, ARAI Hirofumi, Geminoid F
Film adaptation of the unique stage play by dramaturge Hirata Oriza and robot researcher Ishiguro Hiroshi. Directed by Fukuda Koji, who earned international acclaim for hospitalité and Au revoir l' été. Near future Japan has been contaminated by rad...
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The Actor (2015)
- Director
- YOKOHAMA Satoko
- Cast
- YASUDA Ken, ASO Kumiko, UNO Shohei
A heartwarming comedy featuring Yasuda Ken of the theater unit TEAM NACS in his first starring film role. It presents an abundantly humorous tale of a utility actor at a crossroads in his life, and his romantic fortunes. Director Yokohama Satoko retu...
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Tokyo Sunrise (2015)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- Taiga, KOBAYASHI Ryuju, KUROKAWA Mei
Coming of Age movie about a young man's emotional rebirth of a protagonist burdened by a sense of loss after his friend's death. Direction and script by the cutting-edge Nakagawa Ryutaro, whose film August in Tokyo was selected for the Japanese Cinem...
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7Days (2015)
- Director
- WATANABE Hirobumi
- Cast
- WATANABE Hirobumi, HIRAYAMA Misao
Shot in black and white without a single line of dialogue, this drama depicts a guy working silently in a cattle shed in a farming village north of Tokyo. Watanabe Hirobumi, whose film And the Mud Ship Sails Away was selected for the Japanese Cinema ...
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Her Father, My Lover (2015)
- Director
- YAMAUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- FUKIKOSHI Mitsuru, KISHII Yukino, ANDO Wako
A romantic comedy about a university student who falls head over heels in love with her best friend's father with no concern for what others think. Its director is Yamauchi Kenji, whose directorial debut Being Mitsuko was nominated for the Internatio...
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Spring Has Come (2015)
- Director
- YOSHINO Ryohei
- Cast
- YANAGIYA Kyotaro, ISHII Anna, PARK Romi
Road film about a single dad and his daughter traveling from Hiroshima to Tokyo in search of a place to live. Director Yoshino Ryohei, whose film Akaboshi was selected for the Japanese Eyes section of the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival, handl...
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Their Distance (2015)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- Ren, AOYAGI Fumiko, KAN Hanae
An ensemble piece about the wayward attractions between several men and women. Its director is Imaizumi Rikiya, whose SAD TEA screened at the 2013 Tokyo International Film Festival and became a long-running hit with a theatrical release that lasted f...
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Ken and Kazu (2015)
- Director
- SHOJI Hiroshi
- Cast
- KATO Shinsuke, MAIGUMA Katsuya, FUJIWARA Kisetsu
Drama depicting the conflict between friends who deal drugs. Director Shoji Hiroshi made the feature film based on his short Ken and Kazu, which was screened in four countries including the 41st International Film Festival Rotterdam. Ken (Kato Shins...
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Lowlife Love (2015)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, DENDEN, OSHINARI Shugo
Drama about an indie film director struggling desperately to break free of his dissolute lifestyle. Director Uchida Eiji, whose previous film GREATFUL DEAD was screened at fantastic film festivals within Japan and abroad, depicts the dreams and reali...
