Movies
372 Results
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Working Horses in the Woodlands (2016)
- Director
- ODACHI Aiko
- Cast
- People of Touno Town, Iwate Prefecture, People of Kiso Town, Nagano Prefecture, People of Chagu Chagu Umako Hozonkai
Documentary covering a year of the lives of people living with horses, an old-fashioned culture and lifestyle that hardly remains today. People living with horses are a rare sight in present-day Japan. In northeastern Japan, the only remaining "baha...
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Otome Sakura (2016)
- Director
- YOKOYAMA Hiroyuki
- Cast
- TAKENAKA Naoto, TAKAKI Mio, ENOKI Sarina
Period drama based on a legend about human sacrifice for the construction of Komine Castle in Fukushima Prefecture, starring Shall We Dance? star Takenaka Naoto. Produced as the first film in the "it JAPAN" project promoting Japanese culture within J...
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SINBAD -Night at High Noon and the Wonder Gate- (2016)
- Director
- MIYASHITA Shinpei
- Cast
- MURANAKA Tomo, TANABE Momoko, NAGASAWA Nao
Third original animation feature film commemorating the 40th anniversary of animation planning and production company Nippon Animation. Shirogumi of Stand by Me Doraemon handles animation production and Sato Yoshiharu of My Neighbor Totoro serves as ...
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Our Escape (2016)
- Director
- UCHIDA Nobuteru
- Cast
- SUMORI Ryubun, SAKURAI Ai, MATSUNAGA Daisuke
A completely independent film by Uchida Nobuteru whose theatrical debut film, Love Addiction, won the TOKYO FILMeX 2010 Grand Prize. It depicts an alternative love story about a man and woman attempting to survive in our current times. Noboru (Sumor...
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SUFFERING OF NINKO (2016)
- Director
- NIWATSUKINO Norihiro
- Cast
- TSUJIOKA Masato, WAKABAYASHI Miho, IWAHASHI Hidetaka
This historical period comedy alternates live action with animation to depict a trainee monk who is unexplainably irresistible to women and his travels plagued by troubles with the opposite sex. Direction and script by Niwatsukino Norihiro, who direc...
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UMIGAME ~A Turtle's Promise~ (2016)
- Director
- KURATANI Yoshio
- Cast
- SASAKI Yuta
Fantasy based on a true story about a boy who comes of age and the sea turtle legend passed down at Kajima Harbor in Ibaraki Prefecture. Selected for the 3rd Ibaraki Short Film Award in conjunction with the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. Kajima...
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Bros. Max Man (2016)
- Director
- MASUDA Akihide
- Cast
- RYUSEI Ryo, UCHIDA Rio, CHIBA Yudai
The second volume in a series depicting the exploits of the younger brother of Max Man, the white-collar hero depicted in Mr. Max Man. Ryusei Ryo of "Jyuden Sentai Kyoryuger" and the first Max Man, Chiba Yudai, co-star with television director, Masud...
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SHOPPING STREET WAR~SUCHICO~ from Yoshimoto Shinkigeki (2016)
- Director
- TANIGUCHI Masanori
- Cast
- Sutchi, TAKEDA Kozo, TAKANO Yui
Yoshimoto Shinkigeki's leader, Sutchi, disguised as the troupe's popular character, Suchico, co-stars with former professional fighter turned actor, Takeda Kozo, in this warmhearted comedy. Many comedians belonging to the Yoshimoto Shinkigeki troupe ...
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2045 Carnival Folklore (2016)
- Director
- KATO Naoki
- Cast
- ISHII Junya, OKA Misaki, OKUSE Shigeru
The third feature-length film by director Kato Naoki is a sci-fi, noise rock motion picture set in Japan 100 years after the dropping of an atomic bomb. Nagashima Hiroyuki (Dowser), Hamamoto Ryo, Okamoto Hideyuki, and other musicians along with noise...
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Trace of Breath (2016)
- Director
- KOMORI Haruka
- Cast
- SATO Teiichi, SATO Kinue
Documentary about Sato Teiichi's daily life spent doing everything by hand at his seed shop in Rikuzentakata City, which was devastated by the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. Filmmaker Komori Haruka handles directing, camera and editing in h...
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The Gift of Memory (2016)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- HASHIMOTO Ai, KANG Sang-Jung, KORA Kengo
Assembling staff and cast hailing from Kumamoto Prefecture, director Yukisada Isao, himself a Kumamoto native, shot this drama prior to the April 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. Appearing are Hashimoto Ai of The Kirishima Thing, Kora Kengo of The Mourner, ...
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CHOCOLATE CAKE AND HORYUJI TEMPLE (2016)
- Director
- MUKAI Keita
- Cast
- Seiya, Yusuke, Tomomi
Autobiographical documentary by director Mukai Keita, who was raised in an orphanage after his mother died when he was a child. The director's interior life comes into view through his interviews of friends from the orphanage, his rebellion against h...
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THE WOLVES OF THE EAST (2016)
- Director
- Carlos M. Quintela
- Cast
- FUJI Tatsuya, ONISHI Shima, KOBORI Masahiro
Drama shot in Nara Prefecture's Higashi Yoshino village, said to be the last habitation of the now-extinct Japanese wolf, directed by Cuban-born Carlos M. Quintela. Produced by Kawase Naomi, known as the director of films including Suzaku. Japan, Swi...
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TOKERU (2016)
- Director
- IGASHI Aya
- Cast
- MICHITA Riu, UTO Yuma, KOYAMA Rina
Up-and-coming director, Igashi Aya, depicts the interplay between a high school girl in a rural town and her male cousin visiting from Tokyo. The film won the Runner-up Prize at the 28th Togaku-sai Film Festival, the Special Jury Prize at the 2016 PF...
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SUPER KABUKI II 「ONE PIECE」 (2016)
- Director
- WATANABE Takehiko
- Cast
- ICHIKAWA Ennosuke, ICHIKAWA Ukon, BANDO Tatsunosuke
Opening performance (in 2015 at the Shinbashi Enbujo Theatre) of the miraculous mash-up between Ichikawa Ennosuke IV's "Super Kabuki II" and the internationally popular "ONE PIECE" manga. Packs in the excitement of the stage performance while incorpo...
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Nihonto The Movie (2016)
- Director
- OUCHI Tatsuo
- Cast
- GASSAN Sadatoshi, HONAMI Koshu
A documentary revealing episodes of famous swords and the high-ranking samurai or swordsmen who bore them while shining a spotlight on the techniques of master sword smiths and sword polishers who carry on the skill in the present day. This is the di...
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Freedom Moon (2016)
- Director
- KIM Sung Woong
- Cast
- HAKAMADA Iwao, HAKAMADA Hideko
A documentary closely observing the daily life of Hakamada Iwao who was released forty-eight years after being tried as the murderer in the Hakamada case. The director is Kim Sung-woong who won the Mainichi Film Award for best documentary with INVISI...
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Kamen Rider 1 (2016)
- Director
- KANEDA Osamu
- Cast
- FUJIOKA Hiroshi, OHSUGI Ren, NISHIME Shun
Commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Masked Rider series, the very first actor to play the Masked Rider, Fujioka Hiroshi, returns to the role after 44 years. He is joined by other Masked Riders such as Masked Rider Ghost. 45 years ago Hongo Tak...
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Belladonna Of Sadness 4K Disgital Remastered (2016)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Eiichi
- Cast
- NAKADAI Tatsuya, NAGAYAMA Aiko
In 1973, Mushi Productions and Nihon Herald Eiga (the former name of Kadokawa Pictures) produced an animated movie aimed at adults about the witch trials in France during the Middle-Ages. Art director and illustrator, Fukai Kuni's delicately erotic d...
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UTOPA (2016)
- Director
- TANAKA Takahiro
- Cast
- TANAKA Aimi, UEDA Reina, FUKAYA Yu
The earth in the distant future has been visited by mass extinction. In an aerial city built to preserve the species, animals have evolved into specialized creatures through artificial genetic crossbreeding, and the existence of the world below has b...
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Manga-jima: The Island of Cartoon (2016)
- Director
- MORIYA Fumio
- Cast
- MIZUSAWA Shingo, MORIYA Fumio, MATSUURA Yuya
A unique film depicting manga creators with a passion for manga trying to survive on a remote island of a distant sea. Moriya Fumio, the screenwriter of The Woodsman and the Rain among others, makes his feature-length directorial debut. On a remote ...
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TOKYO BOYS COLLECTION episode 1 (2016)
- Director
- TERANISHI Kazuhiro
- Cast
- NISHIMURA Kazuki, NAGAO Mariya, ICHIKI Rena
Pure-hearted romance about a high school boy going after his dreams with a plotline involving the Tokyo Boys Collection, Japan's top men's fashion and music event. Directed by Teranishi Kazuhiro of Actress and Shinjuku Midnight Baby. Ikki (Nishimura...
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Good Bye, Talking Dog (2016)
- Director
- KUMAGAI Madoka
- Cast
- TSUMIKI Miho, TAJIMA Reiko, MASHIMA Hidekazu
Humorous drama about the frustrations of a struggling actress who tries to balance her career with the needs of her senile mother. Feature film debut from Kumagai Madoka, who directed the short film Hakko. Reiko (Tsumiki Miho) teaches at an acting s...
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Mahoutsukai no yome Hoshimotsuhito Chuhen (2016)
- Director
- NAGANUMA Norihiro
- Cast
- TANEZAKI Atsumi, TAKEUCHI Ryota, UCHIYAMA Koki
Second part in the anime trilogy based on Yamazaki Kore's fantasy comic titled "The Ancient Magus' Bride" featuring a completely new story penned by the author. Chise (voice: Tanezaki Atsumi) recalls memories from early childhood that were buried de...
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Kumanokara Romanesque (2016)
- Director
- TANAKA Chiseko
- Cast
- KAIBE Tsuyoshi, URAN Sakiko, SUZUKI Yayoi
Sequel to From Kumano about the Kumano area, focusing more on the feature film aspects of the work. Depicts enchantment into the world created in Orikuchi Nobuo's historical fantasy novel "The Book of the Dead." Tanaka Chiseko directed the first film...
