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KUSHINA (2018)
- Director
- HAYAMI Moet
- Cast
- KADER Ikumi, HIROTA Tomona, INAMOTO Yayoi
Hayami Moët makes her directorial debut with a story that draws on her personal experiences. The film depicts life in a mountain hamlet inhabited entirely by women, where men are prohibited. Won the JAPAN CUTS award at the 2018 Osaka Asian Film Festi...
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Ii-chan's White Cane (2018)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Mariko
- Cast
- KONAGAYA Iori, KONAGAYA Ibuki
Iori Konagaya was born blind. Going by the nickname Ii-chan, she learned how to live as a visually impaired person at the Shizuoka School for the Blind 20 years ago. She was desperate to become independent. But as she was growing up, she ran into man...
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BAD POETRY TOKYO (2018)
- Director
- Anshul CHAUHAN
- Cast
- IIJIMA Shuna, MOCHIZUKI Orson, KAWAGUCHI Takashi
Drama that uses hallucinatory visuals to depict the hope and despair of a woman whose spirit is broken. Anshul Chauhan from India makes his feature film directorial debut. Thirty-year-old Jun (Iijima Shuna), an aspiring actress working at a nightclu...
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WORLD IS NORMAL (2018)
- Director
- SHIODE Taishi
- Cast
- OKADA Agasa
Film adaptation of the one-person show "Watashigatari" created and directed by Okada Ogasa in 2007. Okada performs the lead from start to finish. Director Shiode Taishi's debut feature film Death and Tanya was selected for the Japanese Cinema Splash ...
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Beyond the Blue (2018)
- Director
- HIRO Kenichiro
- Cast
- IMO Haruka, NAKAYAMA Yuki
Fantastical road movie about a pained guy and girl who head from the boonies to Tokyo. Hiro Kenichiro has directed numerous music videos and makes his feature film debut. Set in a world where people get a "blue mail" missive from their future selves...
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The Other Home (2018)
- Director
- NISHIKAWA Tatsuro
- Cast
- MOCHIZUKI Ayumu, OTANI Mai, KIZU Toru
Studying film production as a graduate student at the Tokyo University of the Arts under Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Suwa Nobuhiko, director Nishikawa Tatsuro makes his feature-length debut with this film. It depicts people at the mercy of "inevitable" thin...
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KASURIKO (2018)
- Director
- TAKASE Masatsugu
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Tamotsu, TAKUMA Shin
Set in the underworld of 1960s Tosa in Kochi Prefecture, this drama depicts a man destroying himself through gambling. The script was written by Kochi resident Kuniyoshi Takuji, and in the director's chair is Takase Masatsugu who choreographed fights...
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Love's Twisting Path (2018)
- Director
- NAKAJIMA Sadao
- Cast
- KORA Kengo, TABE Mikako
Veteran director Nakajima Sadao, known for the 'Kogarashi Monjiro' series and A Savage Beast Goes Mad, helms this samurai period film set at the end of the Edo era. Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, director of My Man, serves as assistant director. In order to ev...
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Amanogawa (2018)
- Director
- CONEY Shun
- Cast
- FUKUCHI Momoko, YANAGI Takayuki, IKUTA Tomoko
Shiori, a student living in Tokyo, feels lost in life. Her mother Satomi is an AI researcher, dedicated both to her work and educating her daughter to the highest level. Shiori stops going to school after getting banned from playing the Japanese taik...
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Orphans Blues (2018)
- Director
- KUDO Riho
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Yukino, KAMIKAWA Takuro, TSUJI Nagiko
Road movie that won the Grand Prize at Pia Film Festival Award 2018. Director Kudo Riho was 22 years old when a passage by Terayama Shuji inspired this film about a heroine who lives all out amidst the impending doom of an endless summer. Ema (Murak...
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SOMETHING (2018)
- Director
- SHIBATA Keisuke
- Cast
- OGAWA An, TAKAHASHI Yusuke
Coming-of-age drama helmed by Shibata Keisuke, who garnered numerous honors at domestic film festivals for his short film Hitomazu Susume. Set in a provincial seaside town, the film depicts the halcyon days of an overseas exchange student girl and hi...
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Cyclops (2018)
- Director
- OBA Norichika
- Cast
- IKEUCHI Mansaku, SAITO Yu, SATO Kozo
Noir indie film helmed by Oba Norichika, who drew inspiration from a painting by the French artist Odilon Redon. Won the Governor of Hokkaido Prize and the Cinegard Award at the 2018 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Shinohara (Ikeuchi M...
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MOONLESS DAWN (2018)
- Director
- ABE Harika
- Cast
- NAKAO Yuka, AOKI Yuzu, ECHIGO Haruka
Teen ensemble film that won the Runner-up Grand Prize at MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival for collaborations between cutting-edge directors and artists. Rookie director Abe Harika drew inspiration from LOWPOPLTD., who releases music online. Ko (Ao...
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MUGEN FOUNDATION (2018)
- Director
- OSAKI Akira
- Cast
- MINAMI Sara, NISHIYAMA Cosame, HARA Nanoka
Coming-of-age film about teenage girls created with improvised performances and inspired by singer/songwriter Nishiyama Cosame's song "Mirai e." Won two awards at MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with music...
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Remember the full moon night (2018)
- Director
- KAWAKITA Yumeki
- Cast
- TOKIYOSHI Erika, TAKEUCHI Momoko, NOJIMA Kenya
Coming-of-age ensemble film produced for MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with musicians. Directed by Kawakita Yumeki, whose previous film Kawaranaide. Hyakunichisou was selected for screenings at indie fil...
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Itsuka kagayaiteita kanojo ha (2018)
- Director
- MAEDA Seira
- Cast
- OGURA Ao, mahocato
Coming-of-age ensemble film produced for MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with musicians. Director-cum-screenwriter Maeda Seira has been performing since the sixth grade and is a self-taught filmmaker. "MI...
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TAKE OVER ZONE (2018)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Shimpei
- Cast
- YOSHINA Ruri, UCHIDA Chika, KAWASE Yohta
Sari is a junior high school student in a track & field club, living with her father who divorced his wife 3 years ago. The divorce casts shadow to her life as she felt no affections from her mother as she leaves the house with her younger brother To...
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ERICA 38 (2018)
- Director
- HIBI Yuichi
- Cast
- ASADA Miyoko, KIKI Kilin
This is the only film Kiki Kilin, of Shoplifters fame among many others, conceived in her lifetime. Based on a true story, it depicts a woman turning to a life of fraud because of her desires. In the director's chair is Hibi Yuichi whose Ken San won ...
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Speak Low (2018)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Akira
- Cast
- OBA Minami, IIDA Kaoru, YAMAZAKI Yohei
Romance helmed by Yamamoto Akira, the assistant director of Our House, an official selection at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. Depicts the emotional distance between a couple visiting the Atami hot springs. Nominated for the First Film ...
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KICK (2018)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Kazuhiko
- Cast
- NAGAOKA Mari, HIGASHI Takenori, KITAZAWA Yohei
Documentary capturing six years in the lives of players with serious disabilities who aim to compete in the Powerchair Football World Cup. Nagaoka Mari suffers from spinal muscular atrophy and has never walked even a single step in her life. But, sh...
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Michikusa (2018)
- Director
- SHISHIDO Daisuke
- Cast
This documentary follows the daily life of people with severe autism living by themselves. Most individuals with severe developmental disabilities are limited in the places they can reside such as those who live with their parents, and at institution...
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WE ARE (2018)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- MANO Erina, SHIMIZU Kurumi, YOKOHAMA Ryusei
Coming-of-age ensemble drama by young director Fujii Michihito, who also helmed Oh! Father, INNOCENT BLOOD and THE JOURNALIST. Stars Mano Erina from BLEACH and Impossibility Defense. Seven teens graduate from high school in Maebashi City, Gunma Pref...
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The Nikaidos' Fall (2018)
- Director
- Ida PANAHANDEH
- Cast
- KATO Masaya, ISHIBASHI Shizuka, MACHIDA Keita
Latest film from the Nara International Film Festival's "NARAtive" film production project. Helmed by Ida Panahandeh, who won a special prize for promising new directors in the Un Certain Regard section at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. Kawase Naomi ...
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Things to know before you become a cancer patient (2018)
- Director
- MIYAKE Nagaru
- Cast
- WAKAO Fumihiko, KATSUMATA Noriyuki, YAMAUCHI Hideko
Miyake Nagaru of "Ultimate land - a year of Iwasaki Onikenbai" and "Traveling by Leaps and Bounds: Portrait of Noh Actor Reijiro Tsumura" directs, shoots, and edits this documentary examining in a variety of angles the subject of cancer which is said...
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DOCUMENTARY FILM TARO OKAMOTO’S OKINAWA WHAT HE FOUND (2018)
- Director
- KATSURAYAMA Yoshihisa
- Cast
- OKAMOTO Taro
The mindset of one of Japan's prominent artists, Okamoto Taro, on his two journeys to Okinawa is closely examined in this documentary. Artist Okamoto Taro arrives on Okinawa seeking the answer to the questions: "What is a Japanese person?" and "What...
