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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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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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Siblings of the Cape (2018)
- Director
- KATAYAMA Shinzo
- Cast
- MATSUURA Yuya, WADA Misa, KITAYAMA Masayasu
The debut film by Katayama Shinzo, who has served as assistant director on the films of Bong Joon-ho and Yamashita Nobuhiro, which he wrote, directed and produced. It depicts a brother and sister with disabilities dirtying their hands with prostituti...
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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...
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Astral abnormal Suzukisan (2018)
- Director
- ONO Daisuke
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Honoka, NISHIYAMA Mayuko, TANAKA Taketo
Director's cut that revamps for film the 17 episodes of a YouTube drama series with {In This Corner of the World} TV drama heroine Matsumoto Honoka as the protagonist. Rara (Matsumoto) makes her living as a YouTuber while cursing her life in a backw...
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Whale-shaped Dream (2018)
- Director
- FUJIWARA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- YANO Masato, TAKEDA Rina, OKAMOTO Rei
Blue Gateway of Happiness director Fujiwara Tomoyuki helms this drama. Kujirai Taichi (Yano Masato) has been selected to be the leader of the staff at the Taiji Municipal Whale Museum. Despite enlisting the aid of Shiraishi Yui (Takeda Rina) who cam...
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KUMA ELOHIM (2018)
- Director
- SAKATA Takahiro
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Yukino, FURUYA Konosuke, TAKAMI Aya
The loneliness and discord between a man and woman living on another planet similar to Earth is depicted in this literary science fiction film set in the near future. Sakata Takahiro, a graduate of the Nihon University Fine Arts Department's Film Stu...
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ITOSATO A Kyoto Coutesan at the End of Samurai Era (2018)
- Director
- KASHIMA Mikiya
- Cast
- FUJINO Ryoko, MIZOBATA Junpei, MATSUI Rena
A geisha's tragic love story is told in this period film which was an official selection of the 38th Hawaii International Film Festival. The film is written and directed by Kashima Mikiya, a veteran of many period television series. Fujino Ryoko, who...
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FROM ALL CORNERS (2018)
- Director
- OKAJIMA Ryusuke
- Cast
- SHIMAZU Fuyuki
Los Angeles based video director Okajima Ryusuke directs his first feature-length documentary about "cardboard artist" Shimazu Fuyuki who creates wallets from cardboard boxes discarded on the street or in front of stores. Calling himself "the cardbo...
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JIZOLIBIDO (2018)
- Director
- KASATANI Yoshiaki
- Cast
- KOIDE Yukiko, Edward M. Gómez, MUKAI Shutoku
Kasatani Yoshiaki of A Short Film About DISTORTION follows up his previous film with this documentary which turns the camera on Atelier Yamanami, the facility for handicapped persons who produce imaginative art work. Artists with developmental disabi...
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My Train Diary (2018)
- Director
- KODAMA Nobuhisa
- Cast
- YOKOZAWA Natsuko, HAGIWARA Minori, YAMAZAKI Ginnojo
Kodama Nobuhisa of Wife's Lover writes and directs this drama based on a true story of a shut down railway and the citizens who revive it as the Echizen Railway. It depicts a woman's recovery and her bond with her family. Izumi (Yokozawa Natsuko) we...
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Tarinae (2018)
- Director
- OKAWA Shiori
- Cast
- SATO Tsutomu
The son of a Japanese imperial soldier who died on the Marshall Islands during the Pacific War retraces his fathers footsteps in this documentary. Toward the end of the Pacific War, a Japanese imperial soldier dies of starvation on the Marshall Isla...
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Kodomoshokudo nite (2018)
- Director
- SANO Shoon
- Cast
- MOTOSHITA Hano, KITAHARA Sawako, KAWAKAMI Maiko
Drama about a community-run cafeteria for children that depicts people trying to cope with child abuse and neglect. Directed by Sano Shion, who has dealt with the current reality and background of social services for children. Also depicts foster par...
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Thre 3 Sisters (2018)
- Director
- IGURO Hideaki
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Ayari, IKENAGA Aimi, TSUJIMURA Yurina
Ensemble mystery starring Nakamura Ayari, Minami Niko, Tsujimura Yurina and Ikenaga Aimi, who do modeling, voice acting and TV performances. College freshman Mami (Nakamura) goes to a girls-only pajama party for non-athletic school club, but a bunch...
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Gekijoban honto ni atta kowai hanashi 2018 (2018)
- Director
- KANEDA, HOSONUMA Takayuki
- Cast
- MITO Natsume, OWADA Nana, SUGIMOTO Mariri
The ghost story television series which dramatizes fearful personal accounts submitted by viewers makes its way to theaters. Model Sugimoto Mariri, actress Owada Nana, and model/singer Mito Natsume play the heroines in each of the episodes. "Ongaku"...
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Journey of the Sky Goddess (2018)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- Kaho, Taiga, OKAYAMA Amane
Drama from director Take Masaharu and scriptwriter Adachi Shin, who also teamed up for 100 Yen Love and We Make Antiques. Popular television announcer Takako (Kaho) is demoted to director/reporter due to her own adultery scandal. She goes about her ...
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A SONG FROM HOME (2018)
- Director
- NAKAE Yuji
- Cast
- Futaba Town in Fukushima's people, YO Kimiko, EMOTO Akira
Nakae Yuji of Nabbie's Love directs this documentary about people from Futaba Town in Fukushima Prefecture and the traditional 'bon-uta' dance that they have protected. Futaba Town was devastated by the Great East Japan Disaster, and in 2015 the town...
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A Step Forward (2018)
- Director
- KASEZAWA Atsushi
- Cast
- FUJIYABU Yoichi
In-depth documentary about suicidal individuals and pastor Fujiyabu's efforts to save them. Feature-length documentary debut by Kasezawa Atsushi, who has directed numerous TV documentary programs. The Sandanbeki Cliffs are located in Shirahama Town,...
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The Rice Granary of One Hundred Years (2018)
- Director
- JIN Akira
- Cast
This documentary deals with the origin of the rice riots affair which spread all over Japan in 1918. Due to displeasure with the steep rise in the price of rice, the people revolted against the government and finally made the Terauchi Cabinet resigne...
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RED BLADE (2018)
- Director
- ISHIHARA Takahiro
- Cast
- OGURA Yuka, TSUKIMIYA Himena, HANAKAGE Kanon
Cold Fish and Himizu director Sono Sion was involved with the original concept for this ninja action film. Sakaguchi Tak who worked as the action director on Tokyo Tribe among others serves as the line producer and in the director's chair is Ishihara...
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SLEEPING VILLAGE (2018)
- Director
- SAITO Junichi, KAMATA Reika
- Cast
Tokai Television, producer of Life is Fruity, spends nearly 40 years investigating the truth behind the Nabari Poison Wine incident for this documentary. The Nabari Poison Wine incident occurred in 1961 in Mie Prefecture's Nabari City. Wine at a vil...
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Stay With Me Till The Dawn (2018)
- Director
- MORIOKA Toshiyuki
- Cast
- MIYAJI Mao, MAIGUMA Katsuya, YAMADA Naho
Morioka Toshiyuki of Think Again, Junpei directs this love story adapting a screenplay by Shishido Hideki who won a Kido Award for Cross. Playing the role of the hitman mutually drawn to the heroine is Maiguma Katsuya of Ken and Kazu and Shoplifters....
