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I'm Not Here (2018)

Director: HIHARA Shintaro

Cast: MINE Goichi, YASHIBA Toshihiro, IWAYA Kenji

Drama that wrestles with the question, "Is school about education or profit?" Real-life teacher Hihara Shintaro directs this authentic depiction of education on the front lines by having his students play themselves. Film school instructor Tahara (M...

Restaurant From The Sky (2018)

Director: FUKAGAWA Yoshihiro

Cast: OIZUMI Yo, HONJO Manami, OKADA Masaki

Third film in the series about Hokkaido, following up on Bread of Happiness and A Drop of the Grapevine. Depicts intensely personal connections among family and friends, inspired by the Mountain Association agricultural group that lives in harmony wi...

RIN (2018)

Director: IKEDA Katsuhiko

Cast: SANO Hayato, HONGO Kanata, SUGA Kenta

The play by comedian and Akutagawa Prize-winning author Matayoshi Naoki is adapted to screen. It depicts a disappearance that occurs in a village with a mysterious tradition. It stars Sano Hayato of Real Girl and Hongo Kanata of Attack on Titan. Nod...

Born Bone Born (2018)

Director: TERUYA Toshiyuki

Cast: OKUDA Eiji, TSUTSUI Michitaka, MISAKI Ayame

Heartwarming drama directed by Teruya Toshiyuki, the comedian who goes by the stage name of Gori. This humorous portrayal of the relationships within a family centers on the ﾒbone washingﾓ custom of cleaning and reinterring the bones of the deceased....

single mom -a sweet family- (2018)

Director: MATSUMOTO Kazumi

Cast: UCHIYAMA Rina, KIMURA Yuichi, HASEGAWA Hanon

A family drama set in the town of Niseko, a famous resort area of Hokkaido, warmly weaving a tale with true story elements about an exhausted single mother finding hope. At the helm is former politician Matsumoto Kazumi who is making his directorial...

For Love's SAKE (2018)

Director: SEGI Naoki

Cast: KAWAEI Rina, ONOZUKA Hayato, MIYAJI Mao

Ramen Samurai's Segi Naoki helms this coming-of-age drama about a female college student majoring in science who struggles with love and sake brewing in Higashi Hiroshima's Saijo, one of Japan's top three sake brewery locales. Features the late Osugi...

Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] II. lost butterfly (2018)

Director: SUDO Tomonori

Cast: SUGIYAMA Noriaki, SHITAYA Noriko, KAMIYA Hiroshi

The second of a theatrical trilogy based on the third route, , of the popular game "Fate/stay night". The Holy Grail War is a battle among Mages (Masters) and their Heroic Spirits (Servants) for the wish granting the Holy Grail. An unknown shadow co...

Running Again (2018)

Director: NAKAIZUMI Yuya

Cast: Kanichiro, YAMASHITA Rio, Nahana

A film commemorating the 15th anniversary of the SKIP City International D-Cinema Film Festival which is co-sponsored by Saitama Prefecture and the city of Kawaguchi. People whose lives have run into a dead end take another step forward through under...

Family Story (2018)

Director: YAMAMOTO Takeyoshi

Cast: OKADA Masaki, NARUMI Rico, TOKITO Saburo

Live-action adaptation of the flip book manga by comedian Tekken, who serves as art director on the project. In the film, Tekken presents new flipbook manga. Heartwarming story about a young man who keeps encountering setbacks but is saved by his tie...

Nisekoi: False Love (2018)

Director: KAWAI Hayato

Cast: NAKAJIMA Kento, NAKAJO Ayami

Live-action adaptation of Komi Naoshi's romantic comedy manga, the longest running series in the history of Weekly Shonen Jump. Conflict-adverse and righteous Raku (Nakajima Kento) is the only son of a yakuza gang member. Transfer student Chitoge (N...

DRAGON BALL SUPER -BROLY- (2018)

Director: NAGAMINE Tatsuya

Cast: NOZAWA Masako, HORIKAWA Ryo, NAKAO Ryusei

Twentieth feature film for the popular "Dragon Ball" anime series based on Toriyama Akira's manga. Picks up the storyline after the final episode of the "Dragon Ball Super" TV series. Peace reigns on Earth after the "Tournament of Power". Goku (voic...

Waiting For Spring (2018)

Director: HIRAKAWA Yuichiro

Cast: TSUCHIYA Tao, KITAMURA Takumi, KOSEKI Yuta

A teen love story adapting Anashin's popular comic of the same name starring Tsuchiya Tao of Policeman and Me and The 8-Year Engagement. In the director's chair is Hirakawa Yuichiro of Until the Break of Dawn and Erased. Lonely Mitsuki (Tsuchiya Tao...

A Banana? At This Time of Night ? (2018)

Director: MAEDA Tetsu

Cast: OIZUMI Yo, TAKAHATA Mitsuki, MIURA Haruma

Film adaptation of author Watanabe Kazufumi's non-fiction masterpiece. Thirty-four-year-old Shikano Yasuaki (Oizumi Yo) can only move his neck and hands because of muscular dystrophy. He uses a wheelchair to get around. But he ditches the hospital i...

Lying to Mom (2018)

Director: NOJIRI Katsumi

Cast: KISHIBE Ittoku, HARA Hideko, KIRYU Mai

A drama mixed with humor depicting a family attempting to recover from sorrow. Nojiri Katsumi, who worked as an assistant director on The Great Passage and The Lies She Loved among others makes his directorial debut from his own original script. Wit...

GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)

Director: SHIZUNO Kobun, SESHITA Hiroyuki

Cast: MIYANO Mamoru, SAKURAI Takahiro, HANAZAWA Kana

The final chapter in the feature-length animated trilogy of the globally popular "Godzilla" franchise. It depicts the showdown between the ultimate lifeform and supreme ruler on earth, Godzilla Earth, and the higher order monster Ghidorah. Haruo (vo...

Mobile Suit Gundam NT (Narrative) (2018)

Director: YOSHIZAWA Shunichi

Cast: ENOKI Junya, MURANAKA Tomo, MATSUURA Ayu

This is the theatrical animated film continuing the story of "Mobile Suit Gundam UC" which began as an OVA in 2010 and was also turned in to a television series. It is Universal Century 0097. The conflict known as the "Laplace Incident" languished w...

No Matter How Much My Mom Hates Me (2018)

Director: MINORIKAWA Osamu

Cast: Taiga, YOSHIDA Yoh, MORISAKI Win

Taiga of Pumpkin and Mayonnaise and Yoshida Yoh of Hanalei Bay perform the roles of mother and son suffering through a frayed relationship. Co-stars Morisaki Win of Ready Player One. Taiji (Taiga) adored his beautiful mother Mitsuko (Yoshida) when h...

Killing (2018)

Director: TSUKAMOTO Shinya

Cast: IKEMATSU Sosuke, AOI Yu, NAKAMURA Tatsuya (BLANKEY JET CITY)

The first samurai period film from Tsukamoto Shinya who has captured international attention with Tetsuo The Iron Man and Fires on the Plain among others. Questions about life and death are brought into the open through ronin earnestly living in a fa...

Kaiju girls Black Ultra kaiju gijinka keikaku (2018)

Director: YAMAMOTO Yasutaka

Cast: NITTA Hiyori, YAGI Yuki, TAKAHASHI Minami

A new theatrical film of the anime "Kaiju Girls" which star anthropomorphized kaiju monsters from the SFX television series "Ultraman". Able to transform their monster form, the "kaiju girls" stir up cute madcap commotion. Hiraga Satsuki (voice: Yag...

My Retirement, My Life (2018)

Director: KIKUCHI Takeo

Cast: KUSAKARI Masao, KIMURA Fumino

A heartwarming comedy starring Kusakari Masao who has appeared in various works including Imai Tadashi's Older Brother, Younger Sister and Imamura Shohei's Why Not?. At the helm is Kikuchi Takeo of Dear Deer. Michitaro (Kusakari) lost his wife 18 ye...

RUN! T HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CLUB (2018)

Director: FURUSAWA Takeshi

Cast: SHISON Jun, SANO Hayato, HAYAMI Akari

Teen drama live-action adaptation of the same-named novel by Matsuzaki Hiroshi. Refreshing portrayal of a frustrated high school boy who grows up and nurtures friendships through basketball and the pals at his new school. Tadokoro Yoichi (Shison Ju...

Stolen Identity (2018)

Director: NAKATA Hideo

Cast: KITAGAWA Keiko, CHIBA Yudai, NARITA Ryo

Live-action adaptation of the award-winning suspense novel at the 15th Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! (This Mystery is Excellent!) Award. Surreal terror of the heroine is depicted throughout the film, after personal information from a smartphone is stolen, w...

Under One Umbrella (2018)

Director: TAKUMA Takayuki

Cast: KURASHINA Kana, ICHIHARA Hayato, IRIYAMA Anna

Heartwarming story about five days overflowing with love between a father and daughter reunited after 25 years apart. Direction and screenplay by playwright-cum-actor Takuma Takayuki, who adapts for film the same-named theatrical production that he a...

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation (2018)

Director: HAMANA Takayuki

Cast: TAMURA Yukari, MIZUKI Nana, UEDA Kana

The theatrical version of the television anime series "Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha" comes to a conclusion with this second installment of a 2-part arc telling a completely new story. In order to save her father and restore the planet of Eltria, Kyri...

Hanalei Bay (2018)

Director: MATSUNAGA Daishi

Cast: YOSHIDA Yoh, SANO Reo, MURAKAMI Nijiro

Live-action adaptation of an installment from Murakami Haruki's short-story collection "Five Strange Tales from Tokyo". Gentle portrayal of a single mother dealing with loss after her son dies. Virtuoso actress Yoshida Yoh, who got her start in indie...

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