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302 Results
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Still Life of Memories (2018)
- Director
- YAZAKI Hitoshi
- Cast
- ANDO Masanobu, HARU Natsuko, MATSUDA Rima
French artist and photographer Henri Maccheroni was fascinated by the mysteriousness of female genitalia. Expanding on his actual experiences, this drama brings an artistic touch to the relationship between photographer and subject. The evocative aud...
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BLEACH (2018)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- FUKUSHI Sota, SUGISAKI Hana, YOSHIZAWA Ryo
Selling 120 million copies worldwide, Kubo Taito's identically titled comic is given a live-action treatment with "Blade of the Immortal" and "Laughing Under The Clouds" star, Fukushi Sota in the lead role. Sato Shinsuke, director of "GANTZ" and "I ...
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Watashi no jinsei nanoni (2018)
- Director
- HARA Keinosuke
- Cast
- JIYOUNG, INABA Yu, OCHIAI Motoki
A youthful success story based on a light novel portraying a gymnast whose future was quashed as she regains a positive outlook through music. Director Hara Keinosuke and lead actress Jiyoung continue their collaboration after the short film omnibus ...
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Mainichi ga Alzheimer the final Saigo ni shinutoki (2018)
- Director
- SEKIGUCHI Yuka
- Cast
This is the concluding chapter of Sekiguchi Yuka's popular documentary series recording life with her Alzheimer's disease stricken mother. Sekiguchi Yuka, who has continued to nurse her mother at home, is hospitalized for double hip surgery. She mee...
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PEACE NIPPON (2018)
- Director
- NAKANO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- WATANABE Dai, OIKAWA Sakino, KOIZUMI Kyoko
Japan's picturesque scenery season after season is turned into a film with overwhelming impact. Filmmakers who adore Japan pursue a once-in-a-lifetime beauty, photographing more than 200 locations over the course of the eight year production. The fil...
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Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us (2018)
- Director
- YAJIMA Tetsuo
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Rika, OTANI Ikue
The 21st theatrical film for the "Pocket Monster" series. The involvement of young talent in the production team, including the director, gives birth to a completely new Pokémon film. Each year the Wind Festival is held in Fura City, where people l...
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Room Laundering (2018)
- Director
- KATAGIRI Kenji
- Cast
- IKEDA Elaiza, ODAGIRI Joe
Film adaptation of the second-prize winner in the talent discovery project TSUTAYA CREATORS' PROGRAM FILM 2015. Fantasy inspired by a quirky job that involves living in stigmatized properties to wipe the slate clean of unsavory incidents. Thanks to...
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Hooked on the Jomon (2018)
- Director
- YAMAOKA Nobutaka
- Cast
- ITO Seiko, KOBAYASHI Tatsuo, SATO Taku
Documentary on the Jomon period that flourished on the Japanese archipelago after the Paleolithic era, about 15,000 years ago to 2,300 years ago. During this era people started making earthenware, and mysterious alien-like clay figurines have been un...
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A Momentary Momentary Shooting Star (2018)
- Director
- GENDA Yasuaki, SUGAWARA Tatsuro
- Cast
- MASUDA Yuka, Yuhi, SAKAI Ryota
In this coming-of-age mystery set in Nagano, former AKB48 member Masuda Yuka dresses up as a heroine. A woman dealing with trauma is at the mercy of mysterious commands. Kasumi (Masuda) returns to her hometown for the first time in six years to see ...
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You, Your, Yours (2018)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, KIM Kkobbi, MITSUSHIMA Shinnosuke
Romance directed by Matsui Daigo of Japanese Girls Never Die. Kim Kkobbi of Breathless plays the heroine in twisted relationships with three men. Ozaki Yutaka (Ikematsu Sosuke), Brad Pitt (Mitsushima Shinnosuke) and Sakamoto Ryoma (Okura Koji) adore...
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Henkankoshonin Itsuka Okinawa o torikaesu (2018)
- Director
- YANAGAWA Tsuyoshi
- Cast
- IURA Arata, TODA Naho, OMI Toshinori
Feature film that incorporates new footage into the NHK drama based on Miyagawa Tetsuji's non-fiction film 'Boku wa Okinawa wo torimodoshitai.' Depicts legendary diplomat Chiba Kazuo's battle for his very soul. Diplomat Chiba (Iura Arata) was on the...
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Punksamurai Slash Down (2018)
- Director
- ISHII Gakuryu
- Cast
- AYANO Go, KITAGAWA Keiko, TOYOKAWA Etsushi
Live-action film adaption Akutagawa Prize-winning author Machida Kou's same-named period novel with direction by Crazy Thunder Road's Ishii Gakuryu. Screenplay by Kudo Kankuro of TOO YOUNG TO DIE!. It's a random day on a random thoroughfare, and ma...
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THE NAME (2018)
- Director
- TODA Akihiro
- Cast
- TSUDA Kanji, KOMAI Ren, KANSHUJI Tamotsu
Drama based on an original story by Naoki Prize-winning author Michio Shusuke. This multilayered film warmly depicts the relationship between a high school girl and a middle-aged guy with a checkered past. Directed by Toda Akihiro, who got his start ...
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Bridge over Troubled Water (2018)
- Director
- OTA Takafumi
- Cast
- SUZUKI Anne, ITAO Itsuji, TANAKA Misato
A drama planned and produced by a local citizen's group of Shizuoka Prefecture. The film's climax features the Fukuroi Enshu Fireworks festival held each year in the city of Fukuroi. Miyuki (Suzuki Anne) is an office worker in her 30s. When she was ...
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The Cat in Their Arms (2018)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin
- Cast
- SAWAJIRI Erika, YOSHIZAWA Ryo, MINETA Kazunobu
Film adaptation of Oyama Junko's same-named novel starring Sawajiri Erika with Inudo Isshin of JOSEE, THE TIGER AND THE FISH and La Maison de Himiko taking the megaphone. Script handled by Takada Ryo of The Light Shines Over There and OVER THE FENCE....
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The Longest Photo in The World (2018)
- Director
- KUSANO Shogo
- Cast
- TAKASUGI Mahiro, TAKEDA Rina, MATSUMOTO Honoka
Coming-of-age ensemble drama based on the same-named novel by Honda Tetsuya, the popular author of Strawberry Night. Depicts a timid boy who comes alive after he finds a special camera. Life is boring for shy Hironobu (Takasugi Mahiro), who belongs ...
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YAKINIKU DRAGON (2018)
- Director
- CHONG Wishing
- Cast
- MAKI Yoko, INOUE Mao, OIZUMI Yo
Film adaptation of the play that has been honored with numerous theater awards. Warm portrayal of the joys and sorrows of a Korean family living in Japan, set in the Kansai region when Japan's economy was booming. Playwright Chong Wishing wrote the s...
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Gyoza Romance (2018)
- Director
- HATA Takehiko
- Cast
- ADACHI Rika, TAMURA Yukihisa, SANO Hinako
Romantic comedy helmed by Hata Takehiko, who has penned numerous hit dramas including "HERO", "Dragon Zakura", and the original story for "Unfair" starring Shinohara Ryoko. Features Adachi Rika in the lead, paired with Tamura Yukihisa from the popula...
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UTAMONOGATARI-CINEMA FIGHTERS project- (2018)
- Director
- MATSUNAGA Daishi, ISHII Yuya, ANDO Momoko
- Cast
- TAKAHIRO, IWATA Takanori, SHIRAHAMA Alan
Six heart-rending short films are born out of songs by six exceptional artists of the EXILE family. This is the second collaboration project from the Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia international short film festival. The six short films: "Canari...
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Yuzuriha (2018)
- Director
- KAMON Ikuo
- Cast
- TAKIGAWA Hiroshi, MASAKI Reiya, KATSUBE Nobuyuki
In this drama based on the Shintani Akiko novel of the same name, the preciousness of life is warmly seen through the undisclosed practices of those who come into contact with people's death, the undertaker. Top comic impersonator sets aside the lau...
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DOLMEN X (2018)
- Director
- KOMURO Naoko
- Cast
- SHISON Jun, ASAKA Kodai, OGOE Yuki
A teen comedy adapting Takagi Yuna's identically titled comic starring Shison Jun of Run! T High School Basketball Club and TEIICHI -Battle of Supreme High-. In the director's chair is Komuro Naoko who has served as producer on Dawn of the Felines an...
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TOKYO LIVING DEAD IDOL (2018)
- Director
- KUMAGAI Yuki
- Cast
- ASAKAWA Nana, ABE Yumeri, OZAWA Runa
A neo-zombie film fusing together idols and zombies. In the lead role is Asakawa Nana, a member of the idol group SUPER☆GiRLS. Co-starring with her is Shogen, who is active both at home and abroad. Set in Tokyo much like today's, zombies have arisen...
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Vision (2018)
- Director
- KAWASE Naomi
- Cast
- Juliette BINOCHE, NAGASE Masatoshi, IWATA Takanori
Japan-France co-production directed by Kawase Naomi, a filmmaker heralded at the Cannes International Film Festival. Co-stars Nagase Masatoshi of Paterson alongside Juliette Binoche of Certified Copy. Travel writer Jeanne (Binoche) visits the mysti...
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The Forest of Wool and Steel (2018)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Kojiro
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, SUZUKI Ryohei, KAMISHIRAISHI Mone
Live-action adaptation of Miyashita Natsu's same-named novel, which won the Japan Booksellers' Award. Sensitive and gentle portrayal of a boy who grows up after falling in love with piano tuning. Under Hashimoto Kojiro's brilliant direction, the mono...
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The Band From Nowhere (2018)
- Director
- KIRYU Koji
- Cast
- KOJIMA Fujiko, KIRYU Koji, FUKAZAWA Taiga
The association between the vocalist of a rock band which appeared on a once popular music audition show Ika-ten and an idol singer born in the Heisei is depicted in this comedy. Kiryu Koji of the real life band Uma no Hone plays himself as well as b...
