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Call Boy (2018)
- Director
- MIURA Daisuke
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, MATOBU Sei, NISHIOKA Tokuma
Director Miura Daisuke and star Matsuzaka Tori team up for this faithful adaptation of Ishida Ira's Naoki Prize-nominated romantic novel which has also been adapted for theatre. The story depicts an interweaving assortment of "sex" between women and ...
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The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)
- Director
- SONO Sion, YAMAUCHI Kenji, OTA Hikaru
- Cast
- INAGAKI Goro, KATORI Shingo, KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi
This omnibus film spans multiple genres including action, fantasy, romance and musicals to tell four tearjerker, dance-inducing stories of evil and idiocy with bastards galore. Stars Inagaki Goro, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi and Katori Shingo. The four storie...
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Magic town (2018)
- Director
- IKEDA Chihiro
- Cast
- IKEDA Chihiro
Documentary about a director Ikeda Chihiro running a filmmaking workshop for children in her hometown of Fukuroi City in Shizuoka Prefecture. Portrays the brutal purity of the children with a sympathetic gaze. Film director Ikeda Chihiro finds herse...
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check point of the life (2018)
- Director
- SAKUDO Yu
- Cast
- ARAI Atsushi, OKAYAMA Amane, MOCHIZUKI Ayumu
Road cycling is the subject of this coming-of-age drama lively depicting with minimal dialogue two young cyclists whose lives went in different directions as they cross paths once again. At the helm is Sakudo Yu who is making his commercial film debu...
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Eiga Precure super stars (2018)
- Director
- IKEDA Yoko
- Cast
- HIKISAKA Rie, HONIZUMI Rina, OGURA Yui
Twenty-fourth film in the 'Pretty Cure' series. Features characters from the TV Series 'Hugtto! Pretty Cure' that went on air February 2018, the previous series 7KiraKira Pretty Cure A La Mode' and the series before that, 'Maho Girls Pretty Cure!' H...
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Midnight crazy trail (2018)
- Director
- YUSA Kazushige
- Cast
- UESAKA Sumire, MASUDA Toshiki, MATSUDA Kenichiro
Film in the Anime Tamago 2018 project sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Young Animator Training Project. A 16-year-old witch who wants to get rid of her magical powers struggles in the world of humans. Young animators work under the guida...
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Milky Panic (2018)
- Director
- NUMATA Shinnosuke
- Cast
- KUSUNOKI Taitem, TADANO Yohei, NAITO Ami
Film in the Anime Tamago 2018 project sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Young Animator Training Project. With the tiger in the lead, the twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac have a Western-style face-off against an evil cat. Directed by N...
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ENGIMON (2018)
- Director
- SATOU Koudai
- Cast
- ASAI Ayaka, TARAKO, YAMAMOTO Yuka
Film in the Anime Tamago 2018 project sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Young Animator Training Project. Directed by Satou Koudai, the CGI director for the Nissin Cup Ramen commercial 'Freedom' that was praised for the 3DCG animation. Pa...
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Time Driver: The Future We Drew (2018)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Junichi
- Cast
- MATSUOKA Yoshitsugu, KOMATSU Mikako, ARAKAWA Miho
Film in the Anime Tamago 2018 project sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Young Animator Training Project. A guy overwhelmed by the daily grind reconnects with his childhood dream. Directed by Yamamoto Junichi, whose works include the OVA g...
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Lost in Ramen (2018)
- Director
- KUMAGAI Yuki
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Yurika, AOI Wakana, TAKUMA Takayuki
Film adaptation of Hayashi Akiteru's online comic. Emotions run high in this impassioned story in which feelings about ramen awaken people's desire to live. Feature film debut for director Kumagai Yuki. Akashi (Ishibashi Renji) runs the popular rame...
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On my way home (2018)
- Director
- SAKAKI Hideo
- Cast
- NATSUKI Mari, SATSUKAWA Aimi, HORII Arata
Drama set in a fishing village in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture that was destroyed by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Warmly portrays how each member of a family lives. Directed by Sakaki Hideo, who is also an actor. Chieko's (Natsuki Mari) ...
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Leading Roles (2018)
- Director
- NAKAYAMA Setsuo
- Cast
- WATANABE Yutaro, FUNATSU Daichi, KAWAGOISHI Shunpei
Film adaptation of the same-named true story by Takeshima Yumiko, a teacher in Yame City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Paean to youth made with the full cooperation of Yame City, helmed by veteran director Nakayama Setsuo. The Yame High School baseball team ...
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Fumiko's Legs (2018)
- Director
- UEDA Atsushi
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Moemi, FUCHIKAMI Yasushi, DENDEN
Ueda Atsushi of Ryugu No Tsukai - School Girl's Gestation and Cherry Blossom Memories transplants the setting to the present day in this drama based on literary master Tanizaki Junichiro's short story novella. Wealthy senior Tsukagoshi (Denden) meet...
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Gekijoban Macross delta Gekijo no walkure (2018)
- Director
- KAWAMORI Shoji
- Cast
- UCHIDA Yuma, SUZUKI Minori, SETO Asami
A theatrical entry in the science fiction anime "Macross" series that reworks the story of the 2016 "Macross Delta" TV series into a fresh rendition. It depicts the battles fought by a tactical music unit against a mysterious epidemic threatening the...
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Hold On, Baseball Team! (2018)
- Director
- HORAI Tadaaki
- Cast
- SUGA Kenta, KOSEKI Yuta, YAMAMOTO Ryosuke
Live-action adaptation of the teen comic by Yukue Takana. The silly everyday experiences of the members of a high school baseball team are portrayed with humor and a warmhearted touch. Directed by Horai Tadaaki of the popular TV drama series "Kodoku ...
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PARASITE WAR (2018)
- Director
- TORII Yasutake
- Cast
- OTA Aika, HATA Mizuho, MOTO Hiroki
In this SF suspense film, a female researcher matches wits with Mules, the extraterrestrial brain-infecting parasites that she is investigating. Ota Aika from the idol group HKT48 makes her debut in a shootout film. Mules infecting a human body plot...
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Attack on Titan: Roar of Awakening (2018)
- Director
- KOIZUKA Masashi
- Cast
- KAJI Yuki, ISHIKAWA Yui, INOUE Marina
The theatrical edition re-editing the second season of the "Attack on Titan" TV anime based on Isayama Hajime's popular comic. It depicts the unending battle between humans and Titans. Witnessing his mother become prey to a Titan after a futile str...
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Rent a Friend (2018)
- Director
- AKIYAMA Mayu
- Cast
- TOKUNAGA Eri, HASHIMOTO Jun, ASHINA Sumire
The feature length debut by director Akiyama Mayu, whose short film depicting an intersexual protagonist, Gyarusonnu-Futatsu no Sei wo Motsu Onna, attracted much interest. The film asks if friendship exists between the sexes through the story of a st...
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Lust in a Karaoke Box (2018)
- Director
- TAMADA Shinya
- Cast
- YAMASHINA Keita, KONDO Tsuyoshi, KINOSHITA Takahiro
Playwright-cum-theater director Tamada Shinya adapts his same-named stage production for film. Features guest performances by Taiga of Pumpkin and Mayonnaise and Murakami Nijiro of MUKOKU alongside the cast from the theatrical production. Captures th...
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Melancholic (2018)
- Director
- TANAKA Seiji
- Cast
- MINAGAWA Yoji, ISOZAKI Yoshitomo, YOSHIDA Mebuki
Teenage drama with pathos and cynical laughs along with suspense and action elements. Feature-film debut for Tanaka Seiji, who handles the script and direction. Produced by One Goose, which was established by a same- aged trio including lead actor-cu...
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Sea (2018)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Kensei
- Cast
- ABE Satoshi, MATSUZAKI Misaki, SATO Arisa
Graduation work by Takahashi Kensei, a senior in the Media School at Josai International University. Takes a distanced perspective in presenting fragments from the life of a guy dealing with grief. The 30 people in the crew and main cast were univers...
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Just Only Love (2018)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- KISHII Yukino, NARITA Ryo, FUKAGAWA Mai
Imaizumi Rikiya of our blue moment directs the film adaptation of "Just Only Love" from Kakuta Mitsuyo who is the award- winning author of the Naoki Prize. It is a touching and humorous depiction of a heroine who goes overboard for a one-sided crush....
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The Manga Master (2018)
- Director
- OKI Moe
- Cast
- Issey OGATA, SHINOHARA Tomoe
Biopic about the life of Kitazawa Rakuten, who laid the foundation for the Japanese manga industry. Stars Issey Ogata, known for his role in Silence. In 1943, the elderly Rakuten (Ogata) was called to the censorship bureau in the Home Ministry. When...
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Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
- Director
- YAMADA Naoko
- Cast
- TANEZAKI Atsumi, TOYAMA Nao, FUJIMURA Konomi
Film animation adaptation of Takeda Ayano's novel "Sound! Euphonium Kitauji High School's Concert Band: Haran no Dainigakusho". Captures fleetingly beautiful moments in the lives of two girls. Helmed by Yamada Naoko, who hails from Kyoto Animation an...
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Penguin Highway (2018)
- Director
- ISHIDA Hiroyasu
- Cast
- KITA Kana, AOI Yu
An animated sci-fi fantasy adapting Morimi Tomihiko's identically titled novel. Studio Colorido, known for Typhoon Noruda, makes its first feature length animation. Fourth-grader Aoyama (voice: Kita Kana) passes his days studying about the world an...
