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107 Results
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The Flowers of Evil (2019)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- ITO Kentaro, TAMASHIRO Tina, AKITA Shiori
Iguchi Noboru, the prolific creator of The Machine Girl and other cult and fantastic films, was charmed by Oshimi Shuzo's comic of the same name and personally endeavored toward achieving this live-action, startling teen film. Kasuga Takao (Ito Kent...
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One Cut of the Dead Spin-Off: In Hollywood (2019)
- Director
- NAKAIZUMI Yuya
- Cast
- Mao, HAMATSU Takayuki, SHUHAMA Harumi
This is a spin-off film of the public phenomenon One Cut of the Dead which opened in two theaters in Tokyo and became a smash hit through word of mouth. Director Ueda Shinichiro serves as executive producer and screenwriter while Nakaizumi Yuya, assi...
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Romance Doll (Tentative) (2019)
- Director
- TANADA Yuki
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Issey, AOI Yu, Kitaro
Director Tanada Yuki writes the screenplay to this live-action adaptation of her own 2008 debut novel of the same name. In the leading roles of the married couple are Takahashi Issey and Aoi Yu who co-star for the first time in 18 years since All Abo...
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He Won't Kill, She Won't Die (2019)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Keiichi
- Cast
- MAMIYA Shotaro, SAKURAI Hinako
Live-action film adaptation of the tear-jerker 4-frame manga that was a sensation on Twitter. Director Kobayashi Keiichi depicted the highs and lows of teenage years with About the Pink Sky, which won the Japanese Eyes Best Picture Award at the 24th ...
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KONOSUBA-God's blessing ono this wonderful world! -Legend of Crimson (2019)
- Director
- KANASAKI Takaomi
- Cast
- FUKUYAMA Jun, AMAMIYA Sora, TAKAHASHI Rie
Feature film adaptation of Akatsuki Natsume's light novel series, which has sold 8.5 million copies in total and has been adapted as a TV anime show. TV series director Kanasaki Takaomi returns to helm the film. Kazuma (voice: Fukushima Jun) was sup...
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Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya Prisma☆Phantasm (2019)
- Director
- ONUMA Shin
- Cast
- KADOWAKI Mai, NAZUKA Kaori, SAITO Chiwa
This is a spin-off of "Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya" starring Illyasviel von Einzbern also known as Illya, the character who has appeared in Type-Moon's game novel 'Fate/stay night'. The original story unfolds under the supervision of the manga's a...
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The Woman Who Keeps A Murderer (2019)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- ASUKA Rin, MIZUHASHI Kenji, NEGISHI Toshie
Nakata Hideo, director of the quintessential J-Horror film Ring, adapts the erotic-thriller novel of the same name by Oishi Kei. Four actresses depict with uninhibited eroticism the four personalities of the heroine. Kyoko (Asuka Rin) works at a bis...
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It Stopped Raining (2019)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- NAKANO Taiga, ETO Misa
Film adaptation of the 2004 debut novel from Miyashita Natsu, who made a splash when "The Forest of Wool and Steel" was adapted for film in 2018. Helmed by Nakagawa Ryutaro, whose accolades include the FIPRESCI Award at the 39th Moscow International ...
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Usohappyaku Zokuhen (TBD) (2019)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, SASAKI Kuranosuke, HIROSUE Ryoko
Original comedy that reunites director Take Masaharu with scriptwriters Imai Masako and Adachi Shin from the previous film. Hirosue Ryoko plays the bewitching heroine who tricks the protagonists as portrayed by Nakai Kiichi and Sasaki Kuranosuke. An...
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Seven Days War (2019)
- Director
- MURANO Yuta
- Cast
Feature film animation adaptation of Souda Osamu's same-named novel, which has also been turned into a live-action film starring Miyazawa Rie. Script handled by Ohkouchi Ichirou of the popular series CODE GEASS Lelouch of the Re;surrection and helmed...
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SPECIAL ACTORS (2019)
- Director
- UEDA Shinichiro
- Cast
- OSAWA Kazuto, KONO Hiroki, FUJI Takuya
One Cut of the Dead director Ueda Shinichiro takes a concept he has been incubating for many years and casts 15 unknown actors through auditions for this multiple protagonist film resulting from his original script. It was the seventh project produce...
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Under Your Bed (2019)
- Director
- ASATO Mari
- Cast
- KORA Kengo, NISHIKAWA Kanako, ABE Kenichi
Film adaptation of Ohishi Kei's same-named horror novel about a lonely man's warped feelings of love. Helmed by Bilocation's Asato Mari, who served as assistant director on films by Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Shiota Akihiko. Ignored by even his parents, M...
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HUMAN LOST (2019)
- Director
- KIZAKI Fuminori
- Cast
- MIYANO Mamoru, HANAZAWA Kana, SAKURAI Takahiro
Tokyo, 2036: a revolution in medical treatment has conquered death... By means of internal nanomachines, and the "Shell System" whose network controls them, human beings are guaranteed a 120-year lifespan, free from illness. The disparity between t...
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His Bad Blood (2019)
- Director
- OYAMA Koichiro
- Cast
- WATANABE Ikkei, TOYAMA Yu, ENOMOTO Sakura
Drama marking the feature film debut for Oyama Koichiro, who has worked as assistant director for Nakata Hideo and Wakamatsu Setsuro. Shot entirely in Nagano Prefecture's Iida City. Screened at the 23rd Fantasia International Film Festival. Raised b...
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To the Ends of the Earth (2019)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, KASE Ryo, SOMETANI Shota
Along the silk road, my heart went astray... Yoko (Atsuko Maeda) hosts a popular global travel show yet is cautious and insular like many young Japanese. But she has a bigger dream. On assignment in Uzbekistan, Yoko and her small TV crew attempt to ...
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Sleep in the Shadows (2019)
- Director
- IZUMI Seiji
- Cast
- KATO Masaya, NAKAMURA Yuri, YO Kimiko
The man has accepted everything. Fuyuki is an established artist who runs several bars in Yokohama. One day, injured Shinji runs into his bar. He always idolizes Fuyuki as his elder brother. Shinji is a member of the charity group which looks after ...
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Minori, on the Brink (2019)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Minori
Life is a bunch of crap, including myself. Minori is a pretty girl. Boys always talk about her and try to get her, and girls admire her or try to use her. She is fed up with people who care only about her appearance and themselves. She is always str...
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Show Me the Way to the Station (2019)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Naoki
- Cast
- NIITSU Chise
My loving dog, Lou, I miss you so much... Sayaka, an 8-year-old girl, still cannot accept that Lou, her loving dog has passed away. One day, Sayaka goes to the secret place where they used to play together to look for Lou, believing that he is still...
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Extro (2019)
- Director
- MURAHASHI Naoki
- Cast
- HAGINOYA Kozo
Extras are maestros. This powerful documentary dives deep into the tragicomic world of the "towns-people" stand-ins working at Warp Station Edo, a popular shooting location for samurai dramas, through a piercing study of a 63-year-old extra. Well, t...
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Handling Method for Grumpy Woman (working title) (2019)
- Director
- ARITA Shunsuke
- Cast
- HAYAMI Akari, HIRAOKA Yuta
Why are you so grumpy..? Ai is a university student studying Artificial Intelligence. She is working on her paper which theme is how to make up the grumpy mood for a woman with understanding the differences of the brains between men and women. For t...
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A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic (2019)
- Director
- KATAGIRI Kenji
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Honoka, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko
I found a monster... it might be me. Dad in my memory is always drunk-. Since Saki was a little girl, her father Toshifumi drinks alcohol almost everyday. He often invited his friends at home and played Mahjong, smoked and drank alcohol all the nigh...
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Little Miss Period (2019)
- Director
- SHINADA Shunsuke
- Cast
- NIKAIDO Fumi, ITOH Sairi
Fumi Nikaido fights for all women! "Why it sucks? Because I can't blame everything on my period." If you're a woman, you have to deal with your "monthly visitor" - your period - whether you like it or not. It comes in with a bang, dealing heavy blow...
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My Sweet Grappa Remedies (2019)
- Director
- OOKU Akiko
- Cast
- MATSUYUKI Yasuko, KUROKI Haru, SHIMIZU Hiroya
Dear diary, somehow, I like my life. Yoshiko is in her 40s, single and has no kid. She works in a publishing company and she enjoys small pleasures like having lunch with her junior colleague or drinking grappa alone at home. Her life is quiet but r...
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Kessan! Chushingura (working title) (2019)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- TSUTSUMI Shinichi, OKAMURA Takashi, TSUMABUKI Satoshi
No Money, No Revenge!!? In 1701, a feudal lord, Asano was told to kill himself by the government because he tried to kill a bureaucrat of the government, Kira. Asano's right hand, Kuranosuke organized a revenge for Asano with his samurai retainers, ...
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AIRCRAFT CARRIER IBUKI (2019)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Setsuro
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, SASAKI Kuranosuke, SATO Koichi
Based on a best comic book by Kaiji Kawaguchi, an epic action movie has finally become a live action starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Kuranosuke Sasaki. In the year 20XX, sudden fire by unidentified 20 fishing boats in the southern sea has been repor...
