Movies
277 Results
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Dangerous Honeymoon -The Lost Daddy- (2019)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Masakazu
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Yumiko, NARAHASHI Miki, MORIKAWA Toshiyuki
The 27th feature film for the popular TV anime series. Humorous telling of the ruckus experienced by the Nohara family when they take a honeymoon vacation to a far-flung destination. Hiroshi (voice: Morikawa Tomoyuki) and Misae (voice: Narahashi Mik...
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For Him to Live (2019)
- Director
- KURAMOTO Tomoyuki
- Cast
- KAKU Tomohiro, FURUTA Yuina, KAZUKI Saya
Child welfare services takes Hiiro away from har parents, as they suspect she'd being abused. The parents feel that society is against them and are self-pitying, hating themselves for it. Time passes as the couple fails to turn things around. Then Hi...
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JK Rock (2019)
- Director
- MUGURUMA Shunji
- Cast
- FUKUYAMA Shodai, YAMAMOTO Ryosuke, KOBAYASHI Ryota
Original production from Muguruma Shunji, who helmed My Lover is a Sniper: The Movie and served as director on "Kamen Rider Agito." The JoKers rock band broke up at the height of their popularity. One year later, lead member JOE (Yamamoto Ryosuke) ha...
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108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba (2019)
- Director
- MATSUO Suzuki
- Cast
- MATSUO Suzuki, NAKAYAMA Miho
Original production that marks the fourth feature film directed by Theatre Otona Keikaku leader Matsuo Suzuki, who also stars in the film and penned the screenplay. Comedy about a husband's outrageous plot to get revenge against his wife. Screenplay...
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Strawberry Song (2019)
- Director
- SUGAWARA Shintaro
- Cast
- FURUTACHI Yutaro, ISHIBASHI Shizuka
Teen romance inspired by a song from the rock band Ging Nang BOYZ, penned by popular screenplay writer Okada Yoshikazu. Helmed by Sugawara Shintaro, who served as director on the TV drama "The Gutsy Frog" featuring Okada's screenplay. Kota's (Furuta...
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Violet Evergarden - Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll - (2019)
- Director
- FUJITA Haruka
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Yui, KOTOBUKI Minako, YUKI Aoi
This is a side story to the popular Kyoto Animation-produced anime "Violet Evergarden" revolving around a young girl burdened with the task of writing on someone's behalf, sometimes called an 'Auto Memory Doll'. At the helm is Fujita Haruka who serve...
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Free! - Road to the World - the Dream (2019)
- Director
- KAWANAMI Eisaku
- Cast
- SHIMAZAKI Nobunaga, SUZUKI Tatsuhisa, MIYANO Mamoru
This theatrically released university student version is a rebuild of the popular television anime series "Free!" which captured the story of youths who dedicate their adolescence to swimming. The production by Kyoto Animation portrays young people w...
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Blue Hour (2019)
- Director
- HAKOTA Yuko
- Cast
- Kaho, SHIM Eun-kyung
Commercial ads director Hakota Yuko makes her theatrical film debut with this original work. In the lead role is Kaho of Our Little Sister. The film won the Best Film and Best Director awards in the Asian New Talents category of the 22nd Shanghai Int...
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Meeting Myself (2019)
- Director
- NISHIKORI Yoshinari
- Cast
- TAKAHIRO, MATSUZAKA Keiko
Takahiro of the group Exile stars in this drama, his first solo lead role in a feature film. Nishikori Yoshinari of Railways and Tatara Samurai directs from his own screenplay. Twelve years ago Ikeda Toru (Takahiro) was a skilled fisherman until he ...
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The Takatsu River (2019)
- Director
- NISHIKORI Yoshinari
- Cast
- KOMOTO Masahiro, TODA Naho
Set along the river basin of Shimane Prefeture's Takatsu River, a government-protected river, this drama portrays various people living in an area burdened by decreasing population as they carry on the tradition of "Kagura" Shinto music and dance whi...
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Reiwa Uprising (2019)
- Director
- HARA Kazuo
- Cast
In April of 2019, actor Yamamoto Taro established a new political party, the Reiwa Shinsengumi. This documentary follows their campaign activities. It is directed by Hara Kazuo, who is known for The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On which won a Caligar...
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A Beloved Wife (2019)
- Director
- ADACHI Shin
- Cast
- HAMADA Gaku, MIZUKAWA Asami, NIITSU Chise
Adachi Shin, who won the Japan Academy Prize Screenplay of the Year for 100 Yen Love, adapted the script from his own same-named semi-autobiographical novel and takes the megaphone for his second feature film. This humorous portrayal of a husband and...
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Cry (2019)
- Director
- WATANABE Hirobumi
- Cast
- WATANABE Hirobumi, HIRAYAMA Misao, HISATSUGU Riko
This unique drama rendered in monochrome imagery with spoken words pared down to the bare minimum comes from Foolish Piggies Films, the film production team started by the brilliant Watanabe brothers, Hirobumi and Yuji. The film won the Best Director...
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Life: Untitled (2019)
- Director
- YAMADA Kana
- Cast
- ITO Sairi, TSUNEMATSU Yuri, KATAOKA Reiko
Feature film debut from Yamada Kana, the head of the theater company ROJI9. Film adaptation of the same-named play about female sex workers, which she premiered in 2013. Selected for the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival Japanese Cinema Splash p...
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CENCOROLL CONNECT (2019)
- Director
- UKI Atsuya
- Cast
- HANAZAWA Kana, SHIMONO Hiro, KIMURA Ryohei
In 2009, artist Uki Atsuya created nearly singlehandedly the short film CENCOROLL. Taking nearly 10 years to complete, this is the follow-up to that film. Released in theaters as CENCOROLL CONNECT, it is a combination of the previous short one with t...
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Saekano the Movie: Finale (2019)
- Director
- SHIBATA Akihisa
- Cast
- MATSUOKA Yoshitsugu, YASUNO Kiyono, ONISHI Saori
The television anime series based on Maruto Fumiaki's light novel heads to theaters for the first time with an original story written by Maruto. The entire staff and cast from the series gather again for this completely new work. High schooler Aki T...
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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (2019)
- Director
- MASUI Soichi
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Kaito, SETO Asami, MINASE Inori
Turned into a television anime in 2018, Kamoshida Hajime's light novel series 'Seishun Butayaro' is turned into a feature film for the first time. In the director's chair is Masui Soichi who is known for Crayon Shin-chan Arashi wo yobu Ougon no Spy D...
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i -Documentary of the Journalist- (2019)
- Director
- MORI Tatsuya
- Cast
- MOCHIZUKI Isoko
Director Mori Tatsuya, known for closely covering the ghostwriter uproar that rocked Samuragochi Mamoru in the documentary FAKE, follows the real-life Tokyo Shimbun city news reporter Mochizuki Isoko who inspired the film "The Journalist". It receive...
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Flowers and Rain (2019)
- Director
- TSUCHIYA Takafumi
- Cast
- KASAMATSU Show
Teen drama inspired by hip hop artist SEEDA's album "Flowers and Rain." Commercial film debut for video artist Tsuchiya Takafumi. Yoshida (Kasamatsu Show) spent his childhood in London and has trouble adjusting to insular Japanese society. He finds ...
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ON-GAKU: Our Sound (2019)
- Director
- IWAISAWA Kenji
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Shintaro, KOMAI Ren, MAENO Tomoya
Animation film based on Ohashi Hiroyuki's original story "ONGAKU". Director Iwaisawa Kenji spent seven years hand-drawing 40,000-plus frames using the rotoscope technique of tracing live-action footage. Won the Grand Prize for Feature Animation at th...
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Tezuka's Barbara (2019)
- Director
- TEZKA Macoto
- Cast
- INAGAKI Goro, NIKAIDO Fumi, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko
Tezuka Osamu's son Macoto, director of Hakuchi which was invited to the 56th Venice Film Festival, adapts his father's original comic of the same name into this live-action erotic mystery film. Novelist Mikura Yosuke (Inagaki Goro) has a run-in with...
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No Smoking (2019)
- Director
- SADO Taketoshi
- Cast
- HOSONO Haruomi, Van Dyke Parks, OYAMADA Keigo
Documentary film depicting the trajectory of musician Hosono Haruomi, whose five-decade career includes key roles in Happy End and Yellow Magic Orchestra. Captures his activities in recent years with Hosono's reflections on his life. The film focuses...
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colorless (2019)
- Director
- KOYAMA Takashi
- Cast
- KANEKO Daichi, ISHIKAWA Ruka
Director Koyama Takashi has adapted a trailer which won the Grand Prix at the 2nd MI-CAN unfinished-movie trailer awards into this feature-length love story. It world premiered at the Japan Cinema Splash section of the 2019 Tokyo International Film F...
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Mrs. Noisy (2019)
- Director
- AMANO Chihiro
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Yukiko, OOTAKA Yoko, NAGAO Takuma
In this taut drama, a small argument ignites a confrontation between neighbors whose lives are upturned when they become entangled with social media and the news. This original story by Amano Chihiro was selected to screen in the Japanese Cinema Spla...
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Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (2019)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko, SAKAKIBARA Motonori
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Rika, OTANI Ikue
Animation film that uses 3DCG to remake Pokémon: The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back, the first film in the "Pokémon" series. Legendary Pokémon Mewtwo (voice: Ichimura Masachika) was thrust into the world by the selfishness of a human who discovere...
