Movies
277 Results
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Turep ~Looking for "Children of the Sea"~ (2019)
- Director
- YAMAOKA Nobutaka
- Cast
- MORISAKI Win, IGARASHI Daisuke, NAKAZAWA Shinichi
Animation production company Studio 4℃, which worked on Children of the Sea, engage in their first live-action film. They have created a vision for a future civilization by combining a story pursuing the whereabouts of a missing man and interviews wi...
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Star Twinkle Pretty Cure the Movie (2019)
- Director
- TANAKA Yuta
- Cast
- NARUSE Eimi, KOHARA Konomi, YASUNO Kiyono
The 27th theatrical film in the "Pretty Cure" series. It is the first solo film of the 'Star Twinkle Pretty Cure' television anime series which began airing in February of 2019. At the helm is Tanaka Yuta of Witchy Pretty Cure! The Movie: Wondrous! C...
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DANCE WITH ME (2019)
- Director
- YAGUCHI Shinobu
- Cast
- MIYOSHI Ayaka, YASHIRO Yu, chay
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One Piece: Stampede (2019)
- Director
- OOTSUKA Takashi
- Cast
- TANAKA Mayumi, NAKAI Kazuya, OKAMURA Akemi
The fourteenth "One Piece" theatrical film commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the television anime series. The original author, Oda Eiichiro, supervises while Ootsuka Takashi of the "Pretty Cure All Stars DX" series writes and directs. Luffy ...
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The Bucket List (2019)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, AMAMI Yuki
Inudo Isshin directs this remake of the Rob Reiner film starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. Veteran actresses Yoshinaga Sayuri and Amami Yuki play women whose days are numbered. Sachie (Yoshinaga) is a homemaker who has devoted her life to h...
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NI NO KUNI (2019)
- Director
- MOMOSE Yoshiyuki
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, ARATA Mackenyu, NAGANO Mei
Animation director Momose Yoshiyuki, who contributed to numerous Miyazaki Hayao films while at Studio Ghibli and helms this feature film animation adaption of Level-5's popular RPG series. Set in the "modern world" (reality) and the neighboring magic...
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Rise of the Machine Girls (2019)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Yuki
- Cast
- TSUKIMIYA Himena, HANAKAGE Kanon, SAKAGUCHI Taku (TAK∴)
Up-and-coming director Kobayashi Yuki directs this shocking reboot of The Machine Girl by Iguchi Noboru who enjoys a cult following even in North America. Chiba Yoshinori and Nishimura Yoshihiro, who produced Kobayashi's commercial debut film Death R...
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Prison 13 (2019)
- Director
- WATANABE Kensaku
- Cast
- HOTTA Mayu, ITANO Tomomi, MAENO Tomoya
Derived from the "Stanford Prison Experiment", this closed room thriller depicts the violent game between 12 men and women who are the test subjects of a public experiment. Writer and director Watanabe Kensaku, the screenwriter of The Great Passage, ...
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I WAS A SECRET BITCH (2019)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- SAKUMA Yui, MURAKAMI Nijiro, OHGO Suzuka
Arai Piroyo's identically titled comic based on personal experiences is adapted to film by writer and director Miki Koichiro. The story depicts the tribulations and maturing of the heroine who indulges in "social approval" through flattery she receiv...
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They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019)
- Director
- ODAGIRI Joe
- Cast
- EMOTO Akira, KAWASHIMA Ririka, MURAKAMI Nijiro
Actor Odagiri Joe makes his feature film directorial debut from an original script he wrote which asks what is a compassionate way of life. Joining the staff are internationally recognized cinematographer Christopher Doyle and costume designer Wada E...
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Masako, mon ange (2019)
- Director
- OOKA Daisuke
- Cast
- Masako, Anju, TAMURA Shoko
Documentary that teases apart the life of model Masako, who also acted in films including Ring and died at the age of 50, through interviews of people who knew her well. Directed by Masako's husband Ooka Daisuke, who is a film producer. Masako died ...
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Murders at the House of Death (2019)
- Director
- KIMURA Hisashi
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, HAMABE Minami, NAKAMURA Tomoya
Film adaptation of the debut novel from Imamura Masahiro, renowned as winner of the Honkaku Mystery for Best Fiction. Directed by Kimura Hisashi, a veteran TV drama director. University student Hamura (Kamiki Ryunosuke) gets roped into investigating...
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My Hero Academia: Heroes rising (2019)
- Director
- NAGASAKI Kenji
- Cast
- YAMASHITA Daiki, OKAMOTO Nobuhiko
The second film in the animated series adapting the popular comic which has sold more than twenty-five million copies. Director Nagasaki Kenji continues on from the previous film while original author Horikoshi Kohei serves as supervisor and original...
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Listen to the Universe (2019)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Kei
- Cast
- MATSUOKA Mayu, MATSUZAKA Tori, MORISAKI Win
Ishikawa Kei, whose directorial debut GUKOROKU–Traces Of Sin officially screened at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, adapts from his own screenplay Onda Riku's identically titled novel. The drama depicts the complex relations among four gifted young pi...
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Weathering With You (2019)
- Director
- SHINKAI Makoto
- Cast
- DAIGO Kotaro, MORI Nana
Director Shinkai Makoto's first feature-length animation in three years following your name., the huge hit that topped twenty-five billion yen in box-office receipts. Set in an era when the weather has gone awry, the lush visuals depict a boy and gir...
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PROMARE (2019)
- Director
- IMAISHI Hiroyuki
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, SAOTOME Taichi, SAKAI Masato
An original animated film by Imaishi Hiroyuki and Nakashima Kazuki who teamed up on the TV anime series "Gurren Lagann" and "Kill la Kill". It was screened at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2019. It has been thirty years since half ...
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GHOST MASTER (2019)
- Director
- YOUNG Paul
- Cast
- MIURA Takahiro, NARUMI Rico
Horror comedy officially selected for numerous film festivals including the 52nd SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. Feature film directorial debut by Paul Young, who studied under director Kurosawa Kiyoshi and has an America...
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It Feels So Good (2019)
- Director
- ARAI Haruhiko
- Cast
- EMOTO Tasuku, TAKIUCHI Kumi
Arai Haruhiko, one of Japan's best-known screenplay writers, reprises his dual roles as director and writer from Body and Soul and When I Was Most Beautiful. First film adaptation of a work by Naoki Prize-winning author Shiraishi Kazufumi depicting t...
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Sumikkogurashi: Good to be in the corner (2019)
- Director
- Mankyu
- Cast
Theatrical-release feature film anime for 'Sumikko gurashi', which won the Grand Prize for the Japanese Character Award in 2019. Animation produced by Fanworks, which made the Netflix original "Aggretsuko". Narration by Inohara Yoshihiko and Honjo Ma...
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Aesop's Game (2019)
- Director
- ASANUMA Naoya, UEDA Shinichiro, NAKAIZUMI Yuya
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Ruka, IGETA Hiroe, Guammer
Unique work created over three-plus years reuniting the production team from One Cut of the Dead with director Ueda Shinichiro, assistant director Nakaizumi Yuya and still photographer Asanuma Naoya helming as co-directors. Kameda Miwa (Ishikawa Ruk...
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Fragtime (2019)
- Director
- SATO Takuya
- Cast
- ITO Miku, MIYAMOTO Yume
Anime adaptation of the same-named comic about the relationship between a high school girl who has the ability to stop time and the classmate who knows her secret. Reunites director Sato Takuya and the staff who worked on Kase-san and Morning Glories...
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At the End of the Matinee (2019)
- Director
- NISHITANI Hiroshi
- Cast
- FUKUYAMA Masaharu, ISHIDA Yuriko
This love story is based on the 2016 novel released by author Hirano Keiichiro, a recipient of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Chevalier. It directed by Nishitani Hiroshi who has a reputation for solid and dynamic direction. Classical guit...
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Hit Me Anyone One More Time (2019)
- Director
- MITANI Koki
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi
Eighth film helmed by Mitani Koki, who has generated numerous hits as a screenwriter and stage director. Original story about a prime minister who is fiercely despised by the populace and suffers from amnesia. Prime Minister Kuroda (Nakai Kiichi) co...
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THE CONFIDENCE MAN JP -The Movie- (2019)
- Director
- TANAKA Akira
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami, HIGASHIDE Masahiro, KOTE Shinya
Kosawa Ryota pens the original story for this feature film adaptation of the hit TV drama replete with dizzying plot twists. Con artists Dako (Nagasawa Masami), Boku-chan (Higashide Masahiro), Richard (Kohinata Fumiyo) and Igarashi (Kote Shinya) are...
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Sound! Euphonium, the Movie -Our Promise: A Brand New Day- (2019)
- Director
- ISHIHARA Tatsuya
- Cast
- KUROSAWA Tomoyo, ASAI Ayaka, TOYOTA Moe
The television anime series produced by Kyoto Animation based on Takeda Ayano's youth novel heads to the big screen. Director Ishihara Tatsuya, who is known for "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya", and screenwriter Hanada Jukki with whom Ishihara col...
