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CHOCOLATE CAKE AND HORYUJI TEMPLE (2016)
- Director
- MUKAI Keita
- Cast
- Seiya, Yusuke, Tomomi
Autobiographical documentary by director Mukai Keita, who was raised in an orphanage after his mother died when he was a child. The director's interior life comes into view through his interviews of friends from the orphanage, his rebellion against h...
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SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors The Super-Duper Movie (2010)
- Director
- MORI Kunihiro, SUZUKI Kenichi
- Cast
- KAJI Yuki, YASUMOTO Hiroki, KATO Masayuki
In this unique film edition, the mobile suits that appear in the robot anime masterpiece of "Mobile Suit Gundam" transform into small and cute characters and take up the roles of soldiers in "The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms." The legendary conti...
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ｃhosyu five (2006)
- Director
- IGARASHI Sho
- Cast
- MATSUDA Ryuhei, YAMASHITA Tetsuo, KITAMURA Yukiya
A Grand Prix winner at the Houston International Film Festival in 2007. Directed by Igarashi Takumi of One Step on a Mine, It's All Over (Jirai wo Fundara Sayonara). A historical drama depicting the fate of five samurai from the Chosyu domain, namely...
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The Torture Club (2014)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Kota
- Cast
- KIJIMA Noriko, YOSHIZUMI Haruna, MAMIYA Yuki
Film adaptation of the same-titled comic popular for its extraordinary premise. Up-and-coming Yoshida Kota, known for his humorous yet sensual style in films like Usotsuki Paradox, creates a unique coming-of-age drama about love between two girls, wi...
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China to Japan -Japanese Woman with Chinese Mother Tongue (2013)
- Director
- CHITOSE Chihiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Shizuka
Directorial debut by Chitose Chihiro, who studied with director Hara Kazuo and served as assistant director to directors Shinohara Tetsuo and Kuroki Kazuo. Calls for improving Japan-China relations through intimately depicting the turbulent life of a...
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Cinderella game (2016)
- Director
- KANO Hayato
- Cast
- YAMAYA Kasumi, SURUGA Taro, YOSHIDA Miku
Thriller about the fate of idols who get abducted by a mysterious figure and are forced to participate in a life-or-death card battle. Directed by Kano Hayato, who grabbed the spotlight with The Boy Who Has Lifeless Eyes. After Haitani Sana's (Yamay...
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IREZUMI CHOHAN (2008)
- Director
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Kanzaburo, BANDO Tamasaburo, KATAOKA Kamezo
The eighth film of "Cinema Kabuki" where kabuki stage performances filmed digitally with an HD camera are screened at movie theaters. This work about the deep love of married couples has a rich cast lineup and is a heart-grabbing masterpiece by Haseg...
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CLOVER (2014)
- Director
- FURUSAWA Takeshi
- Cast
- TAKEI Emi, OKURA Tadayoshi, NAGAYAMA Kento
A romantic comedy based on the girls' comic by manga creator Chiya Toriko. It follows a shy female office worker who is driven to distraction by her attraction to her standoffish boss. Director Furusawa Takeshi, star Takei Emi, and other cast and cre...
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Café Funiculi Funicula (2018)
- Director
- TSUKAHARA Ayuko
- Cast
- ARIMURA Kasumi, ITO Kentaro
Film adaptation of the debut novel from stage writer and director Kawaguchi Toshikazu. Film directorial debut by Tsukahara Ayuko, who has helmed popular TV dramas included 'Unnatural.'. Urban legend has it that you can return to your chosen point in ...
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Coming out story (2011)
- Director
- UMEZAWA Kei
- Cast
- DOHI Itsuki, YONEZAWA Izumi, AKUZAWA Mariko
Documentary film about a high school teacher struggling with gender identity disorder. Graduation work at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image and recipient of the Imamura Shohei Award, which goes to the best director each year at the school. Afte...
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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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Cornflakes (2020)
- Director
- ISOBE Teppei
- Cast
- GON, TAKADA Reiko, HINO Hinami
Yuya, who can't let go of his dream of becoming a musician, has been living with Miho, an insurance salesperson, for almost six years now, and Miho wonders if living with Yuya is good for her future. One day, Miho sees text messages between Yuya and...
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Corpse Party (2015)
- Director
- YAMADA Masafumi
- Cast
- IKOMA Rina, IKEOKA Ryosuke, MAEDA Nozomi
A movie inspired by a horror video game series that has already spawned novel, manga, and animated video adaptations. It stars Ikoma Rina of the idol group Nogizaka 46, and is directed by Yamada Masafumi, whose Tsuburo was screened at film festivals ...
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Corpse Party Book of Shadows (2016)
- Director
- YAMADA Masafumi
- Cast
- IKOMA Rina, MAEDA Nozomi, IKEOKA Ryosuke
Second film adaptation in the series based on the horror adventure game Corpse Party. A high school girl who escaped the grasp of ghosts faces an even more horrific fate. This sequel brings back the main cast from the previous film, including Ikoma R...
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COTTONTAIL (2023)
- Director
- Patrick DICKINSON
- Cast
- Lily Franky, NISHIKIDO Ryo, KIMURA Tae
A Japanese-British co-production, this human drama was shot in the Lake District situated in the northwest of England by up-and-coming British director Patrick Dickinson with a Japanese cast. After the death of his beloved wife, Akiko (Kimura Tae), ...
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Crayon Shin-chan Arashi wo Yobu Utau Ketsudake Bakudan (2007)
- Director
- MUTO Yuji
- Cast
- YAJIMA Akiko, NARAHASHI Miki, FUJIWARA Keiji
The Nohara family was enjoying a trip in Okinawa, when a bomb, left by aliens "Ketsudake Seijin", gets stuck to the rear end of their pet dog, Shiro, by accident. The incident is found out by the UNTI, an organization that monitors the universe, and ...
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CROWS: EXPLODE (2014)
- Director
- TOYODA Toshiaki
- Cast
- HIGASHIDE Masahiro, SAOTOME Taichi, KATSUJI Ryo
Third installation in the action series depicting a feud among juvenile delinquent high school students, based on Takahashi Hiroshi's popular comic. Set a month after the previous film, a new group of high school seniors wage a cutthroat battle for t...
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CROWS II (2009)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, YABE Kyosuke, KUROKI Meisa
A coming-of-age violence action film, this is the second prequel to the legendary youth manga 'Crows' by Takahashi Hiroshi, but written originally for the screen. The story begins a few months after the first installment at Suzuran High, a veritable ...
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Curtain call (2004)
- Director
- SASABE Kiyoshi
- Cast
- ITO Ayumi, FUJII Takashi, TSURUTA Mayu
Kaori (Ito Ayumi) works for a publishing company in Tokyo, but when she screws up on the job, she is transferred to work for a local magazine in rural Fukuoka. There, she is put in charge of "The Good Old Days" reader's letter column. She gets a post...
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Murder on D. Street (2015)
- Director
- KUBOTA Shoji
- Cast
- Shoko, KAWAI Ryunosuke, KUSANO Kota
Sensual suspense film commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Edogawa Rampo. Film adaptation of the same-named original story in which master detective Akechi Kogoro makes his first appearance. Director and screenwriter Kubota Shoji return...
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Angry Rice Wives (2021)
- Director
- MOTOKI Katsuhide
- Cast
- INOUE Mao, MIURA Takahiro, NATSUKI Mari
Entertaining film about the "rice riots" said to be the first example of citizen activism by women in Japan. Matsuura Ito (Inoue Mao) is a wife with three kids who works as a female laborer hauling bales of rice to the shore. The wives are vexed by ...
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Children of the Snow Country (1972)
- Director
- HIGUCHI Hiromi
- Cast
- KONO Akitake, HINO Michio, MACHIDA Hiroko
Short summers and long winters are the rule in Hokkaido lying in the north of Japan. The scenery in Hokkaido is magnificent with towering mountains, fire-belching volcanoes, deep valleys, forests cradling lakes and vast plains with rare flora and fau...
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This one thing I do (2011)
- Director
- YAMADA Hisako
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Hiroaki, KUDOH Youki, ICHIKAWA Emiya
A biographical drama portraying the life of Tomeoka Kosuke, a philanthropist who devoted his life to the reform of delinquent youths during the Meiji Period. It touches on his way of life, and how his pain at seeing children driven to commit crimes a...
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Inheritance (2015)
- Director
- INOUE Junichi
- Cast
- TARUKAWA Kazuya, TARUKAWA Mitsuyo
Documentary about the dialogue between students from Tokyo who visit Fukushima Prefecture's Sukagawa City in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and a family struggling to keep their farm in operation. Directed by Inou...
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What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022)
- Director
- MIKI Satoshi
- Cast
- YAMADA Ryosuke, TSUCHIYA Tao, HAMADA Gaku
Quirky special effects flick about the aftermath of a gigantic monster's death. Brings together leading special effects creators including director/screenwriter Miki Satoshi, whose unique works include {Adrift in Tokyo} and {It's Me, It's Me}, and 'K...
