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Love Disease (2017)

Director: YOSHIDA Kota

Cast: SETO Saori, OKAYAMA Amane

Sensual suspense drama about the love-hate relationship between a man pursuing a perverse relationship and a woman thrown into turmoil by the fate of intense love. Based on the Wakayama dating website robbery and homicide from 2002. Emiko (Seto Saor...

The Final Parting (2018)

Director: ITO Hidehiro

Cast: TAKASHIMA Reiko, Ayane, WATANABE Shu

Drama about a young woman's emotional growth as she overcomes the deaths of those dear to her after meeting a female mortician. Directed by accomplished screenplay writer Ito Hidehiro. Ai (Ayane) lost her parents in a traffic accident when she was a...

Dynamite Graffiti (2018)

Director: TOMINAGA Masanori

Cast: EMOTO Tasuku, MAEDA Atsuko, MIURA Toko

Feature film based on author Suei Akira's autobiographical essays. Covers the protagonist's remarkable life experiences up until his time as chief editor at a magazine leading the 70s and 80s subculture scene. Direction and script by Tominaga Masanor...

LAIKA (2016)

Director: IMAZEKI Akiyoshi

Cast: MIYAJIMA Sae,

Set in Moscow, this romantic drama directed by Imazeki Akiyoshi of Aiko Jurokusai fame depicts the blossoming emotions between a Russian girl and a Japanese girl. Laika (Miyajima Sae), a young girl who came to Russia from Japan for language studies,...

A Grain of Wheat (2016)

Director: SUZUKI Ben

Cast: Charlotte Kate Fox, HINOI Asuka, EMOTO Akira

Work from a short-film project that aims to share the appeal of Yokohama with the world. Directed by Suzuki Ben, who became the first Japanese director to win the Grand Prix at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in 2008 with A Day in the Life of B...

The Dog Bridegroom (2016)

Director: KATASHIMA Ikki

Cast: ARIMORI Narimi, MUTO Shohei, EGUCHI Noriko

Ambitious 245-minute work inspired by the "dog bridegroom" folk legend. Directed by Katashima Ikki, whose film Pure Asia was screened at overseas festivals. One day elementary school teacher Azusa (Arimori Narimi) hears a heavenly voice that tells h...

Les Garcons- Bonbons 2 L'Oiseau du paradis (2017)

Director: HIROTA Leona

Cast: KURIHARA Rui, ARAMAKI Yoshihiko, SOMEYA Toshiyuki

The sequel to 2015's Les Garcons-Bonbons directed by Hirota Leona, who is also known as an actress. Kitazawa Haku (Kurihara Rui) had watched a movie and dreamed he was in a parallel universe. Meanwhile, Ryu (Kamiya Riku), the older brother of Haku's...

Ambiguous Places (2017)

Director: IKEDA Akira

Cast: SUMII Kujirako, SHIBA Hirofumi, OTA Michi

The "dreams" seen by people are intertwined through an abstract mystery in this surreal fantasy directed by Ikeda Akira whose Anatomy of a Paper Clip won the grand prizes at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and the Vancouver International Fi...

Kira Kira Pretty Cure A La Mode the Movie (2017)

Director: TSUCHIDA Yutaka

Cast: MIYAMA Karen, FUKUHARA Haruka, MURANAKA Tomo

Twenty-third feature film in the "Pretty Cure" series. Set in Paris, the land of desserts, Pretty Cure from "Glittery Pretty Cure a la Mode" use the power of their memories to confront a mysterious monster. "Kira Pati" members including Ichika (voic...

Wilderness Part 2 (2017)

Director: KISHI Yoshiyuki

Cast: SUDA Masaki, YANG Ik-June, Yusuke SANTAMARIA

The second in a two-part film adaptation boldly recreating the backdrop of playwright, Terayama Shuji's one and only full length novel. Kishi Yoshiyuki, who made his feature-length debut with A Double Life, serves as both screenwriter and director. S...

Fate/stay night THE MOVIE [Heaven's Feel] I. presage flower (2017)

Director: SUDO Tomonori

Cast: SUGIYAMA Noriaki, SHITAYA Noriko

The first of a theatrical trilogy based on the third route, Heaven's Feel, of the popular PC game 'Fate/stay night'. It has been ten years since the last Holy Grail War which involved mages (masters) and their spiritual familiars (servants) battling...

Wilderness Part 1 (2017)

Director: KISHI Yoshiyuki

Cast: SUDA Masaki, YANG Ik-June, Yusuke SANTAMARIA

The first in a two-part film adaptation boldly recreating the backdrop of playwright, Terayama Shuji's one and only full length novel. Set in 2020 after the Tokyo Olympics, it perceptively depicts the soul of people living in a nook of the metropolis...

PERFECT REVOLUTION (2017)

Director: MATSUMOTO Jumpei

Cast: Lily Franky, SEINO Nana, KOIKE Eiko

A romantic film based on the true story of activist, Kumashino Yoshihiko, who raises awareness of the sexuality of disabled people through lecturing and event activities. The film is written and directed by Matsumoto Jumpei of Embers. Kuma (Lily Fra...

DEAR ETRANGER (2017)

Director: MISHIMA Yukiko

Cast: ASANO Tadanobu, TANAKA Rena, KUDO Kankuro

A Stitch of Life director, Mishima Yukiko, adapts to screen Shigematsu Kiyoshi's identically titled novel with a screenplay by Vibrator screenwriter, Arai Haruhiko. Makoto (Asano Tadanobu) is unable to get along with the daughter of his second wife,...

The Blooming (2016)

Director: IWAKIRI Isora

Cast: IWAKIRI Isora, Ririka, KOIKE Arisa

Indie production by the cutting-edge Iwakiri Isora, whose honors include the Runner-up Award at the 2016 Pia Film Festival. Iwakiri stars in the film and serves as editor, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. I'm "a guy" (Iwakiri) who obedientl...

Jinro game Mad land (2017)

Director: AYABE Shinya

Cast: ASAKAWA Nana, MATSUNAGA Arisa, SANA Hiroki

The sixth theatrical film in the "Werewolf Game" series dealing with suspicions and murder. At the helm is Sono Shion pupil and director of past series entries such as The Werewolf Game: Crazy Fox, Ayabe Shinya. 10 male and female high school studen...

Silhouette of Your Voice (2017)

Director: KAMIJO Daisuke

Cast: TAWADA Hideya, ONODERA Akira, MITSUYA Ryo

A live-action adaptation of Fumino Yuki's debut manga which depicts the splendid friendship between a hard-of-hearing university student and his classmate. Kamijo Daisuke, who made his feature-length debut with KABUKI DROP, directs. Kohei (Tawada Hi...

TATARA SAMURAI (2017)

Director: NISHIKORI Yoshinari

Cast: AOYAGI Sho, KOBAYASHI Naoki, TABATA Tomoko

First film produced by Hiro of Exile. Directed by Nishikori Yoshinari of Railways. It is the end of the Sengoku period. In Tatara Village deep in the mountains of Izumo, Tatara blowing is secret method for making high-quality iron that is touted to ...

TEIICHI -Battle of Supreme High- (2017)

Director: NAGAI Akira

Cast: SUDA Masaki, NOMURA Shuhei, TAKEUCHI Ryoma

Nagai Akira, director of If Cats Disappeared From the World, adapts Furuya Usamaru's identically titled comic, which has also been adapted as a stage play. It depicts the student council presidency election race between high school students. Teiichi...

Goodbye elegy (2016)

Director: MIMURA Junichi

Cast: OSUGI Ren, ISHINO Mako, FUJIYOSHI Kumiko

A film director passed the age of 60 re-examines his life at his hometown then makes a comeback in this drama. At the helm is veteran director, Mimura Junichi of Quartet. Playing the main character is Osugi Ren. Akira (Osugi), a film director, retur...

Pretty Cure Dream Stars! The movie (2017)

Director: MIYAMOTO Hiroshi

Cast: MIYAMA Karen, FUKUHARA Haruka, MURANAKA Tomo

Twenty-second theatrical film release in the Pretty Cure series. Features Pretty Cure from "Glittery Pretty Cure a la Mode," "Witch Pretty Cure," and "Go! Princess Pretty Cure." Usami Ichika aka "Cure Whip" (voice: Miyama Karen) meets a little girl ...

Hengyoro (2016)

Director: TAKAMINE Go

Cast: TAIRA Susumu, KITAMURA Saburo, OSHIRO Misako

Untamagiru and Tsuru-Henry director Takamine Go helms his first feature film in eighteen years. Avant-garde maestro Sakata Akira's group ARASHI contributes music to the project. Tarugani (Taira Susumu) and Papajo (Kitamura Saburo) live in Patai Vill...

dream of illumination (2017)

Director: SAWADA Thunder

Cast: SHIDA Sara, HAMADA Akira

Commercial feature film debut for the cutting-edge Sawada Thunder, who published the illustrated book "Osananajimi no Bakki" in 2007 and was selected for competition in the Okamoto Taro Memorial Award for Contemporary Art. Uses black-and-white images...

MUKOKU (2017)

Director: KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi

Cast: AYANO Go, MURAKAMI Nijiro, MAEDA Atsuko

The live-action adaptation of Akutagawa Prize-winning author Fujisawa Shu's novel "Mukoku" which depicts the battles between handsome men burdened by unfortunate fates and tempestuously fiery spirits. Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, whose My Man won the award fo...

Before We Vanish (2017)

Director: KUROSAWA Kiyoshi

Cast: NAGASAWA Masami, MATSUDA Ryuhei, HASEGAWA Hiroki

Feature film adaptation of the popular play "Before We Vanish" from the theatrical group Ikiume led by dramaturge Maekawa Tomohiro. Director Kurosawa Kiyoshi has earned international acclaim for films including Journey to the Shore. Narumi (Nagasawa...

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