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The Women (2021)
- Director
- UCHIDA Nobuteru
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Yukiko, KURASHINA Kana, TAKAHATA Atsuko
Okuyama Kazuyoshi, a prominent producer in the Japanese film industry, executive produces this drama helmed by Uchida Nobuteru who directed Love Addiction and Odayaka. Misaki (Shinohara Yukiko) cares for her mother while working at a local daycare c...
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SHIN GODZILLA (2016)
- Director
- HIGUCHI Shinji
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Hiroki, TAKENOUCHI Yutaka, ISHIHARA Satomi
The twenty-ninth Japanese-produced film in the globally popular "Godzilla" series. It dynamically portrays humanity being trampled by a gigantic monster while incorporating the perspective of the Japanese government under pressure to deal with the si...
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Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Noboru
- Cast
- IWASHITA Shima, YOSHIDA Teruo, HAYAKAWA Tamotsu
Young and beautiful Chieko meets her twin sister, who informs her that their real parents are dead. The family tragedy stemmed from the old superstition that twins were unlucky and wrong. Chieko has been brought up by a dry goods merchant Sada and hi...
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Shanti Days: 365 Days of Happy Breathing (2014)
- Director
- NAGATA Koto
- Cast
- KADOWAKI Mugi, MICHIBATA Jessica, Dean FUJIOKA
Drama about two women in contrasting circumstances who get to know each other through yoga. The comical protagonist with a heavy dialect is played by Kadowaki Mugi, who garnered attention in Ai no uzu, and model Michibata Jessica makes her film debut...
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KASURIKO (2018)
- Director
- TAKASE Masatsugu
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Tamotsu, TAKUMA Shin
Set in the underworld of 1960s Tosa in Kochi Prefecture, this drama depicts a man destroying himself through gambling. The script was written by Kochi resident Kuniyoshi Takuji, and in the director's chair is Takase Masatsugu who choreographed fights...
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GOO the KUNG-FUSION BOY (2009)
- Director
- MASUMOTO Shoichiro
- Cast
- SUZUKI Shinji, TSUJIMOTO Kazuki, TOCHIHARA Rakuto
The second work of the "Neo Action" series following the SUPER GORE GIRL (Sei Shirayuri Kishidan). A unique action comedy inspired by old Hong Kong kung-fu films. The work is narrated by Ishimaru Hiroya, known for the dubbed Japanese voice for Jackie...
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WANDERING (2022)
- Director
- LEE Sang-il
- Cast
- HIROSE Suzu, MATSUZAKA Tori, YOKOHAMA Ryusei
A film adaptation of Nagira Yuu's best-selling novel of the same title by director Lee Sang-il of Villain and Rage. Hong Kyung-pyo of Parasite served as the cinematographer. Sarasa, a 10-year-old girl who was unable to return to her aunt's house, an...
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FUKUSHIMA (2013)
- Director
- KANNO Hiroshi
- Cast
- NATSUKI Yoko, KATSUNO Hiroshi, CHIBA Miku
A drama that depicts four generations of a family at the mercy of Japan's nuclear power policy. Scriptwriter Kanno Hiroshi, a Fukushima Prefecture native, was inspired to produce and direct the film by the will left by his father, who was exposed to ...
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Loups=Garous (2010)
- Director
- FUJISAKU Junichi
- Cast
- OKI Kanae, IGARASHI Hiromi, INOUE Marina
The anime version of a science fiction novel by popular writer Kyogoku Natsuhiko, for which he held a contest for readers to decide the setting. Intrigued by a mysterious series of murders, a group of girls in the near future begin to turn their gaze...
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Thread of Dreams - The Adonis Home for Dementia Patients (2015)
- Director
- ISE Shinichi
- Cast
- TAKEDA Junko
The lives of people residing at a group home for victims of Alzheimer's disease is recorded over a two year period in this documentary directed by My wife's illness -Dementia with Lewy Bodies director, Ise Shinichi, who has a reputation for his docum...
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Analog (2023)
- Director
- TAKAHATA Hideta
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Kazunari, Haru
Film adaptation of Kitano Takeshi's first romantic novel of the same title. A love story that looks at the "starting point" of people's loving each other. Designer Satoru (Ninomiya Kazunari) happens to meet Miyuki (Haru), a mysterious woman who does...
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Glory of the expedition (2015)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Toru
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, Yusuke SANTAMARIA, OZAWA Yukiyoshi
Film adaptation of Araki Gen's same-titled novel about the struggles of a TV crew exploring remote destinations. The cast features distinctive actors like Fujiwara Tatsuya, Ozawa Yukiyoshi, and Santamaria Yusuke, whose hardcore performances include e...
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Moonlight Jellyfish (2004)
- Director
- TSURUMI Kosuke
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, OKAMOTO Aya, KIMURA Ryo
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EUREKA: EUREKA SEVEN HI-EVOLUTION (2021)
- Director
- KYODA Tomoki
- Cast
- NAZUKA Kaori, ENDO Rina
Finale in the feature film trilogy adapting the TV anime series "Eureka Seven" that went on air in 2005. Reviled by the world, Eureka undertakes her final journey after a decade of atonement. Eureka lives to uphold world peace as a high-ranking figh...
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Free! -the Final Stroke- the second volume (2022)
- Director
- KAWANAMI Eisaku
- Cast
- SHIMAZAKI Nobunaga, SUZUKI Tatsuhisa, MIYANO Mamoru
Concluding film in the two-part theatrical adaptation of "Free!", the popular TV anime series about young people who devote their lives to swimming. Directed, developed and scripted by Kawanami Eisaku, who helmed the third season of the TV anime. Na...
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FUNNY BUNNY (2021)
- Director
- IIZUKA Ken
- Cast
- NAKAGAWA Taishi, OKAYAMA Amane
Iizuka Ken, a filmmaker who works in a variety of fields including television, stage, and music videos, adapts a play performed in 2012 for this film. Playing the fiercely individualistic lead character is Nakagawa Taishi, who also worked with Iizuka...
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DANCING KARATE KID (2013)
- Director
- KISHIMOTO Tsukasa
- Cast
- Joey, KOIKE Yui, YAGI Akihito
Action film fusing the traditional Okinawan traditional performing art of Ryukyu dance with Ryukyu karate. Magnificent battles unfold, incorporating legends passed down within Ryukyu karate and historical facts. Starts action actor Joey, a dancer rai...
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GROTESQUE (2009)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Tsugumi, KAWATSURE Hiroaki, OSAKO Shigeo
Fake documentary style horror films, such as Noroi: The Curse (Noroi), have been garnering a lot of attention, and director Shiraishi Koji, who has helped created countless horror films, has focused his energies into creating a truly shocking horror ...
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August My Heaven (2024)
- Director
- KUDO Riho
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Yukino, SUWA Shuri, FUJIE Takuma
Second original work from the streaming platform Roadstead, helmed by Let Me Hear it Barefoot director Kudo Riho. In an unspecified town, Joe (Murakami Yukino) makes a living as a proxy who attends events on behalf of her clients. Nambei (Suwa Shuri...
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ERICA 38 (2018)
- Director
- HIBI Yuichi
- Cast
- ASADA Miyoko, KIKI Kilin
This is the only film Kiki Kilin, of Shoplifters fame among many others, conceived in her lifetime. Based on a true story, it depicts a woman turning to a life of fraud because of her desires. In the director's chair is Hibi Yuichi whose Ken San won ...
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SADAKO 3D (2012)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- ISHIHARA Satomi, SETO Koji, TAKAHASHI Tsutomu
Ring became an immediate blockbuster hit when it was released in 1998, creating a J-horror sensation throughout the world. The sequel, Ring 2, and prequel, Ring 0, were followed soon after Ring's theatrical release, and "Sadako", the most horrifying ...
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Joryu tohaiden aki (2017)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yutaro
- Cast
- OKAMOTO Natsumi, MASUDA Yuka, IWAMATSU Ryo
The film adaptation of professional female mahjong player, Nikaido Aki's autobiographical comic which portrays a 15-year-old young girl charging headlong toward aspirations of a "real life" and "true mahjong". Up-and-comer Nakamura Yutaro of Grab the...
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Bittersand (2021)
- Director
- SUGIOKA Tomoya
- Cast
- INOUE Yuki, HAGIWARA Riku, KINOSHITA Ayane
Coming-of-age mystery that exposes the truth behind an incident in high school that destroyed a relationship. Directorial debut for Sugioka Tomoya. Akito (Inoue Yuki) is a 25 year old slogging through days at the office, and he unexpectedly reconnec...
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Hirono Yamada's Survival Beach (2006)
- Director
- YAMADA Hirono
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Michi, Francoise Hirota, AIKA Shun
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Mogura no uta Sennyusosakan Reiji Final (2021)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, SUZUKI Ryohei, TSUTSUMI Shinichi
Final film in the live-action comedy series based on Takahashi Noboru's popular comic with Miike Takashi as director, Kudo Kankuro writing the script and Ikuta Toma as the lead actor. Depicts the protagonist's final mission as a mole infiltrating Suk...
