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Anoko no Toriko (2018)
- Director
- MIYAWAKI Ryo
- Cast
- YOSHIZAWA Ryo, ARAKI Yuko, SUGINO Yosuke
Live-action adaptation of Shiraishi Yuki's romance comic. A love triangle spells trouble for two guys and a girl who are childhood friends and have always dreamed of becoming stars. Feature film debut for Miyawaki Ryo, who has directed numerous TV dr...
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SANA: LET ME HEAR (2024)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- SHIBUYA Nagisa, HAYASE Ikoi, SANTOKI Soma
A school horror film by director Shimizu Takashi, who continues to lead the J-horror genre since Ju-On The Grudge. He co-wrote the original idea and script with Kakuda Yumi, following on from Sana. During summer vacation, a female student jumps off ...
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Aristocrats (2021)
- Director
- SODE Yukiko
- Cast
- KADOWAKI Mugi, MIZUHARA Kiko, KORA Kengo
Good Stripes director Sode Yukiko helms this film adaptation of a novel by Yamauchi Mariko, who has seen numerous works on the big screen. Shows the lives of two women living in very different worlds in the same city. Hanako (Kadowaki Mugi) had a sh...
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Leave in Summer (2022)
- Director
- IGASHI Aya
- Cast
- FUKUCHI Momoko, OKAYAMA Amane
A story of loss and rebirth from an original screenplay by the talented Igashi Aya, who garnered attention both in Japan and abroad with her film Melt. This film centers on Nakajima Nana(Fukuchi Momoko), and presents a fresh portrayal of the emotions...
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You Are the Apple of My Eye (2018)
- Director
- HASEGAWA Yasuo
- Cast
- YAMADA Yuki, SAITO Asuka, MATSUMOTO Honoka
A remake of You are the Apple of My Eye, the hit Taiwanese film directed by Giddens Ko who adapted his own autobiographical novel. Directed by Hasegawa Yasuo, the screenwriter of Ogawa No Hotori -At River's Edge- and Snow On The Blades, casts talente...
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Anpanman's Birthday (2012)
- Director
- KAWAMATA Hiroshi
- Cast
- TODA Keiko, MASUOKA Hiroshi, SAKUMA Rei
Based on "Anpanman Tanjo" (Anpanman is born), the first episode of the Anpanman animated television series, this short film depicts the events that led to his birth. See Anpanman as a cute baby in this musical story filled with fun and cheerful tunes...
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ANPO (2010)
- Director
- Linda HOAGLUND
- Cast
- AIDA Makoto, ASAKURA Setsu, IKEDA Tatsuo
This documentary about the ANPO movement, a national movement in Japan opposing the US-Japan security treaty in the 1960s is from director Linda Hoaglund, who was born and raised in Japan. Working as an interpreter and creator of subtitles for Japane...
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The Assassin (1964)
- Director
- SHINODA Masahiro
- Cast
- TANBA Tetsuro, IWASHITA Shima, KIMURA Isao
In 1863, Lord Matsudaira of the Tokugawa Shogunate appeals to Premier Itakura and obtains an amnesty for Hachiro Kiyokawa, a masterless samurai, who has been imprisoned on the charge of murdering an agent of the Edo Police. At the same time, Matsudai...
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ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM -Graduation- (2016)
- Director
- HASUMI Eiichiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Ryosuke, NINOMIYA Kazunari, SUDA Masaki
Sequel to Assassination Classroom, the 2015 live-action adaptation of Matsui Yusei's popular comic. Depicts the relationship between a mysterious yellow octopus-shaped creature named Koro-Sensei, whose name is a pun meaning "unkillable teacher," and ...
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Your Home (2009)
- Director
- YAMAKAWA Kohei
- Cast
- ITO Hiroko, OYAZATO Yoshitsugu, TAKADA Wakaba
Screened in the section "Japanese Eyes" at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival as part of a special collaborative project with the PIA Film Festival (PFF). Still a student in the Visual Concept Planning Department at Osaka University of Arts, ...
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ANTENNA (2002)
- Director
- KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi
- Cast
- KASE Ryo, KOBAYASHI Akemi, ASAOKA Megumi
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ANTIPORNO (2016)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- TOMITE Ami, TSUTSUI Mariko, FUJIKO
Sono Sion, who shows his forte for radical portrayals in films such as Love Exposure and Cold Fish among others, takes on his first roman porno in this Nikkatsu Roman Porno 45th anniversary commemorative film. Somewhere between fiction and reality, a...
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LIFE BACK THEN (2011)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- OKADA Masaki, EIKURA Nana, HARADA Taizo
Drama based on the eponymous novel by singer-songwriter Sada Masashi. The film freshly portrays the recovery of the youths held hostage by wounds in their past through the peculiar work of cleaning up people's belongings who have ended their lives al...
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Ao-Natsu (2018)
- Director
- FURUSAWA Takeshi
- Cast
- AOI Wakana, SANO Hayato
Nanba Atsuko's identically titled comic is adapted to this live-action love story. In the director's chair is Furusawa Takeshi of Love for Beginners. Rio (Aoi Wakana) is a Tokyo-raised high school girl who dreams of a destined romance. She ends up s...
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THE BLUE LIGHT (2003)
- Director
- NINAGAWA Yukio
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Kazunari, MATSUURA Aya, SUZUKI Anne
Kushimori Shuichi (Ninomiya Kazunari) is a seventeen-year-old boy living with his mother and sister. Their lives are turned upside down after the return of Shuichi's mother's ex-husband, Sone. They had been married ten years earlier, but got divorced...
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BLUE EXORCIST THE MOVIE (2012)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Atsushi
- Cast
- OKAMOTO Nobuhiko, FUKUYAMA Jun, HANAZAWA Kana
Feature film adaptation of the TV anime based on the popular comic that has sold over 9 million copies. Depicts a high school student who is the son of Satan, but follows in the footsteps of his adoptive father to become an exorcist, and overcomes di...
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WE ARE (2018)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- MANO Erina, SHIMIZU Kurumi, YOKOHAMA Ryusei
Coming-of-age ensemble drama by young director Fujii Michihito, who also helmed Oh! Father, INNOCENT BLOOD and THE JOURNALIST. Stars Mano Erina from BLEACH and Impossibility Defense. Seven teens graduate from high school in Maebashi City, Gunma Pref...
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Blue Ray (2011)
- Director
- NISHIHARA Takashi
- Cast
- MORIOKA Ryu, KUROKAWA Mei, MORINO Asuka
A bittersweet drama that shines light on the darkness in Japanese society. It depicts a romance between a man and woman who are bound by family ties and struggle on the outskirts of a major city. Its director is Nishihara Takashi, for whom this repre...
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Legacy of Soma-Aonoran (2015)
- Director
- INOUE Hidenori
- Cast
- AMAMI Yuki, MATSUYAMA Kenichi, SAOTOME Taichi
Thirteenth work in the GEKI X CINE series, which screens works by the popular theater group Gekidan Shinkansen known for furious on-stage combat and flashy concert-style direction. Shinkansen troupe regular Amami Yuki plays a protagonist at the mercy...
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Around the Table (2021)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Soushi
- Cast
- NISHIDA Naomi, ICHIKAWA Miwako, OSHINARI Shugo
Feature-length drama based on the short online drama that reached 6 million views, produced by the e-commerce store Hokuou Kurashi no Douguten. Selected for the Hawaii International Film Festival. The Aoba household consists of single mother Haruko ...
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AOGRA (2006)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Kaname
- Cast
- UCHIDA Asahi, SAKATA Mizuho, HASHIZUME Ryo
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BLUE SPRING RIDE (2014)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- HONDA Tsubasa, HIGASHIDE Masahiro, SHINKAWA Yua
SOLANIN director Miki Takahiro creates a live action adaptation of Sakisaka Io's bestselling girls' comic. Costars model-turned-act res s Honda Tsubasa and Higashide Masahiro, who won the Newcomer of the Year Award at the 36th Japan Academy Awards fo...
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Blue Spring (2001)
- Director
- TOYODA Toshiaki
- Cast
- MATSUDA Ryuhei, ARAI Hirofumi, TAKAOKA Sosuke
The third feature film by Toyoda Toshiaki, who previously worked as scriptwriter and assistant director on Sakamoto Junji's Checkmate and Biliken. It is the first film adaptation of a book by popular manga-artist Matsumoto Taiyo. Bored with school l...
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Blue Seeds (2007)
- Director
- KAWANO Hiroki
- Cast
- WATABE Ryosuke, OTANI Ryosuke, ADACHI Gaku
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AOI UTA (2006)
- Director
- KANEDA Satoshi
- Cast
- HAMADA Gaku, TOMIURA Satoshi, OCHIAI Motoki
