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SHODO GIRLS Blue Blue Sky (2010)
- Director
- OTA Takafumi
- Cast
- AIBA Karin, KUSAKARI Mayuu, NAMIOKA Kazuki
Set in the city of Hamamatsu, this high school drama depicts the bonds between female students who join the calligraphy club and a passionate teacher. It was produced as a community film project with the aim of promoting the Lake Hamana area in Hamam...
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Shades of Indigo (2024)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Shigeru
- Cast
This feature-length documentary explores the roots of the Japanese "blue" by looking at the people who use the indigo dyeing process. Directed by Yoshida Shigeru, who has produced numerous films, dramas and promotional videos. The indigo dyeing tech...
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Beyond the Green Hills (1963)
- Director
- NISHIKAWA Katsumi
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, HAMADA Mitsuo, TASHIRO Mirdori
Shinko has just transferred to a girls' high school in an old castle town by the sea. She is so vivacious and full of life that she arouses envy in her classmates and, sometimes, envy nurtures maliciousness: Miss Shimazaki, Shinko's English teacher,...
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Green Fruit (1964)
- Director
- INOUE Yoshio
- Cast
- FUNAKOSHI Eiji, KATO Haruko, KIRITACHI Harumi
Two sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. Yet, the former is first engaged and all goes well until the young man disappears. When found, it appears he has a secret and the girl goes with him to spend a week-end at...
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The Blue Bird (2008)
- Director
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, HONGO Kanata, ITO Ayumi
Film adaptation of a short story by a Naoki Prize winner, Shigematsu Kiyoshi, who tackled the emerging issue of bullying among junior high school and high school pupils, directed by Nakanishi Kenji, for whom this is a directorial debut. The film was ...
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AOI-CHAN WON'T LET ME DO IT (2021)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- KOMAKI Maco, MATSUZAKI Shohei, MORIOKA Ryu
Imaoka Shinji, who has made films across many genres such as Reiko and the Dolphin in addition to working as a screenwriter on films such as The Drudgery Train, directs this fantastic love story. Aspiring film director Shingo (Matsuzaki Shohei) is v...
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GENGHIS KHAN - to the Ends of the Earth and Sea (2007)
- Director
- SAWAI Shinichiro
- Cast
- SORIMACHI Takashi, KIKUKAWA Rei, WAKAMURA Mayumi
Temujin (Sorimachi Takashi) is born the son of the chief of a Mongolian tribe, and grows up as the one who carries the blood of "blue wolf". When he is grown up, he marries Borte (Kikukawa Rei), but one night, she is taken away by another tribe. When...
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Aokigahara (2012)
- Director
- SHINJO Taku
- Cast
- KATSUNO Hiroshi, MAEDA Aki, YASHIBA Toshihiro
An adaptation of a novella by politician and author Ishihara Shintaro, who initiated the project himself. Set in the Aokigahara forest, a famous suicide spot at the foot of Mt. Fuji, it presents a fantastical portrayal of tragic romances involving th...
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Greenhorn (2012)
- Director
- SATO Toshiki
- Cast
- ITO Takeshi, MASAKI Sawa, SAKURAI Takuya
The twenty-sixth entry in the "Youth H" series, which produces works in a variety of genres from up-and-coming filmmakers that focus on coming-of-age and sexual themes. Pink (softcore) film maestro Sato Toshiki directs this ensemble drama about irres...
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AO ONI (2014)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Daisuke
- Cast
- IRIYAMA Anna, SUGA Kenta, JINNAI Sho
A live-action adaptation of popular role-playing video game "Ao Oni" (blue demon). Idol group AKB48's Iriyama Anna, in her first film appearance, gives an intensely terrified performance as her character tries to escape a randomly-appearing demon wit...
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Blue Demon ver.2.0 (2015)
- Director
- MAEKAWA Hideaki
- Cast
- NAKAGAWA Taishi, TAIRA Yuna, MATSUSHIMA Shota
Second film in the horror series based on a free-to-play RPG game. High school students trapped in a mysterious mansion get attacked by a monster called the Blue Demon. The film is a revamped edition rather than a sequel and presents all-new cast and...
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AOSHO! Voices in Bloom (2025)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Kyoji
- Cast
- RAN, YAMAKAWA Hiromi, KOYAMA Keiichiro
The protagonist, Shippei Iida, moves with his mother to the remote island of Origoshima. He transfers to the island's only high school, Origoshima High School (nicknamed "Oriko"). However, shortly after his transfer, it's announced that Oriko wil...
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Aozora (2008)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- AOI Sola, MURANAKA Kazuki, Shinsuke
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The Aozora Dorobo (2010)
- Director
- ABUNO Katsuhiko, SUZUKI Yuji
- Cast
- SAWAI Yoshiro, NODA Yukikazu
A documentary tracing the checkered history of Yokkaichi Asthma, known as one of Japan's four major diseases arising from pollution, as seen through the eyes of the ordinary citizens who documented it. It is the second feature documentary from Tokai ...
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A Cheerful Girl (1957)
- Director
- MASUMURA Yasuzo
- Cast
- WAKAO Ayako, KAWASAKI Keizo, SUGAWARA Kenji
In this lighthearted work from Masumura's early period, protagonist Yuko comes to Tokyo to find her mother after learning about her from her critically ill grandmother. The film, which unfolds beneath a cloudless blue sky, remains remarkably unsentim...
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Aozora no ruretto (2007)
- Director
- NISHITANI Shinichi
- Cast
- SHIOYA Shun, KANJIYA Shihori
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Aozora Ponchi (2008)
- Director
- SHIBATA Go
- Cast
- ISHIDA Masato, ITAKURA Yoshiyuki, KOIKE Rina
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Yell for the Blue Sky (2016)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Tao, TAKEUCHI Ryoma, HAYAMA Shono
Live-action adaptation of Kawahara Kazune‘s teen comic. A girl who plays in her school's brass band and a guy on the baseball team help each other achieve their dreams. Directed by Miki Takahiro, veteran adaptor of original comic stories. Tsubasa (T...
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APPLESEED (2004)
- Director
- ARAMAKI Shinji
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Ai, KOSUGI Jurota, MATSUOKA Yuki
Using an innovative union of traditional and 3D computer animation, director Aramaki Shinji ('Bubblegum Crisis') adapts the popular manga by revered artist and writer, Shirow Masamune ('Ghost In The Shell'). In the year 2131, the earth has become a ...
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APPLESEED: EX MACHINA (2007)
- Director
- ARAMAKI Shinji
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Ai, YAMADERA Koichi
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APPLESEED ALPHA (2014)
- Director
- ARAMAKI Shinji
- Cast
- KOMATSU Yuka, SUWABE Junichi, YUKI Aoi
Feature length CG animation by world-renowned director Aramaki Shinji. SF action film prequel for Shirow Masamune‘s comic "APPLESEED" Mercenary Deunan (voice: Komatsu Yuka) and cyborg Briareos (voice: Suwabe Junichi) survived the great world war and...
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Appleseed XIII: Ouranos (2011)
- Director
- HAMANA Takayuki
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Maaya, YAMADERA Hirokazu
Feature film remix of the second half of the SF animation series authored by Shirow Masamune. The film faithfully recreates the textures of the original with skillful use of 3D computer graphics. With the motif of Greek mythology, the film depicts th...
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Appleseed XIII: Tartaros (2011)
- Director
- HAMANA Takayuki
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Maaya, YAMADERA Koichi
The first of a two CG animation feature film series re-telling the popular graphic novel by Shirow Masamune. Inspired by Greek mythology, it depicts an epic struggle between humans and genetically engineered humanoids known as bioroids, both seeking ...
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April Fools (2015)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Junichi
- Cast
- TODA Erika, MATSUZAKA Tori
Ensemble film from screenplay writer Kosawa Ryota and director Ishikawa Junichi of the popular TV drama "Legal High." Hysterically funny story about romance sparked by a lie, featuring a 27-member cast including popular young actors like Matsuzaka To...
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Resistance: The Old Writer Hayashi Eidai (2016)
- Director
- NISHIJIMA Shinji
- Cast
- HAYASHI Eidai, KANZAKI Azusa, KURACHI Mitsuko
Documentary about the documentary filmmaker Hayashi Eidai, who has covered Korean forced laborers and wartime tragedies from his base in Chikuho in Fukuoka Prefecture. Directed by Nishijima Shinji, who has been making documentaries about war. Hayash...
