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After School (2008)
- Director
- UCHIDA Kenji
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, SASAKI Kuranosuke, SAKAI Masato
Directed by Uchida Kenji, who won four prizes at the 2005 Cannes International Film Festival Critics Week for his A Stranger of Mine. The story centers on three former classmates who have now gone out into the world following separate paths. Their "a...
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Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory (2015)
- Director
- TAKEBA Lisa
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Aoi, NOZAKI Moeka, KOHINATA Fumiyo
Wacky romance featuring characters unique to the extreme alongside elements of comedy and the occult. Lauded at the 44th Rotterdam International Film Festival and screened at numerous festivals. Director Takeba Risa is known for The Pinkie. TV man (...
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The Magic Hour (2008)
- Director
- MITANI Koki
- Cast
- SATO Koichi, TSUMABUKI Satoshi, FUKATSU Eri
A non-stop comedy by Mitani Koki, the king of comedy in the film and stage theater world. It was well talked about also for the superb set of a town created by Taneda Yohei, a leading production designer in Japan, and for the star-studded actors of l...
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A HOUSE OF GEISHA (1956)
- Director
- NARUSE Mikio
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, YAMADA Isuzu, TAKAMINE Hideko
Naruse Mikio helmed this adaptation of Koda Aya's same-named novel. Repast and Late Chrysanthemums screenplay writer Tanaka Sumie coauthored the script with Ide Toshiro. Depicts the tragicomedy of women gathered in the Yanagibashi entertainment distr...
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The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)
- Director
- SONO Sion, YAMAUCHI Kenji, OTA Hikaru
- Cast
- INAGAKI Goro, KATORI Shingo, KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi
This omnibus film spans multiple genres including action, fantasy, romance and musicals to tell four tearjerker, dance-inducing stories of evil and idiocy with bastards galore. Stars Inagaki Goro, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi and Katori Shingo. The four storie...
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The Pinkie (2014)
- Director
- TAKEBA Lisa
- Cast
- OZAWA Ryota, WAGATSUMA Miwako, TSUDA Kanji
The debut feature from director Takeba Risa that won the 2014 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival's Grand Prize. It utilizes a blend of colorful imagery and black humor to nimbly render the fantastic story of a young woman living with a clon...
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Death and Tanya (2013)
- Director
- SHIODE Taishi
- Cast
- SERIZAWA Tateto, KOBORI Yurie, OKADA Agasa
Death possesses a human and causes turmoil in this comedic fantasy. Writer and director, Shiode Taishi, makes his feature length directorial debut with this film which screened in the Japanese Cinema Splash section at the 26th Tokyo International Fil...
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THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS (2001)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- SAWADA Kenji, MATSUZAKA Keiko, TAKEDA Shinji
Miike Takashi has turned the Korean box office hit The Quiet Family into a horror comedy in the form of a musical. After losing his job due to company restructuring, Katakuri Masao (Sawada Kenji) builds a lodge in a remote mountain area. Masao has r...
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BABY ASSASSINS NICE DAYS (2024)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yugo
- Cast
- TAKAISHI Akari, IZAWA Saori, MIZUISHI Atomu
Third installment in the Baby Assassins action film series about two female killers struggling to fit into normal society. As with the previous two films, Sakamoto Yugo helms with action direction by Sonomura Kensuke. Chisato (Takaishi Akari) and Ma...
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FINE, TOTALLY FINE (2008)
- Director
- FUJITA Yosuke
- Cast
- ARAKAWA Yoshiyoshi, KIMURA Yoshino, OKADA Yoshinori
Officially screened at the 32nd Hong Kong International Film Festival. Directed by Fujita Yosuke who won the Grand Prize in the 8mm film section at the Torino Film Festival for his short film, A Terrible Tiger (1987). This is his feature debut. The h...
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Instant Swamp (2009)
- Director
- MIKI Satoshi
- Cast
- ASO Kumiko, KAZAMA Morio, KASE Ryo
A humanistic comedy from Miki Satoshi, creator of numerous variety show programs and who as a film director has garnered attention for his unique sensibility in movies such as Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected and Adrift in Tokyo. A consistently unlu...
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Switching -Goodbye Me- (2007)
- Director
- OBAYASHI Nobuhiko
- Cast
- RENBUTSU Misako, MORITA Naoyuki, ATSUGI Takuro
A re-make of an adolescent fantasy, Goodbye Me, by Obayashi Nobuhiko himself for the first time in 25 years, portraying a teenage boy and a girl who switch into each other's body by accident. The setting is moved from Onomichi to Shinsyu, and the re-...
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princess in an iron helmet (2005)
- Director
- SHINDO Kaze
- Cast
- YAMADA Maiko, KISHIMOTO Kayoko, TAKENAKA Naoto
A heart-warming comedy that nostalgically portrays the main character who had been withdrawn into her own small world, but comes out of herself and matures into an adult. 24-year-old Tamako (Yamada Maiko), is happy as long as she has some sweet br...
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GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER! (2007)
- Director
- KITANO Takeshi
- Cast
- BEAT Takeshi, EMORI Toru, KISHIMOTO Kayoko
Director Kitano (Beat Takeshi) has declared that he would never make a gang film again though it is his home ground. Instead, Kitano tries various genres, such as empathic drama in the style of Ozu Yasujiro, horror, nostalgia reminiscent of the Showa...
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RYUZO AND HIS SEVEN HENCHMEN (2015)
- Director
- KITANO Takeshi
- Cast
- FUJI Tatsuya, KONDO Masaomi
An ex-yakuza boss duped by a conman impersonating his son rallies his former henchmen in the name of justice. The racy plot is driven by veteran actors with an average age of 72, including Fuji Tatsuya, Kondo Masaomi, Nakao Akira and Shinagawa Toru. ...
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Journey of the Tortoise (2016)
- Director
- NAGAYAMA Tadashi
- Cast
- KIMURA Tomoki, SUWA Mizuki, KAWASE Yohta
Road movie by the cutting-edge Nagayama Tadashi, who got his start with Pia Film Festival. Grand Prize winner in the Off Theater Competition at the 2017 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Father Jiro (Kimura Tomoki) and his son Noboru (Su...
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SOUTH BOUND (2007)
- Director
- MORITA Yoshimitsu
- Cast
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi, AMAMI Yuki
Film adaptation of a novel of the same title by a Naoki award-winning writer, Okuda Hideo, directed by Morita Yoshimitsu who directed a re-make of Sanjuro. It portrays a family that is always at the beck and call of their reckless father but manages ...
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8000 MILES: SR Saitama's Rapper (2008)
- Director
- IRIE Yu
- Cast
- KOMAKINE Ryusuke, Mihiro, MIZUSAWA Shingo
A film cynically depicting the dull days of youths in a rural area with hip-hop music. The work won the Off-Theater Competition Grand Prix of the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival 2009 and the NETPAC AWARD (best Asian film award) of the Pu...
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School Meals Time Final Battle (2020)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- ICHIHARA Hayato, TAKEDA Rena, SATO Taishi
Feature film adaptation of the comedy about the "quiet battle" between a teacher and student who are obsessed with school lunches. The year is 1984. Teacher Amarida (Ichihara Hayato) is crazy about school lunches, and he gets the shock of his life w...
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In 10,000 years (2007)
- Director
- OKISHIMA Isao
- Cast
- ATO Kai, DOGUCHI Yoriko, TAMURA Yuma
An incongruous moralistic story with black humor, a touch of science fiction, and some social satire. The story centers around the communication between a man who abruptly appears in a world 10,000 years in the future and a boy who lives in that worl...
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Mr. Tadano's Secret Mission – From Japan with Love (2008)
- Director
- UEDA Hisashi
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Katsunori, Ebihara Yuri, Choi Hong Man
Based on a popular manga of the same title. A dowdy, sidetracked assistant manager at Denodo, a Publicity Agency, by day, transforms into an invincible superhero once he is on a secret mission. Despite the bizarre setting, this is a hard-boiled story...
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Milocrorze: A Love Story (2011)
- Director
- ISHIBASHI Yoshimasa
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki, Maiko, ISHIBASHI Anna
A romantic fantasy from Ishibashi Yoshimasa, known for the offbeat The Fuccons (OH! Mikey) comedy series featuring a cast of mannequins, who took on five roles in its production including director and scriptwriter. Yamada Takayuki gives eccentric per...
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Vagabond Lovers (1959)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Noboru
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Teiji, ARIMA Ineko, ITO Yunosuke
This is a fun-packed travelogue-comedy which carries the audience to many scenic places, on and off the beaten path. Beautiful shots of the Inland Sea, the ultra-modern aspects of Nagoya and the historic and picturesque city of Hirado come to life in...
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Naked of Defenses (2008)
- Director
- ICHII Masahide
- Cast
- MORIYA Ayako, KONNO Sanae, NISHIMOTO Ryuki
The story of an ordinary housewife which drew attention for the inclusion of an actual birth scene. The lonely agony of the heroine, who succumbs to envy over the happiness of a workmate, is sculpted with layers of psychological realism. Ichii Masahi...
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The Matsugane Potshot Affair (2006)
- Director
- YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- ARAI Hirofumi, YAMANAKA Takashi, KAWAGOE Miwa
A black comedy depicting a fiasco at a country town in the early 1990s, a conflict between twin brothers, and the human events that surround the brothers. In a quiet town of Matsugane where nothing happens, Kotaro (Arai Hirofumi), a son of the dairy...
