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100 Results
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Man Walking on Snow (2001)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Masahiro
- Cast
- OGATA Ken, KAGAWA Teruyuki, OHTSUKA Nene
A family drama screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 54th Cannes Film Festival. Koroshi director Kobayashi Masahiro interjects offbeat humor while depicting the interaction between a father uncomfortable with being honest and his children....
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Cyclops (2018)
- Director
- OBA Norichika
- Cast
- IKEUCHI Mansaku, SAITO Yu, SATO Kozo
Noir indie film helmed by Oba Norichika, who drew inspiration from a painting by the French artist Odilon Redon. Won the Governor of Hokkaido Prize and the Cinegard Award at the 2018 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Shinohara (Ikeuchi M...
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TOCHKA (2008)
- Director
- MATSUMURA Hiroyuki
- Cast
- FUJITA Yoko, SUGATA Shun, UENO Ryusei
A film set at the Tochka war ruins which still remain in Nemuro City, Hokkaido. This work with minimal features, shot almost entirely at one location with two main characters and no music, tells a story about the location and people's memories behind...
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River of First Love (2004)
- Director
- ISOMURA Itsumichi
- Cast
- TAMAKI Hiroshi, AYASE Haruka, NAKATANI Miki
Sayuri (Ayase Haruka), daughter of a Hokkaido sake brewer, is unable to speak due to a hearing impairment. Her boyfriend, Shinpei (Tamaki Hiroshi), works for her family's company, but is so absorbed in his hobby of painting that his attention to his ...
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YEAR ONE IN THE NORTH (2004)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, WATANABE Ken, TOYOKAWA Etsushi
Komatsubara Shino (Yoshinaga Sayuri) and her husband Hideaki (Watanabe Ken) are exiled to Hokkaido, the northernmost island in Japan, during the tumultuous years at the end of the nineteenth century. The family begins their struggle to carve out a ne...
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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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MONSTER X STRIKES BACK - ATTACK THE G8 SUMMIT! (2008)
- Director
- KAWASAKI Minoru
- Cast
- KATO Natsuki, KATO Kazuki, BEAT Takeshi
In 1967, Shochiku released its only monster film, X from Outer Space, which still enjoys a cult following. 41 years later, another special effects monster film has been created on the world stage, also incorporating environmental issues and modern in...
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The Fox of Shichigorosawa (2014)
- Director
- SUGIHARA Tune
- Cast
- USA Teruyo, nitankur, HIRATA Atsushi
Short animation about a garbage landfill site at Shichigorosawa in Hakodate City, Hokkaido depicted from the perspective of foxes living in the wild. Told completely in the Ainu language, inspired by the methods of the "yukar" Ainu sagas. Conceived o...
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Mizue (2002)
- Director
- KONUMA Masaru
- Cast
- TODA Naho, ENDO Kenichi, KITAMURA Kazuo
Mitsuru (Endo Kenichi) goes back to his hometown of Hokkaido from Tokyo to prepare for the opening of his own soba noodle shop. One day, he's visited by Mizue (Toda Naho), who is the wife of his dead brother and also used to be Mitsuru's salsa dance ...
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Penguins in the Sky -- Asahiyama Zoo (2009)
- Director
- MAKINO Masahiko
- Cast
- NISHIDA Toshiyuki, NAKAMURA Yasuhi, MAEDA Ai
Hokkaido's Asahiyama Zoo gained attention as the first zoo in Japan to develop exhibition spaces designed to showcase animals' natural behavior, becoming one of the country's leading tourist attractions. Incorporating abundant footage of the animals ...
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What The Snow Brings (2005)
- Director
- NEGISHI Kichitaro
- Cast
- ISEYA Yusuke, SATO Koichi, KOIZUMI Kyoko
Yazaki Manabu (Iseya Yusuke) fails with his business in Tokyo. Having lost everything, Manabu returns to his hometown, Obihiro, to live with his elder brother, Takeo (Sato Koichi). Takeo runs a small stable for "Banei Keiba", a type of cart horse rac...
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THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN (2009)
- Director
- KADOKAWA Haruki
- Cast
- OMORI Nao, MATSUYUKI Yasuko, MIYASAKO Hiroyuki
Based on an actual scandal involving the Hokkaido Prefectural Police, this suspense novel series made from Sasaki Jo's popular series of suspense novels featuring the Hokkaido police. A policeman is framed as the suspect in a murder, and detectives s...
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MO-RUERANI (2020)
- Director
- TSUBOKAWA Takushi
- Cast
- OSUGI Ren, OHTSUKA Nene, KAGAWA Kyoko
Filmmaker Tsubokawa Takushi moved from Tokyo to Muroran City in Hokkaido. He has written a series of scripts for seven stories based on anecdotes he heard from Muroran residents and turned them into this film of somewhat connected episodes. (Osugi ...
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When Marnie Was There (2014)
- Director
- YONEBAYASHI Hiromasa
- Cast
- TAKATSUKI Sara, ARIMURA Kasumi, MATSUSHIMA Nanako
A Studio Ghibli animated adaptation of British author Joan G. Robinson's children's book. It shifts the setting to modernday Hokkaido, and follows the experiences of a lonely girl one summer. The director is Yonebayashi Hiromasa, who made his debut w...
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A Legend… or Was It? (1963)
- Director
- KINOSHITA Keisuke
- Cast
- IWASHITA Shima, SUGAWARA Bunta, KAGA Mariko
Towards the end of the Pacific War, Keiko, eldest daughter of the Sonobe family which had been evacuated to a remote Hokkaido village, rejects the marriage proposal of Koichi, son of the village master. Now Koichi inflames the villagers to persecute...
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FREE & EASY 20 (2009)
- Director
- ASAHARA Yuzo
- Cast
- NISHIDA Toshiyuki, MIKUNI Rentaro, ASADA Miyoko
The final episode of the FREE & EASY (Tsuribaka nisshi) series, the nationally popular series matching the popularity of Tora-san Series (Otoko wa tsuraiyo). It is directed by Asahara Yuzo who has been directing the series from its 14th episode. Mats...
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KAZUYA-the world's most unsuccessful musician (2012)
- Director
- TAMURA Hiromi
- Cast
- Kazuya, TSUJI Ryoji, TOGAWA Masahiro
Director Tamura Hiromi, whose principle occupation is working as a hair stylist, creates an intimate portrait of KAZUYA, the 51-year-old musician who works almost exclusively in Sapporo. The film shows KAZUYA's edgy music activities to reveal the mys...
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Distance (2016)
- Director
- OKAMOTO Mana
- Cast
Okamoto Mana makes her directorial debut with this personal documentary about her family. Selected for the New Asian Currents program at the 2015 Yamagata International Film Festival. The director's parents divorced when she was little, and currentl...
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AINU MOSIR (2020)
- Director
- FUKUNAGA Takeshi
- Cast
- SHIMOKURA Kanto, SHIMOKURA Emi, AKIBE Debo
Director Fukunaga Takeshi, whose Out of My Hand was screened in the 65th Berlin International Film Festival's Panorama section, chronicles the maturing of a young boy descended from the indigenous Ainu people in this coming-of-age drama. The film was...
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ZERO FOCUS (2009)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin
- Cast
- HIROSUE Ryoko, NAKATANI Miki, KIMURA Tae
An adaptation of the classic mystery novel of the same title by Matsumoto Seicho, one of the leading Japanese novelists from the second half of the 20th century. The story has been adapted into two previous films and five TV dramas. The film marks th...
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The Man Who Wipes Mirrors (2004)
- Director
- KAJITA Seisoku
- Cast
- OGATA Ken, KURIHARA Komaki, TSUGAWA Masahiko
Tsutomu (Ogata Ken), a hard-working salaryman who has given his all for his family over the years, is on the brink of retirement when he causes a traffic accident. He secretly quits his job in hope of quietly living out the rest of his days with his ...
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The Pearls of the Stone Man (2015)
- Director
- ASAHARA Yuzo
- Cast
- SATO Koichi, HIGUCHI Kanako, KITAGAWA Keiko
Drama based on American author Edward Mooney, Jr.'s "The Pearls of the Stone Man." The powerful bond between a long-married couple is warmly depicted amidst the natural scenery of Hokkaido. Official selection for the 18th Shanghai International Film ...
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Colors of Wind (2017)
- Director
- KWAK Jae-Yong
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Yuki, FUJII Takemi, TAKENAKA Naoto
Set in Shiretoko, Hokkaido and Tokyo, this mysterious drama depicts two couples who have surpassed space-time. In the director's chair is Kwak Jae-Yong of My Sassy Girl and Cyborg, She. Ryo (Furukawa Yuki) is at the pit of despair after the death of...
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AND SO I'M AT A LOSS (2022)
- Director
- MIURA Daisuke
- Cast
- FUJIGAYA Taisuke, MAEDA Atsuko, NAKAO Akiyoshi
Film director Miura Daisuke, who is also the leader of theater group Potudo-ru, known for the films Love's Whirlpool and Call Boy, made his own film adaptation of the 2018 stage play "And So I Am at a Loss". Following the stage production, he teamed ...
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GHOST IN THE SHELL 2:INNOCENCE (2004)
- Director
- OSHII Mamoru
- Cast
- OTSUKA Akio, TANAKA Atsuko, YAMADERA Koichi
Oshii Mamoru, the visionary mind behind animated sci-fi hit Ghost In The Shell (1995), makes his long-awaited return to feature animation with this visually stunning, thought-provoking sequel. One night in 2032 in Tokyo, now a metropolis where robot...
