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AKANE (2014)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yuno
- Cast
- SATO Fuko, SATO Rina, MORITA Yuki
A coming-of-age fantasy made through a collaboration between grown-up film professionals and junior high and high school students, including its director, first year high school student Sakamoto Yuno. Kotoni Town in Hokkaido provided full location su...
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AIBOU: X-DAY (2013)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, KAWAHARA Kazuhisa, KUNINAKA Ryoko
A spin-off from the popular detective series. Director Hashimoto Hajime, who has displayed his outstanding ability to effortlessly switch between directing styles since the beginning of the series, depicts a financial crisis while incorporating compe...
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Unforgiven (2013)
- Director
- LEE Sang-il
- Cast
- WATANABE Ken, SATO Koichi, EMOTO Akira
A remake of Clint Eastwood's 1992 Academy Award-winning western that shifts its story to Japan. A heavy-hitting cast and crew was assembled, including star Watanabe Ken (Inception) and composer Iwashiro Taro (Red Cliff). In Hokkaido in the thirteent...
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Detective in the Bar 2 (2013)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, MATSUDA Ryuhei, ONO Machiko
A sequel to the hard-boiled drama based on Azuma Naoki's series of novels about a private detective based in Susukino, Hokkaido. It follows the adventures of an unlikely duo: an able sleuth who has a weakness for women, and his indolent partner. Its ...
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Kokorono (2010)
- Director
- KAWAGUCHI Jun
- Cast
- bloodthirsty butchers
The Bloodthirsty Butchers have shaken Japan's rock scene since their formation in Sapporo in 1987. This documentary delves into their musicality that generates an endless stream of unique songs, starting with their famed album kokcorono. Former music...
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JAPAN'S WILDLIFE (2012)
- Director
- IZUTA Keizo
- Cast
- AIBA Masaki, NAGASAWA Masami, Gori
Hardcore nature documentary covering the ecology of Japan's wildlife. Thirty top wildlife photographers scattered throughout Japan and captured the "family love" of creatures over two-and-a-half years of photography. Over thirty animals appear in the...
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The Night of Whirlwind Restaurant (2009)
- Director
- SHINOHARA Tetsuo
- Cast
- YASHIMA Norito, TSUKIFUNE Sarara, SHIMOJO Atomu
Nostalgic fantasy drama that recreates Yoshida Atsuhiro's long selling novel, first published in 2002. Director Shinohara Testuo, whose previous works include RIDING THE METRO (Metro ni Notte), and Battle Under Orion (Manatsu no Orion) shot all locat...
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A Tale of Ululu's Wonderful Forest (2009)
- Director
- NAGANUMA Makoto
- Cast
- FUNAKOSHI Eiichiro, FUKADA Kyoko, HAMAGUCHI Masaru
The crew of A tale of Mari and three puppies (Mari to Koinu no Monogatari) reunite. Set in the vast nature of Hokkaido, this film depicts the touching drama of the bond between mankind and animals as well as family ties. A young brother and sister ar...
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Start Line (2016)
- Director
- IMAMURA Ayako
- Cast
- IMAMURA Ayako
Film director Imamura Ayako, who was born deaf, turns the camera on herself and documents her bicycle journey traversing the length of Japan from Okinawa to Hokkaido. The film's theme is "communication" and depicts her interactions with the people me...
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Voice (2023)
- Director
- MISHIMA Yukiko
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, CARROUSEL Maki, AIKAWA Show
Drama dealing with sexual assault and emotional scars from director Mishima Yukiko. Portrays three people as they live on the islands of Lake Toya in Hokkaido, Hachijojima in Tokyo, and Dojima in Osaka. Maki (Carrousel Maki) lives near Lake Toya, an...
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Restart (2021)
- Director
- SHINAGAWA Hiroshi
- Cast
- EMILY, SWAY
Comedian Shinagawa Hiroshi has worked on many films as a director. His latest work is this coming-of-age film set in the town of Shimokawa in Hokkaido and describes the restart of a 28-year-old musician who returns home after her dream of being a mus...
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Dust and Delusions (2014)
- Director
- SUZUKI Satoshi
- Cast
- TOTSUGI Shigeyuki, Minami, ENDO Kaname
Bittersweet drama about a man who returns home after his dreams go bust and lies about his work out of self-conceit. Suzuki Satoshi serves as director, producer, screenplay writer and editor for the film, and also holds a regular job in the medical i...
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Seven Weeks (2014)
- Director
- OBAYASHI Nobuhiko
- Cast
- SHINAGAWA Toru, TOKIWA Takako, MURATA Takehiro
Family drama set in Ashibetsu City, Hokkaido directed by Obayashi Nobuhiko. Building on his previous film Casting Blossoms to the Sky, Obayashi focuses on the border between life and death and brings to light an untold war story that was hidden withi...
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single mom -a sweet family- (2018)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Kazumi
- Cast
- UCHIYAMA Rina, KIMURA Yuichi, HASEGAWA Hanon
A family drama set in the town of Niseko, a famous resort area of Hokkaido, warmly weaving a tale with true story elements about an exhausted single mother finding hope. At the helm is former politician Matsumoto Kazumi who is making his directorial...
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Silver Spoon (2014)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Keisuke
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Kento, HIROSE Alice, ICHIKAWA Tomohiro
Live action adaptation of the popular comic by Arakawa Hiromu, which has also been turned into a TV animation. The story takes place at an agricultural high school in Hokkaido, where students with colorful personalities try their hands at farming, en...
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TERMINAL (2015)
- Director
- SHINOHARA Tetsuo
- Cast
- SATO Koichi, HONDA Tsubasa, ONO Machiko
Drama based on Naoki Prize-winning author, Sakuragi Shino's novel of the same name which depicts the restoration of a lonely lawyer's heart set against Hokkaido's Kushiro City. At the helm is director Shinohara Tetsuo, who is known for his delicate d...
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A DROP OF THE GRAPEVINE (2014)
- Director
- MISHIMA Yukiko
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, ANDO Yuko, SOMETANI Shota
Drama that reunites Bread of Happiness director Mishima Yukiko and actor Oizumi Yo. Depicts the relationships between brothers who run a small winery and the people around them, set against the lush natural environment of Sorachi, Hokkaido. Ao (Oizu...
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SHINKALION The Movie (working title) (2019)
- Director
- IKEZOE Takahiro
- Cast
- SAKURA Ayane, NUMAKURA Emi, MURAKAEWA Rie
This is the first theatrical film of the popular television anime 'Shinkasen Henkei Robot SHINKALION'. It is directed by Ikezoe Takahiro and the screenplay is by Shimoyama Kento. The JR East Japan prototype train "Alfa-X" debuts as the new Shinkalion...
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Beneath the Bamboo Grave Posts (2013)
- Director
- KAGEYAMA Asako, FUJIMOTO Yukihisa
- Cast
Documentary about Japanese and Korean youths, as well as young Korean nationals residing in Japan, shot over a 15-year period. Consists of five parts, totaling 9 hours and 9 minutes. In the summer of 1997, Japanese and Korean youths, and young ethnic...
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SAKURA GUARDIAN IN THE NORTH (2018)
- Director
- TAKITA Yojiro
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, SAKAI Masato, SHINOHARA Ryoko
Final film in the "northern trilogy" starring Yoshinaga Sayuri, following up on Year One in the North and A Chorus of Angels. Directed by Takita Yojiro of Departures. In 1945, Ezure Tetsu (Yoshinaga) flees her home in Sakhalin with her two sons to ...
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Restaurant From The Sky (2018)
- Director
- FUKAGAWA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, HONJO Manami, OKADA Masaki
Third film in the series about Hokkaido, following up on Bread of Happiness and A Drop of the Grapevine. Depicts intensely personal connections among family and friends, inspired by the Mountain Association agricultural group that lives in harmony wi...
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a small cinema in the small town (2011)
- Director
- MORITA Keiko
- Cast
- MIKAMI Yukiko, MIKAMI Masahiro, MIKAMI Kazuko
A documentary tracing the past and present of Oguro-za, a tiny cinema that has been in business for over 90 years in a small town with a population of 14,000 in Hokkaido. In September 2008, documentary filmmaker Morita Keiko visited Oguro-za on its 9...
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UNFAIR the answer (2011)
- Director
- SATO Shimako
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Ryoko, SATO Koichi, YAMADA Takayuki
The second film adaptation of a suspenseful detective television series that was first broadcast in 2006, revolving around a beautiful divorced detective with an outstanding arrest rate who gets caught up in a conspiracy involving police corruption. ...
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Morio Agata Yaya Deluxe (2009)
- Director
- TAKEFUJI Kayo
- Cast
- AGATA Morio, SUZUKI Keiichi, YANO Akiko
A film crew followed the singer and songwriter Agata Morio during his national tour in 2008. The work closely features Agata Morio singing, dancing, yelling and talking while inebriated throughout his trip from Kushiro in Hokkaido to Ishigakijima Isl...
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Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds (2017)
- Director
- SUGAWARA Hiroshi
- Cast
- KASA Natsuki, SHIRAHASE Kaira, NAKATA Seina
A national photography competition which decides Japan's top high school photography club is the subject of this coming-of-age film depicting high schoolers putting everything they have into photography. At the helm is Sugawara Hiroshi of Seven Days'...
