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Running Again (2018)
- Director
- NAKAIZUMI Yuya
- Cast
- Kanichiro, YAMASHITA Rio, Nahana
A film commemorating the 15th anniversary of the SKIP City International D-Cinema Film Festival which is co-sponsored by Saitama Prefecture and the city of Kawaguchi. People whose lives have run into a dead end take another step forward through under...
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Melancholic (2018)
- Director
- TANAKA Seiji
- Cast
- MINAGAWA Yoji, ISOZAKI Yoshitomo, YOSHIDA Mebuki
Teenage drama with pathos and cynical laughs along with suspense and action elements. Feature-film debut for Tanaka Seiji, who handles the script and direction. Produced by One Goose, which was established by a same- aged trio including lead actor-cu...
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Noise (2018)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Yusaku
- Cast
- SHINOZAKI Kokoro, ANJO Urara, SUZUKI Kosuke
In this ensemble drama inspired by the Akihabara Massacre which occurred in 2008, people discover a glimmer of hope amid despair and attempt to go on with life. In the director's chair is up-and-comer, Matsumoto Yusaku, who makes his feature film deb...
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Dynamyte Wolf (2017)
- Director
- TANIGUCHI Kohei
- Cast
- KAWASE Yohta, MATSUDA Yusuke, KOBAYASHI Haruto
Taniguchi Kohei, who comes from a documentary and horror background, directs his first entertainment film. A real wrestling match was shot with the full cooperation of the Osaka-based Dotombori Pro Wrestling organization. The film is a 13th Cineastes...
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ITOSATO A Kyoto Coutesan at the End of Samurai Era (2018)
- Director
- KASHIMA Mikiya
- Cast
- FUJINO Ryoko, MIZOBATA Junpei, MATSUI Rena
A geisha's tragic love story is told in this period film which was an official selection of the 38th Hawaii International Film Festival. The film is written and directed by Kashima Mikiya, a veteran of many period television series. Fujino Ryoko, who...
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Thre 3 Sisters (2018)
- Director
- IGURO Hideaki
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Ayari, IKENAGA Aimi, TSUJIMURA Yurina
Ensemble mystery starring Nakamura Ayari, Minami Niko, Tsujimura Yurina and Ikenaga Aimi, who do modeling, voice acting and TV performances. College freshman Mami (Nakamura) goes to a girls-only pajama party for non-athletic school club, but a bunch...
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Gekijoban honto ni atta kowai hanashi 2018 (2018)
- Director
- KANEDA, HOSONUMA Takayuki
- Cast
- MITO Natsume, OWADA Nana, SUGIMOTO Mariri
The ghost story television series which dramatizes fearful personal accounts submitted by viewers makes its way to theaters. Model Sugimoto Mariri, actress Owada Nana, and model/singer Mito Natsume play the heroines in each of the episodes. "Ongaku"...
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Riding Uphill (2017)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- ABE Kenichi, FUKUYAMA Shodai, Moro MOROOKA
Set in Kokura in Fukuoka Prefecture, birthplace of keirin cycle races, this drama depicts a former baseball player's attempt at a comeback by competing in cycle racing. Eguchi Kan, who took part in the creative direction of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bid...
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UTOPIA (2018)
- Director
- ITO Shunta
- Cast
- MATSUNAGA Yuka, Miki CLARK, JIBIKI Go
This science fiction/fantasy film takes its concept from the children's story, 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'. Director Ito Shunta of "Seven Colors Rocket" spent 10 long years completing the film. One summer morning Mami (Matsunaga Yuka) awakes to find...
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Pretenders (2017)
- Director
- KUMAZAWA Naoto
- Cast
- CHIHARA Jr., Yuka, HIRAO Nanaka
A live-action adaptation by Yurigokoro director Kumazawa Naoto of the identically titled manga by Shoji Hiroyuki who died at an early age. Shiromiya (Chihara Jr.), a NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) about to turn 40, and a 5-year-old...
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The Voice of OBO (2018)
- Director
- SAITO Takashi
- Cast
- YUKI Takashi, SUGATA Shun, MIZUNO Miki
Drama with script and direction by Saito Takashi of Buildings and the Zoo. Depicts the struggles of being left behind by contemporary society through a man dealing with anxiety about the future. Shuta (Yuki Takashi) returns to his hometown for the ...
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Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2018: Journey (2018)
- Director
- Degena YUN, MATSUNAGA Daishi, Edwin
- Cast
- Jin Chen, HASEGAWA Hiroki, Agni Pratistha
Second installment in the Asian Three-Fold Mirror coproduction omnibus project featuring films by three cuttingedge Asian directors on a single concept. The Sea by director Degena Yun from Inner Mongolia probes the meaning of family. Matsunaga Daish...
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WEST NORTH WEST (2015)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Takuro
- Cast
- KAN Hanae, SAHEL Rosa, YAMAUCHI Yuka
Three minority women are the focus of this love story. With stunning imagery, the film emotionally weaves together the views of the heroines who are unsettled by the barriers of sexual orientation, nationality, religion, and culture. At the helm is N...
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Tengu Rider ~Emperor's inspector~ (2017)
- Director
- KUNO Tsutomu
- Cast
- KASAHARA Shinji, NAKAMURA Seijiro, NOGUCHI Mao
Action-packed samurai drama set at the end of the Tokugawa era, produced as a regional development project for Otaki Village in Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture. Kyoto in 1961, the first year in the Bunkyu Era. As part of the policy for shogunate-im...
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If You Live in This Town (2018)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Hidetsuna
- Cast
- KASAMATSU Show, IMO Haruka, FUJIMOTO Kikuko
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BD～AKECHI DETECTIVE OFFICE～ (2018)
- Director
- NAGURA Ryosuke
- Cast
- OZAWA Ren, TERASAKA Raiga, MAEDA Nozomi
Mystery novel superstar Edogawa Rampo's "juvenile detective duo" series is the basis for this teen mystery. A famed detective's assistants follow the mystery of the inexplicable kidnapping of a high school girl in an unspecific time period of Japan. ...
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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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Waiting For Spring (2018)
- Director
- HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Tao, KITAMURA Takumi, KOSEKI Yuta
A teen love story adapting Anashin's popular comic of the same name starring Tsuchiya Tao of Policeman and Me and The 8-Year Engagement. In the director's chair is Hirakawa Yuichiro of Until the Break of Dawn and Erased. Lonely Mitsuki (Tsuchiya Tao...
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Mobile Suit Gundam NT (Narrative) (2018)
- Director
- YOSHIZAWA Shunichi
- Cast
- ENOKI Junya, MURANAKA Tomo, MATSUURA Ayu
This is the theatrical animated film continuing the story of "Mobile Suit Gundam UC" which began as an OVA in 2010 and was also turned in to a television series. It is Universal Century 0097. The conflict known as the "Laplace Incident" languished w...
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Killing (2018)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Shinya
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, AOI Yu, NAKAMURA Tatsuya (BLANKEY JET CITY)
The first samurai period film from Tsukamoto Shinya who has captured international attention with Tetsuo The Iron Man and Fires on the Plain among others. Questions about life and death are brought into the open through ronin earnestly living in a fa...
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RUN! T HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CLUB (2018)
- Director
- FURUSAWA Takeshi
- Cast
- SHISON Jun, SANO Hayato, HAYAMI Akari
Teen drama live-action adaptation of the same-named novel by Matsuzaki Hiroshi. Refreshing portrayal of a frustrated high school boy who grows up and nurtures friendships through basketball and the pals at his new school. Tadokoro Yoichi (Shison Ju...
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Hanalei Bay (2018)
- Director
- MATSUNAGA Daishi
- Cast
- YOSHIDA Yoh, SANO Reo, MURAKAMI Nijiro
Live-action adaptation of an installment from Murakami Haruki's short-story collection "Five Strange Tales from Tokyo". Gentle portrayal of a single mother dealing with loss after her son dies. Virtuoso actress Yoshida Yoh, who got her start in indie...
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Dare To Stop Us (2018)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- KADOWAKI Mugi, IURA Arata, YAMAMOTO Hiroshi
Filmmaker Wakamatsu Koji, who passed away in 2012, is depicted during his younger days in this youth ensemble drama. Shiraishi Kazuya, who served as assistant director on Wakamatsu's Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes The Boy Saw etc., helms this film. ...
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THE CHAPLAIN (2018)
- Director
- SAKO Dai
- Cast
- OSUGI Ren, TAMAOKI Reo, MITSUISHI Ken
Drama about a "chaplain" clergy member who helps inmates in correctional facilities such as prisons and juvenile detention centers. The film marks actor Osugi Ren's debut as a producer, as well as his final starring role before his death in 2018. Pr...
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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...
