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The Ginza Three Boys (1961)
- Director
- INOUE Umetsugu
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Ganjiro, MIMASU Aiko, KAWASAKI Keizo
This is the story of three sportsman brothers living in the Ginza, the busiest street in Tokyo. lchiro, the eldest, is a former title holder of the amateur bantam weight wrestling championship. Yuji, the second son, is a fine American football play...
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Kanahiru The Iron Boy (2007)
- Director
- HIGA Kazutetsu, HIGA Yukinori
- Cast
- NAKADA Sachiko, NAKADA Masae, FUKUHARA Akira
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BAKAMONO-THE IDIOTS (2010)
- Director
- KANEKO Shusuke
- Cast
- NARIMIYA Hiroki, UCHIDA Yuki, SHIRAISHI Miho
A film adaptation of Akutagawa Prize winner Itoyama Akiko's novel of the same title, directed by Kaneko Shusuke, director of Death Note. The executive producer is Okuyama Kazuyoshi, of Imamura Shohei's The Eel (Unagi), winner of the Palme d'Or at the...
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The Forbidden Fruit (1970)
- Director
- OBIMORI Michihiko
- Cast
- SEKINE Keiko, UCHIDA Yoshiro, SUGANO Naoyuki
In today's era of sexual license and X-rated sprees, youngsters are troubled with the hunger for the flesh that has been nurtured in them. Kenji (Yoshiro Uchida), Masaki and Wataru in Yomei High School form a group to tackle this problem vowing to ab...
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THE FIREFLY SUMMERS (2016)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- ARIMURA Kasumi, KUDO Asuka, KOBAYASHI Kaoru
The STROBE EDGE duo of director, Hiroki Ryuichi, and lead actress, Arimura Kasumi, adapt to live-action a novel by CAPE NOSTALGIA original author, Morisawa Akio. A woman apprehensive of the future visits a forest full of memories of her late father, ...
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I Will Never Forgive (2018)
- Director
- WADA Hideki
- Cast
- HIRATSUKA Chiaki, NISHIKAWA Kanako, MIHO Jun
Film adaptation of the shocking journal written by a woman who fell victim to gang rape at the age of 15. The subjective cinematography is shot entirely from the protagonist's perspective. Nishikawa Kanako plays the protagonist Yoko before plastic su...
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Break in the Clouds (2021)
- Director
- OZAWA Kazuyoshi
- Cast
- KODAMA Haruka, Tsumugi, SATO Eriko
A social human drama depicting the harsh reality faced by a single mother and a person without a family register. Directed by Ozawa Kazuyoshi, an actor who has been active in movies, dramas, and V-cinemas since the 1980s. Maika (Kodama Haruka), a pr...
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The Start of Life (1965)
- Director
- NOMURA Takashi
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, HAMADA Mitsuo, NOGAWA Yumiko
A young girl in an industrial town is saving her money to enter college. But her drunken father loses his job, her mother cannot make ends meet, and then the boy she likes loses everything when his factory fails. She takes all her savings out of the ...
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Yoshino's Barber Shop (2003)
- Director
- OGIGAMI Naoko
- Cast
- MOTAI Masako, YONEDA Ryo, ASANO Kazuyuki
This light-hearted feature debut from director Ogigami Naoko gained a Special Mention at the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival. In a picturesque rural village, everyone has their hair cut at the local barbershop - the only one - by the fearsom...
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The Garden of Words (2013)
- Director
- SHINKAI Makoto
- Cast
- IRINO Miyu, HANAZAWA Kana, HIRANO Aya
Animation director Shinkai Makoto, who has garnered popularity within Japan and abroad for the exquisite drama and visual aesthetics in films like 5 Centimeters per Second, depicts his first love story set in contemporary Tokyo. Production crew bring...
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Tsugaru Lacquer Girl (2023)
- Director
- TSURUOKA Keiko
- Cast
- HOTTA Mayu, KOBAYASHI Kaoru
A father-daughter story revolving around Tsugaru-nuri, a traditional Aomori lacquerware craft that fascinates the world. Directed by Tsuruoka Keiko, whose first feature film The Town of Whales was highly acclaimed overseas. Miyako (Hotta Mayu) lives...
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My Little Sweet Pea (2013)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Keisuke
- Cast
- HORIKITA Maki, MATSUDA Ryuhei, YO Kimiko
An abundantly humorous depiction of an anime-obsessed girl with dreams of becoming a voice actor who is forced to grow up when her estranged mother dies. Its director is Yoshida Keisuke (Cafe ISOBE). Lead actress Horikita Maki plays opposite Yo Kimik...
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Dawn of the Felines (2016)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- IHATA Juri, MAUE Satsuki, Michie
Garnering attention with THE DEVIL'S PATH, Shiraishi Kazuya directs an ensemble cast in a story poignantly, yet at times amusingly, portraying women who exist in Tokyo's nightlife. One of the films commemorating the forty-fifth anniversary of Nikkats...
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The Eagle of Kodokan (1964)
- Director
- MIZUHO Shunkai
- Cast
- HONGO Kojiro, TAKADA Miwa, TSUBOUCHI Mikiko
Sanshiro Sugata rescues Shinobu Echigoya from the hands of Jujitsu-men who are employed by a money-lender named Ryosaku Horii, and falls in love with her. Tetsugen Onimaru of the Tanshinkan School finds in Gonzo Sakaki a mysterious martial artist, a...
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”Outlow" Gangster VIP (1968)
- Director
- MASUDA Toshio
- Cast
- WATARI Tetsuya, MATSUBARA Chieko, KAWACHI Tamio
Goro, child ofthe slums, no father, mother a prostitute, unable to enter school, forced to watch his sister die ofmalnutrition, has no choice but to become a criminal. It is therefore only a matter oftime before he is sent to prison where he learns t...
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FLOWERS IN THE SHADOWS (2008)
- Director
- HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, MIYAZAKI Aoi, ITO Atsushi
Film adaptation of the first novel written by a very popular actor / comedian, Gekidan-Hitori. It was a best-seller with 800,000 copies sold. Starring Okada Junichi, who is a singer and actor. Miyazaki Aoi of Eureka by Aoyama Shinji and Nishida Toshi...
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The Bogus Policeman (1967)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Satsuo
- Cast
- KATSU Shintaro, SUGATA Michiko, KATO Daisuke
Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while doing one of his good deeds. He saves a child from drowning, restores it to his mother, then finds that...
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Sunk into the Womb (2013)
- Director
- OGATA Takaomi
- Cast
- IZAWA Emiko, TSUCHIYA Kino, TSUCHIYA Eiki
Real-life drama that unflinchingly looks at how a single mother ends up neglecting her children, based on an actual incident in Osaka, where two children died from neglect in 2010. Third film by cutting-edge director Ogata Takaomi, whose Body Tempera...
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Whistling after Dark (2009)
- Director
- TOYAMA Tomoko
- Cast
- IZUMISAWA Yuki, KATAOKA Reiko, SHINAGAWA Toru
A film shot by Toyama Tomoko, a third year student of the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, as her graduation project. The film depicts the development and mental images of a young boy living alone with his mother, ...
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Sweating the Small Stuff (2017)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro, YASHIMA Yasumi, MATSUMOTO Daiki
Pia Film Festival alum Ninomiya Ryutaro writes, directs, and stars in his theatrical debut film. The semi-autobiographical film weaves truth and fiction together in depicting the impatience of a young man living a gloomy life. Ryutaro (Ninomiya), wh...
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Grave of the Fireflies (2008)
- Director
- HYUGAJI Taro
- Cast
- YOSHITAKE Reo, HATAKEYAMA Rina, MATSUDA Seiko
A live-action version of the human drama based on Nosaka Akiyuki's novel of the same title, which is known for the animated version from Studio Ghibli. Hyugaji Taro of Portrait of the Wind boldly filmed it all on location in Hyogo prefecture. The ser...
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Gothic & Lolita Psycho (2010)
- Director
- OHARA Go
- Cast
- AKIYAMA Rina, MOMOSE Misaki, TSUKUI Minami
A violent action flick with a girl in black gothic lolita costume on a revenge rampage, after her mother is killed by an unknown assailant. Directed by Geisha VS Ninjas' Ohara Go. VFX by Kazuno Tsuyoshi, special make-up effects by Nishimura Yoshihiro...
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Ashita no kibo kanashimi yo arigato Takae Tsuneo monogatari (2013)
- Director
- YAMADA Hisako
- Cast
- MIZUKI Ichiro, TAIRA Yoshie, HOSHINA Yuri
An animated biographical film about the life of Takae Tsuneo, who was dealt a heavy blow when he lost both of his arms but worked to help other people with disabilities. He is voiced by Mizuki Ichiro, a famed singer of theme songs for animated works....
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The Boy Who Came Back (1958)
- Director
- SUZUKI Seijun
- Cast
- HIDARI Sachiko, KOBAYASHI Akira, ASAOKA Ruriko
Keiko Midorikawa is a member of an organization which gives advice and assistance to juvenile delinquents. Nobuo Kasahara, just released from reform school to which he was committed for having attempted to kill his father is 19 years of age and seem...
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A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2002)
- Director
- KUROKI Kazuo
- Cast
- EMOTO Tasuku, ODA Erika, HARADA Yoshio
The story takes place in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, in the summer of 1945 just before WWII ends. Ninth-grader Yasuo (Emoto Tasuku) evacuates Tokyo, separated from his parents, and now lives with his rigid grandfather (Harada Yoshio) and grandmo...
