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Onoda:10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)
- Director
- Arthur HARARI
- Cast
- ENDO Yuya, TSUDA Kanji
Drama about Onoda Hiroo, who didn't know the war had ended and continued his mission as an intelligence officer. In 1944 with the war's end approaching, intelligence trainee Onoda Hiroo (Endo Yuya, Tsuda Kanji) is ordered to wage a guerrilla war on ...
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Dear Doctor (2009)
- Director
- NISHIKAWA Miwa
- Cast
- SHOFUKUTEI Tsurube, Eita, YO Kimiko
The third film from Nishikawa Miwa, whose previous film Sway swept many domestic film awards and garnered attention at the Cannes film festival. A novel she herself wrote, bated on the idea of this film, was nominated for the Naoki Prize. This sincer...
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GODZILLA VS. GIGAN (1972)
- Director
- FUKUDA Jun
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Hiroshi, UMEDA Tomoko, HISHIMI Yuriko
Gengo, a comic-book artist, lands a job at the World Children's Land, an amusement park and museum dedicated to all the world's monsters. The company headquarters is located inside Godzilla Tower, a building that looks like a huge statue of the King ...
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SUICIDE FOREST VILLAGE (2021)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- YAMADA Anna, YAMAGUCHI Mayu
The second horror film in the "terror village" series following Shimizu Takashi's Howling Village, it depicts under the backdrop of Mt. Fuji's dense woodlands a world of madness and chaos brought on by the terror of a cursed box. Once upon a time, a...
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OGAWACHO SERENADE (2014)
- Director
- HARA Keinosuke
- Cast
- SUDOU Risa, FUJIMOTO Izumi, YASUDA Ken
Set in a rundown small town bar called Snack Sayoko, this drama revolves around its female proprietor, her daughter, a cross-dressing gay man and other characters. Its director is Hara Keinosuke, making his feature debut. Bar owner Manami (Sudo Risa...
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Kampai! Sake Sisters (2019)
- Director
- KONISHI Mirai
- Cast
- IMADA Miho, CHIBA Marie, Rebekah WILSON-LYE
Sequel to the documentary Kampai! For the Love of Sake! about Japanese sake. Konishi Mirai helms once again and focuses on women in the world of sake, which was once off-limits to females. Women contribute to all aspects of the Japanese sake industr...
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hana & alice (2004)
- Director
- IWAI Shunji
- Cast
- SUZUKI Anne, AOI Yu, KAKU Tomohiro
All About Lily Chou-Chou director Iwai Shunji's latest feature has its origins in a series of short films broadcast on the Internet. Junior high student Hana (Suzuki Anne) finds herself drawn to a high school boy named Miyamoto (Kaku Tomohiro) with ...
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su-ki-da, (2005)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Hiroshi
- Cast
- MIYAZAKI Aoi, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, NAGASAKU Hiromi
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KAIJI 2 (2011)
- Director
- SATO Toya
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, ISEYA Yusuke, YOSHITAKA Yuriko
The second live action adaptation of Fukumoto Nobuyuki's manga about gambling. Based on the third chapter "Swamp of Desire" in the original, the film thrillingly depicts the protagonists' battle for survival as they aim for a big payout. Fukumoto him...
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MANY FACES OF CHIKA (2005)
- Director
- HARA Kazuo
- Cast
- MOMOI Kaori, YOSHIMOTO Takami, NATSUYAGI Isao
Renowned documentary filmmaker of Yuki Yuki Te Shingun (The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On) and Zenshin Shosetsuka, Hara Kazuo, makes his feature film debut with this story of a woman's life and her relationships. Four actresses play the part of the...
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Tori wo Mite! (2012)
- Director
- SASAKI Tomonori
- Cast
- NANASAKI Fuka, HIROSAWA So, KATAYAMA Ryo
The twenty-second entry in the "Youth H" series, which produces works with a strong auterist approach that focus on coming-of-age and sexual themes. Its writer, director, and cinematographer is Sasaki Tomonori, who presented a fresh depiction of youn...
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Yell for the Blue Sky (2016)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Tao, TAKEUCHI Ryoma, HAYAMA Shono
Live-action adaptation of Kawahara Kazune‘s teen comic. A girl who plays in her school's brass band and a guy on the baseball team help each other achieve their dreams. Directed by Miki Takahiro, veteran adaptor of original comic stories. Tsubasa (T...
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YAMABUKI (2022)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Juichiro
- Cast
- KANG Yoon-Soo, INORI Kirara
Third feature film from The Sound of Light and Sanchu Uprising: Voices at Dawn director Yamasaki Junichiro, who makes films while farming in the mountains of Maniwa City, Okayama Prefecture. This ambitious ensemble work was shot on 16mm film and has ...
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The Abashiri Family (2009)
- Director
- ISHII Teruyoshi
- Cast
- TONOOKA Erica, Ijiri OKADA, KAMUI Kyoji
A violent action film with an original script based on the comic series by Nagai Go. A heinous criminal family, the Abashiri Ikka, who lost the battle against state power, challenges the immense organization that drove them off to an area outside Jap...
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Opening Night (2017)
- Director
- SAKAI Mai
- Cast
- HARA Nanoka, MATSUI Rena
Up-and-coming director, Sakai Mai, who gained attention with her previous film, Be A Light to the World, makes her commercial feature film debut. It screened in the Yubari Choice section at the 2017 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Chil...
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MIDNIGHT DINER (2015)
- Director
- MATSUOKA Joji
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Kaoru, TAKAOKA Saki, TABE Mikako
Feature film adaptation of Abe Yaro's popular comic, which has sold over 4.4 million copies in Japan and abroad and has been turned into a TV drama. Stars Kobayashi Kaoru and other familiar faces from dramas. A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the...
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(2008)
- Director
- ICHIKAWA Jun
- Cast
- SUNAHARA Yukiko, Sabakichi, YAMAZAKI Takaaki
Ichikawa Jun, a highly regarded commercial director whose feature films including Tony Takitani were praised internationally, passed away in September 2009. His last title is a personal film with an experimental style. Told from the point of view of...
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HAIKYU!! The End and the Beginning (2015)
- Director
- MITSUNAKA Susumu
- Cast
- MURASE Ayumu, ISHIKAWA Kaito, HINO Satoshi
Compilation of the first TV anime season based on Furudate Haruichi's manga. The first of two parts, the story follows the idiosyncratic players on the Karasuno High School volleyball squad as they start playing as a team. The film adds new cuts to t...
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Bootleg Film (1998)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Masahiro
- Cast
- EMOTO Akira, SHIINA Kippei, KITAMURA Kazuki
A road movie depicting the strange journey of two men connected to a woman who died. Kobayashi Masahiro wrote and directed the film which screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 52nd Cannes Film Festival. Tatsuo (Emoto Akira), a yakuza abou...
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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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Other World (2010)
- Director
- TAKANO Yoshiko
- Cast
- WATANABE Takahiko, YOSHIMORI Hiroto, ARAKI Umika
An omnibus short film based on a work by Ogawa Kunio, an exemplary novelist from the "introverted generation" in the mid-1960s-1970s in the history of Japanese literature. This film was directed by Takano Takako, who has worked as a camerawoman for S...
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The Face of Jizo (2004)
- Director
- KUROKI Kazuo
- Cast
- MIYAZAWA Rie, HARADA Yoshio, ASANO Tadanobu
In Hiroshima in 1948, memories of the atomic bombing three years earlier are still fresh in the minds of the people. Mitsue (Miyazawa Rie) works at a library where she meets Mr. Kinoshita (Asano Tadanobu), a shy, young man researching the disaster. T...
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LET'S MAKE THE TEACHER HAVE A MISCARRIAGE CLUB (2011)
- Director
- NAITO Eisuke
- Cast
- MIYATA Aki, KOBAYASHI Kaori, TAKARA Hiromu
The feature-length debut of Naito Eisuke, an up-and-coming director born in 1982 who is attracting attention in the independent film world. The film takes its inspiration from an actual incident that occurred in 2009, in which a group of junior high ...
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ZEN (2008)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Banmei
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Kantaro, UCHIDA Yuki, FUJIWARA Tatsuya
Based on Komazawa University president Otani Tetsuo's historical novel which chronicled Zen monk Dogen's achievements in spreading the Soto school of Zen Buddhism across Japan. Engaged solely in zazen, Dogen sacrifices himself to attaining a spiritua...
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Miporin (2019)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Daiki
- Cast
- KAKIO Asami, TSUDA Haruka
Low budget horror-comedy produced, written, and directed by visual creator Matsumoto Daiki who makes his first foray into independent feature film production. It depicts the fate of an idol held captive by a frightening voice trainer. Kanda Yuka (Ts...
