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Fireworks from the Heart (2010)
- Director
- KUNIMOTO Masahiro
- Cast
- KORA Kengo, TANIMURA Mitsuki
The annual festival held in September, "Katakai Festival" in Niigata's Ojiya City is famous for its fireworks. This film is based on a true story from this town. In classic storytelling style, it depicts the bond between a girl who collapses from acu...
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Norwegian Wood (2010)
- Director
- TRAN Anh Hung
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, KIKUCHI Rinko, MIZUHARA Kiko
A film adaption of Murakami Haruki's international best-selling novel of the same title. A sensitive portrayal of the inner anguish of a young man who is torn between two completely different women. Directed and scripted by Tran Anh Hung, esteemed fo...
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Abacus And Sword (2010)
- Director
- MORITA Yoshimitsu
- Cast
- SAKAI Masato, NAKAMA Yukie, MATSUZAKA Keiko
A film adaptation of the book by Isoda Michifumi, in which he paints a picture of life in the final days of the Tokugawa shogunate, based on his painstaking analysis of the household accounts left behind by a low ranking samurai. Director Morita Yosh...
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STRANGERS IN THE CITY (2010)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Toru, KONISHI Manami, MINAMISAWA Nao
A film adaptation of Shimizu Tatsuo's novel of the same title that came first in the "Konomys" book rankings for outstanding mystery literature. A cram school teacher investigates the disappearance of a little girl and uncovers a dark school plot. Di...
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300 Million (2010)
- Director
- ITO Shunya
- Cast
- WATANABE Dai, OKUDA Eiji, KAWAMURA Yukie
The 300 million yen robbery case, the biggest mystery of the Showa era, happened in 1968, and remains unsolved to this day. This is the film adaptation of Nagase Shunsuke's crime novel that sheds new light on the mystery. Director Ito Shunya, who als...
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A Piece of Our Life -Kakera- (2009)
- Director
- ANDO Momoko
- Cast
- MITSUSHIMA Hikari, NAKAMURA Eriko, NAGAOKA Tasuku
A film adaptation of the comic "Love Vibes" by popular manga artist, Sakurazawa Erika, starring Mitsushima Hikari, from the multi-award winning film Love Exposure (Ai no mukidashi), in the lead. Actor-turned-director Okuda Eiji's eldest daughter Ando...
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Rinco's Restaurant (2010)
- Director
- TOMINAGA Mai
- Cast
- SHIBASAKI Ko, YO Kimiko, Brother Tom
A heartwarming human drama based on lyricist Ogawa Ito's debut novel. Using CG animation and musical scenes, this fantastical film shows us the small miracles a little heartfelt cooking can bring. In shock from a bad breakup, Rinco (Shibasaki Kou) ha...
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Wandering Home (2010)
- Director
- HIGASHI Yoichi
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, NAGASAKU Hiromi, KAYAMA Yoshiko
A family drama screened in the section "Japanese Eyes" at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival. For this film, Director Higashi Yoichi, winner of a Silver Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for Village of Dreams (Eno Nakano Bo...
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Slackers 2 (2009)
- Director
- WATANABE Takafumi
- Cast
- MAEDA Gouki, YUGE Tomohisa, WAKI Tomohiro
he second in the film series that comically portrays the goings on in the high school baseball team full of yankee slackers. It features a completely new cast from the previous episode in the series, Slackers, which starred Emoto Tokio, and marks the...
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MAGAN (2008)
- Director
- ITO Atsushi
- Cast
- TANI Sarasa, ODA Atsushi, WATANABE Mihoko
This piece was created in the advanced course in fiction film at The Film School of Tokyo, and one of the entries into the Ketsu Riki Chin Kai (*Great, Power, Unique, Fishy) Film Festival, an independent film project that takes up "Rehabilitation of ...
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It's on me (2009)
- Director
- MORITA Yoshimitsu
- Cast
- Koyuki, KUROTANI Tomoka, ISAKA Shunya
This is a human drama by director Morita Yoshimitsu who created the film from his original script for the first time in 13 years, since (Haru). The real value of money, among other things, is graphically portrayed through this story of a mysterious h...
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Our Wonderfuldays (2009)
- Director
- HOSHIDA Yoshiko
- Cast
- TAKENAKA Naoto, TAKUMA Shin, ASADA Miyoko
A heart-grabbing and tear-jerking music entertainment film depicting the ties between families and friends through the music band activities of middle-aged men. This film welcomed popular musician Okuda Tamio as a music advisor who also provided musi...
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LOST GIRL (2007)
- Director
- YAMAOKA Daisuke
- Cast
- WATANABE Makiko, YAMAMOTO Hiroshi, TANABE Manami
A theatrical debut film by Director Yamaoka Daisuke whose future works are highly anticipated as the winner of the Grand Prix of the Sundance/NHK International Fimmakers Awards 2010. This time he welcomes as the heroine Watanabe Makiko, the actress k...
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ELITE YANKEE SABURO (2009)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Yudai
- Cast
- ISHIGURO Hideo, ITAKURA Toshiyuki, HASHIMOTO Jun
Yamaguchi Yudai -the prodigy director of films such as Cromartie High School (Sakigake!! Cromartie Koko)- directs this comic film adaptation of the popular manga by Abe Shuji, which is serialized in the "Young Magazine." Yamaguchi keeps the jokes com...
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MY RAINY DAYS (2009)
- Director
- KANCHIKU Yuri
- Cast
- SASAKI Nozomi, TANIHARA Shosuke
This love romance is based on an mobile phone novel by sin, which has been accessed 13 million times. Popular model Sasaki Nozomi gives a pleasing performance as the heroine who, through meeting a man, comes to know love and the true meaning of trust...
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HOT SPRING HEAVEN (2008)
- Director
- OOSUMI Yuuka
- Cast
- EGUCHI Noriko, FUKAMI Motoki, AYATA Toshiki
One of the comical short films by seven directors all with strong personalities depicting the nature of "hijoshi (women who have given up on their womanhood)." Sprinkled with subtle jokes, the film depicts a trip taken by the heroine whose hobby is e...
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FIRST LOVE – A MEMORY IN SUMMER (2008)
- Director
- NOBUSHI Show
- Cast
- TAKIGAWA Hanako, YAMADA Kenta, ISHIGURO Ken
Turgenev's masterpiece, "First Love," has been made into a film many times in the past and in this version the location for the story has been moved to Japan. Picked out of an audition of more than 1000 people, the lead actress is Takigawa Hanako, da...
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Boku to Mama no Kiiroi Jitensha (2009)
- Director
- KONO Keita
- Cast
- TAKEI Akashi, ABE Sadawo, SUZUKI Kyoka
From Kono Keita, the director of Helen The Baby Fox (Kogitsune Helen) comes a heartwarming road film based upon the bestseller 'Boku no Yuku Michi' (*My way) by Shindo Fuyuki. Trained by an Japan Academy Prize Association Special Award winning dog t...
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MAMESHIBA (2009)
- Director
- KAMEI Toru
- Cast
- SATO Jiro, ADACHI Yumi, WATANABE Tetsu
A film adaptation of the TV series which depicts the journey of a middle-aged man with a two-month old puppy in search of his mother who has run away from home. The film has a rich lineup of established actors from TV dramas, films and stage performa...
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Gybe : Carried On A Sea Breeze (2008)
- Director
- SATO Toshiki
- Cast
- ISHIGURO Ken, SHIMIZU Misa, UEHARA Takako
A story of a busy middle-aged man maturing as he reflects back on his life and emotions through a plan to travel around Hokkaido on a yacht. In this film director Sato Toshiki, whose exceptional talent has been standing out in the pink film industry,...
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RAIGA, The Monster from the Deep Sea (2009)
- Director
- HAYASHIYA Shinpei
- Cast
- HOTARU Yukijiro, ORIYAMA Miyu, URATA Mao
A monster film by the self-proclaimed special effects maniac and rakugo storyteller, Hayashiya Shinpei takes up the megaphone and brings us REIGO, The Monster from the Deep Sea (Shinkaiju Reigo). Set 60 years after the epic battle between Reigo and t...
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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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Sergeant Keroro-The Super Duper Movie-DRAGON WARS (2009)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Susumu
- Cast
- WATANABE Kumiko, KOZAKURA Etsuko, NAKATA Joji
In a 10th year commemoration of the comic series by Yoshizaki Mine, this is the fourth Sergeant Keroro feature film. World heritage site Mont Saint-Michel is the backdrop for this animated feature film. The half-witted earth invaders of Keroro platoo...
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Tamayura (2009)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Toyoko
- Cast
- AKUNE Hiroko, ANDO Tadafumi, SASAKI Yoshiko
This piece was submitted to the Momo Matsuri Presents Kiss! short film project that highlights up-and-coming female directors, created by the Momo Matsuri film screening group. Written and directed by Osaka-born Yamasaki Toyoko. Pregnant with her lov...
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SHIROIHANAWA-NAZESHIROI ‐ TECHAN・EIZOUSAKKA ‐ (2008)
- Director
- ISE Shinichi
- Cast
- WATANABE Tetsuya
Director Ise Shinichi, known for his heart-grabbing documentary films, uses some valuable footage to reflect on the footsteps of his old friend Watanabe Tetsuya who passed away in 2007. Watanabe, born in 1947 in Gifu Prefecture, set foot in the film ...
