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Juju the Weightless Dugong (2012)

Director: KAWAMATA Hiroshi

Cast: KATO Emiri, UMEDA Kikumi, MIYAKE Kenta

Fantasy produced by The Answerstudio, many of whose animators come from Walt Disney animation Studio. Brings a gentle touch to depictions of beautiful southern seas scenery. Film supported by Anime Mirai 2012, the project from the Agency of Cultural ...

Punksamurai Slash Down (2018)

Director: ISHII Gakuryu

Cast: AYANO Go, KITAGAWA Keiko, TOYOKAWA Etsushi

Live-action film adaption Akutagawa Prize-winning author Machida Kou's same-named period novel with direction by Crazy Thunder Road's Ishii Gakuryu. Screenplay by Kudo Kankuro of TOO YOUNG TO DIE!. It's a random day on a random thoroughfare, and ma...

Don’t Eat Pudding! (2013)

Director: HATANAKA Daisuke

Cast: KANAI Minto, UEDA Koichi, KOBAYASHI Asako

A film produced as part of the "New Directions in Japanese Cinema" project for 2012 operated by the Agency of Cultural Affairs to promote Japanese film and visual media. This family film is directed by Hatanaka Daisuke, who won the Grand Prize in the...

Q chan (2016)

Director: KOROYASU Yusuke

Cast: U-KWON, KATO Aoi, FUJITA Tomu

Short film in the four-part mystery omnibus Tokyo Thrilling. Dark humor and fantasy color this story about the bizarre life of a guy who picks up Dracula. Directed by Koroyasu Yusuke of Otaku's Daughter. Korean exchange student Im (U-Kwon) finds an ...

Quartet! (2011)

Director: MIMURA Junichi

Cast: TAKASUGI Mahiro, GORIKI Ayame, HOSOKAWA Shigeki

A musical drama commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of the Urayasu city Government in Chiba Prefecture. Based on Onizuka Tadashi's eponymous novel, it warmly spins a tale of the rebirth of a musical family on the verge of col...

Welcom to The Quiet Room (2007)

Director: MATSUO Suzuki

Cast: UCHIDA Yuki, KUDO Kankuro, AOI Yu

A film adaptation of an Akutagawa award nominated novel of the same title, by Matsuo Suzuki, the writer himself, who took on the script as well as the direction. It is a story of a female writer admitted into a closed ward of a psychiatric department...

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)

Director: MITANI Koki

Cast: KARASAWA Toshiaki, SUZUKI Kyoka, NISHIMURA Masahiko

Mitani Koki's feature film directorial debut. The all-star cast delivers a poignant comedy about the on-set commotion during a live radio drama broadcast, based on the same-named play from the theatrical troupe Tokyo Sunshine Boys. Writer-cum-homema...

RAMOTRIP (2012)

Director: MIMA Akihiro, IMAHASHI Takashi, MATSUO Kenta

Cast: KOJIMA Fujiko, SHIMADA Kyusaku, KATSUMURA Masanobu

Nakajima Ramo realized his unique sense of humor in a wide range of genres, including novels, music and theater. This unique film combines the techniques of fiction and documentary to trace the steps of Nakajima, who died suddenly in 2004. The fictio...

Red Ash -GEARWORLD- (2017)

Director: SANO Yuta

Cast: KAJI Yuki, MORIWAKI Rikumi, SETO Asami

In a futuristic world, the "Nanorace," people whose genes contain nanomachines that grant them special abilities, are controlled and suffer prejudice from the "Purerace" of normal human beings. Beck, a legendary hunter with the power of "Red Ash," ai...

Red Tears (2011)

Director: TSUJIMOTO Takanori

Cast: KATO Natsuki, ISHIGAKI Yuma, KURATA Yasuaki

Hard-core suspense, horror and action film commemorating the 100th film appearance of Kurata Yasuaki, world-renown action star, in which Kurata also was involved in planning and production. Featured in the 2011 Tokyo International Film Festival's Jap...

Reikai no Tobira Street View (2011)

Director: KOGA Soichiro

Cast: ONO Marie, AYANO, HIYORI Yuki

A horror based on an urban legend regarding the online map navigation service Street View. Its director is Koga Soichiro, who is well-known for his work in the horror genre, and it features a core cast of promising newcomers. Ako (Ono Marie) is searc...

Reiwa Uprising (2019)

Director: HARA Kazuo

Cast

In April of 2019, actor Yamamoto Taro established a new political party, the Reiwa Shinsengumi. This documentary follows their campaign activities. It is directed by Hara Kazuo, who is known for The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On which won a Caligar...

ReLIFE (2017)

Director: FURUSAWA Takeshi

Cast: NAKAGAWA Taishi, TAIRA Yuna

Live-action feature film adaptation of "ReLIFE," which was serialized on the manga app comico and adapted for anime and stage performance. Directed by Furusawa Takeshi of Love for Beginners and Love and Lies. Depicts the main character giving his lif...

Strange Tales of Love and Strangers (2017)

Director: KURAMOTO Raita

Cast: YAO Aining, WADA Sohkoh, UCHIDA Chika

Ensemble drama about an exchange student and the people in her life, set in Fukushima. Helmed by cutting-edge director Kuramoto Raita, who made his commercial feature film debut with Finding the Adolescence. Taiwanese actress Yao Aining, who works as...

Lee Ye - The First Joseon Envoy To Japan (2013)

Director: INUI Hiroaki

Cast: YUN Tae-Young, KOMIYA Etsuko

A documentary that touches upon the achievements of Lee Ye, a 15th century Joseon Dynasty envoy to Japan. It looks back on the history of relations between Japan and Korea while tracing remnants of the presence of Lee Ye, who visited Muromachi period...

RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW (2014)

Director: ICHIMI Masataka

Cast: YANAGI Shuntaro, KAMEYAMA Akira, OKUNO Eita

Coming-of-age action drama about a young man on the run who gets entangled in a crime committed by an old friend. Features a colorful cast of characters and various Yokohama sites from tourist spots to back alleys. Directed by Ichimi Masataka, who ha...

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The School of Spies (1966)

Director: MASUMURA Yasuzo

Cast: ICHIKAWA Raizo, OGAWA Mayumi, MACHIDA Kyosuke

In 1938 the Imperial Japanese Army opened the famous Nakano school, an organization devoted to the training of spies. The men were all hand picked including one (Raizo Ichikawa, star of Kon Ichikawa's "Conflagration"). Cut off from the world for a ye...

Ring Wandering (2021)

Director: KANEKO Masakazu

Cast: KASAMATSU Show, ABE Junko, YASUDA Ken

In Downtown Tokyo, a young man Sosuke aspires to be a manga artist. His current work is about a battle between a hunter and a Japanese wolf. He canʼt draw the extinct wolf well, neither develop the story. One winterʼs day, Sosuke finds burnt animal...

NEIGHBOUR NO.13, THE (2005)

Director: INOUE Yasuo

Cast: NAKAMURA Shido, OGURI Shun, YOSHIMURA Yumi

river (2003)

Director: SUZUI Takayuki

Cast: OIZUMI Yo, YASUDA Ken, SATO Shigeyuki

ROAD TO NINJA －NARUTO THE MOVIE－ (2012)

Director: DATE Hayato

Cast: TAKEUCHI Junko, NAKAMURA Chie, MORIKAWA Toshiyuki

The ninth feature film based on the animated television series adapting Kishimoto Masashi's manga, which enjoys massive popularity around the world. It delves into the secrets surrounding Naruto's origin, and depicts his fierce battle with a mysterio...

Rockers[Complete Edition] (1979)

Director: TSUSHIMA Hideaki

Cast: FRICTION, LIZARD, MR. KITE

ROCKIN' BROADWAY (2010)

Director: TERRY LEE SMITH

Cast: UENO Akira, MIWA Hitomi, LA Takashino

A musical fantasy film independently produced in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of "ROCKIN' BROADWAY," a rock event held in a club in Gunma Prefecture. The film depicts how the main character played by Ueno Akira, the singer in a rockabilly ba...

ROUGH (2006)

Director: OTANI Kentaro

Cast: NAGASAWA Masami, HAYAMI Mokomichi

Running on Empty (2009)

Director: SAKO Dai

Cast: KOBAYASHI Katsuya, Mihiro, ONISHI Shima

A coming-of-age film that was submitted to the Dubai International Film Festival, this is the debut commercial film for new director Sako Dai, highly esteemed for his screenwriting for such films as Vacation (Kyuka), winner of the special judge's pri...

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