Movies
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Orokamono wa dareda (2010)
- Director
- WATANABE Yuko
- Cast
- NOMURA Hironobu, KOBAYASHI Asako, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko
Momo Matsuri is a film screening group that was started in 2006 by several young female directors in search of a place to show their works. In 2010, the 12 directors came together for the third time to each tackle the theme of "Lies." The fresh young...
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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...
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Mr. HOME (2014)
- Director
- NAGATOMO Takakazu, HASEGAWA Ayumu, KUDO Wataru
- Cast
- HIROSUE Hiromasa, KASAJIMA Tomo, TASAKA Hideki
Five-part omnibus film about the various people living in a shared house. Young directors are in charge of each section, starting off with Tokyo Rendezvous director Ikeda Chihiro. Produced as part of a film acting workshop. An old seaside house. A g...
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PASSION (2008)
- Director
- HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
- Cast
- KAWAI Aoba, OKAMOTO Ryuta, URABE Fusako
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Audrey (2010)
- Director
- KATSUMATA Yu
- Cast
- KASAHARA Mika, KAJIWARA Hikari, KURERU Kohei
Coming-of-age drama depicting a high school girl's love affair, set during the annual school festival. Director Katsumata Yu, who has made numerous independent films, is lauded for his ability as a director to elicit the best of actresses. Yuko (Kasa...
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Nighttime Warbles (2022)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- YAMADA Yuki, MATSUMOTO Marika
A film adaptation of a short novel by writer Sato Yasushi set in the Kanto region, with a screenplay by Takada Ryo, the writer of The Light Shines Only There. Directed by Jojo Hideo, who received high acclaim for On the Edge of Their Seats. Unsucces...
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A Ghost of a Chance (2011)
- Director
- MITANI Koki
- Cast
- FUKATSU Eri, NISHIDA Toshiyuki, ABE Hiroshi
A third-rate lawyer and a ghost create a courtroom commotion in this suspense-laden comedy. It is the fifth directorial effort of Mitani Koki, a popular scriptwriter with an extensive theatrical background, and its star-studded cast helped it to a bo...
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INTERN! (2016)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Akio
- Cast
- ARAKI Yuko, OKAMOTO Anri, SANO Gaku
A coming-of-age drama dealing with the subject of job-hunting through a fantastic touch. It depicts an indecisive, timid, female university student maturing through her internship. At the helm is veteran television director, Yoshida Akio. Third year...
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EAT AND RUN -6 Beautiful Grifters- (2007)
- Director
- OSHII Mamoru, TSUJIMOTO Takanori, KAMIYAMA Kenji
- Cast
- HISHIMI Yuriko, MIZUNO Miki, ANDO Mabuki
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Strawberry Night (2013)
- Director
- SATOH Yuichi
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Yuko, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, OSAWA Takao
Film adaptation of Honda Tetsuya's million-copy bestselling novel, on the heels of the TV version. Huge hit with over two billion yen in box office receipts, and highly praised for the brilliant plot revealing the underbelly of Homicide in the Tokyo ...
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Dystonia (2013)
- Director
- KAWAHATA Yuki
- Cast
- SATO Haruko, TAIRA Takaomi
Documentary about patients and doctors dealing with dystonia, a chronic neurological ailment in which muscles atrophy and patients lose the ability to control movement. Feature film debut for director Kawahata Yuki. Sato Haruko serves as vice presid...
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HARAWATA - Internal of Age 14 - (2009)
- Director
- SAYAMA Moemi
- Cast
- NAGANO Reina, MATSUDA Yoji, DAIKE Yuko
The fourth production in the Tollywood Studio Project, which aims to produce commercial films by students. This human drama is based on a script written by the 19-year-old director, Sayama Moemi, from her own personal experience. Harada Wataru (Nagan...
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Bonnosokubosatsu (2013)
- Director
- ANDO Bon
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Yukino, ICHIKI Yuko, TOMITA Jun
Thirty-fourth film in the Youth-H series that depicts youth and sex with a super low budget using cutting-edge directors. Ando Bon, director of Fukidamari no Onna from the same series, poignantly depicts the unhappy fate of a heroine born with a stat...
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Bakaleya High School (2012)
- Director
- KUBOTA Takashi
- Cast
- MORIMOTO Shintaro, MATSUMURA Hokuto, SHIMAZAKI Haruka
Feature film version of the late-night drama featuring upcoming top idols. The merger of a ruffian boy's high school with a classy girl's high school sets off a whole new ruckus. Like the TV show, the film also features numerous young members of the ...
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TEKETEKE (2009)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- OSHIMA Yuko, YAMASAKI Mami, CHOSOKABE Yoko
A film adaptation of an urban legend by the director of Noroi: The Curse (Noroi), Shiraishi Koji. Accompanied by a clicking sound "Teketeke," the legless torso of a woman appears and attacks city residents. Kazuno Tsuyoshi and Nishimura Yoshihiro fro...
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ramify (2009)
- Director
- YAMADA Koei
- Cast
- IWANAMI Mari, TAMURA Yuko, ONO Satoshi
A short film project featuring two heroines. After their lives took separate paths, two former high school classmates meet again for the first time in years, but both notice and are troubled by the sense of distance that has grown between them. The d...
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Sato ke no tsuya (2015)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- ARAKI Yuko, KINOSHITA Houka, TSURUTA Mayu
One episode from "Kazoku gokko," an omnibus film about 5 off-kilter families, which depicts the troubles of a bereaved family directed by internationally praised Uchida Eiji whose Greateful Dead was screened at the 2013 Raindance Film Festival among ...
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HEVEN'S DOOR (2009)
- Director
- MICHAEL ARIAS
- Cast
- NAGASE Tomoya, FUKUDA Mayuko, MIURA Tomokazu
A remake of the 1997 German film Knockin' on Heaven's Door, this stylish film tells of a young man and a girl suffering from incurable diseases who embark on a road trip to see the ocean. The director is Michael Arias of Tekkonkinkreet. Suddenly, twe...
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Omoideshashin (2020)
- Director
- KUMAZAWA Naoto
- Cast
- FUKAGAWA Mai, KORA Kengo, Karina
This drama, directed by Kumazawa Naoto of Yurigokoro, deals with taking "remembrance portraits" which are not mere funeral portraits, but are portraits photographed at a place holding fond memories for elderly subjects who share the recollections of ...
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The Good-for-Nothings (2017)
- Director
- OKUDA Yosuke
- Cast
- ONISHI Shima, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, ENDO Yumi
A film directed by Okuda Yosuke, who made a strong impact with "The Dork, the Girl and the Douchebag", that assembles a cast of talented actors including "Catepillar" star Onishi Shima, who radiates a unique presence in the Japanese film world, as we...
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(just like)Starting Over (2013)
- Director
- GOTO Toshihiro
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Ryo, NARISAWA Yuko, HIDAKA Yuria
The thirty-second entry in the "Youth H" series, which produces works in a variety of genres from up-and-coming filmmakers that focus on coming-of-age and sexual themes. Its director is Goto Toshihiro, who continues to make films set in Niigata inclu...
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AGAIN (2014)
- Director
- OMORI Sumio
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, Haru, WAKUI Emi
Live-action adaptation of the popular novel by Naoki Prize winner Shigematsu Kiyoshi. Depicts down-and-out adults going after the ball once again, based on the Masters Koshien baseball tournament that draws former high school baseball players. The cl...
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Memories of Origin Hiroshi Sugimoto (2012)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yuko
- Cast
- SUGIMOTO Hiroshi, ANDO Tadao, LEE U-Fan
Documentary focusing on the contemporary artist Sugimoto Hiroshi, whose numerous awards within Japan and abroad include the Praemium Imperiale in 2009. In-depth coverage over an extended period of time of Sugimoto, who has broadened his range of acti...
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Tales of the Undeparted (2021)
- Director
- General Director: ITOSO Kenji, YAMADA Masafumi, TORII Yasutake
- Cast
- OMORI Maho, OGURI Yui, GYOTEN Yurina
Scary stories offered up for entertainment by members of the AKB48 idol group. Eight AKB48 members sit in a circle and tell each other about scary happenings in a send up to unexplained events, mysterious worlds, and paranormal phenomena. The documen...
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Remember to Breathe (2022)
- Director
- SUGITA Masakazu
- Cast
- INOUE Mao, ISHIDA Eri
A family drama that weaves the complex and delicate feelings between a mother and daughter. Directed by Sugita Masakazu, whose previous film Joy of Man's Desiring received a Special Mention in the Generation Kplus section of the Berlin International ...
