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Atsuhime number one (2012)
- Director
- KONAKA Kazuya
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Rika, KIKUTA Daisuke, NAKAZAWA Yuko
Sci-fi comedy in which Atsuhime, who gets transported in time from the Edo period to the present day, stirs up a big commotion at a fancy club in Ginza. The heroine's appearance in gorgeous kimono and sexy dresses is also a must-see. Directed by Kona...
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One Night (2019)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, SUZUKI Ryohei, MATSUOKA Mayu
Feature-film adaptation of the best-known work from the theatre group KAKUTA headed by playwright Kuwabara Yuko, reuniting The Devil's Path scriptwriter Takahashi Izumi with The Blood of Wolves and Sea of Revival director Shiraishi Kazuya. Brings tog...
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The Gun (2018)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Nijiro, HIROSE Alice, Lily Franky
A film adapting Akutagawa Prize-winning author Nakamura Fuminori's debut work. A young man's life is turned upside down by a dangerous fascination for the handgun he obtains by chance. The top-notch monochromatic visuals effectively render the protag...
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DOCUMENTARY of AKB48 - to be continued (2011)
- Director
- KANCHIKU Yuri
- Cast
- AKB48
AKB48, the girl group that boasts fans of every stripe throughout the country. Documentary covering events in 2010 for these girls, who made their big break not as idols, but as "stars you can actually go and meet." Mainly features interviews of the ...
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Gekijoban rival densetsu hikari to kage (2012)
- Director
- Cast
- EGAWA Suguru, NISHIMOTO Takashi, ARIMORI Yuko
Based on a TBS television program and re-edited to include additional unscreened footage, this documentary shines a spotlight on two groups of rivals who competed at the top level of their sports: former professional baseballers Egawa Suguru and Nish...
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Higanjima (2010)
- Director
- KIM Taekyun
- Cast
- ISHIGURO Hideo, WATANABE Dai, MIZUKAWA Asami
This is a survival horror film based on the comic of the same name by Matsumoto Koji that has been translated all over the world. Kim Tae-gyun, the director of Crossing which represented Korea for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Academy Awards...
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EVIL AND THE MASK (2018)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Teppei
- Cast
- TAMAKI Hiroshi, ARAKI Yuko, YOSHIZAWA Ryo
A film adapting novelist Nakamura Fuminori's suspense-thriller. It depicts the dark heart and painful emotions of a murderer. It is directed by up-and-comer Nakamura Teppei, who has been involved with many music videos and commercials. When 11-year-...
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Kazoku no fukei (2013)
- Director
- SAKON Keitaro
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, SATO Mari, NAKAJIMA Hidekazu
Short drama produced as a Nihon University College of Art graduation film and screened at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 2014. Depicts a family's everyday existence and personal relationships from the son's perspective. Director ...
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Batsu game 2 (2011)
- Director
- YAMADA Masafumi
- Cast
- OTA Aika, HIRAJIMA Natsumi, YUKI Ryoichi
Suspense horror film starring Ota Aika from the idol group AKB48, based on the novel by the popular author Yamada Yusuke of The Chasing Game fame. An unpredictable survival saga unfolds, filled with shocking punishment games like whittling down a fin...
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Mobile Suit Gundam UC episode 4: At the Bottom of the Gravity Well (2011)
- Director
- FURUHASHI Kazuhiro
- Cast
- UCHIYAMA Koki, FUJIMURA Ayumi, SHIMONO Hiro
Anime adaptation of th e science fiction novel set three years after Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn by author Fukui Harutoshi, self-professed fan of the Gundam series. The fourth of six parts, this film depicts the intensifying battle between the Earth ...
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Ketsuzoku (2004)
- Director
- NUKUI Yuji
- Cast
- MANO Keiichi, MATSUURA Tateki, KOGA Mitsuki
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The Grass-Mowers (1961)
- Director
- NISHIKAWA Katsumi
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, HAMADA Mitsuo, MOCHIZUKI Yuko
A heart-warming story which tells of the love between an 18-year-old country maiden, Moyoko, and an innocent 19-year-old farmer's son, Tokizo, who meet and fall in love during the autumn grass-mowing in the plains of North-eastern Japan. The two are...
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THE RIVERSIDE PARK (2011)
- Director
- OZAKI Yoshihito
- Cast
- URABE Fusako, HARANO Yuko, NOGUCHI Yuya
This work was produced through the Osaka project "C02", which focuses on nurturing young directors and supporting their new works. Director Ozaki Yoshihito is an emerging director to watch, with previous works in the running for and winning the "Pia ...
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The Legend of Siren XXX (2010)
- Director
- ASHIDUKA Shintaro
- Cast
- Marika, SAKURAI Yuko
The erotic horror series Yojo Densetsu Seiren has been released again in theaters with a porno video idol star. Kamei Toru, who has displayed a wide range of work including Double Suicide Elegy (Shinju Elegy), participated as supervisor. Ishikawa Ken...
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As Long As We Both Shall Live (2022)
- Director
- TSUKAHARA Ayuko
- Cast
- MEGURO Ren, IMADA Mio
TV drama hitmaker Tsukahara Ayuko adapts Agitogi Akumi's debut novel that sold more than 8 million copies for the series. Miyo (Imada Mio) is the eldest daughter in the Saimori family, known for their supernatural powers, and grows up under the abus...
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Hi! Otsuka Drugstore (2010)
- Director
- KATSUMATA Yu
- Cast
- ENJOJI Aya, KOBAYASHI Kana, ARISUE Mayuko
A coming-of-age love story written and directed by filmmaking sensation Katsumata Yu, whose work is drawing attention in Japan and abroad. Screened in the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival's Off-Theater Competition section, it co-stars vet...
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March goes out like a lamb (2017)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, ARIMURA Kasumi, TOYOKAWA Etsushi
Sequel in the two-part live-action adaptation of manga artist Umino Chica's popular comic. Directed by Otomo Keishi of the "Rurouni Kenshin" series. Kiriyama Rei (Kamiki Ryunosuke) is a professional player of shogi, or Japanese chess, who lives in a...
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Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone (2020)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- TANAKA Yuko, AOI Yu
Feature film adaptation of Wakatake Chisako's same-named novel, which won both the Akutagawa and Bungei Prizes. Director Okita Shuichi has garnered numerous festival honors for films including The Chef of South Polar and Mori, The Artist's Habitat. ...
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ring my bell (2011)
- Director
- CHINZEI Naokazu
- Cast
- TSUKISHIRO Maora, YAMAGATA Ikuhiro, SEGI Masaru
Installment in the highly lauded Seishun H (Youth Sex) series created by distinctively original filmmakers on the shared theme of adolescence and love. Naokazu Chinzei hails from the world of erotic film, and made this film starring the two frontmen ...
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Wicked Flowers (2005)
- Director
- TORICO
- Cast
- FUKAMI Motoki, TODA Masahiro, KAWADA Yoshiichi
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My Brother Loves Me Too Much (2017)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Tao, KATAYOSE Ryota, CHIBA Yudai
Yagami Rina's identically titled comic is adapted to a live-action film. Unpopular high school girl, Setoka (Tsuchiya Tao), has been on a 12 time losing streak since her first crush when various types of handsome boys begin showing up. Approached by...
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Sideways (2009)
- Director
- Cellin GLUCK
- Cast
- KOHINATA Fumiyo, NAMASE Katsuhisa, SUZUKI Kyoka
A remake of the 2004 Hollywood film that won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay, made by an American crew with a Japanese cast. It is directed by Cellin Gluck, a Japan-born American who has worked as second-unit director on numerous American and Ja...
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xxxHOLiC (2022)
- Director
- NINAGAWA Mika
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, SHIBASAKI Ko, MATSUMURA Hokuto
The first live-action fantasy based on the comic of the same title by the creative group CLAMP. Director Ninagawa Mika (Diner) has recreated the artistic world of the original work. Watanuki Kimihiro (Kamiki Ryunosuke), a high school student who can...
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HANANO-ASUKAGUMI NEO! (2008)
- Director
- TSURITA Yutaka
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Yuko, SATO Hiroko, Shoei
An action film featuring a high school beauty with her own code of justice trying to prevent the spread of drugs. The original comic series was made into a film by Director Sai Yoichi in 1988. A pink candy called "ultra fruit" popular among youths i...
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Living Through March 11,2011 (2012)
- Director
- AOIKE Kenji
- Cast
- MIKUNI Yuko
A documentary that looks at how people lived through the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11th 2011. Compiled from interviews with thirty-seven students, their guardians, and teachers from Kadonowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki City, it bring...
