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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...
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Hayabusa (2011)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Yuko, NISHIDA Toshiyuki, TAKASHIMA Masahiro
Moving drama about Japan's space probe that accomplished great deeds in being the first to bring back sample material from an astral body beyond the earth's gravitational field. Depicts the passion of the people involved, who were undeterred by succe...
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TRAVELERS (2013)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Koichi
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Nao, KINOSHITA Ayumi, TAKAYAMA Yuko
A science-fiction action film starring actresses from "super sentai" (costumed superhero) TV series. To crack down on heinous interdimensional crimes, a policewoman attached to a special unit crosses over to a parallel world. Director Sakamoto Koichi...
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The Island of Cats (2019)
- Director
- IWAGO Mitsuaki
- Cast
- TATEKAWA Shinosuke, SHIBASAKI Ko, EMOTO Tasuku
Heartwarming drama that marks the directorial debut for Iwago Mitsuaki, the internationally renowned wildlife photographer. Depicts the peaceful day-to-day existence of cat and man on a remote island with rakugo performer Tatekawa Shinosuke in the le...
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Ju-On: Black Ghost (2009)
- Director
- ASATO Mari
- Cast
- KAGO Ai, SETO Koji, NAKAMURA Yuri
The second volume of the latest two works in the popular Ju-On horror series, now being remade in Hollywood. It depicts the fear created by an unknown presence that is growing in power within a hospital. The director, Asato Mari, previous works inclu...
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A Lying Woman's Daybreak (2009)
- Director
- KUMAGAI Madoka
- Cast
- MIYAMOTO Yuko, SATO Reiko, WATABE Ryosuke
A film completed by a young and promising director during a hands-on training of film making in "ndjc: Young Film Creators Development Project." Directed by Kumagai Madoka whose Fermentation (Hakko) (2006) won the Special Jury Prize at the Yubari Int...
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Train Brain Express (2011)
- Director
- MORITA Yoshimitsu
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, Eita, KANJIYA Shihori
A coming-of-age comedy that became the last film by the late director Morita Yoshimitsu. It presents a lively depiction of two very different railway fanatics who struggle with love and work, and was partly shot on an extended location shoot around K...
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NIJUSHINZO (2008)
- Director
- AKIHARA Masatoshi
- Cast
- HATANO Hiroko, NUKUMIZU Yoichi, ARISUE Mayuko
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☆Kirameki☆DropⅡ Magic Girl Otome Busters (2007)
- Director
- MATSUOKA Kunihiko
- Cast
- ASAKURA Mikan, YUMEMOTO Erena, OTOHIME Aika
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Closed Note (2007)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- SAWAJIRI Erika, ISEYA Yusuke, TAKEUCHI Yuko
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Swirling Butterflies (1970)
- Director
- OZAWA Keiichi
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Akira, AOE Mina, MIZUNO Kumi
Aboard a night ferry in the Inland Sea, Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a young tough, who supplies hostesses to night spots, encounters Yuko (Kumi Mizuno), his ex- sweetheart. He considers himself a private underworld sort of policeman-in the com-...
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Memories of Family (2011)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Masahiro
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Yasunori, FUKUEN Misato, TAKAGI Wataru
Made a splash not only for simultaneously rolling out the thirteen-episode TV series and feature film, but also as the industry's first anime for senior citizens. Warmly depicts the passion for making goods at a local factory and the bonds among fami...
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Kizuato (2011)
- Director
- TOGASHI Shin
- Cast
- Rino, MAKINO Ai, YOSHIDA Toshihiro
First production from the Eiga24ku workshop, which aims to nurture filmmakers and achieve local development. Director Togashi Shin, acclaimed in Japan as a virtuoso for films about children, creates this short film based on a script by screenwriting ...
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FLOWERS (2010)
- Director
- KOIZUMI Norihiro
- Cast
- AOI Yu, SUZUKI Kyoka, TAKEUCHI Yuko
A lyrical human drama that reunites six top actresses who co-starred in a shampoo commercial. The ways of life of six individuals from three different generations are shown over the grand course of the 20th century. World-class creative director of c...
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THE SUICIDE SONG (2007)
- Director
- HARADA Masato
- Cast
- MATSUDA Ryuhei, OSHIMA Yuko, AKIMOTO Sayaka
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"To Live" People Who Fought for the Okawa Elementary School Tsunami Trial (2022)
- Director
- TERADA Kazuhiro
- Cast
Documentary based on ten years of footage about the court case involving Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, where numerous people lost their lives in the Great East Japan Earthquake. Okawa Elementary School lost ten teach...
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ORIGIN 〜Spirits of the past〜 (2005)
- Director
- SUGIYAMA Keiichi
- Cast
- KATSUJI Ryo, MIYAZAKI Aoi, KOTEGAWA Yuko
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Tryst (2014)
- Director
- HANAWA Yukinari
- Cast
- MARU Junko, AKAGI Shinsuke
Second installation in the "Love Stories" series in which six directors explore the possibilities within different kinds of love. Lusciously depicts the struggles of a man and woman swayed by illicit love, set in Yokohama and integrating the flavor o...
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ANGEL EXPRESS Reboot (2008)
- Director
- AKAISHI Tomoyuki
- Cast
- SHIOYA Shun, YASU Megumi, OKADA Koki
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Iniｔiation Love (2015)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- MATSUDA Shota, MAEDA Atsuko, KIMURA Fumino
"SPEC" series director Tsutsumi Yukihiko delivers the film adaptation of Inui Kurumi's bestselling novel, which made waves with the surprise ending. Set in the late 1980s, the Tokyo and Shizuoka parts of the story depict a love triangle between two w...
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Sweating the Small Stuff (2017)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro, YASHIMA Yasumi, MATSUMOTO Daiki
Pia Film Festival alum Ninomiya Ryutaro writes, directs, and stars in his theatrical debut film. The semi-autobiographical film weaves truth and fiction together in depicting the impatience of a young man living a gloomy life. Ryutaro (Ninomiya), wh...
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Valley of Dream (2011)
- Director
- GOTO Koichi
- Cast
- UEHARA Takako, MIKAMI Kensei, NAKAZAWA Yuko
An adaptation of the winning script in the 1st Super Scenario Grand Prix. In this drama, a woman returns to her hometown after being laid off from work and busies herself trying to revitalise it. Shot partly on location at a well-established inn that...
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Tamagotchi: Happiest Story in the Universe! (2008)
- Director
- SHIMURA Joji
- Cast
- KUGIMIYA Rie, GIBU Yuko, YUZUKI Ryouka
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Typhoon Family (2011)
- Director
- OKU Shutaro
- Cast
- FURUTA Arata, NOZOE Seiji, MIYAMOTO Yuko
A socially-conscious film that presents a comical depiction of a family facing problems including drug and sexual abuse. Its writer and director is Oku Shutaro, who is known for his films such as Cain's Descendant, and is also active as a theatrical ...
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Good-bye Debussy (2012)
- Director
- RIJU Go
- Cast
- HASHIMOTO Ai, KIYOZUKA Shinya, Mickey CURTIS
A film adaptation of the novel of the same name by 8th Konomys Award winner Shichiri Nakayama. Sixteen-year-old Haruka (Hashimoto Ai) lives happily with her parents, grandfather and cousin. One day, a fire breaks out in the annex of their house. Her...
