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SUMMER BLOOMS (2017)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- ASAKURA Aki, MIURA Takahiro, KAWASAKI Yuriko
Tale about loss and rebirth from director Nakagawa Ryutaro, who became the youngest director to have his films selected by Tokyo International Film Festival for two consecutive years with August in Tokyo and Tokyo Sunrise. Latest film from "Tokyo New...
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DAI 2 SHASHINBU (2009)
- Director
- MATSUMURA Kiyohide
- Cast
- YAGAMI Ren, OKAWA Genki, AKIYAMA Rina
A youth comedy co-written by the comedy duo "Home Team". Regardless that one already exists, a group of male university students decide to create their own photo club in this energetic film. Star of the musical version of "The Prince of Tennis" Yagam...
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1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)
- Director
- HOSHI Mamoru
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, TAKEUCHI Yuko, TANIHARA Shosuke
A film inspired by the lives of science fiction writer Mayumura Taku, known for works such as {The Aimed School}, and his wife Etsuko, who died of colorectal cancer in 2002. It warmly depicts a husband who writes a short story every day for five year...
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The Millennial Rapture (2012)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Koji
- Cast
- TERAJIMA Shinobu, KORA Kengo, TAKAOKA Sosuke
An official selection of the 2012 Venice International Film Festival's Orizzonti section, this drama is a striking adaptation of Akutagawa Prize-winning author Nakagami Kenji's novella by uncompromising filmmaker Wakamatsu Koji. It stars Terajima Shi...
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The Love Leading to Tomorrow (2011)
- Director
- KATSUKI Hideyuki
- Cast
- ICHII Sayaka, Alex RU, OOMORI Ayane
A drama made to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China. Focusing on the relationship between an elderly Japanese woman who was orphaned and left behind in China as a child during World Wa...
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Haikyu!! The movie: The Talent and the Sense (2017)
- Director
- MITSUNAKA Susumu
- Cast
- MURASE Ayumu, ISHIKAWA Kaito, HINO Satoshi
A theatrical edit with additional new scenes based off of the "Haiky!! Second Season" televised anime series. Karasuno High School's volleyball team squares off against Aobajosai High School in the spring high school volleyball qualifying tournament...
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NOU SHOU SAKURETSU GIRL (2015)
- Director
- ABE Yuichi
- Cast
- KASHIWAGI Hinata, TAKETOMI Seika, KAMISHIRAISHI Moka
Live action adaptation of the bestselling novel based on the world depicting in a hit vocaloid song. Depicts the survival of high school students who get wrapped up in a death game, set at a fancy finishing school for girls. Ichii Hana (Kashiwagi Hi...
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Good Stripes (2015)
- Director
- SODE Yukiko
- Cast
- KIKUCHI Akiko, NAKAJIMA Ayumu, USUDA Asami
The first theatrically-released film from director Sode Yukiko, whose feature Mime-Mime was screened at several festivals including the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival. A couple who intend to break up decide to get married when a pregnancy...
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pattenrai!! ~Minaminosimanomizumonogatari~ (2008)
- Director
- ISHIGURO Noboru
- Cast
- INOUE Kazuhiko, MINAGAWA Junko, TAKIMOTO Fujiko
A feature animation film depicting the true story of the life of Hatta Yoichi, a Japanese engineer who lived in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation. The theme song is written and sung by Hitoto Yo, a popular singer who is part Taiwanese. "Batian la...
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Amy said (2016)
- Director
- MURAMOTO Taishi
- Cast
- MIURA Masaki, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, NAKAMURA Yuko
Coming-of-age ensemble film produced to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the talent agency Decade. Directed by Muramoto Taishi of MASK DE 41. Twenty years have passed since the sudden disappearance of Amy (Kakinoki Amina), who was the femme fatal...
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The Last Chance: Diary of Comedians (2013)
- Director
- UCHIMURA Teruyoshi
- Cast
- ITO Atsushi, KOIDE Keisuke, NAGASAWA Masami
Uchimura Teruyoshi of the comedy duo Ucchan Nanchan returns to the director's chair after a 7-year hiatus with this youthful drama. Passionately and graphically depicts the conflicts of struggling comedians. Based on the popular novel "Diary of Comed...
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Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2016)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- NIKAIDO Fumi, YAMAZAKI Kento, SUZUKI Nobuyuki
Nikaido Fumi, winner of numerous domestic and international film awards, and Yamazaki Kento, now an indispensable presence in current hit films, star in this movie directed by Hiroki Ryuichi of Strobe Edge. Shinohara Erika is a first-year high schoo...
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kibounoshigunaru jisatubousisaizennsennkaranoteigen (2012)
- Director
- TODORI Shinya
- Cast
- HAKAMADA Shunei, SATO Hisao, TANAKA Sachiko
Japan, suicide powerhouse where each year some 30,000 people take their own lives. This film presents people who are involved in providing support to do something about the situation. Twin-brother producers Todori Takuya and Todori Shinya make their ...
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born, bone, boon. (2016)
- Director
- Gori
- Cast
- Gori, SATO Hitomi, GUSHIKEN Azusa
Short comedy inspired by the "senkotsu" ceremony that involves washing the bones of the deceased. Family members who have lost touch with each other reconnect after coming face-to-face with their true selves. Directed by Gori, the TV personality and ...
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Dark System (2013)
- Director
- YUKI Shuji
- Cast
- TAKUNO Seiki, FURUYA Katsumi, KAMATA Yuko
In this sci-fi suspense action film, a guy whose love interest is taken by a friend struggles desperately to alter reality, and creates the diabolical machine "dark system." Combines two indie works by director Yuki Shuji. Unattractive and run-of-th...
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Mutant Girls Squad (2010)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru, SAKAGUCHI Taku, NISHIMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- SUGIMOTO Yumi, TAKAYAMA Yuko, MORITA Suzuka
Iguchi Noboru of The Machine Girl (Kataude Machine Girl), special effects artist Nishimura Yoshihiro and action star Sakaguchi Taku teamed up to direct this sci-fi action violence film. It attracted interest even before the screening and opened in 7 ...
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Unknown Town (2013)
- Director
- Ohuchi Shingo
- Cast
- YANAGISAWA Shigeki, HOSOE Yuko, MATSUURA Yuya
A death-themed drama. Its director is Ohuchi Shingo, whose Tama Art University graduation film Clear People was an official selection of the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2006. Screened in the Japanese Cinema Splash section of the 2014 Tok...
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The World We Live In (2017)
- Director
- AKABANE Hiroshi
- Cast
- UMESAKI Kaito, MIZUKI Yuko, OKAWA Hiroshi
Supernatural mystery with a twist, produced by New Star Production. Kenta (Umesaki Kaito), Asahi (Okawa Hiroshi) and Akari (Mizuki Yuko) show up for their new part time jobs where they live and work at an inn in Nagano called Tachibana. One night, ...
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Geinin THE MOVIE (2013)
- Director
- UCHIDA Hidemi
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Sayaka, WATANABE Miyuki, YOKOYAMA Yui
A feature film starring the members of NMB48, a female idol group based in Namba, Osaka, that borrows the premise of their eponymous television series but adds an original story. It is a coming-of-age drama about "manzai" stand-up comediennes attendi...
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Tora-San, Our Lovable Tramp (1969)
- Director
- YAMADA Yoji
- Cast
- ATSUMI Kiyoshi, BAISHO Chieko, MORIKAWA Shin
Torajiro (Kiyoshi Atsumi) from a poor family has a wild and untamed nature that only those born in like circumstances can understand. It is therefore easy to understand how he turned to the life of a racketeer. One day, he learns his parents have di...
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Cult (2012)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- ABIRU Yu, IWASA Mayuko, IRIKI Mari
Film from the Next Horror Project produced by Ichise Taka, J-horror trendsetter. Direction and screenplay by Shiroishi Koji, who excels at mockumentary horror films. Chillingly bizarre phenomena keep happening on location for a psychic television sho...
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The Mohican Comes Home (2016)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- MATSUDA Ryuhei, EMOTO Akira, MAEDA Atsuko
A bittersweet family drama set on an island in the Seto Inland Sea. A mohawk-sporting young man's homecoming after seven years is rocked by the pronouncement of his father's remaining time to live. The film is written and directed by Okita Shuichi wh...
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DOCUMENTARY OF AKB48 NO FLOWER WITHOUT RAIN (2013)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Eiki
- Cast
- AKB48
Third documentary about the activities of the national idol group AKB48. Directed once again by Takahashi Eiki, the film closely follows the group in 2012 and gets up-close and personal with the members. In March 2013, ace Maeda Atsuko announces tha...
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FLEA-PICKING SAMURAI (2018)
- Director
- TSURUHASHI Yasuo
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, TERAJIMA Shinobu, TOYOKAWA Etsushi
Samurai comedy based on Komatsu Shigeo's short story collection. An elite samurai runs into trouble when he is ordered to provide questionable services to women after getting on the bad side with his lord. Director Tsuruhashi Yasuo also penned the sc...
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areno - the wilderness (2015)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- YAMADA Maho, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, KAWAGUCHI Satoru
A melodrama based on Émile Zola's novel "Therese Raquin" that switches its setting to modern-day Japan. The directorial debut of Koshikawa Michio, producer of Our Homelandwhich won the International Confederation of Art House Cinemas (C.I.C.A.E.) Pri...