Movies
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USHIJIMA the Loan Shark (2011)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Masatoshi
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki, OSHIMA Yuko, HAYASHI Kento
Film adaptation on the heels of the TV drama version for this comic that has sold over 6 million copies in total. Graphically depicts the illicit activities of the protagonist, played by Yamada Takayuki, who lives in the lawless world of black-market...
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I MY ME MINE (2006)
- Director
- WATANABE Kenichi
- Cast
- YUKI Saya, NAKAMURA Yuko, MIURA Masaki
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The Snow White Murder Case (2014)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- INOUE Mao, AYANO Go, Nanao
A live-action adaptation of bestselling author Minato Kanae's suspense novel, depicting individuals threatened by irresponsible rumors and reporting regarding a brutal murder. Employing the assistance of modern communication tools such as Twitter, it...
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LIVE FOREVER (2002)
- Director
- IMADA Satoshi
- Cast
- KODAMA Yuji, SUZUKI Tokiji, ASAI Ai
A year after leprosy sufferers won a decisive victory in their lawsuit claiming years of unconstitutional treatment by the government, over 250 people still live in a sanatorium in Gunma's Kusatsu Town. One of the leaders of the movement to seek lega...
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THE SCISSORS MASSACRE (2008)
- Director
- TERAUCHI Kotaro
- Cast
- ASUKA Rin, KAWAMURA Yukie, IWASA Mayuko
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LAST OF THE WOLVES (2021)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, SUZUKI Ryohei, MURAKAMI Nijiro
Second film based on Yuzuki Yuko's novel about an epic battle royal between yakuza and police. Director Shiraishi Kazuya returns with a completely original story that picks up three years after the last film. Detective Hioka (Matsuzaka Tori) keeps u...
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OVER THE TOWN (2020)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- WAKABA Ryuya, HOSHI Moeka, FURUKAWA Kotone
Ensemble piece with an original screenplay about the encounter between a young man and four women. Penned and directed by Imaizumi Rikiya, whose Just Only Love was selected for competition at the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival. Screenplay co-...
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JK NINJA GIRLS (2017)
- Director
- SATO Genta
- Cast
- Kobushi Factory, NUKUMIZU Yoichi, ASNO Yuko
A comedy starring idol group "Kobushi Factory" depicting the escapades of the "Ninja Girls", a group of seemingly ordinary female high schoolers who are actually the descendants of ninjas. Ninjas labor behind the scenes in a secret struggle for powe...
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THE CONFIDENCE MAN JP -The Movie- (2019)
- Director
- TANAKA Akira
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami, HIGASHIDE Masahiro, KOTE Shinya
Kosawa Ryota pens the original story for this feature film adaptation of the hit TV drama replete with dizzying plot twists. Con artists Dako (Nagasawa Masami), Boku-chan (Higashide Masahiro), Richard (Kohinata Fumiyo) and Igarashi (Kote Shinya) are...
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GOLDEN SLUMBER (2010)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- SAKAI Masato, TAKEUCHI Yuko, YOSHIOKA Hidetaka
Following on from The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker (Ahiru to Kamo no Coin Locker) and Fish Story by popular mystery writer Isaka Kotaro, director Nakamura Yoshihiro has risen to the challenge of adapting a third work by the ...
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SUNNY: Our Hearts Beat Together (2018)
- Director
- ONE Hitoshi
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Ryoko, HIROSE Suzu, ITAYA Yuka
One Hitoshi of Love Strikes! and BAKUMAN remakes the 2011 Korean film Sunny with the setting in Japan. Depicts the friendships of high school girls in the late 90s who were known as "kogals," interspersed with J-POP tunes from the era. Nami (Shinohar...
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Please don't go anywhere (2017)
- Director
- SHUTO Rin
- Cast
- IKEDA Natsumi, SUGAMOTO Yuko, KASAI Yusuke
Up-and-coming director Shuto Rin's film which won the runner-up prize at MOOSIC LAB 2017, a stepping stone for young film directors. The story depicts a very normal high school girl aimlessly running off with the girl spawned by her jealousy. Akino...
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AIKATSU STARS! THE MOVIE (2016)
- Director
- WATADA Shinya
- Cast
- TOMITA Miyu, ASAI Ayaka, TSUDA Minami
The popular "Aikatsu Stars" make their transition to the big screen in an all-new feature film! The students of the Yotsuboshi Academy head to an island in the south to be part of an event. Plus, there is a rumor that there is a legendary dress hidd...
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SHODO GIRLS!! (2010)
- Director
- INOMATA Ryuichi
- Cast
- NARUMI Rico, YAMASHITA Rio, SAKURABA Nanami
A girls' coming-of-age film, based on a true story about high school girls in Ehime who stage a 'shodo' (calligraphy) performance tournament to revitalize their town. The film gives an uplifting portrayal of these high school girls as they pour their...
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Dear Neighbor (2007)
- Director
- HONJO Shino
- Cast
- KANBARA Aoko, Hotaru, HIROSE Mika
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Love & Peace (2015)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Hiroki, ASO Kumiko, NISHIDA Toshiyuki
A special effects-laden drama about a down-on-his-luck man whose life changes in unimaginable ways. Its director is Sono Sion, whose controversial filmography includes Love Exposure and COLD FISH. Selected for competition at the 2015 Beijing Internat...
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SHIPPU RONDO (2016)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Teruyuki
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, OKURA Tadayoshi, OSHIMA Yuko
Suspense film adaptation of a novel by bestselling author Higashino Keigo. A researcher fights to recapture a stolen biological weapon. Helmed by television director Yoshida Teruyuki. The illegal biological weapon known as K-55 is stolen from a univ...
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Postcard (2011)
- Director
- SHINDO Kaneto
- Cast
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi, OTAKE Shinobu, MUSAKA Naomasa
One of Japan's foremost filmmakers, Shindo Kaneto is also the oldest director in Japan and has won numerous awards at film festivals at home and abroad. This work, which Shindo himself described as "the final directorial effort of my life in film," i...
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Thousand and One Nights (2022)
- Director
- KUBOTA Nao
- Cast
- TANAKA Yuko, ONO Machiko, ANDO Masanobu
Inspired by a missing persons list, documentary director Kubota Nao spent eight years completing this human drama. Tanaka Yuko plays the lead role, in her fourth collaboration with the director, in addition to his dramatic film debut Homeland. A bea...
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THE WOMAN OF S.R.I. (2021)
- Director
- KANESAKI Ryosuke
- Cast
- SAWAGUCHI Yasuko, SASAKI Kuranosuke, NAITO Takashi
First feature film for the popular "Kasoken no Onna" TV drama series, which has aired for over two decades starting in 1999. Screenplay by Sakurai Takeharu, one of the main writers for the TV series and also a writer for the "Detective Conan" feature...
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Mr.MAXMAN (2015)
- Director
- MASUDA Akihide
- Cast
- CHIBA Yudai, YAMAMOTO Mizuki, SUZUKI Anju
Special effects comedy about the weakest super hero ever starring Chiba Yudai, who made his acting debut in Goseiger Epic on the Movie. Screened in the TV DIRECTOR'S MOVIE section at the 7th Okinawa International Movie Festival. Rookie TV announcer ...
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Rescue Wings (2008)
- Director
- TEZUKA Masaaki
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Yuko, WATANABE Dai, ISAKA Shunya
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GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)
- Director
- SHIZUNO Kobun, SESHITA Hiroyuki
- Cast
- MIYANO Mamoru, SAKURAI Takahiro, HANAZAWA Kana
The final chapter in the feature-length animated trilogy of the globally popular "Godzilla" franchise. It depicts the showdown between the ultimate lifeform and supreme ruler on earth, Godzilla Earth, and the higher order monster Ghidorah. Haruo (vo...
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DEAREST (2012)
- Director
- FURUHATA Yasuo
- Cast
- TAKAKURA Ken, TANAKA Yuko, SATO Koichi
An official selection of the 36th Montreal World Film Festival. This road movie, which reunites Poppoya director Furuhata Yasuo and star Takakura Ken, gently depicts meetings and farewells between various people through the prism of a couple's deep l...
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Son！Over My Dead Body (2013)
- Director
- SUGIYAMA Yoshikazu
- Cast
- OZEKI Shinji, MIZUNO Tadashi, UEDA Yuki
Work from the short film omnibus project Father, which heartwarmingly depicts parent-child relationships, and was produced through crowdfunding from individuals and corporations. Sugiyama Yoshikazu, director of the concert documentary HIRAKATA depict...
