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KAZENO-TAYORI (2016)
- Director
- MUKAI Munetoshi
- Cast
- ARAKI Yuko, OHSUGI Ren, KATO Masaya
Tells the story of a woman struggling to rebuild a cafe that was struck by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, set in an actual cafe in Sendai. CM and women's magazine model Araki Yuko takes the lead in a film for the first time. Osugi Ren from HANA-B...
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Qualia (2023)
- Director
- USHIMARU Ryo
- Cast
- SASAKI Kokone, ISHIKAWA Ruka, KIGUCHI Kenta
Black comedy based on the same-named theatrical production staged by Theater Utsulolo in 2021. Ushimaru Ryo makes his directorial debut after becoming enthralled with the play as an actor. Yuko (Sasaki Kokone) lives frugally after marrying into the ...
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Rinco's Restaurant (2010)
- Director
- TOMINAGA Mai
- Cast
- SHIBASAKI Ko, YO Kimiko, Brother Tom
A heartwarming human drama based on lyricist Ogawa Ito's debut novel. Using CG animation and musical scenes, this fantastical film shows us the small miracles a little heartfelt cooking can bring. In shock from a bad breakup, Rinco (Shibasaki Kou) ha...
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Lover of the wife who parted (2016)
- Director
- KANEDA Satoshi
- Cast
- MARU Junko, SHIOZAWA Hidemasa, HARUTA Junichi
Romance about a woman who wavers between a younger man and her former husband, who wants to rekindle their relationship. Directed by Kaneda Satoshi of Gekijoban Bittare!!!. Miyaguchi Naomi (Maru Junko), a 39-year-old divorcee running a shop that sel...
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The Inerasable (2016)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Yuko, HASHIMOTO Ai, SASAKI Kuranosuke
An adaptation of Ono Fuyumi's documentary-style horror novel "Zang-e" by The Snow White Murder Case director Nakamura Yoshihiro. Palpably tense visuals enhance this story of two women, an author and one of her readers, who seek the truth about an apa...
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The Ear Cleaner (2012)
- Director
- HORIUCHI Hiroshi
- Cast
- SAKURAGI Rina, NAKATA Akira, HIROSAWA So
A drama that presents a lively depiction of a woman plagued with unexplainable hearing problems who begins to look at herself in a new light when she starts working at an ear-cleaning parlor. Using ears as a motif, director Horiuchi Hiroshi delicatel...
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THE THREE SISTERS OF TENMASOU INN (2022)
- Director
- KITAMURA Ryuhei
- Cast
- Non, KADOWAKI Mugi, OSHIMA Yuko
Maki Taro, the hitmaker behind In This Corner of the World, produces this live-action film adaptation of manga artist Takahashi Tsutomu's fantasy. The town of Mitsuse is situated between earth and the afterlife. The venerable Tenmasou Inn has a bea...
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When a Man Risks His Life (1959)
- Director
- MATSUO Akinori
- Cast
- ISHIHARA Yujiro, ASHIKAWA Izumi, KAWACHI Tamio
Komuro, a ship's doctor, says goodbye to the sea as he has now enough money to start a small hospital of his own. On his way to Tokyo, in Izu a local doctor's body is found riddled with shots and, as Komuro is carrying his shotgun, the dead man's dau...
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Gekijoban Pripara and kiratto purichan kirakira memorial live (2018)
- Director
- YODA Nobutaka
- Cast
- HAYASHI Koko, KUBOTA Miyu, ATSUGI Nanami
Feature film animation with lots of concert footage based on the popular girl's anime 'Pretty Series' inspired by an arcade game. Yoda Nobutaka serves as director and provides overall directorial supervision. Mirai (voice: Hayashi Koko), Emo (voice:...
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Backwater (2013)
- Director
- AOYAMA Shinji
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, MITSUISHI Ken, TANAKA Yuko
TOKYO KOEN director Aoyama Shinji helms this adaptation of Tanaka Shinya's 146th Akutagawa Prize-winning novel. Its screenplay is by Arai Haruhiko, an industry veteran who has received numerous accolades for his works such as VIBRATOR. Winner of two ...
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Japan Sinks 2020 Theatrical Edition - Shizumanu kibou - (2020)
- Director
- YUASA Masaaki
- Cast
- UEDA Reina, MURANAKA Tomo, SASAKI Yuko
Science-fiction novelist Komatsu Sakyo's tour de force was adapted to an anime series for the first time by Yuasa Masaaki who received international praise for Mind Game and Night is Short, Walk On Girl. This theatrical re-edit portrays the course of...
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Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima (2011)
- Director
- ISHIDA Yuko
- Cast
- NAKAZAWA Keiji
A documentary in which manga creator and atomic bombing survivor Nakazawa Kenji tells the story of his own life. "Barefoot Gen", his manga based on his experiences during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, is a widely-known bestseller that has been rea...
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The Good Father (2022)
- Director
- KATAOKA Sho
- Cast
- MINAMI Sara, ONISHI Ryusei, SAKURAI Yuki
Mystery suspense based on the Tsutaya Creators' Program Film Grand Prix runner-up in 2017. Helmed and scripted by Kataoka Sho, the up-and-coming talent behind Noise. Kubo Hana's (Minami Sara) family was in a car accident that left her traumatized. S...
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Girl Sparks (2007)
- Director
- ISHII Yuya
- Cast
- IKAWA Ayuko, INOMATA Toshiaki, NAKAMURA Mukau
The first work with a female lead actress by Director Ishii Yuya, who instantaneously drew attention with his first feature film Bare-assed Japan (Mukidashi Nippon) as it was screened as a special feature work at both the International Film Festival ...
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THE BLOOD OF WOLVES (2018)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, MATSUZAKA Tori, MAKI Yoko
Shiraishi Kazuya of THE DEVIL'S PATH and Twisted Justice directs the feature film adaptation of Yuzuki Yuko's novel of the same title. Cops go up against yakuza gangs and the gangs engage in violent in-fighting, set in Hiroshima in the days before th...
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FROM ALL CORNERS (2018)
- Director
- OKAJIMA Ryusuke
- Cast
- SHIMAZU Fuyuki
Los Angeles based video director Okajima Ryusuke directs his first feature-length documentary about "cardboard artist" Shimazu Fuyuki who creates wallets from cardboard boxes discarded on the street or in front of stores. Calling himself "the cardbo...
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Haikyu!! The movie: The Battle of Concepts (2017)
- Director
- MITSUNAKA Susumu
- Cast
- MURASE Ayumu, ISHIKAWA Kaito, HINO Satoshi
A theatrical edit with additional new scenes based off of the "Haiky!! Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy" televised anime series. It is the Miyagi Prefecture spring high school volleyball qualifying tournament final. After defeating Aoba...
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AIRPORT2013 (2013)
- Director
- MITANI Koki
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Yuko, KAGAWA Teruyuki, TODA Erika
Ensemble drama with screenplay and direction by sitcom maestro Mitani Koki. Relentlessly funny drama that powerfully captures the ruckus at a provincial airport in a single one-cut scene. Chigusa (Takeuchi Yuko), a member of the ground staff at Naga...
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single mom -a sweet family- (2018)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Kazumi
- Cast
- UCHIYAMA Rina, KIMURA Yuichi, HASEGAWA Hanon
A family drama set in the town of Niseko, a famous resort area of Hokkaido, warmly weaving a tale with true story elements about an exhausted single mother finding hope. At the helm is former politician Matsumoto Kazumi who is making his directorial...
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Sound of Waves (2016)
- Director
- SHINDO Kaze
- Cast
- ITO Aoi, ANDO Sakura, KINJO Minoru
A drama set in the Kerama archipelago of Okinawa which depicts a female violinist who has arrived from Tokyo and a local girl relating to one another through music. In the director's chair is Shindo Kaze of LOVE/JUICE. Because of her excellent heari...
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END-end? (2014)
- Director
- SASAKI Tomonori
- Cast
- SASANO Suzune, KAGEYAMA Yuko, ONO Marie
A film from the third Enbu Seminar Cinema Project. It depicts the despair and hope felt by three pairs of people of different ages, genders, and backgrounds who experience a sudden tragedy. Its writer and director is Sasaki Tomonori, whose previous w...
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People Who Talk to Plushies Are Kind (2023)
- Director
- KANEKO Yurina
- Cast
- HOSODA Kanata, KOMAI Ren, SHINTANI Yuzumi
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Omae Ao, who has attracted attention for his delicate sensibilities. This is the feature-length commercial debut for director Kaneko Yurina, whose independent film The Wandering Plants was selected for the P...
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Our Meal for Tomorrow (2017)
- Director
- ICHII Masahide
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Yuto, ARAKI Yuko, MIYAMA Karen
A love story of the seven-year destined romance of a young man and woman framed within the motif of "meals". Based on Seo Maiko's identically titled novel, it is written and directed by Ichii Masahide, the former comedian who received high praise for...
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Lover of mother (2016)
- Director
- UENO Takahiro
- Cast
- MIZUSHIMA Yuko, SASAKI Kokone, SUGAWARA Masanori
Sensual love story about the romance between a single mother and a younger man. Directed by Ueno Takahiro of Pink Lady Woman Cannot Stand It. Koike Ryoko (Mizushima Yuko) lives with her daughter Mina (Sasaki Kokone), who she has raised by herself wh...
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Round Trip Heart (2015)
- Director
- TANADA Yuki
- Cast
- OSHIMA Yuko, OKURA Koji, NOZAKI Yoshimi
Road movie about the Romance Car limited express train operated by Odakyu Railways between Shinjuku and Hakone. Director Tanada Yuki's Mourning Recipe was an official selection at the 37th Montreal World Film Festival. Oshima Yuko plays the lead. Ha...
