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SPEC~CLOSE~REINCARNATION (SPEC～結～爻ノ篇) (2013)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- TODA Erika, KASE Ryo, RYU Raita
The second half of the two-part conclusion to the popular franchise from TRICK The Movie director Tsutsumi Yukihiko that has encompassed a television series, specials, and feature films. A lavish array of special guests including Mukai Osamu, Oshima ...
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BAKAMONO-THE IDIOTS (2010)
- Director
- KANEKO Shusuke
- Cast
- NARIMIYA Hiroki, UCHIDA Yuki, SHIRAISHI Miho
A film adaptation of Akutagawa Prize winner Itoyama Akiko's novel of the same title, directed by Kaneko Shusuke, director of Death Note. The executive producer is Okuyama Kazuyoshi, of Imamura Shohei's The Eel (Unagi), winner of the Palme d'Or at the...
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SAKURA (2024)
- Director
- HARA Hiroto
- Cast
- SUGISAKI Hana, HAGIWARA Riku, TOYOHARA Kosuke
Film based on the suspense mystery novel by "Blood of Wolves" author Yuzuki Yuko. Directed by Hara Hiroto, known for Abudeka Is Back. A female college student is the victim of stalking and then murdered by the eldest son of a shrine in Hirai City, A...
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HOP STEP JUMP! (2009)
- Director
- NAKANO Takao
- Cast
- SUZUKI Chieri, SHIMIZU Yuko, SAKURAI Mari
A unique school comedy film based on the popular comic series by Okada Kazuto serialized in "Young Champion." The work depicts the chaos brought on by a dowdy man who has suddenly transformed into a human frog. The cast includes Suzuki Chieri, Miss M...
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When the Curtain Rises (2015)
- Director
- MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki
- Cast
- MOMOTA Kanako, TAMAI Shiori, TAKAGI Reni
An adaptation of Hirata Oriza's play by "Bayside Shakedown" series director Motohiro Katsuyuki. The members of idol group Momoiro Clover Z star as high school students who grow through their involvement in a lowly drama club. Among their co-stars is ...
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Restaurant UFO (2008)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Satoshi
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Yuko, SHIGA Koutaro, KATAGIRI Hairi
A film completed by a young and promising director during a hands-on training of film making in "ndjc: Young Film Creators Development Project." The director of this film, Yamaguchi Satoshi, won the Best Short Award/Governor of Tokyo Award Japan Comp...
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Kagami no chosho (2010)
- Director
- YOUNG Paul
- Cast
- NATSUKI Mari, KUROSAWA Asuka, TSUNASHIMA Gotaro
This is a film made by students of Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, where Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Kitano Takeshi serve as professors. Based on non-fiction writer Sawaki Kotaro's book of the same title, this is an omni...
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our blue moment (2017)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- FUKAGAWA Mai, YAMASHITA Kenjiro
Using "marriage" as a theme, this romantic ensemble crisscrosses comical human relationships. Imaizumi Rikiya of Sad Tea writes and directs. Bakery employee Ichii Fumi (Fukagawa Mai) holds a peculiar outlook on marriage: "I doubt anyone would love m...
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A DROP OF THE GRAPEVINE (2014)
- Director
- MISHIMA Yukiko
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, ANDO Yuko, SOMETANI Shota
Drama that reunites Bread of Happiness director Mishima Yukiko and actor Oizumi Yo. Depicts the relationships between brothers who run a small winery and the people around them, set against the lush natural environment of Sorachi, Hokkaido. Ao (Oizu...
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The Wandering Bonbon (2022)
- Director
- SATO Toshiki
- Cast
- KAGEYAMA Yuko, HARADA Kenta
Based on a short story from Nobue Hiroshi's collection "7 Colors" and helmed by Sato Toshiki, known for numerous masterpieces created with scriptwriter Kobayashi Masahiro. Drama about the compelling and comical lives of people looking for love. 34-y...
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LINGERING SPIRITS (2014)
- Director
- HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
- Cast
- OKADA Masaki, HIROSUE Ryoko, KINAMI Haruka
Live action adaptation of screenwriter Okamoto Takaya's debut novel "Good Way to Break Up with Your Girlfriend." A guy who helps ghosts attain peace matures as a human being in the process. Author Okamoto wrote the screenplay, with direction by TV dr...
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Mobile Suit Gundam UC episode 5: The Black Unicorn (2012)
- Director
- FURUHASHI Kazuhiro
- Cast
- UCHIYAMA Koki, FUJIMURA Ayumi, NAMIKAWA Daisuke
Fifth episode in the animation adaptation of the novel "Mobile Suit Gundam UC(Unicorn)", written by Aegis creator Fukui Harutoshi. Mind games and fighting on a universal scale unfold as numerous characters become entangled around a single-minded prot...
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A Cat And Two Women (1956)
- Director
- TOYODA Shiro
- Cast
- MORISHIGE Hisaya, KAGAWA Kyoko, YAMADA Isuzu
The essence of Tanizaki Junichiro's literature is expressed in this poetic masterpiece. It depicts a man with an unusual love for his cat, as well as the desires and jealousies of women. Shozo is an undependable man who runs a small hardware store i...
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Love circumstances for adults (2016)
- Director
- MORIKAWA Kei
- Cast
- MARU Junko, MAMIYA Yuki, ARIMA Yoshihiko
Sensual love story about a single woman struggling with romance. Director Morikawa Kei won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival for Make Room. Yamagishi Shiori (Maru Junko) is a single 38-year-old woman working in ...
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Scope (2010)
- Director
- URABE Atsushi
- Cast
- KANEKURA Kousuke, IMAMURA Inori, MORISAKI Genta
Told from the perspective of criminal offenders who want to rehabilitate themselves, it questions the nature of the Sexual Offenses Act. The director is Urabe Atsushi, an exciting new director who has received many awards for independent films at fil...
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FILM OF THE DEAD (2007)
- Director
- SHINADA Ryusuke
- Cast
- SHINADA Ryusuke, URATA Syuko, SHIBUYA Yu
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Muneoism ai to kyoso no 13nichikan (2013)
- Director
- KANEKO Yu
- Cast
- SUZUKI Muneo, MATSUYAMA Chiharu, SATO Masaru
A documentary that closely follows Diet member Suzuki Muneo and has been described as the second in a series on Japanese politics by director Kaneko Yu, who profiled a neo-rightist organization in Belgrade 1999. It presents a detailed behind-the-scen...
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2.11 (2012)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- ANRAKU Masashi, ICHIHASHI Yuko, ITO Nozomi
One of five films to emerge from the first year of the Cinema Impact hands-on filmmaking course produced by director Yamamoto Masashi and featuring the participation of 13 up-and-coming directors. All of the films had to shoot in two different locati...
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MOONLESS DAWN (2018)
- Director
- ABE Harika
- Cast
- NAKAO Yuka, AOKI Yuzu, ECHIGO Haruka
Teen ensemble film that won the Runner-up Grand Prize at MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival for collaborations between cutting-edge directors and artists. Rookie director Abe Harika drew inspiration from LOWPOPLTD., who releases music online. Ko (Ao...
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ADA re:vengeance PART2 (2013)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- SENGOKU Minami, SATO Ayano, SAGARA Itsuki
The second half of a horror-suspense duology written and directed by Shiraishi Koji, one of Japan's leading horror filmmakers whose works include The Slit-Mouthed Woman. Pop idols from Tower Records label T-Palette Records bravely engage in brutal mu...
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Love and Treachery (2010)
- Director
- YAZAKI Hitoshi
- Cast
- KAMON Yoko, NAKAMURA Yuko, KAWAI Ryunosuke
A love story about a man and woman who allow themselves to become caught up in a romance that grows from an ill-fitting combination of infidelity and pure love. Director Yazaki Hitoshi is an exceptional filmmaker who is far from prolific, but his wor...
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Bikini ramen (2013)
- Director
- KOIZUMI Tsuyoshi
- Cast
- AYANA Rei, Asami, SAKATA Ryuhei
36th film in the "Youth H" series about adolescence and love, created by cutting-edge filmmakers on a shoestring budget. Depicts a female chef fighting for a bowl of ramen, set in the near future. Direction and screenplay by Koizumi Tsuyoshi of In Lo...
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KANNA'S BIG SUCCESS! (2008)
- Director
- INOUE Koichi
- Cast
- YAMADA Yu, YAMASAKI Shizuyo, NAKABEPPU Aoi
In this slapstick comedy, the very popular model Yamada Yu poses as a "plastic surgery beauty." Highly acclaimed for her performance in Hula Girls Hula girl, the comedienne Yamasaki Shizuyo plays the role of the "ugly buddy" along side Yamada. The fi...
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L-DK -LIVING TOGETHER- (2014)
- Director
- KAWAMURA Taisuke
- Cast
- GORIKI Ayame, YAMAZAKI Kento, NAKAO Akiyoshi
Live action romance based on Watanabe Ayu's school comic. Lushly depicts the relationship between a boy and girl in high school who suddenly find themselves living together. Directed by Kawamura Taisuke, whose live action adaptations of comics includ...
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FLARE (2014)
- Director
- OTSUKA Yukichi
- Cast
- FUKUDA Mayuko, Valentin BONHOMME, HIROSE Alice
A romantic drama about the meeting and parting of a runaway girl from a complicated family background and a debauched French photographer. This Japan-France co-production stars Fukuda Mayuko, whose talent has been recognized since her days as a child...
