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Innocent Curse (2017)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- TAKIZAWA Hideaki, ARIOKA Daiki, KADOWAKI Mugi
Suspense horror film with script and direction from Shimizu Takashi of the "Grudge" series. Popular idol Takizawa Hideaki nails his feature film lead debut as the eerie "child whisperer" who manipulates the spirits of children to curse adults. The ca...
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What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)
- Director
- YAMADA Yoji
- Cast
- HASHIZUME Isao, YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, TSUMABUKI Satoshi
Hashizume Isao, Yoshiyuki Kazuko, Nakajima Tomoko, and Tsumabuki Satoshi, the cast who portrayed a different family in Yamada Yoji's Tokyo Family, once again return for this follow-up to his comedy, What a Wonderful Family!. After narrowly avoiding t...
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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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Dynamyte Wolf (2017)
- Director
- TANIGUCHI Kohei
- Cast
- KAWASE Yohta, MATSUDA Yusuke, KOBAYASHI Haruto
Taniguchi Kohei, who comes from a documentary and horror background, directs his first entertainment film. A real wrestling match was shot with the full cooperation of the Osaka-based Dotombori Pro Wrestling organization. The film is a 13th Cineastes...
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Hizume (2017)
- Director
- KIMURA Asagi
- Cast
- KIMURA Tomoki, ISHIDUKA Yu, KIMURA Masaaki
A fantasy shot on director Kimura Asagi's birthplace of Okinawa and the Yaeyama Islands. The film is a 13th Cineastes Organization Osaka (CO2) grant-recipient production. Flower shop owner, Yu (Kimura Tomoki), chases the meaning of the words, "I am ...
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Visualized Hearts (2017)
- Director
- IGARASHI Akiko
- Cast
- YOSHIDA Ryuichi, SHIRAKAWA Nanami, SHIN Yoshio
Director Igarashi Akiko, who studied at film school while holding down her company job, remakes her own short film, Kokoro wo Kashikasuru Kikai. The film is a 13th Cineastes Organization Osaka (CO2) grant-recipient production. During an experiment o...
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Our Escape (2016)
- Director
- UCHIDA Nobuteru
- Cast
- SUMORI Ryubun, SAKURAI Ai, MATSUNAGA Daisuke
A completely independent film by Uchida Nobuteru whose theatrical debut film, Love Addiction, won the TOKYO FILMeX 2010 Grand Prize. It depicts an alternative love story about a man and woman attempting to survive in our current times. Noboru (Sumor...
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SUFFERING OF NINKO (2016)
- Director
- NIWATSUKINO Norihiro
- Cast
- TSUJIOKA Masato, WAKABAYASHI Miho, IWAHASHI Hidetaka
This historical period comedy alternates live action with animation to depict a trainee monk who is unexplainably irresistible to women and his travels plagued by troubles with the opposite sex. Direction and script by Niwatsukino Norihiro, who direc...
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UMIGAME ~A Turtle's Promise~ (2016)
- Director
- KURATANI Yoshio
- Cast
- SASAKI Yuta
Fantasy based on a true story about a boy who comes of age and the sea turtle legend passed down at Kajima Harbor in Ibaraki Prefecture. Selected for the 3rd Ibaraki Short Film Award in conjunction with the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. Kajima...
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HONNOUJI HOTEL (2017)
- Director
- SUZUKI Masayuki
- Cast
- AYASE Haruka, TSUTSUMI Shinichi, HAMADA Gaku
The "Honnoji Incident", the most puzzling affair in Japan's history, is the subject of this mystery. It portrays a woman who, under strange circumstances, travels back to the Warring States Period just prior to the incident and her encounter with mil...
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Two Journalists: One Century (2017)
- Director
- KAWAMURA Atsunori
- Cast
- SASAMOTO Tsuneko, MUNO Takeji
Documentary about the lives of Japan's first female photojournalist and a legendary newspaper reporter who still are on the job at age 101. Directed by Kawamura Atsunori, who has won numerous awards as a director of NHK programs including "The Tibeta...
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Bros. Max Man (2016)
- Director
- MASUDA Akihide
- Cast
- RYUSEI Ryo, UCHIDA Rio, CHIBA Yudai
The second volume in a series depicting the exploits of the younger brother of Max Man, the white-collar hero depicted in Mr. Max Man. Ryusei Ryo of "Jyuden Sentai Kyoryuger" and the first Max Man, Chiba Yudai, co-star with television director, Masud...
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SHOPPING STREET WAR~SUCHICO~ from Yoshimoto Shinkigeki (2016)
- Director
- TANIGUCHI Masanori
- Cast
- Sutchi, TAKEDA Kozo, TAKANO Yui
Yoshimoto Shinkigeki's leader, Sutchi, disguised as the troupe's popular character, Suchico, co-stars with former professional fighter turned actor, Takeda Kozo, in this warmhearted comedy. Many comedians belonging to the Yoshimoto Shinkigeki troupe ...
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2045 Carnival Folklore (2016)
- Director
- KATO Naoki
- Cast
- ISHII Junya, OKA Misaki, OKUSE Shigeru
The third feature-length film by director Kato Naoki is a sci-fi, noise rock motion picture set in Japan 100 years after the dropping of an atomic bomb. Nagashima Hiroyuki (Dowser), Hamamoto Ryo, Okamoto Hideyuki, and other musicians along with noise...
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Trace of Breath (2016)
- Director
- KOMORI Haruka
- Cast
- SATO Teiichi, SATO Kinue
Documentary about Sato Teiichi's daily life spent doing everything by hand at his seed shop in Rikuzentakata City, which was devastated by the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. Filmmaker Komori Haruka handles directing, camera and editing in h...
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Whisper of the Heart (1995)
- Director
- KONDO Yoshifumi
- Cast
- HONNA Yoko, TAKAHASHI Issey, TACHIBANA Takashi
An coming-of-age animated film based on the girls' manga by Hiiragi Aoi with production overseen by Miyazaki Hayao, featuring the directorial debut of Grave of the Fireflies and Kiki's Delivery Service's animation director Kondo Yoshifumi. The song "...
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The Gift of Memory (2016)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- HASHIMOTO Ai, KANG Sang-Jung, KORA Kengo
Assembling staff and cast hailing from Kumamoto Prefecture, director Yukisada Isao, himself a Kumamoto native, shot this drama prior to the April 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. Appearing are Hashimoto Ai of The Kirishima Thing, Kora Kengo of The Mourner, ...
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PANDA AND CHILD PANDA CIRCUS IN THE RAIN (1973)
- Director
- TAKAHATA Isao
- Cast
- SUGIYAMA Kazuko, KUMAKURA Kazuo, OTA Yoshiko
Sequel to THE ADVENTURE OF PANDA AND FRIENDS inspired by the Swedish children's book "Pippi Longstocking." A spunky girl goes on a big adventure in a flooded town together with a father panda and his son. Like the previous work, Miyazaki Hayao handle...
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THE ADVENTURE OF PANDA AND FRIENDS (1972)
- Director
- TAKAHATA Isao
- Cast
- SUGIYAMA Kazuko, KUMAKURA Kazuo, OTA Yoshiko
Short animation for children inspired by Astrid Lindgren's "Pippi Longstocking." Script by Miyazaki Hayao of Spirited Away with direction by Takahata Isao of Grave of the Fireflies. Numerous veteran voice actors include Sugiyama Kazuko and Kumakura K...
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Stray Nightingale (2017)
- Director
- INOUE Hidenori, IZUMI Takuji
- Cast
- FURUTA Arata, INAMORI Izumi, DAITOH Shunsuke
Fifteenth film in the GEKI X CINE series that creates digital movie adaptations of theatrical performances by Gekidan Shinkansen, led by Inoue Hidenori. In this action period drama, a Chivalrous thief abandons his corrupt ways and lends a hand to hel...
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EdeN (2017)
- Director
- OKUBO Tomihiko
- Cast
- HAYASHI Mayuko, MORI Norihisa, AIHASHI Aiko
An animated movie depicting the adventures of a turtle, a crane, a rabbit, and other unique characters from the team of Okubo Tomihiko and Kanazawa Tatsuya who are each active as game creators and TV drama screenwriters. Eden (Hayashi Mayuko) and fr...
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CHOCOLATE CAKE AND HORYUJI TEMPLE (2016)
- Director
- MUKAI Keita
- Cast
- Seiya, Yusuke, Tomomi
Autobiographical documentary by director Mukai Keita, who was raised in an orphanage after his mother died when he was a child. The director's interior life comes into view through his interviews of friends from the orphanage, his rebellion against h...
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THE WOLVES OF THE EAST (2016)
- Director
- Carlos M. Quintela
- Cast
- FUJI Tatsuya, ONISHI Shima, KOBORI Masahiro
Drama shot in Nara Prefecture's Higashi Yoshino village, said to be the last habitation of the now-extinct Japanese wolf, directed by Cuban-born Carlos M. Quintela. Produced by Kawase Naomi, known as the director of films including Suzaku. Japan, Swi...
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TOKERU (2016)
- Director
- IGASHI Aya
- Cast
- MICHITA Riu, UTO Yuma, KOYAMA Rina
Up-and-coming director, Igashi Aya, depicts the interplay between a high school girl in a rural town and her male cousin visiting from Tokyo. The film won the Runner-up Prize at the 28th Togaku-sai Film Festival, the Special Jury Prize at the 2016 PF...
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REMINISCENSE (2017)
- Director
- FURUHATA Yasuo
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, OGURI Shun, EMOTO Tasuku
This drama reunites director Fururhata Yasuo with cameraman Kimura Daisaku, the team behind the hit film Poppoya: Railroad Man, for the first time in nine years. The fates of three childhood friends are upended when a murder incident reunites them fo...
