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RE:BORN リボーン (2016)
- Director
- SHIMOMURA Yuji
- Cast
- TAK∴, SAITOH Takumi, SHINODA Mariko
Action film about fate catching up with a man who once belonged to the top special forces squad. Helmed by Shimomura Yuji, who is also an action director and stunt coordinator. Kuroda Toshio (TAK) lives quietly raising young Sachi (Kondo Yura) and w...
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Aroused by Gymnopedies (2016)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- ITAO Itsuji, ASHINA Sumire, OKAMURA Izumi
Yukisada Isao, known for GO and Crying Out Love, In The Center Of The World, directs this film commemorating the 45th anniversary of Nikkatsu Roman Porno. With heartbreaking drama and striking imagery as his strengths, Yukisada richly portrays a film...
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White Lily (2016)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- ASUKA Rin, YAMAGUCHI Kaori, MACHII Shoma
In this film commemorating the forty-fifth anniversary of Nikkatsu Roman Porno, Nakata Hideo, the Ring director highly known as a leading figure in Japanese horror, tries his hand at a drama interweaving the innocent love of lesbian women. Haruka (A...
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ANTIPORNO (2016)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- TOMITE Ami, TSUTSUI Mariko, FUJIKO
Sono Sion, who shows his forte for radical portrayals in films such as Love Exposure and Cold Fish among others, takes on his first roman porno in this Nikkatsu Roman Porno 45th anniversary commemorative film. Somewhere between fiction and reality, a...
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Dawn of the Felines (2016)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- IHATA Juri, MAUE Satsuki, Michie
Garnering attention with THE DEVIL'S PATH, Shiraishi Kazuya directs an ensemble cast in a story poignantly, yet at times amusingly, portraying women who exist in Tokyo's nightlife. One of the films commemorating the forty-fifth anniversary of Nikkats...
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Wet Woman in the Wind (2016)
- Director
- SHIOTA Akihiko
- Cast
- MAMIYA Yuki, NAGAOKA Tasuku, TEI Ryushin
A romantic drama wittily depicting a man and a woman who go through life obeying their instincts. DORORO director Shiota Akihiko helms this film commemorating the forty-fifth anniversary of Nikkatsu Roman Porno. It won a Junior Jury Award at the 69th...
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In This Corner of the World (2016)
- Director
- KATABUCHI Sunao
- Cast
- Non, HOSOYA Yoshimasa, OMI Minori
Mai Mai Miracle director, Katabuchi Sunao, adapts Kouno Fumiyo's comic to an animated feature film. It depicts a young girl who married into a family in Hiroshima during the war resolutely living amid the escalating intensity of wartime destruction. ...
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The City of Betrayal (2016)
- Director
- MIURA Daisuke
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, TERAJIMA Shinobu, HIRATA Mitsuru
Playwright and theater director Miura Daisuke, who has also earned acclaim as a film director for Ai no uzu and Someone, adapts his own play as a film drama. Sugawara Yuichi (Ikematsu Sosuke) is a job-hopping slacker who freeloads off his live-in gi...
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EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE (2014)
- Director
- QURATA Kenji
- Cast
- MAEKAWA Masayuki, MURAKAMI Shio, MATSUOKA Shingo
A dramatic short film depicting the efforts of a wife diagnosed with a terminal illness and her husband to find the mythical snake known as the Tsuchinoko. The director, Kurata Kenji, who is also a novelist and commercial director, won the Sundance/N...
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Katana –Respecting tradition, creating something new- (2016)
- Director
- SATO Toshihiro
- Cast
- YOSHIHARA Yoshikazu, YOSHIHARA Yoshindo, NAKAJIMA Yoshio
Documentary shot in 4K resolution that follows the creation of a Japanese sword from start to finish. Japanese swords are mesmerizing works of art, and this documentary shows the master sword maker, sword polisher, and sword mount craftsman as they b...
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Beyond the Landscape of Japan (2016)
- Director
- INDO Maki
- Cast
- MATSUI Tomie, SAISHO Iori, MORIYA Kouichi
A feature-length documentary by Tokyo based video production company, augment5 Inc., which shows the brand new appeal of time-honored Japan through the work and statements of a river fisherman, a sake brewer, a cattleman, and a cook. It was screened ...
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SUSHI POLICE (2016)
- Director
- MOMEN Tatsushi
- Cast
- YAMASHITA Akira, ifMasaka, OKAMOTO Hiromitsu
3DCG animation inspired by foreign media bashing of the Japanese government in the "Sushi Police Incident." This feature film version compiles the 13-episode TV series. An unprecedented sushi boom sweeps the globe as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics approach...
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Breakthrough for Change (2015)
- Director
- MATSUDA Daisuke
- Cast
- NISHIMURA Yusei, ARAKI Makoto, NOSE Hiroshi
A moving drama made through the planning of the 2nd Shimanto Film Festival which depicts the struggles and camaraderie of four middle-aged men taking a chance on a bicycle road race. It is written and directed by young filmmaker, Matsuda Daisuke. Ak...
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Kagurame (2015)
- Director
- OKUAKI Yasuo
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rina, OSUGI Ren, TSUTSUI Mariko
A family drama depicting the discord between a daughter and her father who is involved in the Shishi Kagura (lion dance), a Japanese traditional performance art. Setting the film in his birthplace of Yamanashi Prefecture, Okuaki Yasuo, making his fea...
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A Lullaby Under the Nuclear Sky (2014)
- Director
- KANA Tomoko
- Cast
Personal documentary from director Kana Tomoko, who has covered environmental issues and people suffering misfortune in films like Beautiful Islands. This film documents the pregnancy she discovered immediately after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and...
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HENTAIDA (I Am a Pervert) (2016)
- Director
- ANZAI Hajime
- Cast
- MAENO Kenta, TSUKIFUNE Sarara, SHIRAISHI Marina
"Rock'n porn" coming-of-age movie about an average guy without any particular talent who works as a musician. Directorial debut from art director Anzai Hajime, who adapts Miura Jun's short story. A guy (Maeno Kenta) spends an extra year studying for...
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THE BRAND NEW LEGEND OF THE STARDUST BROTHERS (2016)
- Director
- TEZKA Macoto
- Cast
- MIURA Ryosuke, TAKEDA Kohei, ARAKAWA Chika
A drama remaking the 80s cult-classic musical film, Legend of the Stardust Brothers, with a brand new story. Tezka Macoto, director of the original, also assumes the director's chair for this film. In the near future, Tokyo is a cyber-metropolis whe...
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DDT: Dramatic Dream Team!! -We are Japanese Wrestlers!- (2016)
- Director
- Muscle SAKAI, MATSUE Tetsuaki
- Cast
- OHKA Ken, HARASHIMA, DANSHOKU DIENO
Documentary about the DTT professional wrestling federation that advocates "cultural pro wrestling." Directed by wrestler Muscle Sakai of Gekijoban Proresu Kyanonboru 2014 and Matsue Tetsuaki of Flashback Memories 3D. Fall 2015. Matches are held bet...
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POOLSIDEMAN (2016)
- Director
- WATANABE Hirobumi
- Cast
- IMAMURA Gaku, WATANABE Hirobumi, HIRAYAMA Misao
Drama about an incident precipitated by a swimming pool lifeguard, set in a small suburban town. Brothers Watanabe Hirobumi and Yuji, who have had two films selected for the Tokyo International Film Festival including And the Mud Ship Sails Away, exp...
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Hello, Goodbye (2016)
- Director
- KIKUCHI Takeo
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Minori, KUBOTA Sayu, MOTAI Masako
Director Kikuchi Takeo, whose feature-length debut film DEAR DEER officially screened at the 39th Montreal World Film Festival, conscientiously depicts the wavering of delicate, pubescent hear ts in this story of two high school girls' maturation. H...
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Grab the Sun (2016)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yutaro
- Cast
- YOSHIMURA Kaito, ASAKA Kodai, KISHII Yukino
With music as its theme, this ensemble film depicts the everyday life of young people living in a metropolis. At the helm is Nakamura Yutaro, who directed King of Fools and ANKOMAN. Yat (Yoshimura Kaito), a musician, is taking in the audience's che...
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Same Old, Same Old (2016)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- UCHIBORI Taro, MATSUMOTO Marika, YAHAGI Masaru
Ensemble drama that explores the meaning of death through religion, romance and three film directors and the people in their lives. Directed by Imaizumi Rikiya of Sad Tea. Film director Kajiwara (Yahagi Masaru) does music videos to make ends meet bu...
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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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Going the Distance (2016)
- Director
- HARUMOTO Yujiro
- Cast
- MATSUURA Shinichiro, UMEDA Masahiro, ENDO Yumi
Asahi, who hails from the remote Goto Islands, earns his living as a boxing trainer at a gym in Tokyo, and is planning to marry Kaori soon. Asahi invites his childhood friend Hiroto to Tokyo and finds a job for him. The contract is signed and everyth...
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At the terrace (2016)
- Director
- YAMAUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Kei, HIRAIWA Kami, FURUYA Ryuta
Director Yamauchi Kenji adapts his play "Trois Groteques" for film. At a party held at a fancy mansion, masks and social niceties fall away to reveal desire and jealousy. Official selection at the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival in the Japanes...
