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Bad Moon Rising (2015)
- Director
- KITA Ichiro
- Cast
- SUGATA Shun, Nahana, SEKO Chihiro
Road movie depicting the sorrowful and ephemeral travels of a woman accompanied by a man with a secret. Directed by Kita Ichiro of Yokohama monogatari. The protagonists are played by Nahana, whose has delivered passionate and personal performances in...
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Navy Tsukuba Air Corps - KAMIKAZE (2015)
- Director
- WAKATSUKI Osamu
- Cast
- KINASE Nobuya, YANAI Yoshiomi, HASHIMOTO Yoshio
Documentary exploring what really happened to the young men trained in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture and dispatched as kamikaze pilots at the close of the Pacific War. This labor of love by prolific TV documentary director Wakatsuki Osamu painstaki...
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Corpse Party (2015)
- Director
- YAMADA Masafumi
- Cast
- IKOMA Rina, IKEOKA Ryosuke, MAEDA Nozomi
A movie inspired by a horror video game series that has already spawned novel, manga, and animated video adaptations. It stars Ikoma Rina of the idol group Nogizaka 46, and is directed by Yamada Masafumi, whose Tsuburo was screened at film festivals ...
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ATTACK ON TITAN Part1 (2015)
- Director
- HIGUCHI Shinji
- Cast
- MIURA Haruma, HASEGAWA Hiroki, MIZUHARA Kiko
The first of the two-part live action adaptation of Isayama Hajime's battle fantasy manga. Depicts a shocking world where titans eat humans, with original elements introduced in the film version. Director Higuchi Shinji has worked on numerous anime a...
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NOU SHOU SAKURETSU GIRL (2015)
- Director
- ABE Yuichi
- Cast
- KASHIWAGI Hinata, TAKETOMI Seika, KAMISHIRAISHI Moka
Live action adaptation of the bestselling novel based on the world depicting in a hit vocaloid song. Depicts the survival of high school students who get wrapped up in a death game, set at a fancy finishing school for girls. Ichii Hana (Kashiwagi Hi...
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Nowhere Girl (2015)
- Director
- OSHII Mamoru
- Cast
- SEINO Nana, KANEKO Nobuaki, TANAKA Hinako
Suspense film from director Oshii Mamoru, renowned worldwide for THE NEXT GENERATION-PATLABOR series. Seino Nana from TOKYO TRIBE gives an impassioned performance of a high school girl who has shut herself off from the world. Screened at numerous fes...
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There Is No Lid on the Sea (2015)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- KIKUCHI Akiko, MINE Azusa, KOBAYASHI Yukichi
Drama that adapts Yoshimoto Banana's novel, which was inspired by a song from musician Hara Masumi. Directed by Toyoshima Keisuke of A Courtesan with Flowered Skin with the lead played by Kikuchi Akiko, who has a strong fan base among women her own a...
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Pokémon: Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad (2015)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko
- Cast
- OTANI Ikue, INUYAMA Inuko
Short animation screened together with Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages. Lots of Pokémon gather in the woods and sing a chorus together. Features direction so the audience can sing along with the short film. The Pokémon have been looki...
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Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (2015)
- Director
- YUYAMA Kunihiko
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Rika, OTANI Ikue
Eighteenth feature film for the animated Pokémon TV series, based on the popular video games. Set in a desert town, legendary Pokémon engage in the fiercest battle ever in the history of Pokémon. Ash (voice: Matsumoto Rika) and friends meet a mythic...
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HERO (2015)
- Director
- SUZUKI Masayuki
- Cast
- KIMURA Takuya, KITAGAWA Keiko, MATSU Takako
Second feature film adaptation of the popular TV drama "HERO" about an unor thodox prosecutor who tackles tough cases, played by SMAP member Kimura Takuya. The protagonists confront extraterritoriality rights during the investigation of an incident t...
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LITTLE CHAMPIONS (2015)
- Director
- KAMOSHITA Kiyoshi
- Cast
A nature documentary on the ecology of the over 50 variety of insects inhabiting Japan taken from an ant's point of view. Kuribayashi Satoshi, an internationally recognized expert in insect photography, takes on cinematography duties and with a speci...
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Tag (2015)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- TRIENDL Reina, SHINODA Mariko, MANO Erina
Horror film based on popular author Yamada Yusuke's novel by the same title with an original script penned by director Sono Sion. The film changes the setting to depict a game of tag with high school girls now as the objects of pursuit. Triendl Reina...
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THE BOY AND THE BEAST (2015)
- Director
- HOSODA Mamoru
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, MIYAZAKI Aoi, SOMETANI Shota
A feature-length animated film based on an original screenplay, created by Studio Chizu and Hosoda Mamoru, director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, SUMMER WARS, and Wolf Children. A lonely boy unexpectedly becomes the disciple of abeast. Together...
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Anpanman Summer Festival (2015)
- Director
- HIMAKI Yuji
- Cast
- TODA Keiko, NAKAO Ryusei
A short film that screened together with Anpanman The Movie Mihja and the magic lamp. Beloved characters have a great time at an exciting summer festival. While watching movie, children can sing and clap along with the on-screen action. Anpanman (vo...
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Anpanman Movie: Mija and the Magic Lamp (2015)
- Director
- YANO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- TODA Keiko, NAKAO Ryusei, OSHIMA Yuko
The twenty-seventh children's animated feature film based on Yanase Takashi's original story. The story takes place in a world with a mysterious lamp and is inspired by the lyrics from the "Anpanman Taiso" song. Directed by Yano Hiroyuki whom a veter...
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Being Good (2015)
- Director
- O Mipo
- Cast
- KORA Kengo, ONO Machiko, IKEWAKI Chizuru
Live action drama adaptation of Nakawaki Hatsue's same-titled novel. Director O Mipo won the award for Best Director at the 38th Montreal World Film Festival for The Light Shines Only There. The film won the NETPAC Award at the 37th Moscow Internatio...
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Attack on Titan -the second part- (2015)
- Director
- ARAKI Tetsuro
- Cast
- KAJI Yuki, ISHIKAWA Yui, INOUE Marina
Second part of the compilation that re-edits episodes 14 through 25 of the TV anime series based on Isayama Hajime's comic. Portrays the deadly battle between humans and savage titans using dynamic visuals enhanced with new cuts. Eren (voice: Kaji ...
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STRAYER’S CHRONICLE (2015)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- OKADA Masaki, SOMETANI Shota, NARUMI Rico
Okada Masaki and Sometani Shota portray superhuman youth burdened by fate in this action film. Director Zeze Takahisa won the FIPRESCI and NETPAC awards at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival in 2011 for Heaven's Story. Two groups of kids ar...
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CHASUKE’S JOURNEY (2015)
- Director
- SABU
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, ONO Ito, ISEYA Yusuke
Fantasy straddling heaven and earth, set in Okinawa. Director SABU, internationally renowned for films like Miss ZOMBIE, also penned the original story and screenplay. Stars Matsuyama Kenichi, who he teamed up with on BUNNY DROP. In heaven, scriptwr...
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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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The Pearls of the Stone Man (2015)
- Director
- ASAHARA Yuzo
- Cast
- SATO Koichi, HIGUCHI Kanako, KITAGAWA Keiko
Drama based on American author Edward Mooney, Jr.'s "The Pearls of the Stone Man." The powerful bond between a long-married couple is warmly depicted amidst the natural scenery of Hokkaido. Official selection for the 18th Shanghai International Film ...
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KIRI –Profession: Assassin (2015)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Koichi
- Cast
- SHAKU Yumiko, KUBOTA Yuki
Action film about revenge by a female assassin, based on the violent manga "Shokugyo Koroshiya." Directed by Sakamoto Koichi, who specializes in action films with women in the lead. Shaku Yumiko puts her experience with traditional martial arts to us...
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The Ninja War of TORAKAGE (2015)
- Director
- NISHIMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- SAITOH Takumi, HAGA Yuria, SHIINA Eihi
Action film about once-famous ninja who puts his life on the line in a fight over treasure. Saitoh Takumi plays the lead with direction by Nishimura Yoshihiro, the extraordinary special effects artist. Screened at the Brussels International Fantastic...
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Ju-On: The Final Curse (2015)
- Director
- OCHIAI Masayuki
- Cast
- TAIRA Airi, SASAKI Nozomi, KIRIYAMA Ren
Sequel to JU-ON The Beginning of the End and the latest film in JU-ON, the popular horror series. A woman tries to find out what happened to her younger sister, who has gone missing, and she encounters terror like no other. Directed by Ochiai Masayuk...
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GHOST IN THE SHELL: THE MOVIE (2015)
- Director
- NOMURA Kazuya
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Maaya, JYUKU Ikkyu, MATSUDA Kenichiro
Anime commemorating the 25th year anniversary for the debut of Shirow Masamune's SF comic by the same name. Explores the genesis of the special-operations task force that fights cyber crime. This sequel to the four-part Ghost in the Shell: Arise reun...
