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Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- ICHIHARA Hayato, NARUMI Rico, Lily Franky
A yakuza action movie with an outlandish premise: people who are bitten by gangsters begin transforming into them. Its director is Miike Takashi, known for his prolific output in a wide variety of genres. Selected for the 2015 Cannes Film Festival's ...
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Rolling (2015)
- Director
- TOMINAGA Masanori
- Cast
- MIURA Takahiro, YANAGI Elisa, KAWASE Yohta
A drama about the erotic misadventures of a disgraced teacher and his former students, set in the city of Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture. Its writer and director is Tominaga Masanori, who won the Mito Short Film Festival's Grand Prize in 2002 for his VIC...
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Love Live! The School Idol Movie (2015)
- Director
- KYOGOKU Takahiko
- Cast
- NITTA Emi, NANJO Yoshino, UCHIDA Aya
Feature film adaptation of "Love Live! ", a cross-media project that encompasses the motto "a story in which we make our dreams come true." Nine girls formed a school idol group named "μ's" in order to save their high school, which was in danger of c...
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Our Little Sister (2015)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- AYASE Haruka, NAGASAWA Masami, Kaho
A live-action adaptation by Kore-eda Hirokazu (Like Father, Like Son) of Yoshida Akimi's eponymous 2013 Manga-Taisho (cartoon grand prize)-winning manga. It depicts the emotional journeys of four sisters after the death of their father, with beautifu...
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MOTHER'S TREES (2015)
- Director
- ISOMURA Itsumichi
- Cast
- SUZUKI Kyoka, SHIDA Mirai, MIURA Takahiro
Family drama produced to commemorate the 70th year anniversary of the end of World War II. Film adaptation of a children's story that is frequently included in textbooks. Director Isomura Itsumichi won the Feature Drama Award at the 9th International...
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Pieta in the Toilet (2015)
- Director
- MATSUNAGA Daishi
- Cast
- NODA Yojiro, SUGISAKI Hana, Lily Franky
A drama conceived and written by Gospel director Matsunaga Daishi, who took his inspiration from the sickbed diary of manga creator Tezuka Osamu. Noda Yojiro of the rock band Radwimps makes his acting debut in the lead role of a young man with termin...
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PROPHECY (2015)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, TODA Erika, SUZUKI Ryohei
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker director Nakamura Yoshihiro helms this film adaptation of Tsutsui Testuya's same-titled manga, which has also been adapted for TV. The director brings a personal touch to the battle of wills ...
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Good Stripes (2015)
- Director
- SODE Yukiko
- Cast
- KIKUCHI Akiko, NAKAJIMA Ayumu, USUDA Asami
The first theatrically-released film from director Sode Yukiko, whose feature Mime-Mime was screened at several festivals including the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival. A couple who intend to break up decide to get married when a pregnancy...
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An (2015)
- Director
- KAWASE Naomi
- Cast
- KIKI Kirin, NAGASE Masatoshi, UCHIDA Kyara
The film adaptation of the identically titled Dorian Sukegawa novel by previous Cannes Film Festival award recipient, Kawase Naomi. Kiki Kirin exudes a compelling presence as a coarse sweet red bean paste artisan, while her first co-starring role wit...
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Till Death Do Us What? (2015)
- Director
- MAEDA Koji
- Cast
- SASAKI Kuranosuke, NAGASAKU Hiromi, SATO Hitomi
Fantasy adaptation of the nonfiction work "Fu Fu Cancer Diary," which was based on a blog about a couple grappling with illness. Nagasaku Hiromi plays the cheerful and big-hearted wife, and Sasaki Kuranosuke gives a lively portrayal of the wishy-wash...
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SHINJUKU SWAN (2015)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- AYANO Go, YAMADA Takayuki, SAWAJIRI Erika
Yamamoto Mataichiro of the series "Crows Zero" and Lupin The Third produces this adaptation of Wakui Ken's popular manga, which is based on real-life experience. Directed by Sono Sion, whose uniquely entertaining films include Himizu and Love Exposur...
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We Shall Overcome (2015)
- Director
- MIKAMI Chie
- Cast
A documentary that closely follows the protest movement against the construction of a new U.S. military base in Henoko, Okinawa, and earnestly reveals the Okinawan people's feelings toward the national government and desire for peace. An official sel...
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NEW THEATRICAL MOVIE INITIAL D Lgend2 (2015)
- Director
- NAKA Toshihito
- Cast
- MIYANO Mamoru, SUWABE Junichi, NAKAMURA Yuichi
Second film in the new trilogy of anime feature films based on Sigeno Shuichi's comic, which has also been adapted as a TV anime series. The battles between street racers are shown with dramatic CG-laden drag race scenes. Though still in high school...
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Tensai bakabuon yomigaeru furandasu no inu (2015)
- Director
- FROGMAN
- Cast
- FROGMAN, TAKIMOTO Miori, HAMADA Gaku
An anime commemorating the 80th anniversary of manga artist Akatsuka Fujio's birth in which Nello and Patrasche from the famed anime "A Dog of Flanders" appear in the world of Akatsuka's masterpiece, "Tensai Bakabon," to surrealistically hilarious ef...
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Iniｔiation Love (2015)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- MATSUDA Shota, MAEDA Atsuko, KIMURA Fumino
"SPEC" series director Tsutsumi Yukihiko delivers the film adaptation of Inui Kurumi's bestselling novel, which made waves with the surprise ending. Set in the late 1980s, the Tokyo and Shizuoka parts of the story depict a love triangle between two w...
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Deadman Inferno (2015)
- Director
- SHINAGAWA Hiroshi
- Cast
- AIKAWA Show, SUZUKI Sawa, TSURUMI Shingo
Slapstick Brothers director Shingawa Hiroshi writes and directs this movie celebrating Aikawa Show's 30 year career in which yakuza fight against zombies. Tsurumi Shingo, Miyagawa Daisuke, and Shishido Kavka, are among a diverse cast assembled from f...
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AKEGARASU (2015)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, SHIROTA Yu, WAKABA Ryuya
Humorous depiction of 12 hours with a male host mired in debt and his utterly unreliable host pals, based on classic rakugo stories like "Akegarasu" and "Shinagawa Shinju." Suda Masaki of The Light Shines Only There has a ball playing a pathetic host...
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KAKEKOMI (2015)
- Director
- HARADA Masato
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, TODA Erika, MITSUSHIMA Hikari
A warm-hearted period film based on "Tokeiji Hanadayori," a novel by playwright Inoue Hisashi. Set at an actual "divorce temple" in Kamakura, it follows the efforts of a male protagonist who assists a group of women attempting to exit their marriages...
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ZUTABORO (2015)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- NAGASE Tasuku, SHIMIZU Fumika, HORII Arata
Film adaptation of Gets Itaya's two autobiographical novels "Metaboro" and "Zutaboro" as a sequel to Waruboro. Tells the spectacular story of brawling high school students who grow up through tough times in the world of biker gangs and yakuza. Direct...
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Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai (2015)
- Director
- HARA Keiichi
- Cast
- Anne, MATSUSHIGE Yutaka, HAMADA Gaku
Based on the original story by manga artist and Edo period lifestyles researcher Sugiura Hinako, and directed by COLORFUL's Hara Keiichi, Sarusuberi:Miss Hokusai depicts the complex relationship between world-renowned artist Katsushika Hokusai and hi...
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POISON BERRY IN MY BRAIN (2015)
- Director
- SATOH Yuichi
- Cast
- MAKI Yoko, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, FURUKAWA Yuki
Romantic comedy that adapts Mizushiro Setona's same-named manga for film, directed by Kisaragi's Satoh Yuichi. A 30-year-old woman's mind is portrayed as a conference with humorous verbal sparing among thoughts that are "positive," "negative," "impul...
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STRIKE WITCHES Operation Victory Arrow-vol.3 The Bridge at Arnhem (2015)
- Director
- TAKAMURA Kazuhiro
- Cast
- SAWASHIRO Miyuki, NAZUKA Kaori, YAHAGI Sayuri
Teenage military witches operating Striker Units via magical powers are the core of this OVA series chronicling the fierce conflict between a hideous enemy and humanity. This final volume of a short story trilogy depicts the witches returning to thei...
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THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR TOKYO WAR (2015)
- Director
- OSHII Mamoru
- Cast
- MANO Erina, FUKUSHI Seiji, KAKEI Toshio
Feature film version of the grandiose robot action title THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR with script and direction by Oshii Mamoru. The film magnificently depicts the battles between the police Patlabor robots and a terrorist organization in Tokyo at th...
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Flying Colors: How a Teen Girl Went from Academic Absurdity to an Elite University in One Amazing Year (2015)
- Director
- DOI Nobuhiro
- Cast
- ARIMURA Kasumi, ITO Atsushi, NOMURA Shuhei
Film adaptation of the nonfiction bestseller with 650,000 copies sold. Depicts the struggles of an airhead girl with bleached-out hair at the bottom of her class who strives to pass the entrance exam for prestigious Keio University. Directed by Doi N...
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CHÂ TEAU DE LA REINE (2015)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- MIZUTANI Yutaka, TANAKA Rena, FUKIISHI Kazue
An ensemble comedy by Detective in the Bar director Hashimoto Hajime adapting Asada Jiro's similarly titled novel. The production undertook a 22 day shoot in Paris as well as the Palace of Versailles, the first ever Japanese film to do so. Mizutani Y...
