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Punksamurai Slash Down (2018)
- Director
- ISHII Gakuryu
- Cast
- AYANO Go, KITAGAWA Keiko, TOYOKAWA Etsushi
Live-action film adaption Akutagawa Prize-winning author Machida Kou's same-named period novel with direction by Crazy Thunder Road's Ishii Gakuryu. Screenplay by Kudo Kankuro of TOO YOUNG TO DIE!. It's a random day on a random thoroughfare, and ma...
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THE NAME (2018)
- Director
- TODA Akihiro
- Cast
- TSUDA Kanji, KOMAI Ren, KANSHUJI Tamotsu
Drama based on an original story by Naoki Prize-winning author Michio Shusuke. This multilayered film warmly depicts the relationship between a high school girl and a middle-aged guy with a checkered past. Directed by Toda Akihiro, who got his start ...
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GIRLS’ ENCOUNTER (2017)
- Director
- EDA Yuka
- Cast
- MOSHI Moeka, MOTOLA Serena
A teen drama depicting the encounter between a solitary girl subjected to bullying and a transfer student with a strange aura. Up-and-coming director Eda Yuka, "Miss iD 2016" grand prix winner Hoshi Moeka, and young model Motola Serena team up for th...
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Bridge over Troubled Water (2018)
- Director
- OTA Takafumi
- Cast
- SUZUKI Anne, ITAO Itsuji, TANAKA Misato
A drama planned and produced by a local citizen's group of Shizuoka Prefecture. The film's climax features the Fukuroi Enshu Fireworks festival held each year in the city of Fukuroi. Miyuki (Suzuki Anne) is an office worker in her 30s. When she was ...
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The Cat in Their Arms (2018)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin
- Cast
- SAWAJIRI Erika, YOSHIZAWA Ryo, MINETA Kazunobu
Film adaptation of Oyama Junko's same-named novel starring Sawajiri Erika with Inudo Isshin of JOSEE, THE TIGER AND THE FISH and La Maison de Himiko taking the megaphone. Script handled by Takada Ryo of The Light Shines Over There and OVER THE FENCE....
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The Longest Photo in The World (2018)
- Director
- KUSANO Shogo
- Cast
- TAKASUGI Mahiro, TAKEDA Rina, MATSUMOTO Honoka
Coming-of-age ensemble drama based on the same-named novel by Honda Tetsuya, the popular author of Strawberry Night. Depicts a timid boy who comes alive after he finds a special camera. Life is boring for shy Hironobu (Takasugi Mahiro), who belongs ...
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YAKINIKU DRAGON (2018)
- Director
- CHONG Wishing
- Cast
- MAKI Yoko, INOUE Mao, OIZUMI Yo
Film adaptation of the play that has been honored with numerous theater awards. Warm portrayal of the joys and sorrows of a Korean family living in Japan, set in the Kansai region when Japan's economy was booming. Playwright Chong Wishing wrote the s...
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Gyoza Romance (2018)
- Director
- HATA Takehiko
- Cast
- ADACHI Rika, TAMURA Yukihisa, SANO Hinako
Romantic comedy helmed by Hata Takehiko, who has penned numerous hit dramas including "HERO", "Dragon Zakura", and the original story for "Unfair" starring Shinohara Ryoko. Features Adachi Rika in the lead, paired with Tamura Yukihisa from the popula...
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UTAMONOGATARI-CINEMA FIGHTERS project- (2018)
- Director
- MATSUNAGA Daishi, ISHII Yuya, ANDO Momoko
- Cast
- TAKAHIRO, IWATA Takanori, SHIRAHAMA Alan
Six heart-rending short films are born out of songs by six exceptional artists of the EXILE family. This is the second collaboration project from the Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia international short film festival. The six short films: "Canari...
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Yuzuriha (2018)
- Director
- KAMON Ikuo
- Cast
- TAKIGAWA Hiroshi, MASAKI Reiya, KATSUBE Nobuyuki
In this drama based on the Shintani Akiko novel of the same name, the preciousness of life is warmly seen through the undisclosed practices of those who come into contact with people's death, the undertaker. Top comic impersonator sets aside the lau...
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The Second Security Unit (2017)
- Director
- KAKIZAKI Yuji
- Cast
- KAKEI Toshio, DEAI Masayuki, TAKESHIMA Yuka
A drama shining a light on the work of personal bodyguards, the film is based on a true story and depicts an elite private bodyguard team taking a stand against organized crime. Kakizaki Yuji, who in fact also heads a security firm, makes his directo...
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KAIRAI (2017)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Chiaki
- Cast
- KIGUCHI Kenta, NIKAIDO Satoshi, ISHIZAKI Natsumi
Mystery produced as a graduation project for Musashino Art University and finalist for the Pia Film Festival Award 2016. Delves into the uncertainties of memory and perils of emotions through the mystery of an accidental drowning. Magazine reporter ...
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DOLMEN X (2018)
- Director
- KOMURO Naoko
- Cast
- SHISON Jun, ASAKA Kodai, OGOE Yuki
A teen comedy adapting Takagi Yuna's identically titled comic starring Shison Jun of Run! T High School Basketball Club and TEIICHI -Battle of Supreme High-. In the director's chair is Komuro Naoko who has served as producer on Dawn of the Felines an...
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TOKYO LIVING DEAD IDOL (2018)
- Director
- KUMAGAI Yuki
- Cast
- ASAKAWA Nana, ABE Yumeri, OZAWA Runa
A neo-zombie film fusing together idols and zombies. In the lead role is Asakawa Nana, a member of the idol group SUPER☆GiRLS. Co-starring with her is Shogen, who is active both at home and abroad. Set in Tokyo much like today's, zombies have arisen...
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Vision (2018)
- Director
- KAWASE Naomi
- Cast
- Juliette BINOCHE, NAGASE Masatoshi, IWATA Takanori
Japan-France co-production directed by Kawase Naomi, a filmmaker heralded at the Cannes International Film Festival. Co-stars Nagase Masatoshi of Paterson alongside Juliette Binoche of Certified Copy. Travel writer Jeanne (Binoche) visits the mysti...
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The Forest of Wool and Steel (2018)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Kojiro
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, SUZUKI Ryohei, KAMISHIRAISHI Mone
Live-action adaptation of Miyashita Natsu's same-named novel, which won the Japan Booksellers' Award. Sensitive and gentle portrayal of a boy who grows up after falling in love with piano tuning. Under Hashimoto Kojiro's brilliant direction, the mono...
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The Band From Nowhere (2018)
- Director
- KIRYU Koji
- Cast
- KOJIMA Fujiko, KIRYU Koji, FUKAZAWA Taiga
The association between the vocalist of a rock band which appeared on a once popular music audition show Ika-ten and an idol singer born in the Heisei is depicted in this comedy. Kiryu Koji of the real life band Uma no Hone plays himself as well as b...
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OVER DRIVE (2018)
- Director
- HASUMI Eiichiro
- Cast
- HIGASHIDE Masahiro, ARATA Mackenyu, MORIKAWA Aoi
A public road rally competition is the subject of this motorsports drama. Incorporating realistic racing scenes, it intensely depicts the struggle of siblings aiming for the World Rally Championship. Many actual race drivers and automobile companies ...
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The Reverse Diaries (2017)
- Director
- SONODA Shin
- Cast
- OGAWA Gen, ARAI Iku, ONO Marie
In this suspense romance, filmmaker Sonoda Arata adapts his own original script for his first film since Wiz/Out in 2007. Honored with seven awards at overseas film festivals, including Best Feature at the London Film Awards. Shiraishi Rihito (Ogawa...
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Zenigata (2018)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- OTANI Ryohei, KOBAYASHI Katsuya, SATSUKAWA Aimi
An anti-hero film dealing with black market loans that realistically depicts the appetite for and anxiety toward money. Ayabe Shinya, who has worked as an assistant director on Sono Shion's films, directs. In a back alley of a rural fishing harbor, ...
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CODE GEASS Lelouch of the Rebellion III -Glorification- (2018)
- Director
- TANIGUCHI Goro
- Cast
- FUKUYAMA Jun, SAKURAI Takahiro, Yukana
The closing episode of a theatrical compilation trilogy produced as a 10th anniversary project of "Code Geass - Lalouch of the Rebellion". At long last, the Order of the Black Knights clashes with the world's largest nation, the Holy Britannian Empi...
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Anitomo (2018)
- Director
- NAKAJIMA Ryo
- Cast
- YOKOHAMA Ryusei, MATSUKAZE Risaki, MATSUOKA Kodai
Romance about a good-looking but shy high school boy and his younger schoolmate who is indifferent to love. Debut starring film role for Yokohama Ryusei, whose recent appearances include honey and RAINBOW DAYS. Handsome but awkward Sota (Yokohama) m...
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After the Rain (2018)
- Director
- NAGAI Akira
- Cast
- KOMATSU Nana, OIZUMI Yo, SEINO Nana
Live-action adaptation of Mayuzuki Jun's romance manga, which has also been turned into an anime TV series. A high school girl whose dreams have been shattered falls for a boring divorced guy. Directed by Nagai Akira of If Cats Disappeared from the W...
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Kokoro no kokyo Aru wansho no ayundekita michi (2018)
- Director
- HAYASHI Masayuki
- Cast
Documentary about the lives of 'wansei' Japanese who were born and raised in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation prior to World War Two. Directed by Hayashi Masayuki, whose numerous documentaries about Taiwan include Ryohei banka Ikyo ni ikiru. The...
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FLEA-PICKING SAMURAI (2018)
- Director
- TSURUHASHI Yasuo
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, TERAJIMA Shinobu, TOYOKAWA Etsushi
Samurai comedy based on Komatsu Shigeo's short story collection. An elite samurai runs into trouble when he is ordered to provide questionable services to women after getting on the bad side with his lord. Director Tsuruhashi Yasuo also penned the sc...
