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LAST HOLD! (2018)
- Director
- MAKABE Yukinori
- Cast
- TSUKADA Ryoichi, IWAMOTO Hikaru, FUKAZAWA Tatsuya
An undersized bouldering club on the verge of disbandment aims to be the best in Japan through learning from one another in this youth ensemble film. It depicts a hodgepodge of university students who become captivated by the sport and develop strong...
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MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI (2016)
- Director
- Steven OKAZAKI
- Cast
- KAGAWA Kyoko, TSUKASA Yoko, TSUCHIYA Yoshio
ocumentary about the life of the legendary actor Mifune Toshiro, who created Japans' Golden Era of cinema. Directed by Steven Okazaki, who won an Academy Award for Best Documentary (short subject) for Days of Waiting. Mifune starred in films includin...
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Butterfly Sleep (2017)
- Director
- JEONG Jae-Eun
- Cast
- NAKAYAMA Miho, KIM Jae-Uck, ISHIBASHI Anna
Romantic drama intertwining the lives of a female novelist with hereditary Alzheimerﾕs disease and a Korean student who aspires to be a writer. Stars Nakayama Miho of Love Letter. Popular novelist Ryoko (Nakayama) realizes that she is succumbing to ...
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DAY BREAK (2018)
- Director
- AKABANE Hiroshi
- Cast
- OKAWA Hiroshi, SENGEN Yoshiko, ISHIBASHI Tamotsu
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Memories of Whale Island (2018)
- Director
- MAKINO Yuji
- Cast
- ONO Ito, MORISAKI Win, KOCHI Naoko
Romance produced to commemorate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Vietnam. Ono Ito from {A Woman Wavering in the Rain} and Morisaki Win from {Ready Player One} play the man and woman who find love that transcends national...
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Sweating the Small Stuff (2017)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro, YASHIMA Yasumi, MATSUMOTO Daiki
Pia Film Festival alum Ninomiya Ryutaro writes, directs, and stars in his theatrical debut film. The semi-autobiographical film weaves truth and fiction together in depicting the impatience of a young man living a gloomy life. Ryutaro (Ninomiya), wh...
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Digimon adventure tri. Dai 6 sho Bokura no mirai (2018)
- Director
- MOTONAGA Keitaro
- Cast
- HANAE Natsuki, MIMORI Suzuko, HOSOYA Yoshimasa
A follow-up to the TV anime which enjoys a steadfast popularity throughout the world. The sixth and final chapter of "Digimon Adventure tri." it depicts children opposing a world destruction crisis by the extremely powerful Ordinemon. The rampaging ...
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Heart to Heart (2018)
- Director
- UI Takashi, MATSUMOTO Koji
- Cast
- KIJIMA Rin, KOBAYASHI Hiromi, FUJIMOTO Akinori
Kijima, actress, starts to interview NPO activities of Happy Science groups with students studying film production at Happy Science University. Interviewees are: Children and Young Adults with Disabilities Support Group "You Are An Angel" ,School for...
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Gekijoban Pripara and kiratto purichan kirakira memorial live (2018)
- Director
- YODA Nobutaka
- Cast
- HAYASHI Koko, KUBOTA Miyu, ATSUGI Nanami
Feature film animation with lots of concert footage based on the popular girl's anime 'Pretty Series' inspired by an arcade game. Yoda Nobutaka serves as director and provides overall directorial supervision. Mirai (voice: Hayashi Koko), Emo (voice:...
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Laplace’s Witch (2018)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- SAKURAI Sho, HIROSE Suzu, FUKUSHI Sota
Live-action adaptation of Naoki Prize-winning author Higashino Keigo's mystery novel. A geochemist tackles the enigma of two consecutive deaths that happen under suspicious circumstances. Directed by Miike Takashi of The Blade of the Immortal. Two p...
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MY LITTLE MONSTER (2018)
- Director
- TSUKIKAWA Sho
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, TSUCHIYA Tao, FURUKAWA Yuki
Live-action adaptation of Robiko's romance comic, which has also been turned into an anime TV series. A girl who is a coolheaded geek becomes the object of affection for the class troublemaker. Directed by Tsukikawa Sho, who has helmed many teen roma...
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Yassa Daruman (2018)
- Director
- OMORI Kenichi
- Cast
- SATO Hisanori, SUDO Maasa, TAKETATSU Ayana
Youthful drama inspired by the official mascot for Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Young employees at city hall scramble to boost the mascot's popularity. Reunites the cast from Fun way to write the light novel, along with director Omori Kenichi. ...
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INUYASHIKI (2018)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- KINASHI Noritake, SATOH Takeru, HONGO Kanata
Oku Hiroya's sci-fi manga is turned into a live-action film following its television anime adaptation. A middle-aged man and a high school student whose bodies have been transformed into machines clash, each with their own motives. Inuyashiki (Kinas...
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Sore Sore ga yatte kitara (2018)
- Director
- OKITA Hikaru
- Cast
- HIRAMATSU Kanako, SHIINA Hikari, ISHIDA Issei
Horror film starring former SKE48 idol group member Hiramatsu Kanako as the heroine and helmed by Okita Hikaru of {Cat Cafe}. Ishida Issei of {Strange Circus} and {Balloon Club Revisited} plays a psycho killer. Kobayashi Ayaka (Hiramatsu Kanako) and...
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The Sacrament (2017)
- Director
- IWAKIRI Isora
- Cast
- MINAMI Mio, OGAWA Sara, YAMAMOTO Shun
Talented young director Iwakiri Isora directs this unpredictable mockumentary. It was crowned with four awards including the Grand Prize at Moosic Lab 2017 (a music and film collaboration project). Iwakiri (Iwakiri) is now a third year university st...
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Seaside Shukan Taishu (2017)
- Director
- OTA Yu
- Cast
- MATAYOSHI Naoki, SHIBUYA Nagisa, ISOYAMA Sayaka
Delusionary survival comedy film adaptation of a novel by Sekishiro with screenplay by Ueda Makoto, the popular screenwriter with Europe Kikaku. Surreal depiction of a man stranded on an uninhabited island as he single-mindedly waits to be rescued. S...
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Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Bakumori! Kung Fu Boys -Ramen Panic- (2018)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Wataru
- Cast
- YAJIMA Akiko, NARAHASHI Miki, MORIKAWA Toshiyuki
The 26th animated feature film for the "Crayon Shin-chan" TV anime series. The idol group Momoiro Clover Z handles the theme song and the songs used in the movie. Shinnosuke (voice: Yajima Akiko) and members of the Kasukabe Defense Force devote the...
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Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018)
- Director
- TACHIKAWA Yuzuru
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Minami, YAMAZAKI Wakana, KOYAMA Rikiya
Twenty-second "Detective Conan" theatrical animated film based on the still-serialized Weekly Shonen Sunday comic by Aoyama Gosho. It depicts the showdown between elementary school student detective Edogawa Conan and Amuro Toru, a man wearing three g...
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I Will Never Forgive (2018)
- Director
- WADA Hideki
- Cast
- HIRATSUKA Chiaki, NISHIKAWA Kanako, MIHO Jun
Film adaptation of the shocking journal written by a woman who fell victim to gang rape at the age of 15. The subjective cinematography is shot entirely from the protagonist's perspective. Nishikawa Kanako plays the protagonist Yoko before plastic su...
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Inland Sea (2018)
- Director
- SODA Kazuhiro
- Cast
The everyday lives of people living in a harbor town in Okayama Prefecture is the focus of this intimate documentary. The film was an official selection to the 2018 Berlin International film Festival. Loneliness and kindness hover over a small seasi...
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father (2018)
- Director
- WATANABE Ko
- Cast
- GOTO Fumio
Documentary about the travels that mark the crowning achievement for a 86-year-old priest who has devoted his life to supporting refugees and building schools in Cambodia. Goto Fumio, nicknamed Gocchan, was born into a Pureland Buddhist family temp...
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Werewolf Game Lost Eden (2018)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rena, OGURA Yuka, UENO Yuka
Seventh film in the survival suspense 'Werewolf Game' series. Nonoyama Hiromi (Takeda Rena) is forced to take part in the Werewolf Game where ten classmates kill each other. Players become either ﾒvillagerﾓ or ﾒwerewolfﾓ to trick and kill each other...
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SERVAMP THE MOVIE Alice in the Garden (2018)
- Director
- NAKANO Hideaki
- Cast
- TERASHIMA Takuma, KAJI Yuki, SHIMONO Hiro
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She is a too unbelievable woman - defendant Yoshie - (2017)
- Director
- KITAMURA Seiji
- Cast
- ASAKA Akie, MITSUMUNE Kaoru, NISHINA Masaki
Courtroom mystery probing for the truth behind a crime, as well as the charms of an elderly woman arrested as a suspect in the murder of three men, based on the variety TV show 'Narumi Okamura no Sugiru TV.' Stars Asaka Akie, veteran comedian in Yosh...
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Call Boy (2018)
- Director
- MIURA Daisuke
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, MATOBU Sei, NISHIOKA Tokuma
Director Miura Daisuke and star Matsuzaka Tori team up for this faithful adaptation of Ishida Ira's Naoki Prize-nominated romantic novel which has also been adapted for theatre. The story depicts an interweaving assortment of "sex" between women and ...
