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The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)
- Director
- SONO Sion, YAMAUCHI Kenji, OTA Hikaru
- Cast
- INAGAKI Goro, KATORI Shingo, KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi
This omnibus film spans multiple genres including action, fantasy, romance and musicals to tell four tearjerker, dance-inducing stories of evil and idiocy with bastards galore. Stars Inagaki Goro, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi and Katori Shingo. The four storie...
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Psychic Agents (2017)
- Director
- KUMA Shinji
- Cast
- TANAKA Naoki, ASAKA Kodai, NAKAMURA Yuri
Theatrical film adaptation of the TV drama series based on Honda Tetsuya's short story series. Psychic detectives enact slapstick shenanigans in a world where people really have supernatural powers. Features the cast and crew from the TV version, inc...
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ANIMA! (2017)
- Director
- HORIE Takahiro
- Cast
- HATTORI Saika, KOYANAGI Yu, KUROSAWA Haruka
Coming-of-age drama about a woman who grows up through contemporary dance. Opening film for Skip City International D-Cinema Festival 2017. Auditions are being held for funding to study abroad. Dancer Kaho (Hattori Saika) doesn't feel right about do...
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Girl’s play (2017)
- Director
- TAKANO Mai
- Cast
- FUKUHARA Haruka, TAMASHIRO Tina, YAGURA Fuko
Black comedy about animosity among four high school girls. Right before the annual school festival, members of the theater club launch a brutal fight for the lead role. Film directorial debut for Takano Mai, who works for Fuji TV. Theater club diva ...
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Eriko, Pretended (2016)
- Director
- FUJIMURA Akiyo
- Cast
- KUBO Haruka, OKADA Atsuya, NITORI Miki
Tale inspired by 'nakiya' professional mourners that were once part of funerals in Japan. Directed by the cutting-edge Fujimura Akiyo, who directed "The Air We Can't See" in the omnibus Ten Years Japan overseen by Kore-eda Kazuhiro. Yoshioka Eriko (...
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Taiwan yori ai o komete (2017)
- Director
- MIHARA Keigo
- Cast
- ONO Takuro, OCHIAI Motoki, OKAMOTO Natsumi
Coming-of-age road movie set in Taiwan. Two guys troubled by their lives go on a trip to visit a place filled with memories. Commercial feature film debut for Mihara Keigo, who is also an idol and YouTuber primarily in Taiwan. Yusuke (Ono Takuro) a...
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Magic town (2018)
- Director
- IKEDA Chihiro
- Cast
- IKEDA Chihiro
Documentary about a director Ikeda Chihiro running a filmmaking workshop for children in her hometown of Fukuroi City in Shizuoka Prefecture. Portrays the brutal purity of the children with a sympathetic gaze. Film director Ikeda Chihiro finds herse...
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check point of the life (2018)
- Director
- SAKUDO Yu
- Cast
- ARAI Atsushi, OKAYAMA Amane, MOCHIZUKI Ayumu
Road cycling is the subject of this coming-of-age drama lively depicting with minimal dialogue two young cyclists whose lives went in different directions as they cross paths once again. At the helm is Sakudo Yu who is making his commercial film debu...
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Eiga Precure super stars (2018)
- Director
- IKEDA Yoko
- Cast
- HIKISAKA Rie, HONIZUMI Rina, OGURA Yui
Twenty-fourth film in the 'Pretty Cure' series. Features characters from the TV Series 'Hugtto! Pretty Cure' that went on air February 2018, the previous series 7KiraKira Pretty Cure A La Mode' and the series before that, 'Maho Girls Pretty Cure!' H...
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Midnight crazy trail (2018)
- Director
- YUSA Kazushige
- Cast
- UESAKA Sumire, MASUDA Toshiki, MATSUDA Kenichiro
Film in the Anime Tamago 2018 project sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Young Animator Training Project. A 16-year-old witch who wants to get rid of her magical powers struggles in the world of humans. Young animators work under the guida...
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Milky Panic (2018)
- Director
- NUMATA Shinnosuke
- Cast
- KUSUNOKI Taitem, TADANO Yohei, NAITO Ami
Film in the Anime Tamago 2018 project sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Young Animator Training Project. With the tiger in the lead, the twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac have a Western-style face-off against an evil cat. Directed by N...
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ENGIMON (2018)
- Director
- SATOU Koudai
- Cast
- ASAI Ayaka, TARAKO, YAMAMOTO Yuka
Film in the Anime Tamago 2018 project sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Young Animator Training Project. Directed by Satou Koudai, the CGI director for the Nissin Cup Ramen commercial 'Freedom' that was praised for the 3DCG animation. Pa...
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Time Driver: The Future We Drew (2018)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Junichi
- Cast
- MATSUOKA Yoshitsugu, KOMATSU Mikako, ARAKAWA Miho
Film in the Anime Tamago 2018 project sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Young Animator Training Project. A guy overwhelmed by the daily grind reconnects with his childhood dream. Directed by Yamamoto Junichi, whose works include the OVA g...
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LIVING THE GAME (2016)
- Director
- GOTSU Takao
- Cast
- Momochi, UMEHARA Daigo, Chocoblanka
Documentary that goes behind the scenes to show the high-stakes competition as professional video-gamers go for victory. Intimately portrays the highs and lows for international gamers who are alternately seen as darlings of our era and social outcas...
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Baketsu to boku (2017)
- Director
- ISHIDA Kazuhiko
- Cast
- Hiroki, TOKUNAGA Yuki, OKAMOTO Rei
Buddy film based on Kitajima Yukinori's novel 'Bucket.' Depicts the friendship between the shy protagonist and a boy with slight mental disability. Kamijima (Hiroki) gets a job at a foster care facility and meets a 15-year-old boy called 'Bucket' (...
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Lost in Ramen (2018)
- Director
- KUMAGAI Yuki
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Yurika, AOI Wakana, TAKUMA Takayuki
Film adaptation of Hayashi Akiteru's online comic. Emotions run high in this impassioned story in which feelings about ramen awaken people's desire to live. Feature film debut for director Kumagai Yuki. Akashi (Ishibashi Renji) runs the popular rame...
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Life Goes On (2017)
- Director
- YOON Mia
- Cast
Documentary shedding light on the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The camera focuses on Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima Prefectures six years after the 2011 disaster to depict ordinary people who grope their way forward, including a couple...
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On my way home (2018)
- Director
- SAKAKI Hideo
- Cast
- NATSUKI Mari, SATSUKAWA Aimi, HORII Arata
Drama set in a fishing village in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture that was destroyed by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Warmly portrays how each member of a family lives. Directed by Sakaki Hideo, who is also an actor. Chieko's (Natsuki Mari) ...
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Leading Roles (2018)
- Director
- NAKAYAMA Setsuo
- Cast
- WATANABE Yutaro, FUNATSU Daichi, KAWAGOISHI Shunpei
Film adaptation of the same-named true story by Takeshima Yumiko, a teacher in Yame City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Paean to youth made with the full cooperation of Yame City, helmed by veteran director Nakayama Setsuo. The Yame High School baseball team ...
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Tamayura (2017)
- Director
- TSUCHIDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- KUBO Haruka, OKABE Nao, TATSUMI Aoi
Medical drama based on a true story. Highlights problems in Japan's medical system through the eyes of a rookie hospital administrative assistant. Directorial debut for Tsuchida Hirokazu, an orthopedic surgeon. Former flight attendant Kazuyo (Kubo H...
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N.Y. Maxman (2017)
- Director
- MASUDA Akihide
- Cast
- INABA Yu, YAMAYA Kasumi, CHIBA Yudai
Third film in the comedy hero action series. The third hero with paranormal abilities unites with his two predecessors to fight the ultimate enemy. Brings together numerous special effects veterans including director Masuda Akihide. New York-based M...
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Nine (2017)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Jiro
- Cast
- ICHIKI Rena, MARUYAMA Atsushi, MAEDA Akira
Tsutsumi Yasuyuki's identically titled play is reimagined for this adolescent drama. Turning the male protagonist a female, it comically portrays an obscure actress trying her hand at boxing. In the starring role is former member of idol group Nogiza...
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CICADA (2014)
- Director
- Dean YAMADA
- Cast
- SASO Yugo, YASUI Junpei, WADA Hiroko
A ensemble drama produced in Japan as part of the curriculum at the Cinema and Media Arts department of Biola University in America. The film depicts the joys and sorrows of people troubled by varied problems with a teacher suffering from infertility...
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Fumiko's Legs (2018)
- Director
- UEDA Atsushi
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Moemi, FUCHIKAMI Yasushi, DENDEN
Ueda Atsushi of Ryugu No Tsukai - School Girl's Gestation and Cherry Blossom Memories transplants the setting to the present day in this drama based on literary master Tanizaki Junichiro's short story novella. Wealthy senior Tsukagoshi (Denden) meet...
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The Red Comet Club (2017)
- Director
- TAKEI Yuri
- Cast
- HABA Chihiro, TESHIMA Miyu, SAKURAI Yasuyuki
Promising new director Takei Yuri directs this ensemble teen sci-fi drama about adolescent boys and girls becoming fascinated by a star. The film won the Gemstone Award and the Cinema Fan Award at the PFF Award 2017. A red comet observable only once...
