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Gekijoban Macross delta Gekijo no walkure (2018)
- Director
- KAWAMORI Shoji
- Cast
- UCHIDA Yuma, SUZUKI Minori, SETO Asami
A theatrical entry in the science fiction anime "Macross" series that reworks the story of the 2016 "Macross Delta" TV series into a fresh rendition. It depicts the battles fought by a tactical music unit against a mysterious epidemic threatening the...
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Hold On, Baseball Team! (2018)
- Director
- HORAI Tadaaki
- Cast
- SUGA Kenta, KOSEKI Yuta, YAMAMOTO Ryosuke
Live-action adaptation of the teen comic by Yukue Takana. The silly everyday experiences of the members of a high school baseball team are portrayed with humor and a warmhearted touch. Directed by Horai Tadaaki of the popular TV drama series "Kodoku ...
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PARASITE WAR (2018)
- Director
- TORII Yasutake
- Cast
- OTA Aika, HATA Mizuho, MOTO Hiroki
In this SF suspense film, a female researcher matches wits with Mules, the extraterrestrial brain-infecting parasites that she is investigating. Ota Aika from the idol group HKT48 makes her debut in a shootout film. Mules infecting a human body plot...
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Attack on Titan: Roar of Awakening (2018)
- Director
- KOIZUKA Masashi
- Cast
- KAJI Yuki, ISHIKAWA Yui, INOUE Marina
The theatrical edition re-editing the second season of the "Attack on Titan" TV anime based on Isayama Hajime's popular comic. It depicts the unending battle between humans and Titans. Witnessing his mother become prey to a Titan after a futile str...
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Rent a Friend (2018)
- Director
- AKIYAMA Mayu
- Cast
- TOKUNAGA Eri, HASHIMOTO Jun, ASHINA Sumire
The feature length debut by director Akiyama Mayu, whose short film depicting an intersexual protagonist, Gyarusonnu-Futatsu no Sei wo Motsu Onna, attracted much interest. The film asks if friendship exists between the sexes through the story of a st...
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Lust in a Karaoke Box (2018)
- Director
- TAMADA Shinya
- Cast
- YAMASHINA Keita, KONDO Tsuyoshi, KINOSHITA Takahiro
Playwright-cum-theater director Tamada Shinya adapts his same-named stage production for film. Features guest performances by Taiga of Pumpkin and Mayonnaise and Murakami Nijiro of MUKOKU alongside the cast from the theatrical production. Captures th...
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Melancholic (2018)
- Director
- TANAKA Seiji
- Cast
- MINAGAWA Yoji, ISOZAKI Yoshitomo, YOSHIDA Mebuki
Teenage drama with pathos and cynical laughs along with suspense and action elements. Feature-film debut for Tanaka Seiji, who handles the script and direction. Produced by One Goose, which was established by a same- aged trio including lead actor-cu...
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Sea (2018)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Kensei
- Cast
- ABE Satoshi, MATSUZAKI Misaki, SATO Arisa
Graduation work by Takahashi Kensei, a senior in the Media School at Josai International University. Takes a distanced perspective in presenting fragments from the life of a guy dealing with grief. The 30 people in the crew and main cast were univers...
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Just Only Love (2018)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- KISHII Yukino, NARITA Ryo, FUKAGAWA Mai
Imaizumi Rikiya of our blue moment directs the film adaptation of "Just Only Love" from Kakuta Mitsuyo who is the award- winning author of the Naoki Prize. It is a touching and humorous depiction of a heroine who goes overboard for a one-sided crush....
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The Manga Master (2018)
- Director
- OKI Moe
- Cast
- Issey OGATA, SHINOHARA Tomoe
Biopic about the life of Kitazawa Rakuten, who laid the foundation for the Japanese manga industry. Stars Issey Ogata, known for his role in Silence. In 1943, the elderly Rakuten (Ogata) was called to the censorship bureau in the Home Ministry. When...
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Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
- Director
- YAMADA Naoko
- Cast
- TANEZAKI Atsumi, TOYAMA Nao, FUJIMURA Konomi
Film animation adaptation of Takeda Ayano's novel "Sound! Euphonium Kitauji High School's Concert Band: Haran no Dainigakusho". Captures fleetingly beautiful moments in the lives of two girls. Helmed by Yamada Naoko, who hails from Kyoto Animation an...
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Penguin Highway (2018)
- Director
- ISHIDA Hiroyasu
- Cast
- KITA Kana, AOI Yu
An animated sci-fi fantasy adapting Morimi Tomihiko's identically titled novel. Studio Colorido, known for Typhoon Noruda, makes its first feature length animation. Fourth-grader Aoyama (voice: Kita Kana) passes his days studying about the world an...
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GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)
- Director
- SHIZUNO Kobun, SESHITA Hiroyuki
- Cast
- MIYANO Mamoru, SAKURAI Takahiro, HANAZAWA Kana
The second chapter in the feature-length animated trilogy of the globally popular "Godzilla" franchise. The original story and screenplay is written by "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" series screenwriter Urobuchi Gen. Haruo (voice: Miyano Mamoru) is att...
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Duality (2018)
- Director
- SATO Masahiko, KAWAMURA Genki, SEKI Yutaro
- Cast
- KUROKI Haru, YOSHIZAWA Taiyo, YAGIRA Yuya
This story is about the various possibilities in life faced by a mother and her son. They arrive at a train station in a small rural town with some purpose in mind. On their way to their destination, the parent and child are faced with a variety of c...
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SAMURAI'S PROMISE (2018)
- Director
- KIMURA Daisaku
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, KUROKI Haru
Naoki Prize-winning author Hamuro Rin's period novel is brought to life on film. It nobly portrays the bond between an upright samurai and his deceased wife amid the backdrop of internal intrigue entangling a fief. At the helm is Kimura Daisaku who i...
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HIBIKI (2018)
- Director
- TSUKIKAWA Sho
- Cast
- HIRATE Yurina, KITAGAWA Keiko, Ayaka WILSON
Drama based on Yanamoto Mitsuharu's comic, which was awarded the Manga Taisho in 2017. A high school girl with overwhelming literary talent shakes up the lives of those around her with her brilliant spontaneity. Directed by Tsukikawa Sho of LET ME EA...
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MILLION DOLLAR MAN (2018)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, TAKAHASHI Issey, KUROKI Haru
A drama based on the novel by Kawamura Genki, producer of "your name." among others. The film takes a look at the relationship between money and happiness through the pandemonium of a man who hits the lottery. Directer Otomo Keishi and star Sato Take...
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It Comes (2018)
- Director
- NAKASHIMA Tetsuya
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, KUROKI Haru, KOMATSU Nana
Sawamura Ichi's Japan Horror Story Grand Prize-winning work "Bogiwan ga Kuru" is adapted to film by Nakashima Tetsuya whose CONFESSIONS received high acclaim both in Japan and abroad. In the lead role is Okada Junichi of Sekigahara. Tahara Hideki (T...
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HARD-CORE (2018)
- Director
- YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki, SATOH Takeru, ARAKAWA Yoshiyoshi
Live-action film adaptation of the outlaw manga with story by Carib Marley and artwork by Imashiro Takashi. Touching and humorous portrayal of the friendship between guys at society's bottom rung. The virtuoso actor Yamada Takayuki was a fan of the m...
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The Antique (2018)
- Director
- MISHIMA Yukiko
- Cast
- KUROKI Haru, NOMURA Shuhei, NARITA Ryo
Live-action film adaptation with a new cast and crew for the mystery novel series by Mikami En, which has been turned into a TV series. The owner of a used book store who is very knowledgeable and extremely observant solves various mysteries involvin...
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YOU, I LOVE (2018)
- Director
- SATOH Yuichi
- Cast
- HIRANO Sho, SAKURAI Hinako, TAMASHIRO Tina
Hoshimori Yukimo's girl's comic is adapted as a live-action teen love story by Sato Yuichi, director of Kisaragi which won the Japan Academy Prize's Director of the Year award. Childhood friends Rin (Hirano Sho), Yu (Sakurai Hinako), Koyomi (Tamashi...
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LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin’ Wimp! (2018)
- Director
- MIKI Satoshi
- Cast
- ABE Sadawo, YOSHIOKA Riho, CHIBA Yudai
A high-energy rock comedy written and directed by Miki Satoshi of It's Me, It's Me and Instant Swamp depicting the meeting between and phenomenon of two troubled musicians played by Abe Sadawo and Yoshioka Riho. Charismatic rock star Sin (Abe) has a...
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LOVE × DOC (2018)
- Director
- SUZUKI Osamu
- Cast
- YOSHIDA Yoh, NOMURA Shuhei, TAMAKI Hiroshi
Directorial debut for popular screenwriter Suzuki Osamu, who has penned the scripts for hit dramas and films including The Handsome Suit. Love Doc is a romance clinic that offers counseling and analyzes DNA to find out your romance genetic type. Pop...
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MIRAI (2018)
- Director
- HOSODA Mamoru
- Cast
- KAMISHIRAISHI Moka, KUROKI Haru, HOSHINO Gen
MIRAI is an animated feature film produced by Studio Chizu. The film is originally written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda who also directed The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children and The Boy and the Beast. Kun (voice: Kamishirais...
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50 First Kisses (2018)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki, NAGASAWA Masami
A romantic-comedy remaking the 2004 Hollywood film, 50 First Dates. At the helm is Fukuda Yuichi who directed Psychic Kusuo and other comedies. This is his first time undertaking a love story. Daisuke (Yamada Takayuki) works as a coordinator in Hawa...
