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Love Disease (2017)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Kota
- Cast
- SETO Saori, OKAYAMA Amane
Sensual suspense drama about the love-hate relationship between a man pursuing a perverse relationship and a woman thrown into turmoil by the fate of intense love. Based on the Wakayama dating website robbery and homicide from 2002. Emiko (Seto Saor...
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Is the order a rabbit?? ~Dear My Sister~ (2017)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- SAKURA Ayane, MINASE Inori, TANEDA Risa
Feature film produced for the TV anime series based on the four-panel comic by the manga artist Koi. Cocoa (voice: Sakura Ayane) arrives in a new town and takes up residence at a cafe called Rabbit House. She quickly becomes buddies with Rize (voice...
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HANAGATAMI (2017)
- Director
- OBAYASHI Nobuhiko
- Cast
- KUBOZUKA Shunsuke, MITSUSHIMA Shinnosuke, TOKIWA Takako
Feature film adaptation of the script penned by director Obayashi Nobuhiko prior to his 1977 debut film HOUSE. Culminates his "war time trilogy" together with Casting Blossoms to the Sky and Seven Weeks. Spring 1941. Toshihiko (Kubozuka Shunsuke) sh...
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Seishun yawa Amazing place (2017)
- Director
- KIRIDOSHI Risaku
- Cast
- Mikoto, SUMORI Ryubun, IIJIMA Daisuke
Directorial debut by Kiridoshi Risaku, an accomplished film and cultural critic and author of "Miyazaki Hayao no ‘sekai'" and "Kaiju tsukai to shonen: Ultraman no sakka tachi". Mikoto (Mikoto) and Takashi (Sumori Ryubun) graduated from the same high...
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DENSAN (2017)
- Director
- KANAMORI Masaaki
- Cast
- NISHINO Akihiro, YAMAMOTO Mayumi, Mihiro
A drama focusing on a designer and a molding artist who practices a traditional craft in the city of Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture. Kuon Shigeru (Nishino Akihiro) works at the molding factory run by his father Kouzaburo (Watanabe Tetsu). Every day Sh...
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Reon (2018)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Rempei
- Cast
- JIYOUNG, TAKENAKA Naoto, OMASA Aya
Comedy film adaptation of the same-named comic by Okura Kaori and Kiyoshi Tomohide. Directed by Tsukamoto Rempei of 700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police. Script by Yoshida Erika of No Longer Heroine. Feature film acting debut for Jiyoung, who is fro...
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It’s boring here, pick me up (2018)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- HASHIMOTO Ai, KADOWAKI Mugi, NARITA Ryo
Film adaptation of author Yamauchi Mariko's debut novel. Painfully wistful ensemble story revolving around a guy named Shiina who was the object of everyone's admiration in high school, depicting the lives of young people living in a provincial city ...
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SUKITA / The Shoot Must Go On (2018)
- Director
- AIHARA Hiromi
- Cast
- SUKITA Masayoshi
Documentary about veteran photographer Sukita Masayoshi, whose photos of musicians like David Bowie and Iggy Pop have been seen around the world. Follows the trajectory of his work including behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the album cover photo sho...
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HOSHI MEGURI NO MACHI (2018)
- Director
- KUROTSUCHI Mitsuo
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Nenji, DAN Mitsu, TAKASHIMA Reiko
Drama that conveys the preciousness of life through the encounter of a boy who has lost his family and an upright and old-fashioned man. Veteran actor Kobayashi Nenji plays the lead for the first time at the age of 76. Yusaku's died wife died young ...
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The Final Parting (2018)
- Director
- ITO Hidehiro
- Cast
- TAKASHIMA Reiko, Ayane, WATANABE Shu
Drama about a young woman's emotional growth as she overcomes the deaths of those dear to her after meeting a female mortician. Directed by accomplished screenplay writer Ito Hidehiro. Ai (Ayane) lost her parents in a traffic accident when she was a...
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We Make Antiques! (2018)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, SASAKI Kuranosuke
Original comedy from director Take Masaharu and scriptwriter Adachi Shin, who also teamed up for 100 Yen Love. Adds a human touch to the duplicity of scammers trying to outwit each other. Antique dealer Koike Norio (Nakai Kiichi) flounders around a...
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Haruneko (2016)
- Director
- HOKIMOTO Sora
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Keisuke, IWATA Ryuto, AKATSUKA Minako
Feature film debut by groundbreaking newcomer Hokimoto Sora, who has worked as assistant director on films directed by Yamamoto Masashi, Hashiguchi Ryosuke and Zeze Takahisa. Aoyama Shinji of EUREKA serves as producer on a feature film for the first ...
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「SLIDE」 (2015)
- Director
- Tekken
- Cast
An animated short film about retired figure skater Asada Mao drawn by comedian and illustrator Tekken. Taking three months and 2890 individual drawings, Tekken depicts the career, setbacks, and victories of Mao's life as a figure skater. It received ...
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I dreamed of flying in the sky (2017)
- Director
- TANAKA Hiromi
- Cast
- Maia, MIYAGI Daiki, TABATA Tomoko
Film produced as a music movie for music production team TGLAB.'s 10-track album "I dreamed of flying in the sky." Features one short film for each song on the album. The short films were released on a weekly basis on TGLAB.'s YouTube channel. Direct...
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Noise (2018)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Yusaku
- Cast
- SHINOZAKI Kokoro, ANJO Urara, SUZUKI Kosuke
In this ensemble drama inspired by the Akihabara Massacre which occurred in 2008, people discover a glimmer of hope amid despair and attempt to go on with life. In the director's chair is up-and-comer, Matsumoto Yusaku, who makes his feature film deb...
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Cocooning (2017)
- Director
- ADACHI Satoshi, MICHIKAWA Kei
- Cast
- MIZUSHIMA Yu, YOSHIMOTO Miyu, TOYOHARA Kosuke
A drama focusing on the World Heritage Site, Tomioka Silk Mill, and the dawn of Japan's silk industry legacy. Set in Gunma Prefecture during the early Meiji Era, the film depicts efforts of young women who supported the modernization of Japan. In th...
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Le lion est mort ce soir (2017)
- Director
- SUWA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- Jean-Pierre Léaud, Pauline Etienne, Maud Wyler
2 Duo, Perfect Couple director Suwa Nobuhiro welcomes The 400 Blows star Jean-Pierre Leaud to this Japanese-French co-production. Jean (Leaud) is an aging actor troubled by his inability to feign death. Haunted by the past, he visits an old estate i...
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The Scythian Lamb (2018)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Daihachi
- Cast
- NISHIKIDO Ryo, KIMURA Fumino, MATSUDA Ryuhei
The comic by the maestro team of Yamagami Tatsuhiko and Igarashi Mikio is adapted to live-action in this ultimate dramatic thriller that reveals the true nature of human beings. In the director's chair is Yoshida Daihachi of The Kirishima Thing and P...
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MATASABURO of the Wind (2016)
- Director
- YAMADA Yuki
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Satoshi, INABA Natsuki, TANAKA Masahiko
Animation produced through Anime Tamago 2016, the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Young Animator Training Project. Produced by Buemon, which was involved in "GRANBLUE FANTASY The Animation." A girl (voice: Inaba Natsuki) temporarily relocates from the ...
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Kacchikene! (2016)
- Director
- YOSHIMURA Fumihiro
- Cast
- AKANEYA Himika, KAKO Rion, OTAKE Hiroshi
Animation produced through Anime Tamago 2016, the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Young Animator Training Project. Produced by Tezuka Productions, the studio behind Gusko budori no denki. The temple where Aiko (voice: Akaneya Himika) lives has a strang...
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Colorful Ninja Iomaki (2016)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Kentaro
- Cast
- SHIMIZU Hazuki, ITAKURA Mitsutaka, MIZUNO Risa
Animation produced through Anime Tamago 2016, the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Young Animator Training Project. Produced by Signal.MD, the studio behind Napping Princess. Third-grader Himeno (voice: Shimizu Hazuki) moves into a big house in the coun...
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Vibration (2017)
- Director
- MATSUNAGA Daishi
- Cast
- YOSHII Kazuya, KIKUCHI Hideaki, HIROSE Yoichi
After a 15-year hiatus, THE YELLOW MONKEY, one of Japan's greatest rock bands, reunites in 2016 and goes on tour. They vow never to break up again. Director Daishi Matsunaga of Pieta in the Toilet and Pyuupiru captures them on and off stage examinin...
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Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds (2017)
- Director
- SUGAWARA Hiroshi
- Cast
- KASA Natsuki, SHIRAHASE Kaira, NAKATA Seina
A national photography competition which decides Japan's top high school photography club is the subject of this coming-of-age film depicting high schoolers putting everything they have into photography. At the helm is Sugawara Hiroshi of Seven Days'...
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"Parade" de Satie (2016)
- Director
- YAMAMURA Koji
- Cast
Short animation by animation artist Yamamura Koji, whose film Mt. Head was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 75th Academy Awards. Recreates surrealistic ballet images as animation with text from French composer Erik Satie's essays and mus...
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Water Dream (2017)
- Director
- YAMAMURA Koji
- Cast
Short animation by animation artist Yamamura Koji, whose film Mt. Head was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 75th Academy Awards. Produced for the stage at the behest of French pianist Catherine Verhelst and stage designer Herv? Tougeron...
