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Begon Bell Care (2014)
- 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 using an excerpt from Norman McLaren's Begone Dull Care through a partnership between Quartier des...
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five fire fish (2013)
- 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. Extemporaneous work created using the Etching on Film app as part of a demonstration of the McLaren's Works...
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Zodiac One Third (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. Produced with "twenty" as the concept to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Toronto Reel Asia Internat...
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KOJIKI at Hyuga (2013)
- 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. Animated rendition of "The Cleansing," "Sun Goddess Amaterasu," "Flowering Trees" and "Umisachi and Yamasac...
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Anthology with Cranes (2011)
- 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. Inspired by Edo period artist Tawaraya Sotatsu's unique 17th century "Anthology with Cranes" scroll that e...
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Fig (2006)
- 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. Yamamura's contribution to the omnibus TOKYO LOOP commemorating the centennial of animation with works inspi...
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Notes on Monstropedia (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. Depicts the habitat of monsters using movements and simple phrases like "the taste of tears" and "tamed wil...
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The Dog Bridegroom (2016)
- Director
- KATASHIMA Ikki
- Cast
- ARIMORI Narimi, MUTO Shohei, EGUCHI Noriko
Ambitious 245-minute work inspired by the "dog bridegroom" folk legend. Directed by Katashima Ikki, whose film Pure Asia was screened at overseas festivals. One day elementary school teacher Azusa (Arimori Narimi) hears a heavenly voice that tells h...
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FAIRY TAIL DRAGON CRY (2017)
- Director
- MINAMIKAWA Tatsuma
- Cast
- KAKIHARA Tetsuya, HIRANO Aya, KUGIMIYA Rie
Feature film anime based on the comic "Fairy Tale." Presents an original story based on the 200-page storyboard penned by comic author Mashima Hiro himself. The magical staff Dragon Cry enshrined in the Kingdom of Fiore gets stolen by traitor Zash (...
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Les Garcons- Bonbons 2 L'Oiseau du paradis (2017)
- Director
- HIROTA Leona
- Cast
- KURIHARA Rui, ARAMAKI Yoshihiko, SOMEYA Toshiyuki
The sequel to 2015's Les Garcons-Bonbons directed by Hirota Leona, who is also known as an actress. Kitazawa Haku (Kurihara Rui) had watched a movie and dreamed he was in a parallel universe. Meanwhile, Ryu (Kamiya Riku), the older brother of Haku's...
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Marbling (2017)
- Director
- YAMAGISHI Aya
- Cast
- ISHIZAKI Natsumi, TAMURA Kentaro, ITABASHI Shunya
The 11th collaboration project in an academic-industry partnership between vocational school, Tokyo Visual Arts, and distributor, Tollywood. Takamura Sayumi (Ishizaki Natsumi) is a girl with an indecisive personality. She meets slightly unusual boys...
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My little guidebook -ICE- (2016)
- Director
- OSAKA Yoshiro
- Cast
- WU Xinti, Jai West, YANAGITANI Kazunari
Second film in My little guidebook, which emerged from a short film production project with works set in Tokachi, Hokkaido. Wu Xinti (Wu Xinti), who works on new projects at a travel agency, went to Tokachi two winters ago and decides to avail herse...
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I & Myself (2016)
- Director
- TSUKUDA Hisanori
- Cast
- OSU Mizuho, MIZUNO Natsuko, TAGUCHI Saori
Short film helmed by Tsukuda Hisanori, whose film Humming was produced in 48 hours and received international acclaim with screenings including the 69th Cannes International Film Festival. Actress Osu Mizuho plays eight roles, handling all of the fil...
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IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE (2018)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, SAWAJIRI Erika
A live-action thriller based on Miyatsuki Arata's identically titled comic directed by Shiraishi Koji, who helmed SADAKO VS. KAYAKO. Usobuki Tadashi (Matsuzaka Tori) is a mysterious man in a black suit who will perform without fail a request to have...
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Please Please Please (2016)
- Director
- HORIUCHI Hiroshi
- Cast
- SATO Ryuji, SATO Hisanori, AKAZAWA Tomoru
A youth film realistically depicting the emotions of young people who steadily grow restless. Horiuchi Hiroshi of Enishi the Bride of Izumo directs. Unhappy with the boring harbor town in which he lives, older brother Shinji (Sato Ryuji) defrauds wo...
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Happy Wedding (2016)
- Director
- KATAJIMA Shozo
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Riho
Drama that shows what happens behind the scenes in the wedding industry. Directorial debut for Katajima Shozo, who served as assistant director on films including Water Boys and Lady Maiko. Aikawa Aiko (Yoshioka Riho) is a rookie wedding planner who...
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Family Day (2016)
- Director
- OMORI Seiji
- Cast
- IHARA Tsuyoshi, TANAKA Misato
A drama depicting the story of a family who have moved to the countryside. At the helm is Omori Seiji who has directed many television dramas. The Kimiharas are a family of five who live in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Their father, Shinsuke (Ihara Tsuyoshi) is...
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The Crimes That Bind (2018)
- Director
- FUKUZAWA Katsuo
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, MATSUSHIMA Nanako, MIZOBATA Junpei
Series finale for the feature film The Wings of the Kirin and TV drama "Shinzanmono." Based on the novel by Higashino Keigo and directed by Fukuzawa Katsuo, who helmed the TV dramas "NAOKI HANZAWA" and "Downtown Rocket." A strangled female corpse i...
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Cosmetic Wars (2017)
- Director
- SUZUKI Kosuke
- Cast
- OMASA Aya, OKINA Megumi, TAKAOKA Saki
Drama about the struggles of a heroine who infiltrates a company as a corporate spy, set in a venerable cosmetics company. Directed by Suzuki Kosuke of Tokyo PR Woman. Rookie corporate spy Misawa Akane (Omasa Aya) infiltrates a venerable cosmetics c...
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Kamejiro: The U.S. Military's Most Feared Man (2017)
- Director
- SAKO Tadahiko
- Cast
- SENAGA Kamejiro
Documentary about Senaga Kamejiro, the man who stood up to the US Army in Okinawa under US occupation. The feature film is reedited with footage added to the highly acclaimed TV documentary that aired in 2016. Sakamoto Ryuichi created the theme song....
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LIFE IN OVERTIME (2018)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- TACHI Hiroshi, KUROKI Hitomi
Feature film drama adaptation of screenwriter and author Uchidate Makiko's bestselling novel "Owatta hito". Directed by Nakata Hideo of Ring. Sosuke (Tachi Hiroshi) reaches retirement age farmed out to a subsidiary after his elite career gets derail...
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MIDNIGHT BUS (2017)
- Director
- TAKESHITA Masao
- Cast
- HARADA Taizo, YAMAMOTO Mirai, KONISHI Manami
Feature film drama adaptation of the original story by novelist Ibuki Yuki. Directed by Takeshita Masao of Jump. Takamiya Toshikazu (Harada Taizo) works as a long-distance overnight bus driver from his hometown in Niigata. One night his ex-wife Miyu...
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Listen to Light (2017)
- Director
- SUGITA Kyoshi
- Cast
- NAMIKI Akie, KITAMURA Misaki, KASAJIMA Tomo
Based on four tanka poems, selected in a contest with the theme of light, this film illustrates the meaning of light in the lives of four female protagonists. Shiori (Kitamura Misaki), Yukiko (Kasajima Tomo), Kyoko (Ito Kana) and Sachiko (Namiki Aki...
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Waiting for the Moon (2017)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- IURA Arata, KUROKAWA Mei
Feature film romance based on the same-named novel by Saeki Kazumi. Directed by Koshikawa Michio of Life and Death On the Shore. After losing everything in an earthquake, Yumi's (Kurokawa Mei) aunt urges her to get out of the house and she finds a j...
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Party 'Round the Globe (2017)
- Director
- WATANABE Hirobumi
- Cast
- IMAMURA Gaku, Ringo, WATANABE Hirobumi
Winner of the Japan Cinema Splash Award at the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival for Poolside Man, director Watanabe Hirobumi helms this road movie illustrating the peculiarity of being alive through the quiet life and strange journey of two dev...
