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The Ringside Story (2017)

Director: TAKE Masaharu

Cast: SATO Eriko, Eita

A romantic-comedy depicting a loser with a gargantuan dream and the admirable girlfriend who supports him, directed by Take Masaharu of 100 Yen Love. Kanako (Sato Eriko) and Hideo (Eita) have been living together for ten years. An actor when they fi...

The Salt of the Earth, Gunpei Yamamuro (2016)

Director: TOJO Masatoshi

Cast: MORIOKA Ryu, WAGATSUMA Miwako, TATSUMI Takuro

Historical drama set in the tumultuous Meiji period about Yamamuro Gunpei, who devoted his life to saving others, and his comrades. Directed by Tojo Masatoshi of 9/10. Born into a poor farming family in Okayama, Gunpei (Morioka Ryu) was adopted by ...

Pelican: 74 Years of Japanease Tradition (2017)

Director: UCHIDA Shuntaro

Cast: WATANABE Kazuo, WATANABE Riku, NAGI HIoriki

Documentary about the venerable Pelican bakery that was founded 74 years ago. Directed by Uchida Shuntaro of Portrait. Tokyo is crowded with bakeries that sell bread of all varieties imaginable. Located in Tokyo's old-style downtown district of Asa...

Dawn Wind in My Poncho (2017)

Director: HIROHARA Satoru

Cast: Taiga, NAKAMURA Aoi, YAMOTO Yuma

Hayami Kazumasa's identically titled novel is adapted to film by Hirohara Satoru, the rising director of Good Morning to the World!!. The road movie depicts the adolescence of high schoolers on the verge of graduation. Matahachi (Taiga) hasn't decid...

MIXED DOUBLES (2017)

Director: ISHIKAWA Junichi

Cast: ARAGAKI Yui, Eita

Popular screenwriter, Kosawa Ryota, writes an original story depicting the rejuvenation of love and life through table tennis which is brought to screen by Ishikawa Junichi, director of April Fools. Tamako (Aragaki Yui), who was once known as a "tab...

Psychic Kusuo (2017)

Director: FUKUDA Yuichi

Cast: YAMAZAKI Kento, HASHIMOTO Kanna

School comedy directed and scripted by Fukuda Yuichi, who has earned overwhelming popularity with Gintama and Forbidden Super Hero. High school student Saiki Kusuo (Yamazaki Kento) conceals the supernatural abilities endowed to him at birth, includi...

Wilderness Part 2 (2017)

Director: KISHI Yoshiyuki

Cast: SUDA Masaki, YANG Ik-june, Yusuke SANTAMARIA

The second in a two-part film adaptation boldly recreating the backdrop of playwright, Terayama Shuji's one and only full length novel. Kishi Yoshiyuki, who made his feature-length debut with A Double Life, serves as both screenwriter and director. S...

Fate/stay night THE MOVIE [Heaven's Feel] I. presage flower (2017)

Director: SUDO Tomonori

Cast: SUGIYAMA Noriaki, SHITAYA Noriko

The first of a theatrical trilogy based on the third route, Heaven's Feel, of the popular PC game 'Fate/stay night'. It has been ten years since the last Holy Grail War which involved mages (masters) and their spiritual familiars (servants) battling...

Narratage (2017)

Director: YUKISADA Isao

Cast: MATSUMOTO Jun, ARIMURA Kasumi, SAKAGUCHI Kentaro

The film adaptation of Shimamoto Rio's identically titled romance novel. It portrays a man and woman who first meet as teacher and pupil, then meet again years later and fall into an undeniably forbidden romance. At the helm is Yukisada Isao of Cryin...

The diary about Ayame's easygoing and aggressive days. (2017)

Director: SHIBASAKI Hiroki

Cast: KUROBA Mario, ADACHI Rika

Film adaptation of the same-named comic by manga artist Machi Mai. Helmed by Shibasaki Hiroki, who directs TV dramas and commercials. Undergrad science major Tsubaki (Adachi Rika) is obsessed with researching animal skeletons, and she meets the quir...

Moon and Thunder (2017)

Director: ANDO Hiroshi

Cast: HATSUNE Eriko, KORA Kengo, KUSAKARI Tamiyo

Feature film adaptation of the same-named novel by Kakuta Mitsuyo. The story shows how an encounter and intimacy can send life on an unexpected trajectory. Directed by Ando Hiroshi of Undulant Fever. Yasuko (Hatsune Eriko) has plans to get married a...

OUTRAGE CODA (2017)

Director: KITANO Takeshi

Cast: BEAT Takeshi, NISHIDA Toshiyuki, OMORI Nao

This is the final chapter of Kitano Takeshi's "Outrage" series depicting the unscrupulous clashes that exist in the underworld. Set in Japan and Korea, an all-out war breaks out jumbling together yakuza, fixers, and police. After the large-scale ba...

Wilderness Part 1 (2017)

Director: KISHI Yoshiyuki

Cast: SUDA Masaki, YANG Ik-june, Yusuke SANTAMARIA

The first in a two-part film adaptation boldly recreating the backdrop of playwright, Terayama Shuji's one and only full length novel. Set in 2020 after the Tokyo Olympics, it perceptively depicts the soul of people living in a nook of the metropolis...

ERNESTO (2017)

Director: SAKAMOTO Junji

Cast: ODAGIRI Joe, NAGAYAMA Kento, Juan Miguel VALERO ACOSTA

In this drama, Sakamoto Junji, director of Human Trust and The Projects, portrays the life of a man of Japanese descent who fought alongside Che Guevara and from whom he was given his first name. Odagiri Joe plays Freddy Maemura Hurtado, who was in l...

Yakan mo yatteru hoikuen (2017)

Director: OMIYA Koichi

Cast

Documentary from director Omiya Koichi of TADAIMA I'm home, a place for everyone and The Voyage of Bunyo Ishikawa about the challenges facing childcare workers and parents who are raising kids in a wide range of circumstances, based on the real-life ...

Three Lights (2017)

Director: YOSHIDA Kohki

Cast: IKEDA Ryo, SUZUKI Hiroshi, KOMIYA Kazuha

Drama directed by Yoshida Kiko of HOUSEHOLD X and Tokyo Bitch, I Love You, which have been lauded at international film festivals. Graphic depiction of hope, frustrations and restlessness through people groping their way through life. Three women tr...

A Whale of A Tale (2017)

Director: SASAKI Megumi

Cast

Herb & Dorothy director Sasaki Megumi tackles the whaling industry controversy in this documentary which took six years to make. The tiny fishing village of Taiji in Wakayama Prefecture has become entangled in an international controversy over its h...

Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 5 "Coexistencet" (2017)

Director: MOTONAGA Keitaro

Cast: HANAE Natsuki, SAKAMOTO Chika, HOSOYA Yoshimasa

Sequel to the TV anime series that enjoys enduring popularity worldwide. This fifth feature film in the six-part "Digimon Adventure tri." series picks up six years after the first TV series and three years after the second TV series. Meicoomon is o...

Hibike euphonium Todoketai melody (2017)

Director: OGAWA Taichi

Cast: KUROSAWA Tomoyo, ASAI Ayaka, TOYOTA Moe

Feature film version of the "Sound! Euphonium" TV anime series about high school students who devote themselves to playing in their school's concert band. Produced by Kyoto Animation of "K-On!" and A Silent Voice. The Kitauji High School concert ban...

Ajin (2017)

Director: MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki

Cast: SATOH Takeru, AYANO Go

The immensely popular Sakurai Gamon's identically titled comic is adapted as a live-action film. It depicts on a grand scale the conflict between a new breed of immortal humans called "Ajin" and humanity. "Bayside Shakedown" series' Motohiro Katsuyuk...

PERFECT REVOLUTION (2017)

Director: MATSUMOTO Jumpei

Cast: Lily Franky, SEINO Nana, KOIKE Eiko

A romantic film based on the true story of activist, Kumashino Yoshihiko, who raises awareness of the sexuality of disabled people through lecturing and event activities. The film is written and directed by Matsumoto Jumpei of Embers. Kuma (Lily Fra...

YURIGOKORO (2017)

Director: KUMAZAWA Naoto

Cast: YOSHITAKA Yuriko, MATSUZAKA Tori, MATSUYAMA Kenichi

The theatrical adaptation of Numata Mahokaru identically titled mystery novel starring Yoshitaka Yuriko, co-starring Matsuzaka Tori and Matsuyama Kenichi. Kumazawa Naoto, who helmed Close Range Love and The Anthem of the Heart, wrote and directed the...

THE MIRACLES OF THE NAMIYA GENERAL STORE (2017)

Director: HIROKI Ryuichi

Cast: YAMADA Ryosuke, ONO Machiko, NISHIDA Toshiyuki

Film adaption drama of the bestselling novel by Higashino Keigo, whose books have sold over 8 million copies worldwide. Directed by Hiroki Ryuichi of April Bride and Policeman and Me. Atsuya (Yamada Ryosuke), Shota (Murakami Nijiro) and Kohei (Kanic...

ASAHINAGU (2017)

Director: HANABUSA Tsutomu

Cast: NISHINO Nanase, SAKURAI Reika, MATSUMURA Sayuri

Manga artist Kozaki Ai's identically titled comic is adapted to film, depicting high school girls who dedicate their youth to the naginata martial arts. Hanabusa Tsutomu of No Longer Heroine directs a cast comprised of many members of the idol group ...

TORNADO GIRL (2017)

Director: ONE Hitoshi

Cast: TSUMABUKI Satoshi, MIZUHARA Kiko

Columnist Shibuya Chokkaku's comic is brought to the big screen by Love Strikes! director One Hitoshi. It depicts the agony of a magazine editor who looks up to musician Okuda Tamio being given a taste of the joys and despair of love through the sedu...

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