Movies
6,905 Results
-
BLAME! (2017)
- Director
- SESHITA Hiroyuki
- Cast
- SAKURAI Takahiro, HANAZAWA Kana, AMAMIYA Sora
Feature film animation adaptation of the masterpiece SF manga that enjoys a worldwide fan base. The completely new story was created with the full cooperation of the manga author Nihei Tsutomu, who served as creative consultant. Directed by Seshita H...
-
Lu over the wall (2017)
- Director
- YUASA Masaaki
- Cast
- TANI Kanon, SHIMODA Shouta, SHINOHARA Shinichi
The first, completely original theatrical film by director Yuasa Masaaki. This tale of the encounter and separation of a young boy and a young mermaid is composed of careful depictions of life and delicate emotional portrayals rendered through animat...
-
Red Ash -GEARWORLD- (2017)
- Director
- SANO Yuta
- Cast
- KAJI Yuki, MORIWAKI Rikumi, SETO Asami
In a futuristic world, the "Nanorace," people whose genes contain nanomachines that grant them special abilities, are controlled and suffer prejudice from the "Purerace" of normal human beings. Beck, a legendary hunter with the power of "Red Ash," ai...
-
Jungle Taxi (2016)
- Director
- Hakhyun KIM
- Cast
- MATSUZAKI Hayate, SUGANUMA Hisayoshi, USHIDA Hiroko
The taxi driver and other characters who hold an influence towards his destiny are drawn with a hard-boiled touch. A mysterious mood is created with arid colour, with red and blue on a monochrome background. The taxi driver picks up an unwelcome far...
-
GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017)
- Director
- SHIZUNO Kobun, SESHITA Hiroyuki
- Cast
- MIYANO Mamoru, SAKURAI Takahiro, HANAZAWA Kana
The first-ever feature-length animation in the globally popular "Godzilla" franchise. Set in a future in which Godzilla has continued to dominate the Earth for 20,000 years, it depicts the fate of humanity standing off against the "King of Monsters"....
-
fuji_jukai.mov (2016)
- Director
- SAKASHITA Katsumi
- Cast
- OKUMA Ami, OTONARI Mirei, KOHINATA Setsu
Horror documentary that takes place in the Sea of Trees near Mount Fuji, where some 100 suicides are discovered each year. TV variety show producer Sakashita Katsumi serves as director and screenwriter. Screened in the TV Director's Movie section at ...
-
highheels - a fairy tale born of obsession (2016)
- Director
- Inchul LEE
- Cast
- KIKUCHI Rinko, Hyunri, KOJIMA Fujiko
Short film starring actress Kikuchi Rinko, who is known for her performances in Babel and Pacific Rim. Kai (Kikuchi) is an android shoemaker who takes the craft very seriously. One day, a customer who wants perfectly fitting shoes orders a pair of h...
-
Your Voice -KIMIKOE- (2017)
- Director
- ITO Naoyuki
- Cast
- KATAHIRA Mina, TANAKA Yuki, IWABUCHI Momone
Original animated feature film about the adolescence of high school girls. Animation produced by Madhouse, which is known for films including The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Nagisa (voice: Katahira Mina) is a high school girl living in a seaside to...
-
KUPIPO SOS! –The Dreamers from Underground (2017)
- Director
- YANAGIMOTO Satsuki
- Cast
- HATTORI Maki, BIBIT Aina, Mecro
Documentary about the idol group Kupipo, which was formed in 2014 with Hattori Maki as the leader. Maki is a man who wishes to act like a cute gal and dresses up in woman's clothes. Follows the group from early summer 2016 through the end of the year...
-
Amy said (2016)
- Director
- MURAMOTO Taishi
- Cast
- MIURA Masaki, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, NAKAMURA Yuko
Coming-of-age ensemble film produced to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the talent agency Decade. Directed by Muramoto Taishi of MASK DE 41. Twenty years have passed since the sudden disappearance of Amy (Kakinoki Amina), who was the femme fatal...
-
dream of illumination (2017)
- Director
- SAWADA Thunder
- Cast
- SHIDA Sara, HAMADA Akira
Commercial feature film debut for the cutting-edge Sawada Thunder, who published the illustrated book "Osananajimi no Bakki" in 2007 and was selected for competition in the Okamoto Taro Memorial Award for Contemporary Art. Uses black-and-white images...
-
VESSEL (2017)
- Director
- INO Hidetaka
- Cast
A documentary combining footage of the collaborative process between choreographer Damien Jalet and sculptor Nawa Kohei and the resulting performance art piece. Jalet takes the representation of myth, indigenous beliefs, and rituals from each part o...
-
Where I belong (2016)
- Director
- AZUMA Shinji
- Cast
- HAYASHI Kento, ICHIHARA Etsuko, FUJII Mina
Drama adaptation of the bestselling novel by Naoki Prize-winning author Nonami Asa. Higashi Shinji, who has worked on the TV drama series "Aibo", makes his theatrical film directorial debut. Abandoned by his parents as a child, Izumi Shoto (Hayashi...
-
Enokida Trading Post (2016)
- Director
- IIZUKA Ken
- Cast
- SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, MORIOKA Ryu, ITO Sairi
Drama set in Gunma Prefecture about people trying to turn over a new leaf, with actor Shibukawa Kiyohiko and director Iizuka Ken, who both hail from Gunma. Enokida Trading Post is a second-hand shop run by Enokida Yojiro (Shibukawa), whose personal ...
-
Violence Voyager (2018)
- Director
- Ujicha
- Cast
- YUKI Aoi, ONO Daisuke
Visual artist Ujicha writes, directs, shoots, and edits this animation in which he also constructed the character figures and drew every image. Winner of the Bronze Audience Award at the 22nd Fantasia International Film Festival, it has been screened...
-
You Still Don't Get Gunma (2017)
- Director
- MIZUNO Itaru
- Cast
- MAMIYA Shotaro, YOSHIMURA Kaito, BABA Fumika
Teen comedy live-action adaptation of Ida Hiroto's manga "You Still Don't Get Gunma," which is based on well-worn topics that all Gunma prefecture residents can relate to. Screened in the TV Director's Movie section of the 9th Okinawa International F...
-
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2017)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- KIRYU Mai, HIGASHIDE Masahiro, Kanichiro
Ensemble production about commoners living through the chaos of the post-war crash and Great Kanto Earthquake as they search for meaning in their lives. Directed by the brilliant Zeze Takahisa of Heaven's Story. The story takes place in the outskirt...
-
HOTARU / Firefly (2000)
- Director
- KAWASE Naomi
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Yuko, NAGASAWA Toshiya, YAMAGUCHI Miyako
Kawase Naomi, director of Suzaku, not only writes and directs this drama, but also serves as cinematographer and music composer. It was screened at film festivals abroad including the competition section of the 53rd Locarno International Film Festiva...
-
SUZAKU (1997)
- Director
- KAWASE Naomi
- Cast
- KUNIMURA Jun, ONO Machiko, IZUMI Sachiko
The theatrical debut film by Kawase Naomi who serves as writer and director. It won the Camera d'Or for Best First Feature Film at the 50th Cannes International Film Festival, making Kawase the first Japanese to win the award. Kozo (Kunimura Jun) is...
-
Dark Side of the Light (2016)
- Director
- SAKAMAKI Ryota
- Cast
- OSHINARI Shugo, HATACHIYA Megumi
Based on an actual murder that took place in 1996 in Shibuya, Tokyo, Dark Side of the Light imagines what might have lead to the tragedy. One day, Emi Kinoshita receives a visit from her ex-boyfriend, Takumi Toyonaga. He tells her that her older sist...
-
Laughing Lucky Cats (2017)
- Director
- IIDUKA Ken
- Cast
- SHIMIZU Fumika, MATSUI Rena
Iizuka Ken, who directed Drops in Your Hand, adapts to film the debut work of novelist, Yamamoto Yukihisa. It depicts with plenty of affection and humor two comediennes' love and friendship amid a life resembling a standup routine composed of a color...
-
Opening Night (2017)
- Director
- SAKAI Mai
- Cast
- HARA Nanoka, MATSUI Rena
Up-and-coming director, Sakai Mai, who gained attention with her previous film, Be A Light to the World, makes her commercial feature film debut. It screened in the Yubari Choice section at the 2017 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Chil...
-
Life and Death On the Shore (2017)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- MITSUSHIMA Hikari, NAGAYAMA Kento
Film adaptation of a story about a passionate encounter and love written by Shimao Toshio, author of the personal novel "The Sting of Death", and Shimao Miho. Directed by Koshikawa Michio of Areno - The Wilderness. The year is 1944 at the tail end o...
-
Birds Without Names (2017)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- AOI Yu, ABE Sadawo, MATSUZAKA Tori
Feature film adaptation of Numata Mahokaru's mystery novel. Depicts the love lives of truly despicable protagonists. Directed by Shiraishi Kazuya of The Devil's Path and Twisted Justice. Towako (Aoi Yu) is still hung up on Kurosaki (Takenouchi Yutak...
-
Neko Ninja (2017)
- Director
- WATANABE Takeshi
- Cast
- ONO Takuro, SATO Eriko, FUJIMOTO Izumi
Kagerota, a rogue ninja, is a wanted man as his clansman believes that he knows whereabouts of the scrolls which tells the mythical skills of warriors changing appearances to win battles. Kagerota is taking "Father," an overweight, golden-haired and ...
