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  • Water Dream

    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...

  • FAIRY TAIL DRAGON CRY

    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 (...

  • Les Garcons- Bonbons 2  L'Oiseau du paradis

    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...

  • Marbling

    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...

  • Cosmetic Wars

    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...

  • Kamejiro: The U.S. Military's Most Feared Man

    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....

  • MIDNIGHT BUS

    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...

  • Listen to Light

    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...

  • Waiting for the Moon

    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...

  • Party 'Round the Globe

    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...

  • Between Men and the Gods

    Between Men and the Gods (2017)

    Director
    UCHIDA Eiji
    Cast
    SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, TOTSUGI Shigeyuki, UCHIDA Chika

    Tanizaki Junichiro's novel, 'Kami to Hito to no Aida' which drew on real life experiences, is brought to life in this drama which changes the setting to modern times. At the helm is "Lowlife Love" director, Uchida Eiji. Hozumi (Shibukawa Kiyohiko), ...

  • Of Love & Law

    Of Love & Law (2017)

    Director
    TODA Hikaru
    Cast
    MINAMI Kazuyuki, YOSHIDA Masafumi

    Documentary about contemporary Japanese society through the lives of people in challenging circumstances including LGBT individuals and those left out of Japan's family registry system. Director Toda Hikaru, who has worked for many years in the US an...

  • Ambiguous Places

    Ambiguous Places (2017)

    Director
    IKEDA Akira
    Cast
    SUMII Kujirako, SHIBA Hirofumi, OTA Michi

    The "dreams" seen by people are intertwined through an abstract mystery in this surreal fantasy directed by Ikeda Akira whose Anatomy of a Paper Clip won the grand prizes at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and the Vancouver International Fi...

  • The Hungry Lion

    The Hungry Lion (2017)

    Director
    OGATA Takaomi
    Cast
    MATUBAYASHI Urara, MIZUISHI Atomu, TSUTSUI Mariko

    The propagation of fake news and the fiendish appetite of those who consume such information are revealed in this drama by Sunk in to the Womb director, Ogata Takaomi. One morning, Hitomi's (Matubayashi Urara) homeroom teacher is taken away by polic...

  • Ice Cream and the Sound of Raindrops

    Ice Cream and the Sound of Raindrops (2017)

    Director
    MATSUI Daigo
    Cast
    MORITA Kokoro, TANAKA Reiko, TANAKA Taketo

    Coming-of-age story consisting of a single seventy-four-minute take covering one month in the lives of youths floundering in the gap between reality and fiction, based on a true story. Directed by Matsui Daigo of Japanese Girls Never Die. The rap gro...

  • Last Night Rewind

    Last Night Rewind (2017)

    Director
    YOKOO Hatsuki
    Cast
    OKANO Maya, TSURUTA Mayu, WATANABE Ikkei

    A magical film adapting the play by theatre troupe Taiyo Magic Film. Director Yokoo Hatsuki makes his theatrical feature film debut while theatre troupe leader, Saijo Mitsutoshi, serves as screenwriter. A daughter schemes with her father to fake her...

  • Almost Coming, Almost Dying

    Almost Coming, Almost Dying (2017)

    Director
    KOBAYASHI Toshimasa
    Cast
    NOU Misoo, YANAGI Elisa, OKI Chizuru

    A live-action adaptation of Nakagawa Manabu's manga which itself is based on his personal experiences. It is a true account of a man's secret shame directed by Kobayashi Toshimasa who directed the television series based on Nakagawa's debut work, 'Bo...

  • The Fall of Icarus:Narita Stories

    The Fall of Icarus:Narita Stories (2017)

    Director
    DAISHIMA Haruhiko
    Cast
    KASE Tsutomu, AKIBA Emiko, HIRATA Seigo

    Documentary that serves as a companion to The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories, which dealt with the protests against the construction of Narita Airport. Depicts the lives of youth who fought alongside farmers against the nation state. Farmers la...

  • Hikari - And Then There Was Light

    Hikari - And Then There Was Light (2017)

    Director
    OMORI Tatsushi
    Cast
    IURA Arata, Eita, HASEGAWA Kyoko

    An adaptation of Miura Shion's identically titled novel by The Ravine of Goodbye director Omori Tatsushi. On Mihama, one of Tokyo's outlying islands, Shinji witnesses the rape of his girlfriend and middle-school classmate, Haruka, then commits an ir...

  • honey

    honey (2017)

    Director
    SHINTOKU Koji
    Cast
    HIRANO Sho, TAIRA Yuna

    Live-action film adaptation of Meguro Amu's romance comic "honey." Directed by Shintoku Koji, who has served as assistant director for films including Moteki and Bakuman. Timid and shy high school student Nao (Taira Yuna) is suddenly confronted with...

  • When I get home, my wife always pretends to be dead.

    When I get home, my wife always pretends to be dead. (2017)

    Director
    LEE Toshio
    Cast
    EIKURA Nana, YASUDA Ken

    Romantic comedy inspired by a question posted in the Yahoo! Answers knowledge-sharing community that got everyone talking. Helmed by Lee Toshio of TIME TRIP APP and Bali Big Brother. In his third year of marriage, Jun (Yasuda Ken) works at an office...

  • The Many Faces of Ito

    The Many Faces of Ito (2017)

    Director
    HIROKI Ryuichi
    Cast
    OKADA Masaki, KIMURA Fumino, SASAKI Nozomi

    Author, Yuzuki Asako's romance novel is adapted to film by Vibrator director Hiroki Ryuichi. It depicts women whose lives have been manipulated by an attractive yet self-conscious, but overly callous man. 32-year-old screenwriter, Rio (Kimura Fumino...

  • blank13

    blank13 (2017)

    Director
    SAITOH Takumi
    Cast
    TAKAHASHI Issey, MATSUOKA Mayu, SAITOH Takumi

    Drama by actor Saitoh Takumi, who makes his feature-film directorial debut. Won the Best Director in the Asian New Talent Awards at the 20th Shanghai International Film Festival. Family members learn the whereabouts of the father (Lily Franky) who v...

  • Karanukan

    Karanukan (2017)

    Director
    HAMANO Yasuhiro
    Cast
    GACKT, KIMURA Suzuka, AKIYOSHI Kumiko

    Romance set in Okinawa. Original story and direction by Hamano Yasuhiro, who has produced projects for fashion and architecture. Screened at the 9th Okinawa Film Festival. Globe-trotting photographer Oyama Hikaru (GACKT) meets a beautiful girl named...

  • MR.LONG

    MR.LONG (2017)

    Director
    SABU
    Cast
    Chang Chen, AOYAGI Sho, Yao Yi-ti

    Monday and Kanikosen director SABU helms this violent film produced through a collaboration between Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Germany. It was screened in the 67th Berlin International Film Festival's competition section. Hitman Long (Chang Chen)...