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"CHOU"KOWAIHANASHI (2017)
- Director
- CHIBA Seiji
- Cast
- OGINO Karin, SHIDA Yumi, Kyoka
Alien vs. Ninja director, Chiba Seiji, resumes directorial and screenplay duties in this follow-up to Chou Kowaihanashi Comprised of four episodes, each stars current and former members of the idol group Yumemiru Adolescence. "Creak" is an encounter ...
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VAMPIRE CLAY (2017)
- Director
- UMEZAWA Soichi
- Cast
- TAKEDA Anna, SUGIMOTO Momoka, FUJITA Ena
A horror film in which people are beset by cursed clay. Serving as writer, director, and editor is Umezawa Soichi who worked on a segment of the omnibus project, The ABCs of Death2. Hidaka Kaori (Takeda Anna) has transferred to a vocational school. ...
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GHOST SQUAD (2017)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- MIKADO Minori, HON Yuni, UENO Sumire
A quirky horror film depicting the escapades of the ghost revenge group, "Ghost Squad", by the gifted director of The Machine Girl, Iguchi Noboru. Rika (Yanagi Anna) is a young girl thinking of committing suicide who is possessed by the ghosts of th...
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Occult Bolshevism (2017)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Hiroshi
- Cast
- KAN Hanae, TOMOYAMA Yuki, CHOSOKABE Yoko
Takahashi Hiroshi, screenwriter on the Ring and Don't Look Up, directs this horror film depicting a spiritual experiment involving people who are drawn to death. Ever since she vanished mysteriously when she was a child, Yukiko (Kan Hanae) has been ...
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Our House (2017)
- Director
- KIYOHARA Yui
- Cast
- KAWANISHI Nodoka, YASUNO Yukiko, OSAWA Mariwo
In this thriller, two different storylines about a girl who has lost her father and a woman who loses her memory intersect in the same house. Kiyohara Yui made this graduation film at Tokyo University of the Art's graduate school with mentorship from...
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YOCHO (FOREBODING) (2017)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- Kaho, SOMETANI Shota, HIGASHIDE Masahiro
Companion piece to Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Before We Vanish, which was an official selection for the 70th Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard section. Etsuko's (Kaho) colleague Miyuki (Kishii Yukino) reveals that her house is haunted. Etsuko is worr...
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One Cut of the Dead (2017)
- Director
- UEDA Shinichiro
- Cast
- HAMATSU Takayuki, Mao, SHUHAMA Harumi
Unique horror film produced by ENBU Seminar Cinema Project. Became a social-phenomenon hit when the theatrical run exploded from two theaters in Tokyo to a wide-scale release in response to the peculiar structure including a thirty-seven-minute openi...
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BAMY (2017)
- Director
- TANAKA Jun
- Cast
- YUKINAGA Hironobu, NAKAZATO Hiromi, TSUGE Misaki
Horror film produced by the cutting-edge director Tanaka Jun on a shoestring budget of just 700,000 yen. The ability to see ghosts pushes a man and woman to their emotional limits. Official selection for the feature film competition at the 35th Torin...
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ROKUROKU: The Promise of the Witch (2014)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Yudai
- Cast
- NAKANISHI Miho, Shiho, NOMOTO Karia
Horror film from "GARO" series creator Amemiya Keita featuring traditional yokais. The film creates new characters based on Japanese traditional demons including the long-necked "rokurokkubi," the wall-shaped "nurikabe," the umbrella-shaped "karakasa...
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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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MEATBALL MACHINE KODOKU (2017)
- Director
- NISHIMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- TANAKA Yoji, Yurisa, SHIINA Eihi
The sequel to the splatter film, Meatball Machine. Serving as character designer, screenwriter, director, and editor is Tokyo Gore Police director, Nishimura Yoshihiro, who was also involved with the special makeup effects on Attack on Titan and Shi...
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Corpse Prison 2 (2017)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Moemi, TACHIBANA Anna, WAGO Shinichi
Second film of the live-action feature film adaptation of Muroi Masane's horror comic "Shishugoku". Stars actress Katayama Moemi, who is also pin-up model. Directed by Jojo Hideo of Gachi-ban and The Secret Game of the Immoral Wife. University coed ...
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Corpse Prison 1 (2017)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Moemi, TACHIBANA Anna, WAGO Shinichi
First film in the two-part live-action theatrical adaptation of Muroi Masane's horror comic "Shishugoku". Stars actress Katayama Moemi, who also is a pin-up model. Directed by Jojo Hideo of Gachi-ban and The Secret Game of the Immoral Wife. Situated...
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BIOHAZARD: VENDETTA (2017)
- Director
- TSUJIMOTO Takanori
- Cast
- Kevin Dorman, Matthew Mercer, Erin Cahill
A fully CG animated feature length film of Capcom's popular "Biohazard" game from the duo of Shimizu Takashi (Ju-on) and Tsujimoto Takanori (THE NEXT GENERATION-PATLABOR-). Chris (voice: Kevin Dorman), of the anti-bioterrorism organization BSAA, is ...
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St. Zombie Girls' High School (2017)
- Director
- YUSA Kazutoshi
- Cast
- OKUMURA Nonoka, TSURUMI Moe, SUYAMA Emiri
Set in a world where 99% of civilization has been eradicated, this action film depicts the exploits of young girls who take it upon themselves to restore humanity. Yusa Kazutoshi, who lent his gun effect talents to the "Detective in the Bar" series d...
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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 ...
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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...
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Innocent Curse (2017)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- TAKIZAWA Hideaki, ARIOKA Daiki, KADOWAKI Mugi
Suspense horror film with script and direction from Shimizu Takashi of the "Grudge" series. Popular idol Takizawa Hideaki nails his feature film lead debut as the eerie "child whisperer" who manipulates the spirits of children to curse adults. The ca...
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dadadada seventeen (2016)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hana
- Cast
- SUZUKI Rigaku, KITAZAWA Yuho, INORI Kirara
Coming-of-age film featuring a collaboration between the girls band the peggies and high school female director Matsumoto Hana, whose debut film A Midsummer Dream was selected for the 2015 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Thirty-four-ye...
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EVIL IDOL SONG (2016)
- Director
- OHATA Hajime
- Cast
- FUJITA Ena, KIGUCHI Kenta, YASHIKI Hiroko
Panic horror film about a rampaging idol who attains the power to kill people after being possessed by evil spirit. Director Ohata Hajime made his mark with Henge and Daikenju. Fujisaki Kana (Fujita Ena) performs as a singer/songwriter while doing m...
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Corpse Party Book of Shadows (2016)
- Director
- YAMADA Masafumi
- Cast
- IKOMA Rina, MAEDA Nozomi, IKEOKA Ryosuke
Second film adaptation in the series based on the horror adventure game Corpse Party. A high school girl who escaped the grasp of ghosts faces an even more horrific fate. This sequel brings back the main cast from the previous film, including Ikoma R...
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HANAKO VS YOSUKE (2016)
- Director
- TORII Yasutake
- Cast
- SHIDA Yumi, TAKEUCHI Eri, SUGIE Taishi
Horror film based on a famous urban legend. Depicts the clash between the female ghost Hanako who lives in the girl's toilet at an abandoned school and Yosuke, the male ghost in the boy's toilet. The lead is played by Shida Yumi from the idol group Y...
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HAUNTED CAMPUS (2016)
- Director
- TAKEMOTO Satoshi
- Cast
- NAKAYAMA Yuma, SHIMAZAKI Haruka, ONO Takuro
A horror film about a male university student able to see ghosts, despite being timid, who solves the riddle to a mysterious case that occurs on campus. It is based on the popular novel by Kushiki Riu, who won the Reader Award at the 19th Japanese Ho...
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AME-ONNA (2016)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- SEINO Nana, YANAGI Shuntaro, TAKAHASHI Yu
First horror film in six years from director Shimizu Takashi, who was the first Japanese director to grab the top spot in the US box office with JU-ON The Grudge. His spine-tingling direction stimulates all five senses by fully exploiting the experie...
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Hinageshi (2015)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Keiji
- Cast
- TANIGAWA Miyuki, SANNOMIYA Eiko
Episode in the omnibus horror film Ankokuno Utage comprised of six shorts about fragments from nightmares. Director Sakamoto Keiji won the 600 Second Competition Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival 2003 for Tagawori. A wom...