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  • The Magnificent Nine

    The Magnificent Nine (2016)

    Director
    NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
    Cast
    ABE Sadawo, Eita, TSUMABUKI Satoshi

    A film adaptation of Isoda Michifumi's original novel which is based on a true story from the middle Edo Period. It comically depicts the efforts of Yoshiokajuku, an inn town in Sendai fief, to save themselves from impoverishment by running a moneyle...

  • Rohei banka Ikyo ni ikiru

    Rohei banka Ikyo ni ikiru (2011)

    Director
    HAYASHI Masayuki
    Cast

    Soldiers of the Chinese Nationalist Party, who fled to Taiwan after being defeated in the Chinese civil war in 1949, are the focus of this documentary which carefully captures the thoughts of the aging soldiers living out their remaining years on for...

  • NOBUNAGA CONCERTO

    NOBUNAGA CONCERTO (2016)

    Director
    MATSUYAMA Hiroaki
    Cast
    OGURI Shun, SHIBASAKI Ko, MUKAI Osamu

    Live-action adaptation of Ishii Ayumi's same-titled SF period drama comic, which has already been turned into an anime and TV drama. Oguri Shun plays a modern-day high school student as well as the Sengoku Period samurai warlord Oda Nobunaga, and oth...

  • Sanchu Uprising: Voices at Dawn

    Sanchu Uprising: Voices at Dawn (2014)

    Director
    YAMASAKI Juichiro
    Cast
    NAKAGAKI Naohisa, KAJIWARA Kano, HONDA Shoichi

    Using as a backdrop the civil uprising which occurred approximately 280 years ago in the mountains of the Tsuyama fiefdom in what is now Maniwa City, Okayama Prefecture, this period film expresses "the start of life after accepting weakness". Directo...

  • Yoko the Cherry Blossom

    Yoko the Cherry Blossom (2015)

    Director
    TAKAHASHI Gen
    Cast
    SASANO Takashi, MATOBA Koji, MIYAMOTO Maki

    The life of Takaoka Masaaki, an overlooked prominent figure who dedicated his life to the development of a new variety of sakura (cherry blossom), is depicted in this drama directed by Takahashi Gen, the author of the book on which the story is based...

  • FIVE STAR TOURIST THE MOVIE - We bring you to the Ultimate

    FIVE STAR TOURIST THE MOVIE - We bring you to the Ultimate (2015)

    Director
    SHIMAZAKI Toshiki
    Cast
    WATANABE Naomi, YAMAMOTO Yusuke, ARIMORI Narimi

    Film adaptation of the TV drama that used mockumentary techniques to portray travel company employees struggling with unreasonable client demands. Screened at the Kyoto International Film and Art Festival in 2015. Documentary director Hans (Lee Star...

  • Mirai Shutter

    Mirai Shutter (2015)

    Director
    TAKAHASHI Kazuyuki
    Cast
    HASEGAWA Yo, MIDORIKAWA Kenji, MASAGO Takeshi

    Drama probing deeply into diversity and identity with a focus on the ability to "draw the line" emotionally, which is said to be at the root of social problems. Open innovation from the NPO Wupfilm. Miki (Hasegawa Yo) quits her job and shuts down em...

  • Summer on the Frontline

    Summer on the Frontline (2015)

    Director
    MATSUSHIMA Tetsuya
    Cast
    TANAKA Min, NATSUYAGI Isao, OTANI Eiko

    Drama based on Tawara Kazuo's notebooks by the same title. Delves into the tragic fate of student draftees who were left behind at the border between the Soviet Union and Manchu at the close of World War II. The film bolsters its social advocacy by h...

  • Samurai Rock

    Samurai Rock (2015)

    Director
    NAKAJIMA Ryo
    Cast
    KOBAYASHI Yutaka, MIZUNO Masaru, HONDA Takafumi

    Military commanders from the warring states period who time travel to the present day form an idol group and take aim at winning a contest in this sci-fi, young-adult drama. Members of the local idol group, "Boys and Men," comprising of talent and ac...

  • NAGASAKI: MEMORIES OF MY SON

    NAGASAKI: MEMORIES OF MY SON (2015)

    Director
    YAMADA Yoji
    Cast
    YOSHINAGA Sayuri, NINOMIYA Kazunari, KUROKI Haru

    A fantasy film from director Yamada Yoji, based on an unfulfilled story idea by the late playwright Inoue Hisashi. Set in Nagasaki directly after World War II, it depicts the relationship between a son, who should be dead, and his mother. Yoshinaga S...

  • PERSONA NON GRATA

    PERSONA NON GRATA (2015)

    Director
    Cellin GLUCK
    Cast
    KARASAWA Toshiaki, Koyuki, Borys SZYC

    Biopic about the Showa-era diplomat Sugihara Chiune, known as Japan's Schindler. Japan-born American director Cellin Gluck delivers a heavy-hitting portrayal of Chiune's life. The cast features talented actors from Japan and Poland. In the midst of...

  • Fires on the Plain

    Fires on the Plain (2014)

    Director
    TSUKAMOTO Shinya
    Cast
    TSUKAMOTO Shinya, Lily Franky, NAKAMURA Tatsuya (BLANKEY JET CITY)

    Live adaption of Ooka Shohei‘s same-named seminal novel about war, produced after two decades in germination. Although an indie film with Tetsuo: The Iron Man director Tsukamoto Shinya handling six roles including director, lead actor and cinematogra...

  • Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai

    Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai (2015)

    Director
    HARA Keiichi
    Cast
    Anne, MATSUSHIGE Yutaka, HAMADA Gaku

    Based on the original story by manga artist and Edo period lifestyles researcher Sugiura Hinako, and directed by COLORFUL's Hara Keiichi, Sarusuberi:Miss Hokusai depicts the complex relationship between world-renowned artist Katsushika Hokusai and hi...

  • Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack!

    Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack! (2015)

    Director
    HASHIMOTO Masakazu
    Cast
    YAJIMA Akiko, NARAHASHI Miki, FUJIWARA Keiji

    The twenty-third entry in the popular animated film series about the raucous misadventures of kindergarten kid Shinnosuke. This time it follows the Nohara family to their new home in Mexico, where they come face-to-face with mysterious man-eating cac...

  • Yamamoto Jisho bokyo no kane Manmo kaitakudan no rakujitsu

    Yamamoto Jisho bokyo no kane Manmo kaitakudan no rakujitsu (2014)

    Director
    YAMADA Hisako
    Cast
    NAITO Takashi, WATANABE Azusa, TOKIWA Takako

    Drama about the life of Yamamoto Jisho, known as "father figure to orphans left behind in China" for his devotion to repatriating Japanese orphans. Director Yamada Hisako handled the live-action adaptation of Barefoot Gen and Fudeko and the Angel's P...

  • Snow On The Blades

    Snow On The Blades (2014)

    Director
    WAKAMATSU Setsuro
    Cast
    NAKAI Kiichi, ABE Hiroshi, HIROSUE Ryoko

    Director Wakamatsu Setsuro, who won Best Film at the 33rd Japanese Academy Awards for The Unbroken, adapts Asada Jiro's short story about a samurai at the mercy of changing times. The splendid cast includes Nakai Kiichi, Abe Hiroshi, Hirosue Ryoko an...

  • kodo no kioku tanko-eshi YAMAMOTO SAKUBEI

    kodo no kioku tanko-eshi YAMAMOTO SAKUBEI (2013)

    Director
    OMURA Yukiko
    Cast
    YAMAMOTO Sakubei

    A documentary about Yamamoto Sakubei, an artist whose paintings and diaries regarding mines and miners have been added to UNESCO's Memory of the World register. As well as introducing Yamamoto's vast body of work, it also features interviews with peo...

  • Strum und drang

    Strum und drang (2013)

    Director
    YAMADA Isao
    Cast
    NAKAMURA Emiko, JITSUNASHI Satoru, HIROKAWA Takeshi

    Coming-of-age ensemble drama about the Guillotine Society, an anarchist association in the Taisho period. Vividly depicts the youths involved in the Guillotine Society with richly colored images. Directed by artist and painter Yamada Isao, the film b...

  • Samurai Hustle

    Samurai Hustle (2014)

    Director
    MOTOKI Katsuhide
    Cast
    SASAKI Kuranosuke, FUKADA Kyoko, IHARA Tsuyoshi

    Samurai drama that adapts newcomer Tsuchihashi Akihiro's script, helmed by Kamogawa Horumo director Motoki Katsuhide. Humorously depicts a minor feudal domain lord who uses his wits to get himself out of hot water when the Shogunate gives him an impo...

  • Samurai Pirates

    Samurai Pirates (2014)

    Director
    OMORI Kenichi
    Cast
    SHIBATA Kyoka, IZAWA Masaki, AOI Wakana

    Refreshing adventure about kids searching for treasure from the Murakami pirates, set against the natural beauty of the Seto Inland Sea. Director Omori Kenichi also penned the script, which won the Angel Road Screenplay Contest Grand Prize at the 201...

  • Giovanni's Island

    Giovanni's Island (2014)

    Director
    NISHIKUBO Mizuho
    Cast
    ICHIMURA Masachika, NAKAMA Yukie, YANAGIHARA Kanako

    An animated film from Production I.G, the studio behind the "Ghost in the Shell" franchise. Based on true events, it depicts bonds between children timidly growing in the aftermath of a tragedy caused by adults. In 1945, the tiny island of Shikotan ...

  • THE ETERNAL ZERO

    THE ETERNAL ZERO (2013)

    Director
    YAMAZAKI Takashi
    Cast
    OKADA Junichi, MIURA Haruma, INOUE Mao

    Wartime drama based on TV writer Hyakuta Naoki's debut novel. Delves into the tragedy of a Kamikaze pilot who died during World War II, as seen through the eyes of his presentday grandson. Directed by Yamazaki Takashi of ALWAYS -Sunset on Third Stree...

  • A Tale of Samurai Cooking - A True Love Story

    A Tale of Samurai Cooking - A True Love Story (2013)

    Director
    ASAHARA Yuzo
    Cast
    UETO Aya, KORA Kengo, YO Kimiko

    Funaki Dennai laid the foundations for Kaga clan cuisine in the Edo Period as a "kitchen samurai" who prepared food for the nobility. This heartwarming drama depicts the internal affairs of the Kaga clan from the perspective of a woman who marries Fu...

  • THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS

    THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS (2013)

    Director
    SUNADA Mami
    Cast

    After drawing attention for her debut Death of a Japanese Salesman, director Sunada Mami reveals the current state of animation product ion house Studio Ghibli through focusing on the light and dark permeating its daily activities. Miyazaki Hayao an...

  • FLY, DAKOTA, FLY!

    FLY, DAKOTA, FLY! (2013)

    Director
    ABURATANI Seiji
    Cast
    HIGA Manami, KUBOTA Masataka, EMOTO Akira

    A drama based on a true incident that occurred in the aftermath of World War II. It depicts a friendship that transcends national borders between the crew of a British Air Force plane that makes an emergency landing on Sado Island and the local resid...