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Detroit Metal City

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Akiyama Ryuji, Hosoda Yoshihiko, Kato Rosa, Matsuyama Kenichi, Matsuyuki Yasuko

Negishi Souichi (Ken'ichi Matsuyama) leaves his family's farm in Oita Prefecture for the bright lights of Tokyo. There he is forced to swap his taste in trendy pop music for the totally out-of-character death metal, taking on the role of vocalist in the trio Detroit Metal City and adopting the ...
Say Hello For Me

Japanese Movie | under repair!

Cast: Kohinata Fumiyo, Kuninaka Ryoko, Tsukamoto Takashi, Nagasawa Masami, Yamada Takayuki

Quiet, earnest, and a bit nerdy, Toyama Satoshi runs a marine plants store where he can indulge in his love for aquatic vegetation. Though he barely makes enough money, Satoshi is determined to hold on to the store as it fulfills a promise he made to his two best friends ...
Grave of the Fireflies Live Action

Japanese Movie | under repair!

Cast: Yoshitake Reo, Ihara Tsuyoshi, Ishida Hoshi, Sasaki Mao, Inoue Mao, Fukuda Mayuko, Kaname Jun, Matsushima Nanako

Set during World War II, the film follows a young brother and sister as they attempt to survive the aftermath of the firebombing of Kobe City.yoshitake reo
20th Century Boys

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Cast: Ishizuka Hidehiko, Sano Shiro, Tanaka Kenji, Fuwa Mansaku, Endo Kenichi, Seto Yoichiro, Takeuchi Miyako, Toyokawa Etsushi, Katase Nana, Tokiwa Takako, Kagawa Teruyuki, Miyasako Hiroyuki, Moriyama Mirai, Taira Airi, Ukaji Takashi, Ikewaki Chizuru, Ishibashi Renji, Namase Katsuhisa, Mitsuishi Ken, Karasawa Toshiaki, Ryu Raita, Kinoshita Yukina, Sasaki Kuranosuke, Hatakeyama Rina, Matsumoto Tamaki , Kuroki Hitomi, Kohinata Fumiyo, Tokui Yuu, Oikawa Mitsuhiro, Tsuda Kanji, Takenaka Naoto

The trilogy of 20th Century Boys live-action films (directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi) is set to be one of the biggest undertakings ever in the Japanese movie industry. The project not only has a budget of 6 billion yen, but it was revealed that it will feature a cast of 300 ...
69

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Mitsuya Yoko, Shimada Kyusaku, Hara Hideko, Toyohara Kosuke, Ota Rina, Kohinata Fumiyo, Miura Akifumi, Arai Hirofumi, Hoshino Gen , Igawa Haruka, Kanai Yuta, Murakami Jun, Kase Ryo, Kiritani Kenta, Kishibe Ittoku, Kunimura Jun, Ando Masanobu, Shibata Kyohei, Mizukawa Asami, Eguchi Noriko, Suzunosuke , Tsumabuki Satoshi, Yoza Yoshiaki, Kikuchi Rinko, Sawada Shunsuke

Based on Ryū Murakami's novel. The story takes place in 1969 in Sasabo, Nagasaki, where high school students Ken and Adama hope to challenge traditional beliefs and rules. Ken, in hope to catch a girl's attention, planned a festival which combines film, theatre and rock music, and developed their project ...
My Darling is a Foreigner

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Inoue Mao, Kunimura Jun, Toda Naho, Kuninaka Ryoko, Jonathan Sherr

"My Darling is a Foreigner" tells the quirky story of a Japanese woman and an American man as they enter into a relationship and eventually marry. Saori (Mao Inoue) is a manga artist. She meets language geek Tony (Jonathan Sherr), who has arrived in Japan after falling in love with ...
Dog Star

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Igawa Haruka, Fukaura Kanako, Toyokawa Etsushi, Ishibashi Ryo, Izumiya Shigeru, Tsuda Kenjiro , Yo Kimiko

A guide dog named Shiro wishes to be transformed into a man so that he may pursue a relationship with his master. And as luck would have it, his wish is granted; but his master may not be too excited about sleeping with an ex-dog...would you be
Waiting in the Dark

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Igawa Haruka, Miyaji Mao, Tanaka Rena, Sato Koichi, Wilson Chen

Based on a novel by Otsuichi, Waiting in the Dark is written and directed by Tengan Daisuke, the son of late legendary director Imamura Shohei. In his earlier films Aiki and Asian Beat: I Love Nippon, not to mention his writing contributions to Miike Takashi's Audition and his father's Warm ...
Install

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Nakamura Shunsuke, Kikukawa Rei, Ueto Aya, Kojima Hijiri , Kamiki Ryunosuke, Tanaka Yoshiko

Asako is a dreamy 17-year-old schoolgirl who is disillusioned with the mendacity of study and her impending exams. Gradually she retreats from school and the world around her and begins to hide out at home, unbeknownst to her divorced mother. Then, one day, in an effort to make a fresh ...
Way of Blue Sky

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Morita Ayaka, Nakayama Takuya, Kurokawa Mei, Kurokawa Mei, Morita Ayaka, Nakayama Takuya

It is the last year of junior high and Masaki (Nakayama Takuya), one of the most popular boys in school makes a shocking announcement. He will be immigrating to the U.S. at the end of the summer. He also states that he has fallen in love with someone in his ...
2LDK

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Daisuke Kizaki, Koike Eiko, Nonami Maho

Aspiring actresses Nozomi (Koike) and Rana (Nonami) belong to the same talent agency, share an apartment, and have just auditioned for the same part in a film called Yakuza Wives. Nozomi is a country girl from Sado Island, who has come to Tokyo with big dreams of becoming an actress, ...
The Witch of the West is Dead

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Omori Nao, Ryo, Takahashi Mayu, Sachi Parker, Kimura Yuichi, Takahashi Katsumi

Based on Nashiki Kaho's award-winning children's novel, The Witch of the West is Dead is another outstanding work from acclaimed filmmaker Nagasaki Shunichi, the director of Kuro-obi, Heart, Beating in the Dark, and Christmas in August. The subtly moving film flips gently through pastoral pastimes, adolescent insecurities, and coming-of-age rites ...
April Bride

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Eikura Nana, Eita, Tezuka Satomi , Yasuda Misako , Emoto Akira

On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer and had been given only a month to live.
Helen the Baby Fox

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Abe Sadao, Fukasawa Arashi , Osawa Takao, Matsuyuki Yasuko, Kobayashi Ryoko

Early spring in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Taichi, a young boy who tends to be a dreamer, has just arrived from the big city to live with his mother’s new boyfriend, a veterinarian, and his daughter. One day after school, Taichi discovers the cub of a northern fox crouching near the ...
Bandage

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Hasegawa Hatsunori , Kitano Kii, Kondo Yoshimasa, Ishizuka Yoshiyuki, Suzuki Kazuma, Akanishi Jin, Kasahara Hideyuki, Shibamoto Yuki, Saito Yuki, Kora Kengo

Set in Japan in the 1990s, there's one rising band called LANDS, that is starting to find success amidst a flood of other bands. Asako and Miharu are two Tokyo high school students. When Miharu gives Asako her favorite indie rock band; a LANDS CD, she becomes an overnight fan ...
Night of the Shooting Stars

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Ito Yuko, Kunimura Jun, Yoshizawa Hisashi, Takeuchi Yuko

Shogo is left blind and mute from an accident but he is able to live a fruitful life as a composer. He receives ongoing therapy from the hospital where nurse Kana works. Just when their relationship is about to blossom into romance, tragedy strikes when Shogo is killed in a ...
Tea Fight

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Hosoda Yoshihiko, Toda Erika, Janine Chang, Vic Zhou, Eric Tsang

In Sung dynasty, a Japanese man named Yagi... couldn't take the badgering from the male black tea tribe and ridiculed that the male black tea was not the best tea in the world; causing the two tribes to challenge each other in a "tea fight"…
Gokusen: The Movie

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Utsui Ken, Waki Tomohiro, Koike Teppei, Ishigaki Yuma, Hirayama Aya, Enami Kyoko, Kaneko Ken, Ishiguro Hideo, Hoshino Aki, Miura Shohei, Sato Jiro, Kiriyama Akito, Hakamada Yoshihiko, Hayami Mokomichi, Kamenashi Kazuya, Irie Jingi, Anan Kenji, Ishii Kota, Miura Haruma, Koide Keisuke, Nakama Junta, Nakama Yukie, Namase Katsuhisa, Narimiya Hiroki, Oguri Shun, Ryogoku Hiroshi, Sawamura Ikki, Takaki Yuya, Takeuchi Riki , Uchiyama Shinji

A passionate teacher, Kumiko Yamaguchi, a.k.a. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of Class 3D of Akado High School, who still have not opened up to her and are giving her a hard time. One day, the students of 3D get harassed by street hoodlums. Then, Reita, a leader ...
Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Asari Yosuke, Ichihara Hayato, Miura Haruma, Seki Megumi

One day, apathetic high school student Yosuke meets a beautiful girl named Eri. Eri does battle every night with an indestructible, chainsaw-wielding maniac, “Chainsaw Man”. As Yosuke and Eri bond, he eventually joins the fight. Features CG effects by the talents behind the “Death Note” series. Based on the best-selling ...
Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Japanese Movie |

Cast: Ishibashi Anna, Chiyo Shota, Naka Riisa, Katsumura Masanobu, Aoki Munetaka, Nakao Akiyoshi

Quirky high school student Akari Yoshiyama (Riisa Naka) suddenly attains the power to leap through time ...