Itazurana Kiss The Movie: Campus

Movie: Itazurana Kiss The Movie: Campus
Romaji: Itazura na Kiss THE MOVIE2 Kyanpasu hen
Japanese: イタズラなKiss THE MOVIE2 キャンパス編
Director: Minoru Mizoguchi
Writer: Kaoru Tada (manga), Minoru Mizoguchi
Producer: Minami Ichikawa, Koji Hyakutake
Cinematographer: Kazuaki Yoshizawa
Release Date: January 27, 2017
Runtime: 104 min.
Genre: Romantic-Comedy
Distributor: Gaga Corporation
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Naoki (Kanta Sato) and Kotoko (Reina Visa) enter the same university. Naoki majors in science and technology, while Kotoko majors in literature. A beautiful student, Yuko Matsumoto, appears in front of Naoki. Kotoko is shaken by her new rival in love.

Cast
Kanta Sato
Reina Visa
Nonoka Yamaguchi
Shimon Okura
Atsuki Tomori
Takanori Jinnai
Hidehiko Ishizuka
Anju Suzuki
Tetsuya Makita
Ayane Nagabuchi
Ruiki Sato
Sarii Ikegami
Kento Yamaguchi

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Sakurada Reset 1

Movie: Sagrada Reset Part 1 (English title) / Sakurada Reset 1 (literal title)
Romaji: Sakurada Risetto Zenpen
Japanese: サクラダリセット 前篇
Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Writer: Yutaka Kono (writer), You Shiina (illustrator), Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Producer: Kei Haruna, Daisuke Niki, Yuko Aoki
Cinematographer: Motonobu Kiyoku
Release Date: March 25, 2017
Runtime: 103 min.
Genre: Teen / Supernatural / Fantasy / Time Travel
Distributor: Showgate
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
In the town of Sakurada, where about half of the residents have special abilities, Kei Asai (Shuhei Nomura) is a high school student and is able to remember everything. Misora Haruki (Yuina Kuroshima) is also a high school student and she has the power to reset the world by 3 days. If they use both of their powers together, they can go back in time by 3 days and retain their memory. They are watched by the administrative bureau.

Cast
Shuhei Nomura
Yuina Kuroshima
Yuna Taira
Kentaro
Tina Tamashiro
Yuri Tsunematsu
Goro Oishi
Mariko Kaga
Makoto Okunaka
Yuka Yano
Kenshiro Iwai
Rei Okamoto
Hisashi Yoshizawa
Arisa Nakajima
Tomomi Maruyama

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Let's Go, Jets!

Movie: Let's Go, Jets! (English title) / Let's Go, Jets! From Small Town Girls to U.S.Champions?! / Cheerdance (Japanese title)
Romaji: Chia☆Dan ~Joshi Kosei ga Chia Dansu de Zenbei Seiha Shichatta Honto no Hanashi~
Japanese: チア☆ダン～女子高生がチアダンスで全米制覇しちゃったホントの話～
Director: Hayato Kawai
Writer: Tamio Hayashi
Producer: Tamako Tsujimoto, Atsuyuki Shimoda
Cinematographer: Yasushi Hanamura
Release Date: March 11, 2017
Runtime: 121 min.
Genre: Dance / Competition / Women / Teen
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Hikari Tomonaga (Suzu Hirose) joins the cheerdance club at Fukui Chuo High School. She joins the club to impress Kosuke Yamashita (Mackenyu), whom she has known since junior high. The club itself was recently converted from a baton twirling club.

At the cheerdance club, Hikari Tomonaga meets Ayano Tamaki (Ayami Nakajo), Yui Kito (Hirona Yamazaki) and others. The girls enjoy dancing together as a unit, but they must endure their ultra-strict instructor Kaoruko Saotome (Yuki Amami) and her rules. Kaoruko Saotome announces that they will compete at the USA Cheerdance Championship.

Cast
Suzu Hirose
Ayami Nakajo
Hirona Yamazaki
Miu Tomita
Haruka Fukuhara
Yurina Yanagi
Kentaro Mackenyu
Yuki Amami
Saki Minamino
Hana Hizuki
Takayuki Kinoshita
Tamae Ando
Yasuhito Hida
Kitaro

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Haruchika

Movie: Bring on the Melody! / Haruta & Chika
Romaji: Haruchika
Japanese: ハルチカ
Director: Masahide Ichii
Writer: Sei Hatsuno (novel), Masahide Ichii, Masahiro Yamaura
Producer: Reiko Imayasu, Ayako Sato, Mitsuru Sato
Cinematographer: Masafumi Seki
Release Date: March 4, 2017
Runtime: 118 min.
Genre: Teen / Music
Distributor: Kadokawa Pictures
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Haruta (Shori Sato) is handsome and smart, Chika (Kanna Hashimoto) is bright and naive. When they were children, they were friends until Haruta’s family moved away while he was in the 3rd grade. They meet again during a high school entrance ceremony. After all of these years, Chika is eager to join the wind instrument club. Due to an incident, the wind instrument club is about to be disbanded. Chika can't give up the flute so she attracts Haruta to her side and tries to recruit members from the wind instrument club. The group attempts to solve various cases taking place at their school while they plan to take part in a contest.

Cast
Shori Sato
Kanna Hashimoto
Yuri Tsunematsu
Hiroya Shimizu
Koki Maeda
Hiraoka Takuma
Moka Kamishiraishi
Himeru Nikaido
Kotaro Shiga
Keisuke Koide

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Kyo no Kira-kun

Movie: Closest Love To Heaven (English title) / Today's Kira-kun (literal title)
Romaji: Kyo no Kira-kun
Japanese: きょうのキラ君
Director: Yasuhiro Kawamura
Writer: Rin Mikimoto (manga), Chieko Nakagawa
Producer: Rikyu Ohata, Hitoshi Fuse
Cinematographer: Kensuke Kanazawa
Release Date: February 25, 2017
Runtime: 109 min.
Genre: Teen-Romance / School
Distributor: Showgate
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Ninon Okamura (Marie Iitoyo) is a high school student who likes to walk around with a parrot on her should. Other students think the parrot is a stuffed animal, but it is a real parrot. Ninon Okamura doesn't have any friends at school. Meanwhile, Yuiji Kira (Taishi Nakagawa) is Ninon Okamura’s classmate. He enjoys his school days harassing other students and dating various girls, but his secret is that he is terminally ill and he only has a year to live.

Ninon Okamura and Yuiji Kira live next door to each other, but they have not talked with each other at school. Ninon Okamura learns from her parents that Yuji only has a year to live. One day, Yuiji Kira tells Ninon Okamura that he doesn't want to die and he doesn't to be alone. Ninon Okamura tells him that she will be by his side until he dies.

Cast
Taishi Nakagawa
Marie Iitoyo
Shono Hayama
Yuna Taira
Kohki Okada
Rieko Miura
Ken Yasuda

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Kizudarake no Akuma

Movie: Demon Covered in Scars (English title)
Romaji: Kizudarake no Akuma
Japanese: 傷だらけの悪魔
Director: Santa Yamagishi
Writer: Volvox Sumikawa (manga), Kana Matsui
Producer: Taizo Fukumaki, Shinsuke Kono, Fumiki Asaoka
Cinematographer: Yuki Nakamura
Release Date: February 4, 2017
Runtime: 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Teen
Distributor: Kadokawa Pictures
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Mai (Rika Adachi) is a high school student. She attends a new school and there she meets her classmate Shino (Manami Enosawa). Shino was bullied by Mai's friends back in their middle school days. Table have now turned.

Cast
Rika Adachi
Manami Enosawa
Kayano Masuyama
Yui Okada
Tomu Fujita
Koji Kominami

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Water Boyy The Series

Country: Thailand
Type: Drama
Episodes: 14
Aired: Apr 9, 2017 to Jul 9, 2017
Aired On: Sunday
Network: GMM One
Duration: 45 min.

Synopsis
This series is based on the 2015 movie Waterboyy. Waii is the most popular member and captain of the Ocean College swimming club. He has a difficult relationship with his father who is also the team’s coach. Apo is the latest swimmer to join the club and Waii’s new roommate.

Cast
Phumphothingam Nawat
Imraporn Charada
Techarukpong Chatchawit
Thanapatpisal Sananthachat
Thitipoom Techaapaikhun
Watthanasetsiri Pirapat

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U-PRINCE : BADLY POLITICS

Title: Badly Politics / ไม่ได้บังคับ แต่รับรักผมเถอะ
Genre: Romantic
Broadcast Network: Channel GMM25

Synopsis
Milk (Mild), a young fashion lover, is forced to study Political Science by an order from her father. During a class, her teacher asked her to do a project but ended up being punished by her father. To survive, she looks for Serwae (Thanat), a young man who is the only one that has the solution to all her problems. Over time, she falls in love but later learns that he is about to get married.

Cast
Thanat Lohkhunnasombat as Serwae
Mild Wiraporn as Cherry Milk
March Chutavuth as Brian
Kacha Nontanan Anchuleepradit as T-Rex
Alice Tsoi as Sylvia
Korawit Boonsri as Cholly

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U-PRINCE : Crazy Artist

(1D)

Country: Thailand
Type: Drama
Episodes: 4
Aired: Apr 9, 2017 to Apr 30, 2017
Aired On: Sunday
Network: GMM One

Cast
Kunchanuj Kengkarnka as Hippie
Note Panayanggool as Mel
Jirakit Thawornwong as Hawk
Captain Chonlathorn Kongyingyong as Kiryu
Put Puttichai as Sibtis
Alice Tsoi as Sylvia
Korawit Boonsri as Cholly

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Senior Secret Love: Puppy Honey 2

Country: Thailand 

Type: Drama

Episodes: 8

Aired: Mar 18, 2017 to May 6, 2017

Aired On: Saturday

Network: GMM One

Duration: 50 min.

Synopsis

Part 2 continues where Part 1 left off.

Cast

Horvejkul Nutcharee

Sirisorn Vorakorn

Adulkittiporn Jumpol

Poonsawas Atthaphan

Sangpotirat Perawat

Cheewagaroon Harit

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Oboreru Naifu (Drowning Love)

Movie: Drowning Love (English title) / The Knife That Dropped in Water (literal title)
Romaji: Oboreru Naifu
Japanese: 溺れるナイフ
Director: Yuki Yamato
Writer: George Asakura (manga), Yuki Yamato, Kishu Izuchi
Producer: Tatsumi Yoda, Kazuo Nakanishi
Cinematographer: Takahide Shibanushi
Release Date: November 5, 2016
Runtime: 111 min.
Genre: Teen-Romance
Distributor: Gaga Corporation
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Natsume Mochizuki (Nana Komatsu) works as a teen model in Tokyo, but she learns that she has to move to her father's hometown of Ukigumo. She is in a desperate situation because she can't do the things she wants to do in Ukigumo. One day, she meets Koichiro Hasegawa (Masaki Suda). He is the successor of the Hasegawa family. His family is wealthy and is respected in the area. Natsume Mochizuki and Koichiro Hasegawa become attracted to each other, but something changes their fate.

Cast
Masaki Suda
Nana Komatsu
Daiki Shigeoka
Mone Kamishiraishi
Ryohei Shima
Yoichiro Saito
Gouichi Mine
Ayumu Ito
Masami Horiuchi
Miwako Ichikawa

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Girls Step

Movie: Girls Step
Romaji: Garuzu Suteppu
Japanese: ガールズ・ステップ
Director: Yasuhiro Kawamura
Writer: Michiru Egashira
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: September 12, 2015
Runtime: 115 min.
Genre: Teen / Dance
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Azusa (Anna Ishii) and Narumi (Fuka Koshiba) are 2nd grade high school students. They lack confidence and also any kind of ambitions. Hazuki (Karin Ono), Tamaki (Mika Akizuki) and Mika (Miku Uehara) are also unnoticed students at the same high school. These five girls form a dance club and begin to dance to get credits. They soon learn the joys of dancing and also learn to express themselves.

Cast
Anna Ishii
Fuka Koshiba
Karin Ono
Mika Akizuki
Miku Uehara
Hayato Isomura
Miyabi Matsuura
Shunsuke Daito
Kei Otozuki
Yusuke Yamamoto

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Ani ni Aisaresugite Komattemasu

Drama: I Have Difficulty to Be Loved Too Much by Older Brother (literal title)
Romaji: Ani ni Aisaresugite Komattemasu
Japanese: 兄に愛されすぎて困ってます
Director: Hayato Kawai
Writer: Rina Yagami (manga), Yuko Matsuda
Network: NTV
Episodes: 5
Release Date: April 12 - May 10, 2017
Runtime: Wednesdays
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Drama series reveals why Setoka (Tao Tsuchiya) was rejected 12 times, her fateful meeting with Chiaki (Takuya Kusakawa), meeting her first love Takane (Yudai Chiba) and her school days with her classmates Kunimitsu (Yosuke Sugino) and Chiyuki (Ito Ono).

Cast
Tao Tsuchiya
Ryota Katayose
Yudai Chiba
Takuya Kusakawa
Yosuke Sugino

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Aozora Yell

Movie: Yell For The Blue Sky
Romaji: Aozora Yell
Japanese: 青空エール
Director: Takahiro Miki
Writer: Kazune Kawahara (manga), Yukiko Mochiji
Producer: Hisashi Usui, Kei Haruna, Takahiro Kawada, Yusuke Ishiguro
Cinematographer: Motonobu Kiyoku
Release Date: August 20, 2016
Runtime: 126 min.
Genre: Teen
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Tsubasa Ono (Tao Tsuchiya) is in the first grade of Shirato High School in Sapporo, Japan. The high school is famous for its baseball team and brass band. While Tsubasa Ono views a trophy for the brass band, she meets Daisuke Yamada (Ryoma Takeuchi) who is standing next to her and staring at the trophy for the baseball team.

Tsubasa Ono tells Daisuke that she came to Shirato High School after she watched the brass band cheering from the stands during the Koshien baseball tournament. Daisuke is also in the first grade of high school and a member of the high school baseball team. He promises Tsubasa Ono that the team will make it to the Koshien baseball tournament and she can cheer from the stands there. Tsubasa has difficulties learning to play the trumpet for the brass band, but Daisuke cheers her up. She begins to have feelings for Daisuke and they go forward with their dream.

Cast
Tao Tsuchiya
Ryoma Takeuchi
Shono Hayama
Mirai Shida
Arata Horii
Fujiko Kojima
Airi Matsui
Yuna Taira
Yuki Yamada
Juri Ueno

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Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Your Lie in April)

Movie: Your Lie in April
Romaji: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
Japanese: 四月は君の嘘
Director: Takehiko Shinjo
Writer: Naoshi Arakawa (manga), Yukari Tatsui
Producer: Juichi Uehara, Kasumi Yao
Cinematographer: Mitsuru Komiyama
Release Date: September 10, 2016
Runtime: 122 min.
Genre: Teen-Romance / Music / Based on a Comic
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Kosei Arima (Kento Yamazaki) won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kosei Arima has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. Kosei Arima then meets Kaori Miyazono (Suzu Hirose) through childhood friend Tsubaki Sawabe (Anna Ishii). Kaori Miyazono plays the violin and has a free sprit. Since meeting her, Kosei Arima is able to face the piano again. Meanwhile, Kaori holds a secret.

Cast
Suzu Hirose
Kento Yamazaki
Anna Ishii
Taishi Nakagawa
Yuka Itaya
Rei Dan

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Itazurana Kiss The Movie in High School

Movie: Itazurana Kiss The Movie in High School
Romaji: Itazura na Kiss THE MOVIE Haisukuru hen
Japanese: イタズラなKiss THE MOVIE ハイスクール編
Director: Minoru Mizoguchi
Writer: Kaoru Tada (manga), Minoru Mizoguchi
Producer: Atsushi Ichikawa, Koji Hyakutake
Cinematographer: Tetsuyuki Domae
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Runtime: 103 min.
Genre: Teen-Romance
Distributor: Gaga Corporation
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
A love between high school students Naoki (Kanta Sato) and Kotoko (Reina Visa). Naoki is handsome, good at sports and smart. Even though Kotoko is not very smart, she has a bright personality and strong will.

Cast
Kanta Sato
Reina Visa
Takanori Jinnai
Hidehiko Ishizuka
Hikari Ishida
Shimon Okura
Nonoka Yamaguchi
Atsuki Tomori

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Mars: Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru (Movie)

Movie: Mars
Romaji: Mars: Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru
Japanese: MARS~ただ, 君を愛してる~
Director: Saiji Yakumo
Writer: Fuyumi Soryo (manga), Tetsuya Oishi
Producer: Tomoaki Watabe, Tetsuya Sakashita, Mio Morita
Cinematographer: Takahiro Hyakusoku
Release Date: June 18, 2016
Runtime: 98 min.
Genre: Teen-Romance / Based on a Comic
Distributor: Showgate
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Cast
Taisuke Fujigaya
Masataka Kubota
Marie Iitoyo
Hirona Yamazaki
Yu Inaba
Goki Maeda
Haruka Fukuhara
Rika Adachi

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Chihayafuru Part II - Shino no Ku

Movie: Chihayafuru Part II
Romaji: Chihayafuru Shimo no Ku
Japanese: ちはやふる　下の句
Director: Norihiro Koizumi
Writer: Yuki Suetsugu (manga), Norihiro Koizumi
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Cast
Suzu Hirose - Chihaya Ayase
Shuhei Nomura - Taichi Mashima
Mackenyu - Arata Wataya
Mayu Matsuoka - Shinobu Wakamiya
Mone Kamishiraishi - Kanade Ooe
Yuma Yamoto - Yusei Nishida
Yuki Morinaga - Tsutomu Komano
Hiroya Shimizu - Akihito Sudo
Ryotaro Sakaguchi - Hiro Kinashi
Miyuki Matsuda - Taeko Miyauchi
Jun Kunimura - Hideo Harada
Kokoro Kuge - Chihaya (child)
Amon Kabe - Arata (child)

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Chihayafuru Kami no Ku

Movie: Chihayafuru
Romaji: Chihayafuru Kami no Ku
Japanese: ちはやふる　上の句
Director: Norihiro Koizumi
Writer: Yuki Suetsugu (manga), Norihiro Koizumi
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: March 19, 2016
Runtime: 111 min.
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Arata Wataya transferred from Fukui Prefecture. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase’s friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the card game karuta.

Four years later, Chihaya is a hight school student. Chihaya learns that Arata, who went back to Fukui Prefecture, doesn't play karuta  anymore. Believing they will meet Arata again, Chihaya and Taichi starts a karuta club at their high school

Cast
Suzu Hirose
Shuhei Nomura
Mackenyu
Mone Kamishiraishi
Yuma Yamoto
Yuki Morinaga
Hiroya Shimizu
Ryotaro Sakaguchi
Mayu Matsuoka
Miyuki Matsuda
Jun Kunimura

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Okami Shojo to Kuro Oji (Wolf Girl and Black Prince)

Movie: Wolf Girl and Black Prince
Romaji: Okami Shojo to Kuro Oji
Japanese: オオカミ少女と黒王子
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
Writer: Ayuko Hatta (manga), Yukiko Manabe
Producer: Shinzo Matsuhashi, Naoaki Kitajima
Cinematographer: Yasushi Hanamura
Release Date: May 28, 2016
Runtime: 116 min.
Genre: Teen / School / Teen-Romance / Romantic-Comedy / Based on a Comic
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Erika Shinohara (Fumi Nikaido) is a first year of high school student. While talking to friends, she makes up a story about her "boyfriend." In reality, Erika Shinohara doesn't have a boyfriend. Erika's friends soon begin to doubt her story and Erika is also running out of lies. Erika then sees a pretty boy on the street and takes his picture discreetly. She later shows his picture to her friends as her boyfriend. The boy in the picture is Kyouya Sata (Kento Yamazaki) and happens to attend the same school as Erika. She tells Kyouya about her situation and asks him to be her pretend boyfriend. Even though Kyouya has a pretty appearance, he has a dark side.

Cast
Fumi Nikaido
Kento Yamazaki
Nobuyuki Suzuki
Mugi Kadowaki
Ryusei Yokohama
Elaiza Ikeda
Tina Tamashiro
Ryo Yoshizawa
Nanao

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