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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Boku Dake ga Inai Machi

Movie: Erased (Engish title) / The Town Where Only I Am Missing (English / literal title)
Romaji: Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
Japanese: 僕だけがいない街
Director: Yuichiro Hirakawa
Writer: Kei Sanbe (manga), Noriko Goto
Producer: Yoshio Yokozawa, Yoshitaka Hori, Nobuto Nagasaka, Yoshikuni Murata, Naoto Miyamoto, Hiroyoshi Koiwa, Kei Haruna, Jungo Maruta, Masahiro Uchiyama
Cinematographer: Shigeyu Madarame
Release Date: March 19, 2016
Runtime: 120 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Suspense-Thriller / Based on a Comic / Time Travel
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Satoru Fujinuma (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is an unpopular manga artist. He doesn't like having relationships with other people. He also works part-time delivering pizzas. Satoru Fujinuma also has the special ability of "revival." His special ability allows him to go back in time before terrible incidents occurred and right whatever wrong occurred. He goes back continually until the incidents are prevented.

18 years ago, a serial murder case took place with the victims being children. Satoru Fujinuma goes back to that time to catch the killer and to save his mother who faced the criminal. He does this in the body of an elementary school student.

Cast
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Kasumi Arimura
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Yuriko Ishida
Tetta Sugimoto
Rio Suzuki
Tsubasa Nakagawa
Kento Hayashi
Seiji Fukushi
Kanna Mori

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Nobunaga Concerto The Movie

Movie: Nobunaga Concerto
Romaji: Nobunaga Kontseruto
Japanese: 信長協奏曲
Director: Hiroaki Matsuyama
Writer: Ayumi Ishii (manga), Masafumi Nishida, Michitaka Okada, Keisuke Uyama
Producer: Naoto Inaba, Ken Murase, Shinya Furugori
Cinematographer: Shoji Ehara
Release Date: January 23, 2016
Runtime: 126 min.
Genre: Based on a Comic / Time Travel / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Production Company: Fuji TV
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Saburo (Shun Oguri) is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the son of a warlord and magistrate of the lower Owari Province. Nobunaga Oda though is physically weak and he asks Saburo to take his place. Then, Saburo as Nobunaga Oda attempts to unify the country of Japan.

Cast
Shun Oguri
Kou Shibasaki
Osamu Mukai
Takayuki Yamada
Taisuke Fujigaya
Kiko Mizuhara
Gaku Hamada
Arata Furuta
Masahiro Takashima

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Orange

Movie: Orange
Romaji: Orange -Orenji-
Japanese: orange-オレンジ-
Director: Kojiro Hashimoto
Writer: Ichigo Takano (manga), Arisa Kaneko
Cinematographer: Atsuhiro Nabeshima
Release Date: December 12, 2015
Runtime: 139 min.
Genre: Teen-Romance / Time Travel / Based on a Comic
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Naho Takamiya (Tao Tsuchiya) is a 2nd year high school student. During the spring, Naho Takamiya receives a letter sent by herself from 10 years in the future. In the letter, she liked transfer student Kakeru Naruse (Kento Yamazaki). Kakeru Naruse carried emotional scars from his mother's suicide and he died one year later. 26-years-old Naho Takamiya thinks about Kakeru Naruse often.

2nd year high school student Naho Takamiya, with the knowledge of what she feels 10 years in the future, takes action to change her future.

Cast
Tao Tsuchiya
Kento Yamazaki
Ryo Ryusei
Hirona Yamazaki
Dori Sakurada
Kurumi Shimizu
Shingo Tsurumi
Erina Mano
Yoko Moriguchi
Reiko Kusamura

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Time Trip App (Bakumatsu Kokosei)

Movie: Time Trip App (English title) / Late Edo Period High School Student (literal title)

Romaji: Bakumatsu Kokosei

Japanese: 幕末高校生

Director: Toshio Lee

Writer: Taku Mayumura (original novel), Atsuko Hashibe

Producer: Yoshihiro Suzuki, Kaoru Matsuzaki, Kazuma Kuryu, Noriko Koyanagi

Cinematographer: Osamu Fujiishi

World Premiere: July 18, 2014 (PiFan)

Release Date: July 26, 2014

Runtime: 108 min.

Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Time Travel

Distributor: Toei

Language: Japanese

Country: Japan

Plot

In 1868, a battle between new government forces and shogunate forces are about to take place in Edo. Katsu Kaishu (Hiroshi Tamaki) wants to avoid useless bloodshed and sends a peace envoy to Takamori Saigō, but Katsu Kaishu is unable to get a response from Takamori Saigō. One day, Katsu Kaishu meets high school teacher Mikako (Satomi Ishihara) and her student Masaya who is captivated by the shogunate. Mikako and her student Masaya tells Katsu Kaishu that they are from the future. Katsu Kaishu takes care of Mikako and her student Masaya, while Mikako hopes to go back to the future where she came from.

Cast

Hiroshi Tamaki

Satomi Ishihara

Tokio Emoto

Haruna Kawaguchi

Yudai Chiba

Mitsuki Tanimura

Yo Yoshida

Kunito Watanabe

Hajime Inoue

Ikuji Nakamura

Eisuke Sasai

Kyusaku Shimada

Akira Emoto

Daisuke Ryu

Ginnojo Yamazaki

Masato Ibu

Renji Ishibashi

Koichi Sato

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Thermae Romae II

Movie: Thermae Romae II
Romaji: Thermae Romae II
Japanese: テルマエ・ロマエII
Director: Hideki Takeuchi
Writer: Mari Yamazaki (manga), Hiroshi Hashimoto
Producer:
Cinematographer: Shouji Ehara
Release Date: April 26, 2014
Runtime: 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Time Travel
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
In ancient Rome, bathhouse architect Lucius (Hiroshi Abe) becomes famous with designing the original "thermae" (bathhouse). He receives an order to build a thermae in the colosseum to help gladiators recover from their wounds, but faces difficulties. Thus, Lucius travels again to modern day Japan through the time slip. He meets Manami (Aya Ueto) again, who is now a reporter for a magazine which covers bathroom. With the help of the flat face Japanese tribe, Lucius again designs a new thermae.
Meanwhile, Emperor Hadrian (Masachika Ichimura) wants to keep the peace with the thermae, but the Senate wants to extend the land by using force. Emperor Hadrian and the Senate now have a confrontation and Rome becomes divided.

Cast
Hiroshi Abe
Aya Ueto
Kazuki Kitamura
Riki Takeuchi
Kai Shishido
Takashi Sasano
Masachika Ichimura
Midoriko Kimura
Katsuya Akebono
Kotooshu
Tomoko Matsushima
Minoru Shiraki

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