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Rohan at the Louvre

Rohan at the Louvre (2023)

Director
WATANABE Kazutaka
Cast
TAKAHASHI Issey, IITOYO Marie, KIMURA Fumino

Following a live-action TV drama adaptation on NHK in 2020, "Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe", a spin-off of Araki Hirohiko's hugely popular comic "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", has been made into a theatrical film. Kishibe Rohan (Takahashi Issey), a manga ar...

Release Date
May, 26th, 2023
SAND LAND

SAND LAND (2023)

Director
YOKOSHIMA Toshihisa
Cast
TAMURA Mutsumi, YAMAJI Kazuhiro, Cho

Animated film adaptation of the short manga of the same name published by Toriyama Akira of ‘Dragon Ball' fame in 2000. Renowned production studios Sunrise, Kamikaze Douga and ANIMA joined forces for this production. SAND LAND is a desert world wher...

Release Date
Aug, 18th, 2023
Mountain Woman

Mountain Woman (2022)

Director
FUKUNAGA Takeshi
Cast
YAMADA Anna, MORIYAMA Mirai, NAGASE Masatoshi

Drama inspired by folklorist Yanagida Kunio's famous book ‘Tales of Tono'. Directed and scripted by Fukunaga Takeshi, whose Ainu Moshir was highly acclaimed abroad. Tohoku in the late 18th century. Rin (Yamada Anna) lives in a village suffering from...

Release Date
Jun, 30th, 2023
Girls Drive

Girls Drive (2023)

Director
MIYAOKA Taro
Cast
OGURI Yui, YAMAUCHI Mizuki, KURANOO Narumi

Koharu is a senior in high school who devoted her youth to athletics and worked hard in a small town. She is a sprinter who has been attracting attention, but her three years of training have been ruined unexpectedly. In the midst of grief, another m...

Release Date
Nov, 10th, 2023
Kadono Eiko's Colorful Life: Finding the Magic Within

Kadono Eiko's Colorful Life: Finding the Magic Within (2024)

Director
MIYAGAWA Marina
Cast
KADONO Eiko

A documentary that closely follows the daily life of Kadono Eiko, best known as the author of "Kiki's Delivery Service". Based on the NHK program of the same name that was broadcast from 2020 to 2022, directed by Miyagawa Marina, who also worked on t...

Release Date
Jan, 26th, 2024
PERFECT DAYS

PERFECT DAYS (2023)

Director
Wim WENDERS
Cast
YAKUSHO Koji

Maestro Wim Wenders directs Yakusho Koji in this story about a toilet cleaner. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival and winner of the Best Actor Award. Hirayama (Yakusho) cleans toilets in Shibuya, Tokyo. He lives in an old ...

Release Date
Dec, 22nd, 2023
A Girl Named Ann

A Girl Named Ann (2024)

Director
IRIE Yu
Cast
KAWAI Yuumi

Ann was beaten by her mother since childhood, dropped out of school in her third year, and was forced into prostitution by her mother in her mid-teens. One day, Ann is interrogated by the police on a charge of using drug and meets Tatara, a detective...

Release Date
Jun, 7th, 2024
THE FARTHEST (Tentative Title)

THE FARTHEST (Tentative Title) (2023)

Director
KOSHIKAWA Michio
Cast
KITAZAWA Hibiki, NAKAJIMA Ayumu

One day, a young woman, Momo, and a 40-year-old man, Toudou, meet at an izakaya. They hold their hands and sing a song while walking the streets at night. Eventually, they seek each other and make love. The next morning, Toudou says, "It's like a ...

Release Date
May, 6th, 2023

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The Gun Like Lightning

The Gun Like Lightning (1960)

Director
NOGUCHI Hiroshi
Cast
AKAGI Keiichiro, ASAOKA Ruriko, NITANI Hideaki

Sadao, is saved from death at the hands of Goro, a killer belonging to a rival gang by Joji just released from prison who has resolved to turn over a new leaf. He has returned, however, because of Keiko, his sweetheart, who he now finds is engaged to...

Release Date
May, 14th, 1960
The Night of the Honeymoon

The Night of the Honeymoon (1964)

Director
INOUE Umetsugu
Cast
WAKAO Ayako, TAKAHASHI Masaya, KAWAZU Yusuke

A young couple start on their honeymoon. There is nothing to mar the girl's happiness as she sits beside the man she loves and respects. As night falls her heart is divided between expectation and fear, for tomorrow she will really be a wife. Yet, de...

Release Date
Oct, 3rd, 1964
Naked Island

Naked Island (1958)

Director
NOMURA Hiromasa
Cast
NAKAYAMA Shoji, KUBOTA Nahoko, NUMATA Yoichi

On board the ship in which Goro lnada a pro-boxer is returning to Japan he falls in love with Ayame, a popular singer. But their happiness is of short durations as the vessel is wrecked. When lnada awakens from the nightmare of shipwreck, he finds h...

Release Date
Jun, 8th, 1958
THE EYES, THE SEA AND A BALL

THE EYES, THE SEA AND A BALL (1967)

Director
KINOSHITA Keisuke
Cast
NATSUKI Yosuke, OZORA Mayumi, URABE Kumeko

Release Date
Sep, 30th, 1967