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MONSTER (2023)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- ANDO Sakura, NAGAYAMA Eita, KUROKAWA Soya
A suspense film from an original screenplay by Sakamoto Yuji, directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu (Shoplifters), which is also attracting attention for being the last film score by Sakamoto Ryuichi, who passed away in March 2023. In a suburban lakeside to...
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Mom, Is That You?! (2023)
- Director
- YAMADA Yoji
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, OIZUMI Yo
Family drama that marks the 90th film helmed by 91-year-old maestro director Yamada Yoji. Highly anticipated as his third film about motherhood in collaboration with legendary actress Yoshinaga Sayuri, after Kabei: Our Mother and Nagasaki: Memories o...
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WE'RE BROKE, MY LORD! (2023)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, SUGISAKI Hana, MATSUYAMA Kenichi
Asada Jiro's same-named historical novel adapted for the silver screen. Director Maeda Tetsu co-wrote the script with Inaba Kazuhiro to capture the thrills of humanity during the Edo period. Koshiro (Kamiki Ryunosuke) grew up as the son of a salmon ...
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SINGLE8 (2023)
- Director
- KONAKA Kazuya
- Cast
- UEMURA Yu, TAKAISHI Akari
A coming-of-age portrait set in the 1970s about young people who were passionate about 8mm films. Director Konaka Kazuya, who has worked on the "Heisei Ultraman" series, has realized his dream project based on his own experiences. In the summer of 1...
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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 ...
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Dreaming of the Meridian Arc (2022)
- Director
- NAKANISHI Kenji
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, MATSUYAMA Kenichi, KITAGAWA Keiko
A film adaptation of the rakugo story, "The Tale of Ino Tadataka: The Road to Taiga", by storyteller Tatekawa Shinosuke. This drama spins a tale of Ino Tadataka, who completed a map of Japan in 1821, which is set in two different periods, the Edo pe...
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SABAKAN / Summer Days, 1986 (2022)
- Director
- KANAZAWA Tomoki
- Cast
- BANKA Ichiro, HARADA Konosuke, ONO Machiko
The directorial debut of Kanazawa Tomoki, who has written and directed mainly TV and stage plays, such as the TBS drama "Naoki Hanzawa." Set in 1980s Nagasaki, this coming-of-age film depicts "one summer" in the lives of two boys on an adventure tog...
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LONE WOLF (2022)
- Director
- MUGURUMA Shunji
- Cast
- MINAMI Shota, TAKAHASHI Masashi
Hard-hitting action film that questions the very existence of stuntmen in the age of CG. Directed and scripted by Muguruma Shunji of My Love is a Sniper. Hoshi Akira (Minami Shota), who was just a kid when his father died, becomes a professional mot...
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People Who Talk to Plushies Are Kind (2023)
- Director
- KANEKO Yurina
- Cast
- HOSODA Kanata, KOMAI Ren, SHINTANI Yuzumi
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Omae Ao, who has attracted attention for his delicate sensibilities. This is the feature-length commercial debut for director Kaneko Yurina, whose independent film The Wandering Plants was selected for the P...
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Downfall (2023)
- Director
- TAKENAKA Naoto
- Cast
- SAITOH Takumi, Shuri, MEGUMI
The tenth feature film from Nowhere Man director Takenaka Naoto, based on the bold work that took manga artist Asano Inio into new territory. Vividly exposes the struggles of an artist through a manga artist's downfall. Manga artist Fukazawa Kaoru (...
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FATHER OF THE MILKY WAY RAILROAD (2022)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, SUDA Masaki, MORI Nana
Film adaptation of the Naoki Prize-winning novel of the same title by Kadoi Yoshinobu, which depicts the family that supported Miyazawa Kenji. The film was directed by Narushima Izuru (Rebirth). Kenji (Suda Masaki) is born the eldest son of a wealth...
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Baby Assasins 2 Babies (2023)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yugo
- Cast
- TAKAISHI Akari, IZAWA Saori, MIZUISHI Atomu
A sequel to the action film Baby Assassins in which two female assassins struggle to fit in with society. Once again, Sakamoto Yugo directs and Sonomura Kensuke of Manhunt is the action director. Chisato (Takaishi Akari) and Mahiro (Izawa Saori) str...
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Okiku and the World (2023)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- KUROKI Haru, Kanichiro, IKEMATSU Sosuke
Sakamoto Junji helms this coming-of-age drama about the lives of young people at the end of the Edo period. Kasamatsu Norimichi, who collaborated with Sakamoto on Face and A Winter Rose, renders the story with vivid black-and-white cinematography. T...
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TELL ME (2022)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Rempei
- Cast
- IMAI Tsubasa, TSUKAMOTO Takashi, JUON
Based on a book written by the younger brother of X-JAPAN guitarist Hide, who has fans around the world, director Tsukamoto Renpei (Bento Harassment) adapts the book to film. The film spins a tale of hope as the younger brother and his friends delive...
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THE FIRST SLAM DUNK (2022)
- Director
- INOUE Takehiko
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Shugo, KASAMA Jun, KAMIO Shinichiro
Prologue Shohoku's "speedster" and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota had a brother who was three years older. Fo...
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SHIMAMORI (2022)
- Director
- IGARASHI Sho
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Masato, MURAKAMI Jun, YOSHIOKA Riho
A human drama, set in Okinawa at the end of World War II, depicting the preciousness of human life. Directed by Igarashi Sho of One Step on a Mine, It's All Over. Together with Shimada Akira (Hagiwara Masato), the last appointed governor of Okinawa ...
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Fragments of The Last Will (2022)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Kazunari, KITAGAWA Keiko
Drama depicting the 11-year bond between real-life Japanese POW Yamamoto Hatao, his wife and his fellow internees in a Siberian concentration camp (Lageri). Set in Siberia 1945, during a severe winter that is forty degrees below zero. Yamamoto (Nin...
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2 Women (2022)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- TERAJIMA Shinobu, TOYOKAWA Etsushi, HIROSUE Ryoko
A film adaptation of the novel of the same title by writer Inoue Areno, based on her father, writer Inoue Mitsuharu, her mother, and writer and Buddhist monk Setouchi Jakucho. Director Hiroki Ryuichi of Vibrator and screenwriter Arai Haruhiko have te...
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PLAN 75 (2022)
- Director
- HAYAKAWA Chie
- Cast
- BAISHO Chieko
Director Hayakawa Chie makes her feature debut with this controversial work depicting the Japanese society where "Plan 75", a system that gives the right to choose between life and death from the age of 75, is enforced. The film was entered in the Un...
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God seeks in return (2022)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Keisuke
- Cast
- MURO Tsuyoshi, KISHII Yukino
Director Yoshida Keisuke of Himeanole and Blank directs an original screenplay for this unique love story filled with true feelings and preconceived notions. Tamogami (Muro Tsuyoshi), who works for an event company, meets YouTuber Yuri-chan (Kishii ...
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Nighttime Warbles (2022)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- YAMADA Yuki, MATSUMOTO Marika
A film adaptation of a short novel by writer Sato Yasushi set in the Kanto region, with a screenplay by Takada Ryo, the writer of The Light Shines Only There. Directed by Jojo Hideo, who received high acclaim for On the Edge of Their Seats. Unsucces...
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The Flower in the Sky (2022)
- Director
- KATASHIMA Ikki
- Cast
- HIGASHIDE Masahiro, IRIYAMA Noriko
A film adaptation of the eponymous novel by Yoko, daughter of the poet Hagiwara Sakutaro, with a screenplay by Goto Sayaka and Arai Haruhiko. The film vividly portrays the poet who survived despite being at the mercy of war. Miyoshi Tatsuji (Higashi...
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BL Metamorphosis (2022)
- Director
- KARIYAMA Shunsuke
- Cast
- ASHIDA Mana, MIYAMOTO Nobuko
Feature film adaptation of Tsurutani Kaori's same-named comic with a script by Okada Yoshikazu, renowned for his many successful TV dramas. Warmly depicts the friendship between two women fifty-eight years apart who meet through boys' love manga. Sa...
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by the window (2022)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- INAGAKI Goro, NAKAMURA Yuri, TAMASHIRO Tina
This is the seventeenth completely original film by Imaizumi Rikiya, director of numerous high-profile films such as What is Love?, which won the Audience Award at the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival. Freelance writer Ichikawa Shigemi (Inagak...
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Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022)
- Director
- HARA Keiichi
- Cast
- TOMA Ami, KITAMURA Takumi
Colorful director Hara Keiichi helms this animation adaptation of Tsujimura Mizuki's same-named bestselling novel. Kokoro (Touma Ami) is a junior high school girl who finds herself ostracized at school and holes up in her room. The mirror in her roo...
