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  • A Man in Love

    A Man in Love (2019)

    Director
    MURATA Nobuo
    Cast
    OGI Shigemitsu, SASAKI Kokone, DEGUCHI Arisa

    Mature comedy about the love life of a middle-aged guy at the half-way point in life. Distribution company Mermaid Films' head Murata Nobuo makes his directorial debut at age 56. The Polish cinema maestro Jerzy Skolimowski serves as supervising edito...

  • Living in the Sky

    Living in the Sky (2020)

    Director
    AOYAMA Shinji
    Cast
    TABE Mikako, KISHII Yukino, MIMURA Rie

    The first feature-length film in seven years by Aoyama Shinji, who gained international acclaim for Eureka, renders the emotional subtleties of modern-day women making every effort at living without ruining their pride. Naomi (Tabe Mikako) works at ...

  • Sad Angels

    Sad Angels (2020)

    Director
    MORIOKA Toshiyuki
    Cast
    WADA Hitomi, MIZUNO Masaru

    Portrayed with audacious sensuality, this drama tells the story of a sorrowfully pure love between a prostitute and a young man who drifted into the red light district. The film is written and directed by Morioka Toshiyuki who has delved into the sex...

  • ABOUT AZAMI

    ABOUT AZAMI (2020)

    Director
    KOSHIKAWA Michio
    Cast
    KOSHINO Ena, OKUNO Eita, MINE Goichi

    Koshikawa Michio, who has consistently depicted the sexual affairs between men and women, directs this tender drama about the change of heart experienced by a woman who tries to compensate for her loneliness. Azami (Koshino Ena) ran away from her tr...

  • Over the Sky

    Over the Sky (2020)

    Director
    SENA Yoshinobu
    Cast
    MATSUMOTO Honoka, SETO Toshiki

    Feature-film fantasy animation set in subculture center Ikebukuro, which makes numerous appearances in the film. Original story and script from Sena Yoshinobu, whose short animation Kushimitama Samurai was an official selection in the Annecy Internat...

  • ARIA THE CREPUSCOLO

    ARIA THE CREPUSCOLO (2020)

    Director
    SATO Junichi, NATORI Takahiro
    Cast
    HIROHASHI Ryo, SATO Rina, KAYANO Ai

    Feature film based on Amano Kozue's comic that has total sales exceeding 4.6 million copies and was first adapted as a TV anime series in 2005. Something is bothering Anya (voice: Kayano Ai), who spends her days in training at the upstart water-gui...

  • PORNOGRAPHER: PLAYBACK

    PORNOGRAPHER: PLAYBACK (2021)

    Director
    MIKI Koichiro
    Cast
    TAKEZAI Terunosuke, IZUKA Kenta

    The "Pornographer" manga series about the dictation of erotic literature hits the silver screen after being adapted as a live-action TV drama. Sensitive depiction of the tension and affection between two people who care about each other but fail to c...

  • LIAR x LIAR

    LIAR x LIAR (2021)

    Director
    YAKUMO Saiji
    Cast
    MATSUMURA Hokuto, MORI Nana

    The comic of the same name which has surpassed over 1.9 million total copies published is adapted to live-action by Mars director Yakumo Saiji. The unusual love story depicts a "love triangle" between only two people which began with a lie. Minato (...

  • It's a Summer Film!

    It's a Summer Film! (2020)

    Director
    MATSUMOTO Soushi
    Cast
    ITO Marika, KANEKO Daichi, KAWAI Yumi

    Coming-of-age story that brings in scifi elements to portray a high school girl who belongs to her school's cinema club and obsesses over samurai movies. TV drama, CM and music video director Matsumoto Soushi takes the megaphone with a screenplay by ...

  • Dancing Mary

    Dancing Mary (2019)

    Director
    SABU
    Cast
    EXILE NAOTO, YAMADA Aina, ISHIBASHI Ryo

    The efforts of a man and woman struggling to fulfill the wish of a ghost unfold in this fantasy drama directed by SABU whose Mr. Long was screened in the competition section of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival. This film was awarded the Ju...

  • Kiss Cam!

    Kiss Cam! (2020)

    Director
    MATSUMOTO Hana
    Cast
    HAYAMA Shono, HOTTA Akane, YAGI Alissa

    The inspiration for this romantic film is the "Kiss Cam" carried out at sporting events in which a couple selected from the crowd by a TV camera must kiss for all to see. At the helm is Matsumoto Hana whose A Midsummer Dream was screened at the Yubar...

  • Hold Me Back

    Hold Me Back (2020)

    Director
    OHKU Akiko
    Cast
    Non, HAYASHI Kento

    Romance about the clumsy love life of a thirty-something woman who thoroughly enjoys being single. Director Ohku Akiko won the Audience Award at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival for Tremble All You Want. Thirty-one year old Mitsuko (Non) l...

  • The Hardness of Avocado

    The Hardness of Avocado (2019)

    Director
    JO Masaya
    Cast
    MAEHARA Mizuki, TAGA Asami

    Jo Masaya's feature-length directorial debut has picked up awards at PFF Award 2019 and other local independent film competitions. The film stars Maehara Mizuki, a member of theatre troupe Seinendan, in the lead role of Maehara and unspools a realist...

  • You're Not Normal, Either!

    You're Not Normal, Either! (2020)

    Director
    MAEDA Koji
    Cast
    NARITA Ryo, KIYOHARA Kaya

    Love story about a romantically challenged cram school teacher and one of his students. Directed by Maeda Koji, whose Till Death Do Us What? was screened in the 18th Shanghai International Film Festival Panorama section. Ono Yasuomi (Narita Ryo) is ...

  • COMING HOME

    COMING HOME (2020)

    Director
    INOUE Ryuta
    Cast
    FURUKAWA Yuki, RYUSEI Ryo

    Romance about the innocent love between a young man dishearten by city life and the guy who accepts him. Directorial debut from Inoue Ryuta, who produced Parade that won the FIPRESCI award at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. Mitsuomi (Fu...

  • The Real Thing

    The Real Thing (2020)

    Director
    FUKADA Koji
    Cast
    MORISAKI Win, TSUCHIMURA Kaho, UNO Shohei

    Story about a couple's messy fall from grace. Helmed by Fukada Koji, who won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 69th Cannes Film Festival for Harmonium. Tsuji Kazumichi (Morisaki Win) is a bored office worker in questionable rela...

  • Yes, No, or Maybe Half?

    Yes, No, or Maybe Half? (2020)

    Director
    TAKATA Masahiro
    Cast
    ABE Atsushi, KAWAHAEA Yoshihisa

    Ichiho Michi's identically titled "boys love" novel is the basis for this anime love story. The adaptation is written and directed by Takata Masahiro who worked on Tobidasu Ehon 3D. Young reporter Kunieda Kei (voice: Abe Atsushi) has vastly differen...

  • A Beast in Love

    A Beast in Love (2020)

    Director
    SHIRAISHI Koji
    Cast
    TANAKA Shunsuke, UNO Shohei

    A violent romantic-comedy set in a rural town that is the subject of urban legend. Director Shiraishi Koji, who Impossibility Defense was screened at the 8th Beijing International Film Festival, reboots his previously directed short film into this fe...

  • Georama Boy, Panorama Girl

    Georama Boy, Panorama Girl (2020)

    Director
    SETA Natsuki
    Cast
    YAMADA Anna, SUZUKI Jin

    The intersecting romance of a boy and girl who have a seemingly destined encounter. At the helm is Seta Natsuki, whose A Liar and a Broken Girl screened in the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival's Japanese Eyes section (currently the Japanese Cin...

  • Tokyo Wine Party People

    Tokyo Wine Party People (2019)

    Director
    WADA Hideki
    Cast
    MATSUMURA Sayuri, ONO Ito, ONOZUKA Hayato

    Shino Sakuragi, an office worker in Tokyo, gets invited to a wine party by her boss. It's a bourgeois party, and at first she feels uncomfortable, but soon she hits it off with a male participant, Kazushi Oda. She falls for him because even though ...

  • Shape of Red

    Shape of Red (2020)

    Director
    MISHIMA Yukiko
    Cast
    Kaho, TSUMABUKI Satoshi

    Mishima Yukiko, director of

  • Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

    Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (2020)

    Director
    FUKUDA Yuichi
    Cast
    TAKAHATA Mitsuki, YAMAZAKI Kento

    An innocent love story between a closeted "boys' love" comics fan and a hardcore gamer is depicted in this live-action adaptation of the identically titled web manga. At the helm is Fukuda Yuichi, director of hits such as Gintama. 26-year-old office...

  • mellow

    mellow (2020)

    Director
    IMAIZUMI Rikiya
    Cast
    TANAKA Kei, OKAZAKI Sae

    Set in the most stylish flower shop in town and a ramen shop on the brink of closing down, this ensemble romance film depicts the yet-unripened love of various people. Just Only Love helmer Imaizumi Rikiya directs from his own original screenplay. N...

  • FIRST LOVE

    FIRST LOVE (2019)

    Director
    MIIKE Takashi
    Cast
    KUBOTA Masataka, UCHINO Seiyo, OMORI Nao

    Director Miike Takashi depicts the events of a single intense night in this original story. Selected for Directors' Fortnight at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Kabukicho, Shinjuku's red-light district. Katsuragi Leo (Kubota Masataka) is a destitute ...

  • his

    his (2020)

    Director
    IMAIZUMI Rikiya
    Cast
    MIYAZAWA Hio, FUJIWARA Kisetsu

    Two men who were once a couple reunite after eight years in this romance film. It portrays the LGBTQ community's hopes for coexistence, a courtroom drama contesting parental rights, the transformation of the family structure, and the harsh conditions...