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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...
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Gobangiri (2024)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, KIYOHARA Kaya, NAKAGAWA Taishi
Kakunoshin, who used to be a samurai, left the clan after being falsely accused of a crime which he did not commit and now lives with his only daughter in a poor. He has not given up his pride and dignity as a samurai, even though he has fallen on ha...
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PENALTY LOOP (2024)
- Director
- ARAKI Shinji
- Cast
- WAKABA Ryuya, ISEYA Yusuke, YAMASHITA Rio
Second feature film by director Araki Shinji, who made his feature film debut with The Town of Headcounts, again using an original screenplay. The film depicts the conflict of a protagonist who repeatedly commits murder in a time loop. Iwamori Jun (...
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GREAT ABSENCE (2023)
- Director
- CHIKA-URA Kei
- Cast
- MORIYAMA Mirai, FUJI Tatsuya, MAKI Yoko
Distanced from his father Yohji for twenty years, Takashi is brought back home by a jarring police call–Yohji has disconnected from reality due to dementia, and his second wife Naomi is missing. Asked where she is, the old man replies that she commit...
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52-HERTZ WHALES (2024)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- SUGISAKI Hana, SHISON Jun
REBIRTH maestro filmmaker Narushima Izuru adapts Machida Sonoko's same-named novel that made a splash in Japan. This nuanced drama captures the unspoken voices of lonely individuals through the metaphor of the only whale in the world with a high-freq...
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SILENT LOVE (2024)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- YAMADA Ryosuke, HAMABE Minami, NOMURA Shuhei
A love story spun from his own original screenplay by Uchida Eiji, director of Midnight Swan, which won the Best Film Award at the 44th Japan Academy Prize. Hisaishi Joe, who has worked on numerous Studio Ghibli works, composed the music. Aoi (Yamad...
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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...
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Manzai Association THE MOVIE (2024)
- Director
- HANAWA Nobuyuki (a member of comedy duo "Knights")
- Cast
A documentary film about comedians in Tokyo who put their hearts on the stage. Why do Manzai performers continue to stand on the "stage"? Since June 2023, as a new and youngest ever chairman of Manzai association, Hanawa has been working to reform th...
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The Women in the Lakes (2024)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- FUKUSHI Sota, MATSUMOTO Marika
A 100 year-old resident of a Lake Biwa nursing home dies mysteriously. Did a respirator keeping him alive suddenly malfunction, or was he murdered? A young detective on the case meets a woman caregiver. The investigation runs into a dead end, but the...
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The Beast of Comedy (2024)
- Director
- TAKIMOTO Kengo
- Cast
- OKAYAMA Amane, KATAOKA Reiko, MATSUMOTO Honoka
Film adaptation of the autobiographical novel by Tsuchiya Takayuki, a writer obsessed with the world of comedy. It is the commercial film debut of director Takimoto Kengo, who has directed many TV dramas and commercials. After six years of coming up...
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Who Were We? (2023)
- Director
- TOMINA Tetsuya
- Cast
- KOMATSU Nana, MATSUDA Ryuhei, OTAKE Shinobu
The story is set in a gold-mining town on Sado Island, Japan. A woman wakes up with no memory of her past. She is rescued by an elderly female cleaner named Kii (which means the colour yellow). Kii takes her to a home that already houses two girls—Ak...
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Ghost Cat Anzu (2024)
- Director
- KUNO Yoko, YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
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Visitors -complete edition- (2023)
- Director
- UGANA Kenichi
- Cast
- Shiho, NOMURA Keisuke, HIRAI Saki
Feature film adaptation of the short film Visitors, which was screened at more than 20 film festivals worldwide, including the Porto International Film Festival. Director Ugana Kenichi is the director of this horror action drama that pays respectful ...
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Where Love Goes (2023)
- Director
- MIYAJIMA Fuka
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Itsuki, KUBOZUKA Airu
This drama about a lonely girl is helmed by Miyashima Fuka, who garnered attention with her directorial debut Oyashirazu. Nominated for the 18th Osaka Asian Film Festival Competition. Childhood friends Ai (Nagasawa Itsuki) and Sosuke (Kubozuka Airu)...
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MATCHED (2024)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Tao, SAKUMA Daisuke (Snow Man), KANEKO Nobuaki
Unique thriller developed as an original project from Midnight Swan director Uchida Eiji. Rinka (Tsuchiya Tao) is a wedding planner without a love life, and she signs up for a dating app at her colleague's suggestion. She gets matched up with Tomu (...
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Let's Go Karaoke! (2024)
- Director
- YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- AYANO Go, SAITO Jun
A unique buddy film adaptation of Wayama Yama's comic of the same title, written by Nogi Akiko, the director of numerous hit TV dramas and films including The Voice of Sin and Inu-Oh, and directed by Yamashita Nobuhiro. Oka Satomi (Saito Jun), a cho...
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Best Regards to All (2024)
- Director
- SHIMOTSU Yuta
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Kotone, MATSUDAI Koya
A feature-length film produced by Shimizu Takashi, based on a short film that won the first grand prize at the Japan Horror Film Awards, a film competition open to the general public focused on the horror genre. The film is directed by Shimotsu Yuta,...
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DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Part 1 (2024)
- Director
- KUROKAWA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- IKUTA Lilas, ano
First film in the two-part animated feature adaptation of Asano Inio's same-named manga. Leading Japanese creators involved in the production include animation director Kurokawa Tomoyuki from the "PSYCHO-PASS" series. Koyama Kadode (Ikuta Lilas) and...
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Lumberjack the Monster (2023)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, Nanao, YOSHIOKA Riho
Suspense film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Kurai Mayusuke, directed by Miike Takashi. The film depicts an epic confrontation between a deranged lawyer and a serial killer. A bizarre murder occurs in which the victim's brain is removed...
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MENTAI PIRIRI ~PANSY FLOWER~ (2023)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- HAKATA Hanamaru, TOMITA Yasuko
This is the second theatrical film outing for the TV drama series ‘Mentai Piriiri', which won the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Award for two consecutive years. As per the previous film, Eguchi Kan (The Fable) directs. At Fukunoya, a gro...
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The Slit-Mouthed Woman Rises (2023)
- Director
- NAKAMOTO Yu
- Cast
- KIDO Taisei, KUROSAKI Reina, YASHIKI Hiroko
Action horror film based on the urban legend of The Slit-Mouthed Woman. Directed, written and edited by Nakamoto Yu of Ichimonji Ken Prologue: Kung Fu Boy Vs Murder Karate Man fame, which won the Audience Award at the 2018 PFF Awards. High school st...
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IDOLiSH7 the Movie; LIVE 4bit BEYOND THE PERiOD <DAY 2> (2023)
- Director
- NISHIKIORI Hiroshi, YAMAMOTO Kensuke
- Cast
- ONO Kensho, MASUDA Toshiki, SHIRAI Yusuke
A new beginning, with you, on this stage! The dream concert by the top male idol contenders for the 'BLACK or WHITE LIVE SHOWDOWN' finally takes place! Four groups, IDOLiSH7・TRIGGER・Re:vale・ŹOOĻ, each with their own distinct charms, come together f...
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Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2 (2023)
- Director
- KAWAKE Shunsaku
- Cast
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi, KATAOKA Ainosuke, KANNO Miho
Two films starring Toyokawa Etsushi adapt Ikenami Shotaro's series that rivals his "Onihei Hankacho" and "Kenkyaku Shobai" in popularity. Produced to commemorate the centennial of the great historical novelist's birth. Fujieda Baian (Toyokawa) is a ...
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The Pearl Legacy (2022)
- Director
- TANAKA Mitsutoshi
- Cast
- HIGA Manami, MIURA Shohei, MIURA Tomokazu
Ryunosuke (Shohei Miura), a property management lawyer and adult guardian, goes to visit the Daiki family, who have just lost their mother, Mitsuyo (Mako Ishino). The discovery that their father's wealth, particularly the "Legendary Pearl," valued at...
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OSHORIN (2023)
- Director
- KODAMA Yoshihisa
- Cast
- KITANO Kie, KOIZUMI Kotaro, MORISAKI Win
Human drama adapted from Fujioka Yoko's novel of the same name. The film focuses on two brothers "spirit of craftsmanship" and the family love that supported them as they laid the business foundations in Fukui Prefecture, which accounts for 95% of do...