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1%er ONE-PERCENTER (2022)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Yudai
- Cast
- SAKAGUCHI Taku (TAK∴)
Action film actor Toshiro Takuma is a man with only one goal: the perfection of action film acting. But when his samurai-approach to the profession clashes with an industry addicted to wires, CGI and quick edits, Toshiro and his trusty apprentice Aki...
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THE THREE SISTERS OF TENMASOU INN (2022)
- Director
- KITAMURA Ryuhei
- Cast
- Non, KADOWAKI Mugi, OSHIMA Yuko
Maki Taro, the hitmaker behind In This Corner of the World, produces this live-action film adaptation of manga artist Takahashi Tsutomu's fantasy. The town of Mitsuse is situated between earth and the afterlife. The venerable Tenmasou Inn has a bea...
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TWO MALADROITS IN LIFE: A LOVE STORY (2022)
- Director
- SATO Shu
- Cast
- MACHIYAMA Miho, SUZUKI Shion
A coming-of-age film directed by up-and-coming director Sato Amane, who gained attention for his film Ayako Tachibana Wants to Go Viral, from a script by director Imaoka Shinji. The film spins a fresh tale following seven years in the lives of two pe...
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WITH LOVE FROM KOSHU HIGHWAY (2022)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- ARISATO Marina, ENDO Fumiya, WADA Hitomi
A coming-of-age road movie depicting a small journey by four men and women who are "life's losers". Directed by Imaoka Shinji, who received high acclaim for Reiko and the Dolphins, and shot by Yamamoto Hideo, known as a master cameraman. A chance en...
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HAVE SEX WITH ME, I'LL MAKE YOU AN ARTIST! (2022)
- Director
- MORIOKA Toshiyuki
- Cast
- AOYAMA Yasuna, NISHINOIRI Ruka
A humanistic drama, which candidly depicts the struggles of a woman who aspires to become a manga artist, adapted from the comic of the same name, directed by Morioka Toshiyuki of Think Again, Junpei fame. Kaho (Aoyama Yasuna), who has been submitti...
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I am what I am (2022)
- Director
- TAMADA Shinya
- Cast
- MIURA Toko, MAEDA Atsuko, ITO Marika
The first solo starring role for Miura Toko, who also sings the theme song for this film, after co-starring in Drive My Car, which won the International Feature Film Award at the 94th Academy Awards. The film depicts a portrait of the 30-year-old her...
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School Meals Time - Graduation (2022)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- ICHIHARA Hayato, TSUCHIMURA Kaho, SATO Taishi
Sequel comedy feature about the raging battle between a teacher and student obsessed with school lunches. Set in the fall of 1986. As university exam season approaches, math teacher Amarida Yukio (Ichihara Hayato) only cares about the school lunch ...
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Kids Konference (2022)
- Director
- GODA Tomo
- Cast
Documentary covering a year at a nursery school where kids hold "conferences." The film explores the essence of dialogue through the lives of children and reunites Goda Tomo with the main staff from the Being Born series about life and family. "Kids...
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Cat Sharehouse (2022)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Yuki, HOSODA Kanata, NGAI Mijika
A film version of the TV series of the same title that was a big hit in the spring of 2022, depicting a family friendly story set in a "share house with cats". Futaboshi Yuto(Furukawa Yuki) lives with his two cats, Kuro and Char, in the share house ...
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Remember to Breathe (2022)
- Director
- SUGITA Masakazu
- Cast
- INOUE Mao, ISHIDA Eri
A family drama that weaves the complex and delicate feelings between a mother and daughter. Directed by Sugita Masakazu, whose previous film Joy of Man's Desiring received a Special Mention in the Generation Kplus section of the Berlin International ...
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Free! -the Final Stroke- the second volume (2022)
- Director
- KAWANAMI Eisaku
- Cast
- SHIMAZAKI Nobunaga, SUZUKI Tatsuhisa, MIYANO Mamoru
Concluding film in the two-part theatrical adaptation of "Free!", the popular TV anime series about young people who devote their lives to swimming. Directed, developed and scripted by Kawanami Eisaku, who helmed the third season of the TV anime. Na...
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Kagawa District 1 (2022)
- Director
- OSHIMA Arata
- Cast
- OGAWA Junya, HIRAI Takuya, MACHIKAWA Junko
Sequel arriving a year and a half after the release of Why You Can't Be Prime Minister, which boasted remarkable attendance figures. Director Oshima Arata focused on Lower House lawmaker Ogawa Junya in the previous film and turns his attention to the...
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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Lillte Star Wars 2021 (2022)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Susumu
- Cast
- MIZUTA Wasabi, OHARA Megumi, KAKAZU Yumi
Forty-first feature film for the "Doraemon" TV series based on Fujiko F Fujio's manga. This remake of the 1985 film marks the directorial debut for Yamaguchi Susumu, who supervised key frame drawings for the film series. During summer vacation, Nobi...
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Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Intrigue (2022)
- Director
- TADA Shunsuke
- Cast
- MIYANO Mamoru, SUZUMURA Kenichi
Production I.G produced the fourth season "Intrigue" for the "Die Neue These" animation based on the mammoth SF novel "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" by popular author Tanaka Yoshiki. The Galactic Empire is supported by reforms enacted by supreme l...
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Angry Son (2022)
- Director
- IIZUKA Kasho
- Cast
- HORIKE Kazuki, GOW, SHINOHARA Masafumi
A coming-of-age film directed and written by Iizuka Kasho, who made her commercial film debut with The World for the Two of Us, based on her own experiences as a transgender person. Jungo (Horike Kazuki) is a high school student living with his Fili...
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Indelible Memories (2022)
- Director
- SONODA Shin
- Cast
- HYODO Katsumi, Momoka, YAMAMOTO Ai
At night, Yui, a musician, meets Jun-ichi, an improvising actor, on the riverside square where young people are performing on the street. They argue with each other over their "stage". Jun-ichi intervenes in a fight one day, but is knocked down. Yui ...
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SHIKKOKUTEN (2022)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Koichi
- Cast
- ARAKI Hirofumi
Third production in the Movies x Stage series that utilizes film and theater performances. Script by "Token Ranbu" series director Suemitsu Kenichi. A guy with amnesia (Araki Hirofumi) shows up in Edo. After fate leads him to getting petty criminal ...
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YOUKAI HOUSEMATE IS HE PRINCE CHARMING? (2022)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- KOSHIBA Fuka
A timid heroine teams up with yokai monsters to vanquish evil in this feature film adaptation of the horror comedy TV series aired in Summer 2020 and Spring 2021. Mio (Koshiba Fuka) dreams of being a writer while enjoying her life with yokai monste...
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BROKEN COMMANDMENT (2022)
- Director
- MAEDA Kazuo
- Cast
- MAMIYA Shotaro, ISHII Anna, YAMOTO Yuma
The first film adaptation in sixty years of Shimazaki Toson's immortal masterpiece, which was previously made into a film by Kinoshita Keisuke in 1948 and Ichikawa Kon in 1962. Maeda Kazuo (Whisper of the Heart) directed the film, and Kato Masato and...
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SUN AND BOLERO (2022)
- Director
- MIZUTANI Yutaka
- Cast
- DAN Rei
This unique paean to life portrays the relationships in an amateur orchestra that struggles toward their final concert after deciding to disband. Acclaimed actor Mizutani Yutaka directs, scripts and stars in the film. After her father's sudden death...
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ANIME SUPREMACY! (2022)
- Director
- YOSHINO Kohei
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Riho, NAKAMURA Tomoya, EMOTO Tasuku
A film adaptation of the novel of the same title by Tsujimura Mizuki, which depicts the passionate human drama of the animation industry. The animated sections are directed by Tani Azuma and Otsuka Takashi, and produced with the participation of popu...
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Haw (2022)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, IKEDA Elaiza
Drama from Gu Gu, the Cat director Inudo Isshin, acclaimed for his films featuring animals, about the relationship between a young man and a rescue dog. Original story and script from screenplay writer Saito Hiroshi, known for Himitsu and Resurrectio...
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GREEN BULLET (2022)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yugo
- Cast
- IZUMI Karen, YAMAOKA Miyabi, AMANO Kiki
A sequel to the faux-documentary Legendary Hit-man, Kunioka by Sakamoto Yugo, director of Baby Assassins, depicts the daily lives of hit men. Six women, including Yamada Fumika(Izumi Karen), who aspires to becoming a professional assassin, decide to...
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Convenience Story (2022)
- Director
- MIKI Satoshi
- Cast
- NARITA Ryo, MAEDA Atsuko
Wacky adventure developed and helmed by Miki Satoshi, known for his quirky story worlds in Adrift in Tokyo and It's Me, It's Me, in collaboration with film critic and producer Mark Shilling. Unsuccessful screenwriter Kato (Narita Ryo) is on a trip t...
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IT’S IN THE WOODS (2022)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- AIBA Masaki, MATSUMOTO Honoka, EGUCHI Noriko
Horror flick from Nakata Hideo, who set the bar for J-horror with Ring. Unfathomable terror unfolds in a real-life forest where bizarre phenomena occur. Junichi (Aiba Masaki) runs a farm on his own in the boonies and ends up having to take care of h...
