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CONFESS TO YOUR CRIMES (2023)
- Director
- MIZUTA Nobuo
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Kento, TSUTSUMI Shinichi
Maiko Haaaan!!! director Mizuta Nobuo helms the film adaptation of Shinpo Yuichi's same-named novel. Hardcore suspense about the kidnapping of a politician's family member that rocks the nation. Uda Koji(Nakajima Kento) is the second son in a family...
- Release Date
- Oct, 20th, 2023
THE GIRLS (2023)
- Director
- UGANA Kenichi
- Cast
- TANABE Momoko, KOIDE Kaoru, MORITA Kokoro
Fantasy drama spun with a unique sensibility and anti-war theme by director Ugana Kenichi (Extraneous Matter - The Complete Version and Love Will Tear Us Apart), who has garnered attention at numerous international film festivals. Childhood friends...
- Release Date
- Oct, 20th, 2023
Hard Days (2023)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, AYANO Go
Crime suspense remake of the 2014 Korean film of the same name, directed by Fujii Michihito, who also directed The Newspaper Reporter. On the night of 29 December, detective Kudo (Okada Junichi) on learning the news of his mother's death, who was in...
- Release Date
- May, 19th, 2023
September 1923 (2023)
- Director
- MORI Tatsuya
- Cast
- IURA Arata, TANAKA Rena, NAGAYAMA Eita
Drama about mob hysteria based on the 1923 Fukuda Village incident. Directed by Mori Tatsuya, known for the documentaries A and FAKE. The year is 1923. Sawada Tomokazu (Iura Arata) and his wife Shizuko (Tanaka Rena) leave Gyeongseong (Seoul at prese...
- Release Date
- Sep, 1st, 2023
KINGDOM: The Flame of Destiny (2023)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, YOSHIZAWA Ryo, HASHIMOTO Kanna
The third film in the "Kingdom" series, adapted from the manga of the same name by Hara Yasuhisa, was the top-grossing live-action Japanese film of 2023. The time is B.C., the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period. A young boy, Shin (Yamazaki Kent...
- Release Date
- Jul, 28th, 2023
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...
- Release Date
- Jan, 5th, 2024
ICE CREAM FEVER (2023)
- Director
- CHIHARA Tetsuya
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Riho, MOTOLA Serena, UTAHA (WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA)
A love story adapted from the short story collection ‘Ice Cream Fever' by Akutagawa Award-winning author Kawakami Mieko. This is the first film directed by art director Chihara Tetsuya, who is active in a wide range of fields. Tsuneta Natsumi (Yoshi...
- Release Date
- Jul, 14th, 2023
A Far Shore (2022)
- Director
- KUDO Masaaki
- Cast
- HANASE Kotone, ISHIDA Yumemi, SAKUMA Yoshiro
Social drama that won the Audience Award in Competition at the 23rd TOKYO FILMeX. Director Kudo Masaaki, who attracted attention with his feature debut I'm Crazy, shot the entire film on location in Okinawa. 17-year-old Aoi (Hanase Kotone) lives wit...
- Release Date
- Jul, 7th, 2023
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Women’s Prison (1968)
- Director
- INOUE Akira
- Cast
- YASUDA Michiyo, NAKAHARA Sanae, SHIMEGI Shigako
The Kodenmacho Prison in old Edo was a hell on earth. In addition to the crowded quarters, the general lack of sanitation, the violence, and homosexuality, punishment was made according to confession-hence suspects were tortured and even killed. Int...
- Release Date
- Jan, 27th, 1968
Eden by the Sea (1963)
- Director
- NISHIKAWA Katsumi
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Hideki, IZUMI Masako, TONO Eijiro
When Nanjo (Takahashi Hideki), a young and handsome teacher, comes to a private girls' school, Tomoe becomes angry and argues with him, but the other girls mistakenly believe she has a crush on him, and become jealous. When Nanjo goes on his summer ...
- Release Date
- Aug, 31st, 1963
Enchanted Princess (1959)
- Director
- KIMURA Keigo
- Cast
- ICHIKAWA Raizo, WAKAO Ayako, KATSU Shintaro
Once in the Land of Badgers, there lived an old badger named Doroemon who had a lovely daughter named Okuro, a meek and obedient girl who always went to buy sake' for him. Now, near the forest where Doroemon and Okuro lived was a palace in which liv...
- Release Date
- Dec, 27th, 1959
The Friendly Killer (1969)
- Director
- ISHII Teruo
- Cast
- OUGI Hiroko, YAMAMOTO Yoko, FUJI Tatsuya
Katsumi (Hiroko Ogi) is very beautiful and the pride of her father's heart, and when he is murdered mysteriously, she does not even have time to dry her tears. For she must step into his shoes and carry on as he would have wished. Tattooing the same...
- Release Date
- Mar, 29th, 1969