Director

YAMASAKI Shimpei

Cast

SAITO Yoichiro, AKITANI Mone, KATAOKA Reiko

A film adaptation of Tayama Katai's immortal novel of the same name, which is considered a timeless masterpiece, but the setting is moved from the 19th century to the 21st century. Directed by Yamazaki Shinpei, who garnered attention for Take Over Zo...

Release Date

May, 11th, 2024

Director

NINOMIYA Ryutaro

Cast

BANDO Ryota, TAKAHASHI Rion, SHIMIZU Naoya

Director Ninomiya Ryutaro's coming-of-age ensemble drama is gaining international attention, with his previous film Dreaming in Between being an official selection in the ACID section at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. Wataru (Bando Ryota), a tacitur...

Release Date

May, 25th, 2024

Director

TSUKAHARA Shigeyoshi

Cast

KANDA Hakuzan, KUROSAWA Tomoyo, SERIZAWA Yu

Feature-length animated film debut from director Tsukahara Shigeyoshi, whose film Hashi no Mukou was featured in the Short Film Corner section at the 66th Cannes Film Festival. Detective Sotaro (Kanda Hakuzan) investigates the mystery of mass disapp...

Release Date

Apr, 12th, 2024

Director

ISHII Gakuryu

Cast

NAGASE Masatoshi, ASANO Tadanobu, SATO Koichi

Director Ishii Gakuryu's film adaptation of the 1973 novel of the same name by author Abe Kobo, who celebrated the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2024.The film had its world premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. The "Box Man" w...

Release Date

Aug, 23rd, 2024

Director

INOUE Morito

Cast

KANEKO Kiyobumi, FUJIMURA Takuya, NAKANISHI Yuu

Entertaining film about special effects, hot springs and swarms of sharks. Created a buzz with the crowdfunding tactic of pegging the number of sharks in the film to the number of campaign supporters. In the coastal city of Atsumi in S Prefecture, h...

Release Date

Jul, 5th, 2024

Director

YAGI Junichiro

Cast

Gumpy, SUGAI Yuka, TEZUKA Toru

Gunpi of the comedy duo "Haru to Hikoki", who is popular on the internet as "Bakido" and has more than 1.68 million subscribers to his YouTube channel, in his first starring role in a movie. Yamada (Gunpi), who works in the tourism section of the Se...

Release Date

Jan, 31st, 2025

Director

FUJII Michihito

Cast

HSU Kuanghan, KIYOHARA Kaya, JOSEPH Chang

This Japan-Taiwan co-production is a teen romance based on the travelogue essays "Youth 18x2" that made a splash in Taiwan. Script and direction by Fujii Michihito. Taiwanese high school student Jimmy (Hsu Kuanghan) and Japanese backpacker Ami (Kiyo...

Release Date

May, 3rd, 2024

Director

SAKURAGI Yuhei

Cast

AMAMIYA Sora, ITO Miku, TAKAHASHI Rie

First-ever feature animation version of Shikimura Yoshiko's same-named teen novel, which has already been adapted as a feature film and TV drama. Screenplay by Ohchi Keiichiro of The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie and character design by Nishida As...

Release Date

Oct, 25th, 2024

Director

KAWASHIMA Yuzo

Cast

Frankie SAKAI, AWASHIMA Chikage, KATSURA Kokinji

A quick-moving yarn that follows the exploits of a zany cast of characters living in an old Osaka boarding house. The film's unique stylings are said to have angered IBUSE Masuji, the author of the novel it was originally based on; Kawashima, meanwhi...

Release Date

Jun, 2nd, 1959

Director

OSONE Tatsuo

Cast

TAKADA Kokichi, YAMADA Isuzu, MATSUMOTO Koshiro

This is a story of the turbulent age when numerous ambitious leaders fought for mastery of Japan. Hiyoshi-moru, who later rose to great fame and power in the empire as Hideyoshi, the great warlord, was born to on extremely poor yeoman family. After ...

Release Date

Aug, 10th, 1958

Director

NOMURA Takashi

Cast

SHISHIDO Joe, WADA Koji, FUJI Manami

Jiro, a young boxer, is on his way back to Japan from Thailand when his ship stops to pick up four survivors of a wreck. It turns out, however, that these four are really smugglers. They take over the ship and there is little that Jiro can do when th...

Release Date

Nov, 20th, 1966

Director

KUROSAWA Akira

Cast

MIFUNE Toshiro, MORI Masayuki, KAGAWA Kyoko

Release Date

Oct, 1st, 1960