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WE'RE BROKE, MY LORD! (2023)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, SUGISAKI Hana, MATSUYAMA Kenichi
Asada Jiro's same-named historical novel adapted for the silver screen. Director Maeda Tetsu co-wrote the script with Inaba Kazuhiro to capture the thrills of humanity during the Edo period. Koshiro (Kamiki Ryunosuke) grew up as the son of a salmon ...
- Release Date
- Jun, 23rd, 2023
A Spoiling Rain (2023)
- Director
- ARAI Haruhiko
- Cast
- AYANO Go, EMOTO Tasuku, SATO Honami
Film adaptation of the novel of the same title by Matsuura Hisaki, winner of the 123rd Akutagawa Prize. This love story by renowned screenwriter Arai Haruhiko is his fourth film as a director, following It Feels So Good, and incorporates a motif not ...
- Release Date
- Nov, 10th, 2023
Ripples (2023)
- Director
- OGIGAMI Naoko
- Cast
- TSUTSUI Mariko, MITSUISHI Ken, ISOMURA Hayato
Human drama that presents modern social issues such as new religions, discrimination against people with disabilities, and distress among women. Written and directed by Ogigami Naoko with a touch of black humor. Sudo Yoriko (Tsutsui Mariko), a belie...
- Release Date
- May, 26th, 2023
Spring in Between (2022)
- Director
- KATSU Rika
- Cast
- MIYAZAWA Hio, KONISHI Sakurako
This is the commercial film debut of Katsu Rika, who has worked on numerous drama adaptations as a manga editor while continuing to produce independent films. Magazine editor Komukai Haru (Konisihi Sakurako), who is having trouble with work and love...
- Release Date
- May, 26th, 2023
Okiku and the World (2023)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- KUROKI Haru, Kanichiro, IKEMATSU Sosuke
Sakamoto Junji helms this coming-of-age drama about the lives of young people at the end of the Edo period. Kasamatsu Norimichi, who collaborated with Sakamoto on Face and A Winter Rose, renders the story with vivid black-and-white cinematography. T...
- Release Date
- Apr, 28th, 2023
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)...
- Release Date
- Mar, 1st, 2024
TOKYO REVENGERS 2 Part.2 (2023)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, YAMADA Yuki, SUGINO Yosuke
Sequel to Tokyo Revengers, the No. 1 live-action film at the box office in 2021. This is the second part of a two-part film depicting the 'Bloody Halloween Arc', popular among fans of the original manga. The epic battle between former best friends h...
- Release Date
- Jun, 30th, 2023
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...
- Release Date
- Jan, 26th, 2024
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Swirling Butterflies (1970)
- Director
- OZAWA Keiichi
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Akira, AOE Mina, MIZUNO Kumi
Aboard a night ferry in the Inland Sea, Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a young tough, who supplies hostesses to night spots, encounters Yuko (Kumi Mizuno), his ex- sweetheart. He considers himself a private underworld sort of policeman-in the com-...
- Release Date
- Jul, 11th, 1970
Wildcat Rock Female Boss (Stray Cat Rock) (1970)
- Director
- HASEBE Yasuharu
- Cast
- WADA Akiko, KAJI Meiko, WADA Koji
Ako (Akiko Wada) is a tall handsome teenage girl who acts as leader of a group of women hoodlums in Shinjuku , a busy business and entertainment center in western Tokyo. Wearing blue jeans and glasses and driving a Honda 750, Ako appears on the sce...
- Release Date
- May, 2nd, 1970
Love and Greed (1964)
- Director
- MASUMURA Yasuzo
- Cast
- WAKAO Ayako, KAWASAKI Keizo, TAMIYA Jiro
Namiko, the beautiful wife of Seizo Kawashiro, yearns for her husband's companionship and his love, but during the last six months, has seen less and less of him. Seizo loves his wife, but his mind is taken up with business. Someone is trying to buy...
- Release Date
- Feb, 15th, 1964
Kaiguntokubetsunenshohei (1972)
- Director
- IMAI Tadashi
- Cast
- CHII Takeo, SASAKI Katsuhiko, SAYAMA Taizo
- Release Date
- Aug, 12th, 1972