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April come she will

April come she will (2024)

Director
YAMADA Tomokazu
Cast
SATOH Takeru, NAGASAWA Masami, MORI Nana

Yamada Tomokazu makes his feature film directorial debut with this adaptation of Kawamura Genki's same-named novel. Epic romance about a couple's love and breakup spanning a decade. Psychiatrist Fujishiro (Satoh Takeru) receives a letter from Haru (...

Release Date
Mar, 22nd, 2024
Dearest Viet

Dearest Viet (2024)

Director
KAWABATA Kohei
Cast

Duc Nguyen was born conjoined to his twin brother Viet in 1981 as a result of the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. The separation surgery in 1988 was a monumental achievement for humankind that was broadcast across Vietnam and Japan. Despi...

Release Date
May, 3rd, 2024
Totto-chan the Movie: The Little Girl at the Window

Totto-chan the Movie: The Little Girl at the Window (2023)

Director
YAKUWA Shinnosuke
Cast
ONO Liliana, OGURI Shun, Anne

Anime adaptation of Kuroyanagi Tetsuko's same-named autobiographical novel about her youth, which has been translated into over 20 languages and sold 25 million copies worldwide. Japan is in the final years of World War Two. Totto-chan (Ono Liliana)...

Release Date
Dec, 8th, 2023
Actress Wouldn't Cry

Actress Wouldn't Cry (2023)

Director
UDO Yoshifumi
Cast
RENBUTSU Misako, ITO Marika, KAMIKAWA Shusaku

This comedy marks the feature film directorial debut for CM director Udo Yoshifumi, who also directs and scripts TV dramas. Set in his hometown of Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture. When scandal leaves actress Rie (Renbutsu Misako) unemployable, she re...

Release Date
Dec, 1st, 2023
Love Will Tear Us Apart

Love Will Tear Us Apart (2023)

Director
UGANA Kenichi
Cast
KUBOTA Sayu, AOKI Yuzu, Riko

An unusual ensemble drama from director Ugana Kenichi, whose diverse genre works include The Empty Flower Pot and Rolling Marbles. The film had its world premiere at the 41st Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. Ever since Mashita Wakaba ...

Release Date
Aug, 19th, 2023
Visitors -complete edition-

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 ...

Release Date
Feb, 23rd, 2024
Shadow of Fire

Shadow of Fire (2023)

Director
TSUKAMOTO Shinya
Cast
Shuri, MORIYAMA Mirai

This drama builds on director Tsukamoto Shinya's Fires on the Plain and Killing with a story set in the chaos of a post-war black market. Won NETPAC award at the 2023 Venice International Film Festival. A woman (Shuri) living alone in a burned-out p...

Release Date
Nov, 25th, 2023
After the Fever

After the Fever (2023)

Director
YAMAMOTO Akira
Cast
HASHIMOTO Ai, NAKANO Taiga, KIRYU Mai

Second feature film from cutting-edge director Yamamoto Akira, whose Tokyo University of the Arts graduation work Speak Low earned acclaim overseas. World premiere screening in the New Currents competition at the 28th Busan International Film Festiva...

Release Date
Feb, 2nd, 2024

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Basement of Death

Basement of Death (1959)

Director
NAMIKI Kyotaro
Cast
UTSUI Ken, IKEUCHI Junko, WADA Keinosuke

Dr. Tagawa, a famous chemical weapons scientist has been kidnapped. G-man Akiyama and detective Kagawa meet Sanae, the scientist's daughter who finally reveals that her brother Eiji is being used as a tool by a foreign secret organization. One day Ak...

Release Date
Feb, 14th, 1960
Kaiguntokubetsunenshohei

Kaiguntokubetsunenshohei (1972)

Director
IMAI Tadashi
Cast
CHII Takeo, SASAKI Katsuhiko, SAYAMA Taizo

Release Date
Aug, 12th, 1972
Kessen nankai no daikaiju

Kessen nankai no daikaiju (1970)

Director
HONDA Ishiro
Cast
KUBO Akira, TAKAHASHI Atsuko, KOBAYASHI Yukiko

Release Date
Aug, 1st, 1970
A Cheerful Girl

A Cheerful Girl (1957)

Director
MASUMURA Yasuzo
Cast
WAKAO Ayako, KAWASAKI Keizo, SUGAWARA Kenji

In this lighthearted work from Masumura's early period, protagonist Yuko comes to Tokyo to find her mother after learning about her from her critically ill grandmother. The film, which unfolds beneath a cloudless blue sky, remains remarkably unsentim...

Release Date
Oct, 8th, 1957