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THE FARTHEST (Tentative Title)

THE FARTHEST (Tentative Title) (2023)

Director
KOSHIKAWA Michio
Cast
KITAZAWA Hibiki, NAKAJIMA Ayumu

One day, a young woman, Momo, and a 40-year-old man, Toudou, meet at an izakaya. They hold their hands and sing a song while walking the streets at night. Eventually, they seek each other and make love. The next morning, Toudou says, "It's like a ...

Release Date
May, 6th, 2023
ROLELESS

ROLELESS (2022)

Director
SEKI Yutaro, HIRASE Kentaro, SATO Masahiko
Cast
KAGAWA Teruyuki, TSUDA Kanji, OMI Toshinori

A feature film debut from the directorial group "Gogatsu" consisting of Sato Masahiko, who worked on NHK's educational program "PythagoraSwitch," Seki Yutaro, who has directed dramas for NHK, and Hirase Kentaro, who participated in the screenplay for...

Release Date
Nov, 18th, 2022
LONE WOLF

LONE WOLF (2022)

Director
MUGURUMA Shunji
Cast
MINAMI Shota, TAKAHASHI Masashi

Hard-hitting action film that questions the very existence of stuntmen in the age of CG. Directed and scripted by Muguruma Shunji of My Love is a Sniper. Hoshi Akira (Minami Shota), who was just a kid when his father died, becomes a professional mot...

Release Date
Dec, 23rd, 2022
From the End of the World

From the End of the World (2023)

Director
KIRIYA Kazuaki
Cast
ITO Aoi, MAIGUMA Katsuya, ASAHINA Aya

Hana is a normal high school student, unsatisfied in her daily life. One day she had a dream and met a 10-year-old girl living in Sengoku Era. The girl lives hard with poverty and misfortune in that world and the two are going to have a sisterhood fr...

Release Date
Apr, 7th, 2023
Dreaming in Between

Dreaming in Between (2022)

Director
NINOMIYA Ryutaro
Cast
MITSUISHI Ken, YOSHIMOTO Miyu, KUDO Haruka

Shuhei is a vice principal at a regular high school in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, living with his wife and 20 something daughter. One day, Shuhei goes to a nursing home to visit his father, who suffers from dementia and tells him, "I'm screwed. What am I g...

Release Date
Jun, 9th, 2023
Yumeno Manimani

Yumeno Manimani (2022)

Director
HARIMOTO Kaori
Cast
KODAMA Taichi, CHIKUNI Megumi

Ensemble drama set in a real-life antique shop in Asakusa Rokku, once a vibrant theater district in Tokyo. Second film from Harimoto Kaori, who made her directorial debut with The Captain's Sweet Wife and worked as assistant director for Zeze Takahis...

Release Date
Nov, 12th, 2022
Lonely Castle in the Mirror

Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022)

Director
HARA Keiichi
Cast
TOMA Ami, KITAMURA Takumi

Colorful director Hara Keiichi helms this animation adaptation of Tsujimura Mizuki's same-named bestselling novel. Kokoro (Touma Ami) is a junior high school girl who finds herself ostracized at school and holes up in her room. The mirror in her roo...

Release Date
Dec, 23rd, 2022
Motto choetsushita tokoro e

Motto choetsushita tokoro e (2022)

Director
YAMAGISHI Santa
Cast
MAEDA Atsuko, KIKUCHI Fuma, ITO Marika

Playwright Nemoto Shuko pens the script for this bold feature film adaptation of her same-named play. Director Yamagishi Santa of Bully School: Devil Full of Scars delightfully depicts the love lives of four women who attract loser men. The story is...

Release Date
Oct, 14th, 2022

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Masseuse vs. Geisha

Masseuse vs. Geisha (1963)

Director
KIMURA Keigo
Cast
KANO Junko, TAKACHIHO Hizuru, KAWASAKI Keizo

At Shutokuji Spa, masseuse and geisha are main attractions for the guests to the small resort. But while the geisha try to hold back the masseuse from the guests, the masseuses do likewise, without reserve. One day, handsome Shibata visits the hotel...

Release Date
May, 15th, 1963
Crimson Bat-Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive

Crimson Bat-Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive (1970)

Director
ICHIMURA Hirokazu
Cast
MATSUYAMA Yoko, MEGURO Yuuki, SOGANOYA Meicho

Oichi (Yoko Matsuyama}, a blind swords-woman, is wanted by the authorities after killing government officials in order to save a girl. Many ronin pursue her for the reward. Among them, Jokai (Hitoshi Omae), a giant priest, Jinbei (Shinji Hotta), an e...

Release Date
Apr, 8th, 1970
Destiny’s Son

Destiny’s Son (1962)

Director
MISUMI Kenji
Cast
ICHIKAWA Raizo, FUJIMURA Shiho, NAGISA Mayumi

Shingo lives with his father and his sister Yoshio. One day he wins a fencing match with another master swordsman in the presence of the lord. When the loser attacks his father and sister, Shingo hurries home to find Yoshio already dead and with his...

Release Date
Jul, 1st, 1962
The Return of the Filthy Seven

The Return of the Filthy Seven (1967)

Director
EZAKI Mio
Cast
TANBA Tetsuro, SHISHIDO Joe, OKADA Masumi

The Filthy Seven - Kido, Katayama, Henmi, Serizawa, Tetsu, Naojiro, Joe -- get together again after being sprung from jail and their first job is to rob a big gang boss, Oguro, when he picks up the enormous sum he plans to rob from the local horse-ra...

Release Date
Oct, 21st, 1967