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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 (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 (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 (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 (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- (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 (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 (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 (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 (1972)
- Director
- IMAI Tadashi
- Cast
- CHII Takeo, SASAKI Katsuhiko, SAYAMA Taizo
- Release Date
- Aug, 12th, 1972
Kessen nankai no daikaiju (1970)
- Director
- HONDA Ishiro
- Cast
- KUBO Akira, TAKAHASHI Atsuko, KOBAYASHI Yukiko
- Release Date
- Aug, 1st, 1970
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