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Denen Boys (2020)
- Director
- NISHIUMI Kenichiro
- Cast
- ARISAWA Shotaro, IMARI Yu, TANAKA Naoki
The TV series depicting the struggles of four self-proclaimed hunks as they try to open a host club in the countryside moves to the big screen. The TV series drew attention for its original story developed by the energetic writers. Ikeura Sadayume, w...
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Werewolf Game - Master of Death Game (2020)
- Director
- KAWAKAMI Ryo
- Cast
- OGOE Yuki, NAKAJIMA Ken, Uchikuri UCHIKURA
The eighth film in the series is the first to set a male figure in the lead role, and also depict the game from the game master's point of view. Series creator Kawakami Ryo, writes and directs this outing while Kodama Takeshi, a central figure in the...
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Light of Hope (2021)
- Director
- UENISHI Yudai
- Cast
- SHIMIZU Yume, TOKUTAKE Mika, HANAMURA Asuka
Drama about benevolent people trying to protect and assist those living with disabilities. Director Uenishi Yudai won the Best Film Award at the 6th Milan International Film Festival for Kanemasa, which he also starred in. Twenty-two year old Kurusu...
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Under the Open Sky (2021)
- Director
- NISHIKAWA Miwa
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, NAKANO Taiga, HASHIZUME Isao
Naoki Prize-winning author Saki Ryuzo's 'Mibuncho' serves as the basis for this character-driven drama. The Long Excuse director Nishikawa Miwa transplants the book's original setting 35 years later to the present-day. Former yakuza Mikami (Yakusho ...
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HACHIOJI ZOMBIES -JOUBUTSU- (2020)
- Director
- SUZUKI Osamu
- Cast
Habuki (Kenjiro Yamashita) gives up his dream of becoming a dancer after a string of rejections at countless auditions. Instead, he goes down the path of self-discovery, taking up a crash course as a Buddhist priest at Kibo-dera Temple in the mountai...
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SHINIGAMI AND THE DEATH HANDLER (2020)
- Director
- SHIBAZAKI Takayuki
- Cast
It is the Edo period and the reign of the third Tokugawa Shogun, Iemitsu (1623-1651). Living unnoticed in the city is Genshiro Kusaka, a private detective and hereditary ‘Death Handler' who entered into a pact with a ‘Shinigami' named Juran, having p...
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MIO'S COOKBOOK (2020)
- Director
- KADOKAWA Haruki
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Honoka
Osaka, 1802. Eight year-old Mio and Noe, although they come from different social circumstances, are close friends. One day they happen to meet a fortune-teller, who says that Noe's destiny is to ‘rise like the sun', while Mio's is a ‘cloudless blue ...
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OVER THE TOWN (2020)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- WAKABA Ryuya
Ao Arakawa works in a secondhand clothing store in Shimokitazawa. For the most part, he's a loner. He goes to gigs from time to time, and his favorite bookstore and bar. He doesn't say much, but he's not totally silent either. The geographic scope of...
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SILENT TOKYO (working title) (2020)
- Director
- HATANO Takafumi
- Cast
- SATO Koichi, ISHIDA Yuriko, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi
Christmas Eve: a sacred day that comes once a year, enveloping the people of the world in joy and happiness. On that day, a television station is contacted by an anonymous caller who claims to have planted a bomb in Ebisu in downtown Tokyo. Amid the...
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Earwig and the Witch (2020)
- Director
- MIYAZAKI Goro
- Cast
Growing up in an orphanage, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her life will take a new turn when a strange family takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch. (Scheduled to broadcast on NHK General TV in the w...
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TRUE MOTHERS (2020)
- Director
- KAWASE Naomi
- Cast
- NAGASAKU Hiromi, IURA Arata, MAKITA Aju
After a long suffering experience in fertility treatment, Satoko and her husband Kiyokazu choose to participate in adoption system. 6 years after adopting a boy who they named Asato, they were living in peace as a family. But one day, Satoko receives...
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Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone (2020)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- TANAKA Yuko, AOI Yu
Momoko is a 75 year-old widow living alone in the suburbs of Tokyo. She leaves the hometown in 1964, get married and raises two children as a housewife… 55 years have passed since she came up to Tokyo, and she is supposed to enjoy the rest of her lif...
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INU-OH (2021)
- Director
- YUASA Masaaki
- Cast
Inu-Oh was born with unique physical characteristics, and the adults cover every inch of his body with garments and make him wear a mask on his face. One day, he meets a boy named Tomona, a blind biwa player. Inu-Oh tells him, "Write a biwa song abou...
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Japanese Doll of Terror (2019)
- Director
- MIYAOKA Taro
- Cast
- KOSAKA Nao, HAGIWARA Riku
The heroine, Yuri, is a university student who spends her days doing what she loves - taking photos of daily scenes with her childhood friend, Masato. One day, Yuri receives an invitation to a party from an unknown sender. Masato also receives the sa...
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The Gun 2020 (2020)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- HINAMI Kyooko, KATO Masaya, Tomochika
Toko grew up unloved by her mother Mizuho who continues to adore her deceased son. She lives alone in an apartment the electricity has been cut off and the trash is piling up. One late night, Toko enters a gloomy building in order to escape from a th...
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Our Story (2020)
- Director
- KUBO Shigeaki
- Cast
- SATO Taiki, HASHIMOTO Kanna, SATO Ryuji
Ichiya is an obscure high school student novelist who loses sight of his own gifts after his debut work was severely criticized. Meanwhile, his popular classmate Shiina, who is very outspoken, is also a novelist who has had a string of hit novels. On...
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Woderful Paradise (2020)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Masashi
- Cast
- MINAMI Kaho, EMOTO Akira, ITO Seiko
At a large mansion on the outskirts of Tokyo, Shuji SASAYA looks around a room with full of packed cardboard boxes. He has to sell this mansion because of his mistake. His hermit son, Yuta, brings a homeless into the house, and his daughter has fru...
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BE YOUR KING (2019)
- Director
- OKUI Shuji
- Cast
- OKAYAMA Amane, GOTO Yoko, OKADA Yoshinori
Yusuke's dream is to become a photographer but he was standing on the edge of a cliff. The reality is too harsh to fulfill his dream and he was working at his uncle's ramen shop. One day, Yusuke meets Yukari at the ramen shop and gradually get att...
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WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR (2019)
- Director
- SASAKI Katsumi
- Cast
- KANEDA Ibuki, MASADA Kimika, OZEKI Toshikazu
I hate it…I hate it…I hate it… The worthless stupid comedians, the useless psychology counselor, the fuckin' teacher who fucked me… I hate it…the dumb college student who plays around with their parents money, the meaningless nobody who can't eve...
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VAMPIRE CLAY~DERIVATION (2019)
- Director
- UMEZAWA Soichi
- Cast
- FUJII Itsuki, AMIKO, KUROSAWA Asuka
Karin, Kyozo Fushimi's daughter works at an art gallery in the suburbs. The police come to tell her that her father ‘s brutally murdered body was found at Aina Academy and Yuri Aina is the prime suspect of her father's killing. Karin haven't seen her...
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WELCOME TO JAPAN (2019)
- Director
- NISHIMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- FUJITA Ena, YASHIKI Hiroko, SUZUKI Kimmy
The year 2020, Japan is about to host The Greater East Asia World Athletic Meet. Kika was raised to be a female assassin from the ultraright-wing group. She works as a construction worker by day and loves eating Japanese foods and cooking "bento (lu...
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KINEMA NO KAMISAMA (tentative title) (2021)
- Director
- YAMADA Yoji
- Cast
- SAWADA Kenji, SUDA Masaki, NAGANO Mei
Drama commemorating the centennial of Shochiku Films. Directed by maestro Yamada Yoji of the "Tora-san" series and The Little House, which won the Golden Bear at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. Go (Sawada Kenji) has been spurned his wif...
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FOOD LUCK (2020)
- Director
- TERAKADO Jimon
- Cast
- EXILE NAOTO, TSUCHIYA Tao
Directorial debut from Terakado Jimon, who belongs to the comedy trio Dachou Club and has earned a reputation as the top TV celebrity foodie with experience eating cuisine throughout Japan. Incorporates Terakado's own experiences to show a guy with "...
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THE NIGHT BEYOND THE TRICORNERED WINDOW (2020)
- Director
- MORIGAKI Yukihiro
- Cast
- OKADA Masaki, SHISON Jun, HIRATE Yurina
Mystery featuring psychic detectives. Directed by Morigaki Yukihiro, whose film Goodbye, Grandpa! was selected for the Japanese Cinema Splash program in the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival. Bookstore employee Mikado Kosuke (Shison Jun) has be...
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LE CHOCOLAT DE H (2019)
- Director
- WATANABE Takashi
- Cast
- TSUJIGUCHI Hironobu
Hironobu Tsujiguchi, who is a world-wide famous Japanese pastry chef. This movie is about his journey from finding some ingredients to completing his new recipes of chocolate. The biggest chocolate festival has been held every year in Paris, France...
