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Town without Sea (2020)
- Director
- IKEDA Elaiza
- Cast
- KURA Yuki, ISHIUCHI Roi, SAITO Nari
Coming-of-age drama that marks the directorial debut for actress Ikeda Elaiza. Depicts the preciousness of everyday life and the importance of relationships through the lives of young people in Tagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Selected for the 21st J...
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Dangerous Drugs of Sex (2019)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- KITADAI Takashi, WATANABE Sho
The live-action adaptation of Mizuta Yuki's boy's love comic of the same name incorporates extreme sexual portrayals as it renders a story of rebirth though finding the meaning of "sex" and "life". In the director's chair is Jojo Hideo, who is known ...
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Reiko and the Dolphin (2019)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- TAKEDA Aki, KAWAYA Hidetoshi
This drama portrays twenty-three years in the life of a husband and wife who lost their only daughter in the Great Hanshin Earthquake. Director Imaoka Shinji depicts among the streets of Kobe the restoration of the couple's relationship after the dea...
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PARADISE LOST (2019)
- Director
- FUKUMA Kenji
- Cast
- WADA Misa, AZUMA Tengo, ETO Shuhei
Drama marking the 6th feature film from poet-cum-director Fukuma Kenji. The film uses both fantasy and realism in exploring how to live after your dreams have been lost through the life of a woman who has been widowed. In a lonely spot in the Tokyo ...
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Love, Life and Goldfish (2021)
- Director
- MAKABE Yukinori
- Cast
- ONOE Matsuya, MOMOTA Kanako, KAKIZAWA Hayato
Acclaimed for his feature film debut I AM A MONK, Makabe Yukinori helms this live-action adaptation of Otani Noriko's same-named manga about "kingyo sukui," the goldfish catching game at summer festivals. The protagonist is a formerly high-flying ban...
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JUMP!! : The Heroes Behind the GOLD (2021)
- Director
- IIZUKA Ken
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, TSUCHIYA Tao
Drama based on the true story of test jumpers at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, where Japan's ski jump team won its first-ever Gold Medal. Directed by Iizuka Ken of Step and Rainbow Days. Nishikata Jinya (Tanaka Kei) was on the national team for the prev...
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The Voice of Sin (2020)
- Director
- DOI Nobuhiro
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, HOSHINO Gen
Doi Nobuhiro, director of hit films such as The Wings of the Kirin, helms this thriller inspired by an actual unsolved case that rocked Japan. Akutsu (Oguri Shun), a newspaper reporter, is chasing down the story of an unsolved case from thirty-five ...
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Threads - Our Tapestry of Love (2020)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, KOMATSU Nana
Inspired by Nakajima Miyuki's famous song 'Ito', this film portrays eighteen years in the lives of a couple alongside the changes of the Heisei Era. At the helm is Zeze Takahisa of Heaven's Story. Ren (Suda Masaki) and Aoi (Komatsu Nana) first met a...
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ALL ABOUT "CHIAKI MAYUMURA" (PROVISIONAL) (2019)
- Director
- MATSUURA Hajime
- Cast
- MAYUMURA Chiaki, TOKUNAGA Eri, SHINADA Makoto
Documentary that uses a plethora of fictional elements to disentangle the life of "self-produced idol" Mayamura Chiaki, who plunges ahead on her unique path in life as head of the company Janaimon. Helmed by Matsuuura Hajime, who directs her music vi...
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The Modern Lovers (2019)
- Director
- SHIMOYASHIRO Atsuro
- Cast
- MORIOKA Ryu, KAWAKAMI Nanami
Romance that uses bold eroticism to portray a guy who meets his ex-girlfriend and makes a clean break with his youth. Won multiple awards at MOOSIC LAB 2019. Feature film directorial debut for Shimoyashiro Atsuro, who did the soundtrack for Imaoka Sh...
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Wonderwall : the Movie (2020)
- Director
- MAEDA Yuki
- Cast
- SUDO Ren, OKAYAMA Amane, NARUMI Rico
Feature film that adds previously unreleased scenes to the much-discussed TV drama about students and university administration fighting over a dormitory's reconstruction. Script by Watanabe Aya of Josee, the Tiger and the Fish. Directed by Maeda Yuk...
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Okaeri Tadaima (2020)
- Director
- SAITO Junichi
- Cast
- SAITO Yuki, SATSUKAWA Aimi
Produced by Tokai Television Broadcasting, this true-to-life drama probes into the heart of a crime using actual footage of news coverage at the time the crime occurred. It is written and directed by Saito Junichi who has continued to sharply questio...
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TOBISHIMA (2019)
- Director
- OMIYA Koichi, TANAKA Kei
- Cast
Out in the Sea of Japan rises the populated island of Tobishima. This documentary chronicles the day-to-day life of the people living there. It is co-directed by Omiya Koichi of TAIDAMA–I'm home, a place for everyone and Tanaka Kei of Under the Cher...
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A Man in Love (2019)
- Director
- MURATA Nobuo
- Cast
- OGI Shigemitsu, SASAKI Kokone, DEGUCHI Arisa
Mature comedy about the love life of a middle-aged guy at the half-way point in life. Distribution company Mermaid Films' head Murata Nobuo makes his directorial debut at age 56. The Polish cinema maestro Jerzy Skolimowski serves as supervising edito...
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Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (2020)
- Director
- YAJIMA Tetsuo
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Rika, OTANI Ikue
The 23rd release in the "Pocket Monster" film franchise tells a tale of Pokémon and human families. In the director's chair is Yajima Tetsuo. A strict rule has been imposed in the deep jungle of Okoya Forest where Zarude (voice: Nakamura Kankuro) dw...
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Kotera - san climbs! (2020)
- Director
- FURUMAYA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- KUDO Haruka, ITO Kentaro
The popular manga of the same name about a girl preoccupied by sport climbing is adapted to live-action by director Furumaya Tomoyuki who has tackled numerous adolescent films such as Robocon. The script is written by popular screenwriter Yoshida Rei...
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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part2 (2021)
- Director
- KON Chiaki
- Cast
- MITSUISHI Kotono, KANEMOTO Hisako, SATO Rina
The epic girls' manga "Sailor Moon" hits the big screen for the first time in 25 years. Second film in the two-part adaptation of Dead Moon, the manga's fourth arc. The production staff includes manga creator Takeuchi Naoko as chief supervisor, as we...
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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part1 (2021)
- Director
- KON Chiaki
- Cast
- MITSUISHI Kotono, KANEMOTO Hisako, SATO Rina
The epic girls' manga "Sailor Moon" hits the big screen for the first time in 25 years. First film in the two-part adaptation of Dead Moon, the manga's fourth arc. The production staff includes manga creator Takeuchi Naoko as chief supervisor, as wel...
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Looking for Magical Doremi (2020)
- Director
- SATO Junichi, KAMATANI Haruka
- Cast
- MORIKAWA Aoi, MATSUI Rena, MOMOTA Kanako
Feature film celebrating the 20th anniversary of the girls' anime "Ojamajo Doremi." Cutting-edge director Kamatani Yu delivers a completely original story with members of the original production, including director Sato Junichi, scriptwriter Kuriyama...
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Japan Sinks 2020 Theatrical Edition - Shizumanu kibou - (2020)
- Director
- YUASA Masaaki
- Cast
- UEDA Reina, MURANAKA Tomo, SASAKI Yuko
Science fiction novelist Komatsu Sakyo's tour d'force was adapted to an anime series for the first time by Yuasa Masaaki who received international praise for Mind Game and Night is Short, Walk On Girl. This theatrical re-edit portrays the course of ...
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Beautiful dreamer (2020)
- Director
- MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki
- Cast
- OGAWA Sara, FUJITANI Riko, KAMINO Fuju
The first work from "Cinema Lab", an experimental film label touting the stature of the film director. Motohiro Katsuyuki who has been involved with many hit films adapts to live-action Oshii Mamoru's original concept for "Yume Miruhito". The film de...
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Step (2020)
- Director
- IIZUKA Ken
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki, HIROSUE Ryoko, YO Kimiko
Based on the novel by Shigematsu Kiyoshi who has continued to deal with the subject of family restoration, this drama depicts the 10 years over a widowers life as he struggles to raise his young daughter. Iizuka Ken who works in both film and televis...
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The Magnificent KOTOBUKI THE MOVIE (2020)
- Director
- MIZUSHIMA Tsutomu
- Cast
- SUZUSHIRO Sayumi, YUKIMURA Eri, NAKAYA Sayaka
The television anime series set in a vast wasteland depicting the adventures of female fighter escorts for hire is reconfigured to include a new chapter recounting the untold tale of the air corps' formation that completes the story. In the director'...
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A tale of the Riverside (2020)
- Director
- TSUJINO Masaki
- Cast
- AONO Tappei, GODA Aki, SAITO Riku
The 9th "Cinema Project" by Enbu Seminar, which produced One Cut of the Dead, is a drama directed by Tsujino Masaki who is making his feature film debut at the age of 51. (Aono Tappei) works at the riverside guesthouse in which he was born and rais...
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Documentary of Keyakizaka 46 (2020)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Eiki
- Cast
- KEYAKIZAKA46
Takahashi Eiki, who is known from the "Documentary of AKB48" series, directs this first documentary which tracks the trajectory of the idol group Keyakizaka46 as it lowers the curtain on its 5 year history. It compiles re-edits of various live perfor...
