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Rental Family (2023)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Takehito
- Cast
- SHIOYA Shun, KAWAKAMI Nanami, SHIRAISHI Yua
Drama based on Ishii Yuichi's book "Ningen Rentaru-ya" about an agency that rents out family members. Sakamoto Takehito's second feature after Eternal Maria. A single mother rents a dad for her only child. Mother and daughter get hooked on buying th...
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Cinderella Girl (2023)
- Director
- OGATA Takaomi
- Cast
- IREI Himena, TSUJI Chie, IZUMI Marin
Drama about a heroine with a prosthetic leg from director Ogata Takaomi, who helmed Sunk Into the Womb and The Hungry Lion. Supervised by the model Moriyama Kazaho, who was diagnosed with progressive muscular dystrophy. Disease results in Otoha (Ire...
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Another Day in Paradise (2023)
- Director
- INABA Yusuke
- Cast
- SOMEYA Toshiyuki, YOSHIDA Mizuki, TATEKAWA Kashime
Inaba Yusuke, director of Love in Parallel, and lead actor Someya Toshiyuki, teamed up for the first time in four years to make this drama. Filmed entirely on location in Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture, the film depicts the shared life of three unusua...
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Second Birth Day (2023)
- Director
- MOROSAWA Kazuyuki
- Cast
- HIGUCHI Daigo, MATSUMOTO Wakana, OKADA Koki
Using his own experience of having a bone marrow transplant to combat a disease actor Higuchi Daigo planned, conceived and starred in this human drama. The film is directed and written by Morosawa Kazuyuki from the series "Leave It to the Nurses". ...
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Ohmuro family dear friends (2024)
- Director
- TATSUWA Naoyuki
- Cast
- KATO Emiri, SAITO Chiwa, HIDAKA Rina
One particular day, the Ohmuro household was far more tense than usual. "Fine! Then I don't want to be your sister anymore!" Sakurako was on the verge of tears after an irate Hanako declared that she didn't want to be sisters anymore. "Do you re...
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Who Said Death Is Beatifull? (2023)
- Director
- NAKAJIMA Ryo
- Cast
In a zombie-infested Japan, Rika, an infected intern, cares for genius Rei and sister Yuna. Yuna turns zombie; Rika and Rei flee. Rika suggests escaping abroad with Takashiba for hope; Rei wants to return home. At Rei's, they face a transformed Yuna'...
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almost people (2023)
- Director
- YOKOHAMA Satoko, ISHII Gakuryu, KATO Takuto
- Cast
- MINE Goichi, YANAGI Elisa, INOWAKI Kai
Groundbreaking directors Yokohama Satoko, Ishii Gakuryu, Kato Takuto and Moriya Fumio portray the everyday lives of four siblings. Each of the four siblings in the Kamio family has an emotional deficit. Elder son Hikaru (Mine Goichi) can't find the ...
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Belonging (2024)
- Director
- HIGASHI Kahori
- Cast
- HASHIMOTO Tsumugi, KUSHIJIMA Soshi, KUSUDA Yuto
A person in charge of "Belonging" appears before people whose lives have ended and tells them, "Do you have any regrets in this world? If you have, you can become an object and return there." A wife decides to become her husband's favorite mug, a boy...
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UNBEATABLE: ROAD TO TOKYO (2024)
- Director
- Akrom ISAKOV
- Cast
- Aziz KULIEV, Temur BABAYAROV, Philippe REINHARDT
Jarolov grew up in a beautiful farming village in Uz-bekistan. For the sake of his village and his family, he chose boxing as a career. Soon, Jarolov wins not only the Asian Championship but also the World Championship. He also takes a challenge at p...
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The Quilt (2024)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Shimpei
- Cast
- SAITO Yoichiro, AKITANI Mone, KATAOKA Reiko
Tokio Takenaka (48) is a scriptwriter who's lost his passion for his work, and whose relationship with his wife Madoka (37) has turned sour. He spends his days lost in a haze. One day, a girl named Yoshimi Yokoyama (21) barges into his office, saying...
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The Ex-idol, Stuck in Life, Decided to Live with a Complete Stranger (2023)
- Director
- AKIYAMA Mayu
- Cast
- FUKAGAWA Mai, MATSUURA Ryo, YANAGI Yurina
Film adaptation of the true-life novel of the same name by former SDN48 member Oki Akiko. Directed by Akiyama Mayu, an up-and-coming filmmaker who has garnered attention for such films as Rent a Friend and Early Dawn Colored Weekend. Former idol Aki...
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TO MOM, WITH LOVE (2024)
- Director
- HASHIGUCHI Ryosuke
- Cast
- EGUCHI Noriko, UCHIDA Chika, FURUKAWA Kotone
Directed by Ryosuke HASHIGUCHI ("All Around Us", "Three Stories of Love"), this is a story of family, bringing you laughter and tears. Yayoi, Manami, and Kiyomi are 3 sisters with different characters, each hiding their own complex from each other...
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we don't know love yet. (2024)
- Director
- SAKAI Mai
- Cast
- ONISHI Ryusei, KUBOZUKA Airu, SAITO Nagisa
Based on a popular girls' comic of the same title by Minami Mizuno. A genuine love story where the deep connections between six high school students come alive, offering a 360-degree whirlwind of heartwarming moments and surprising turns. In thei...
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THE LAST PASSENGER (2024)
- Director
- HORIE Takashi
- Cast
- IWATA Karen, FUKE Norimasa
This story unfolds in a small coastal town of Tohoku, Northeastern Japan, where a disastrous Tsunami wiped out the entire town and took thousands of people's lives ten years ago. Now, Endo, a taxi driver, waits at a train station every night for his ...
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Living in Two Worlds (2024)
- Director
- O Mipo
- Cast
- YOSHIZAWA Ryo
Dai is born to deaf parents and has been raised with deep love in rural Japan. However, as he grows older, he becomes troubled by his differences from others and begins to blame his deaf mother for his daily frustrations. When he turns 20, Dai leaves...
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BATTLE KING!! THE SEQUELS (working title) (2025)
- Director
- TAKIGAWA Genki
- Cast
- YAMASHITA Eiku (ONE N' ONLY), TAKAO Hayato (ONE N' ONLY)
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BAUS: Story of Cinema and Movies (working title) (2025)
- Director
- HOKIMOTO Sora
- Cast
The story is based on the autobiography of Takuo Honda, the owner of BAUS Theater. Shinji Aoyama was scheduled to direct this movie before he passed away. Sora Hokimoto, Aoyama's favorite disciple, took over the project and completed the film, contin...
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Sisam (2024)
- Director
- NAKAO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- Kanichiro, WADA Masato, SAHEL Rosa
In the 17th century, early in the Edo Period of Japanese history, trade with the indigenous Ainu is the main source of income for the Matsumae clan. Kojiro, the son of a Matsumae clan retainer, and his older brother, Einosuke, are sent to Ezo for the...
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Kanasando (2025)
- Director
- TERUYA Toshiyuki
- Cast
- MATSUDA Ruka, HORIUCHI Keiko, ASANO Tadanobu
This is a story of a family living on an island in Okinawa. Traumatized by her father's infidelity and her mother's death, Mika leaves the island alone. She has never been back to the home island since, but one day she is informed of her father's cr...
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Helpless (1996)
- Director
- AOYAMA Shinji
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, MITSUISHI Ken, TSUJI Kaori
Aoyama Shinji's feature film directorial debut. Coming-of-age drama produced as part of the third season in WOWOW's J・Movie・Wars and shot in Kitakyushu, the director's hometown. In 1989, Kenji (Asano Tadanobu) is an aimless high school student idlin...
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Tokyo Heaven (1990)
- Director
- SOMAI Shinji
- Cast
- MAKISE Riho, NAKAI Kiichi, SHOFUKUTEI Tsurube
This fantasy starring newcomer Makise Rino brings a new twist to the "pop star as heroine" genre. Directed by Somai Shinji, who was recognized for his definitive take on idol films. Campaign girl Yu (Makise Riho) dies in a traffic accident. Upon arr...
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DISTANCE (2001)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- ARATA, ISEYA Yusuke, TERAJIMA Susumu
Maboroshi and Wonderful Life director Kore-eda Hirokazu helms this drama about relatives of people who committed mass murder. Documentary maestro Yamazaki Yutaka shot the film almost entirely handheld and captured the protagonists' shifting emotions ...
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After Life (1998)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- ARATA, ODA Erika, TERAJIMA Susumu
Second film by Kore-eda Hirokazu, whose numerous honors for Maborosi included the Golden Osella Award at the Venice International Film Festival. Fantasy drama about the seven days between a person's death and arrival in the afterlife. Twenty-two dea...
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Play! (2024)
- Director
- FURUMAYA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- OKUDAIRA Daiken, SUZUKA Oji
Japan's first theatrical release about e-sports was inspired by the real-life experiences of a boy in Tokushima Prefecture. Directed by Furumaya Tomoyuki of The Homeless Student. Shota's (Okudaira Daiken) interest is piqued by a poster at school rec...
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Motherhood (2022)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- TODA Erika, NAGANO Mei
Hiroki Ryuichi adapts the same-named novel by Confession author Minato Kanae. The truth behind a mystery is laid bare through the eyes of a mother unable to love her daughter and the daughter who desires maternal affection. A high school girl is fou...
