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FLAMES OF A FLOWER (2024)
- Director
- KOJIMA Oudai
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Ikken, YANAGI Yurina, MATSUKADO Yohei
Shimada, a former Self-Defense Force member, suffers from severe PTSD following the loss of a comrade in a firefight in war-torn South Sudan, a tragedy covered up by the government. Shining a light into Shimada's solitary life in illegal arms manufac...
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CHA-CHA (2024)
- Director
- SAKAI Mai
- Cast
- ITO Marika, NAKAGAWA Taishi
Cha-Cha is an illustrator working at a design office. Her free-spirited behavior sometimes draws the ire of those around her, but she lives by the motto, "I don't let me worry about what others think any more, just live the way I want". One day, Cha-...
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YAMI-HARA (TBC) (2026)
- Director
- Cast
Kaname, a high school boy transferred to a new school, stares at Mio, the brightest student in the class. Mio is terrified by his bizarre stalker-like behavior, and asks for help from Itta, a senior student in the track team whom she has a crush on. ...
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Missing Child Videotape (2025)
- Director
- KONDO Ryota
- Cast
- SUGITA Rairu
"There are things that shouldn't be there on that videotape..." Keita's younger brother disappeared in the mountain where Keita's family used to go camping. Since then, he has been working as a volunteer to find the missing persons. One day, his mo...
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Toxic Daughter (tentative title) (2024)
- Director
- NAITO Eisuke
- Cast
- SATSUKAWA Aimi, UEHARA Sera, IREI Himena
Hagino moved to a town after marrying Atsuhiro, who has a middle school daughter, Moeka. One day, Hagino receives a call on her cell phone from Moeka in a desperate voice, "Buy me three cakes and a coke!" Hagino rushes home to find a strange girl si...
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SERPENT'S PATH (2024)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- SHIBASAKI Ko, Damien BONNARD
An adaptation of Kurosawa's own film "Hebi no Michi (aka Serpent's Path)" produced by Daiei in1998. In the suburbs of Paris, Albert, a freelance reporter, vows to take revenge for the brutal murder of his young daughter, while Sayoko, a Japanese fema...
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Lumberjack the Monster (2023)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, Nanao, YOSHIOKA Riho
Suspense film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Kurai Mayusuke, directed by Miike Takashi. The film depicts an epic confrontation between a deranged lawyer and a serial killer. A bizarre murder occurs in which the victim's brain is removed...
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Cloud (2024)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki
Ryosuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda) works at a small factory and makes money on the side as a reseller operating under the pseudonym "Ratel." He deals in medical devices, handbags, figurines... Anything he can flip to make a profit. Buy low, sell high – tha...
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THIS MAN (2024)
- Director
- AMANO Tomojiro
- Cast
- DEGUCHI Arisa, KINOMOTO Minehiro, SUZUKI Miu
Somewhere in the Japanese countryside, a series of strange deaths had occurred. All the victims have one thing in common: before they died, they met a strange man with a unibrow in their dreams. The man becomes known as "THIS MAN" and terrorized pe...
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THE BOX MAN (2024)
- Director
- ISHII Gakuryu
- Cast
- NAGASE Masatoshi, ASANO Tadanobu, SATO Koichi
In this eerie and evocative masterpiece, the nameless protagonist gives up his identity and normal life to live witha large cardboard box over his head. Wandering the streets of Tokyo, he scribbles madly in a notebook, describing the world outside as...
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Motion Picture: Choke (2023)
- Director
- NAGAO Gen
- Cast
- WADA Misa, HIBA Daiki, NISHINA Takashi
This unusual drama shot in black and white depicts humans living in a devastated world where language has ceased to exist. Nagao Gen directs his second feature film after Itsuka no futari. A woman (Wada Misa) lives off the land in an abandon buildin...
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CONFESSION (2024)
- Director
- YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, YANG Ik-june
Jiyong gets seriously injured in a blizzard during a mountain trek with Asai, an old friend from college. Facing death, Jiyong confesses that he killed Asai's ex-girlfriend Sayuri who went missing 16 years ago. The wind suddenly weakens, however, and...
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Wasabi - not a fairy tale (2023)
- Director
- Hemant SINGH
- Cast
- KOIKE Julian, OSAWA Shinichiro, ARAOKA Ryusei
This is the directorial debut of Singh Hemant, a self-taught filmmaker from India, who tackles the theme of "bullying" with an original script written entirely in Japanese. Kano (Koike Julian), a young girl with a large scar on her face, has suffere...
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PENALTY LOOP (2024)
- Director
- ARAKI Shinji
- Cast
- WAKABA Ryuya, ISEYA Yusuke, YAMASHITA Rio
Second feature film by director Araki Shinji, who made his feature film debut with The Town of Headcounts, again using an original screenplay. The film depicts the conflict of a protagonist who repeatedly commits murder in a time loop. Iwamori Jun (...
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#MITO (2023)
- Director
- MIYAZAKI Daisuke
- Cast
- TAMASHIRO Tina, YUKAWA Hina, INABA Yu
Thriller depicting the madness that infests online society, featuring a heroine who works as an influencer for a living. Directed and written by Miyazaki Daisuke (VIDEOPHOBIA). Yamane Mito (Tamashiro Tina) lives her life as the charismatic influence...
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Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Shinya
- Cast
- TAGUCHI Tomorowo
Powerful cinematic realization of the explosive drama about a man whose flesh is taken over by metal cells, based on the 1986 8mm film The Phantom of Regular Size. This 16mm film brought Tsukamoto Shinya to the world's attention. One morning, a whit...
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MATCHED (2024)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Tao, SAKUMA Daisuke (Snow Man), KANEKO Nobuaki
Unique thriller developed as an original project from Midnight Swan director Uchida Eiji. Rinka (Tsuchiya Tao) is a wedding planner without a love life, and she signs up for a dating app at her colleague's suggestion. She gets matched up with Tomu (...
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The South bird chases the dog (2022)
- Director
- WATANABE Asato
- Cast
- YOSHIMI Marina, MASE Emiko, TOYODA Norio
Mid-length suspense about multiple personalities from Watanabe Asato, who grabbed the spotlight with A Dobugawa Dream, his graduation project from Osaka University of Arts, and his second film Ferocious. Nakajima Shiori (Yoshimi Marina) flees from a...
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#MANHOLE (2023)
- Director
- KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Yuto, Nao, NAGAYAMA Kento
A situational thriller directed by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, based on an original script written by Okada Michitaka, who has written numerous hit movies, such as Masquerade Hotel. Kawamura Shunsuke (Nakajima Yuto), a talented salesman, falls down a manhol...
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RIKA - Love Obsessed Psycho (2021)
- Director
- MATSUKI Tsukuru
- Cast
- TAKAOKA Saki, ICHIHARA Hayato, UCHIDA Rio
Feature film based on the "Rika" psycho-thriller novels, which have been adapted twice as TV dramas. Depicts the terror of a self-proclaimed 28-year-old Pure Love Monster. A dead body is found in a suitcase in the mountains. The victim is identified...
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GREEN BULLET (2022)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yugo
- Cast
- IZUMI Karen, YAMAOKA Miyabi, AMANO Kiki
A sequel to the faux-documentary Legendary Hit-man, Kunioka by Sakamoto Yugo, director of Baby Assassins, depicts the daily lives of hit men. Six women, including Yamada Fumika(Izumi Karen), who aspires to becoming a professional assassin, decide to...
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RAGEAHOLIC (2022)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Yoshiki
- Cast
- KAWASE Yohta, KOBAYASHI Ryuju, SAIKI Aya
This violent film was planned and written by Takahashi Yoshiki, a longtime film critic and art director, and marks his feature film directorial debut. Fukama (Kawase Yota), a middle-aged detective who has a bad habit of indiscriminately committing v...
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Usogui (2022)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- YOKOHAMA Ryusei, SANO Hayato, SHIRAISHI Mai
This is the live-action adaptation of the popular gambling manga series 'Usogui' which has sold over 8.8 million copies. It depicts a brilliant gambler contending with a dangerous game of death. Madarame Baku (Yokohama Ryusei), also known as the "Li...
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JOINT (2021)
- Director
- KOJIMA Oudai
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Ikken, KIM Jin-Cheol, KIM Chang-Bak
The underworld of modern Japan is depicted with a documentary touch in this noir. Director Kojima Oudai makes his feature-length directorial debut with this film. Returning to Tokyo after being released from prison, racketeer Ishigami Takeshi (Yamam...
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LAST OF THE WOLVES (2021)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, SUZUKI Ryohei, MURAKAMI Nijiro
Second film based on Yuzuki Yuko's novel about an epic battle royal between yakuza and police. Director Shiraishi Kazuya returns with a completely original story that picks up three years after the last film. Detective Hioka (Matsuzaka Tori) keeps u...
