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Life of Mariko in Kabukicho (2023)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji, KATAYAMA Shinzo
- Cast
- ITO Sairi, TAKENOUCHI Yutaka
Directors Uchida Eiji (Midnight Swan) and Katayama Shinzo (Siblings of the Cape) team up for this detective drama set in Kabukicho, Shinjuku. Six episodes were divided between the two directors to create a single ambitious film. Mariko (Ito Sairi), ...
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Divine (2023)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Kiichiro
- Cast
- AOKI Yuzu, SAKANOUE Akane
A science fiction coming-of-age film, is the first production from "TOEI VIDEO NEW CINEMA FACTORY," a project to discover new talent launched by Toei Video. Directed and written by Nakamura Kiichiro, whose many short films have received acclaim both ...
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MY SUNSHINE (2024)
- Director
- OKUYAMA Hiroshi
- Cast
- KOSHIYAMA Keitatsu, IKEMATSU Sosuke, NAKANISHI Kiara
The commercial debut film directed, written, filmed and edited by Okuyama Hiroshi of Jesus fame. He was the youngest Japanese director ever selected for Un Certain Regard at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Takuya (Koshiyama Keitatsu), a boy with a st...
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Rude to Love (2024)
- Director
- MORIGAKI Yukihiro
- Cast
- EGUCHI Noriko, KOIZUMI Kotaro, BABA Fumika
A human suspense film directed by Morigaki Yukihiro is an adaptation of best-selling author Yoshida Shuichi's novel of the same title. The film was selected for the competition section of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Momoko (Eg...
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GOLDEN KAMUY (2024)
- Director
- KUBO Shigeaki
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, YAMADA Anna, TAMAKI Hiroshi
Live-action adaptation of Noda Satoru's manga of the same name. Set in Hokkaido just after the end of the Russo-Japanese War, this adventure film depicts the survival of the Ainu people and their vast reserves of gold. Ex-soldier Sugimoto Saichi (Ya...
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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 (...
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Don’t Lose Your Head! (2024)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- Murotsuyoshi, NAGAYAMA Eita, KAWAGUCHI Haruna
Samurai Hustle and Samurai Shifters screenplay writer Dobashi Akihiro adapts his own same-named novel for this samurai period comedy. The much-hated Kira Kozukenosuke is stabbed to death in Edo Castle. With their very survival on the line, the Kira ...
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SOMEDAYS (2023)
- Director
- SONE Takeshi
- Cast
- NISHIO Mau, Yuhi
Drama that won the Best Lead Actress and Best Director prizes at the 2023 Madrid International Film Festival. Helmed by One Cut of the Dead cinematographer Sone Takeshi. Matsudaira Kaoru (Nishio Mau) and her younger brother Hayato (Yuhi) live on the...
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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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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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The One I've Longed to see (2023)
- Director
- Joe
- Cast
- KURANOO Narumi, SAI Tetsuhiro, NAKAMURA Tamao
Human drama produced by Hori Tomoko, whose own daughter was diagnosed with leukemia and whose family helped overcome the condition. The story is based on real-life experiences and cites the importance of bone marrow transplantation and donor registra...
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Battle King!! (2023)
- Director
- TAKIGAWA Genki
- Cast
- YAMASHITA Eiku (ONE N' ONLY), SAKURA Arisa
Coming-of-age drama starring the six members of the dance and vocal group ONE N' ONLY. Directed by Takikawa Genki of "Oni Girl!" fame. Genjiro (Yamashita Eiku), who repeatedly gets into fights with fellow delinquents, meets Kano (Sakura Arisa), a gi...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Naomi: Reversed (2024)
- Director
- HORAI Tadaaki
- Cast
- MASUDA Yuki, HAYASHI Yuta, AOKI Airi
A gender-swapped portrayal of aesthetic novelist Jun'ichiro Tanizaki's masterpiece "Chijin no Ai", set in modern times. A story of love and wild lust, and ultimate masochism... Naomi is a teacher who lives with a younger man named Yuzuru. On the...
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Quicksand: Reversed (2024)
- Director
- HORAI Tadaaki
- Cast
- SUZUKI Shion, MONMA Wataru, NAKAZAKI Erina
A gender-swapped portrayal of aesthetic novelist Jun'ichiro Tanizaki's masterpiece "Manji", set in modern times. A story of homosexuality and adultery, and destructive love... Sonoda was a Japanese salaryman who couldn't give up on his dream of ...
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House of Sayuri (2024)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- MINAMIDE Ryoka
"I wish you'd all just die." The Kamiki family has finally moved into their dream home. But before the seven of them can start to enjoy their new life, tragedies and eerie events start to befall them. As members of the family begin to die one ...
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The Yin Yang Master Zero (2024)
- Director
- SATO Shimako
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, SOMETANI Shota, Nao
Over a thousand years ago, during the Heian period of Japanese history, politics in the capital city of Heiankyo, present-day Kyoto, center on the Yin Yang Bureau, whose school trains the yin yang masters who defend the city from curses and other mal...
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HAKKENDEN (tentative title) (2024)
- Director
- SORI Fumihiko
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, UCHINO Seiyo
Set in early 1800s, the film depicts a story behind the creation of HAKKENDEN(八犬伝), a novel which has been passed down for many generations and is said to have become the root of the heroism of Japanese entertainment. With a great performance of awar...
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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...
