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School Meals Time Final Battle (2020)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- ICHIHARA Hayato, TAKEDA Rena, SATO Taishi
Feature film adaptation of the comedy about the "quiet battle" between a teacher and student who are obsessed with school lunches. The year is 1984. Teacher Amarida (Ichihara Hayato) is crazy about school lunches, and he gets the shock of his life w...
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Miporin (2019)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Daiki
- Cast
- KAKIO Asami, TSUDA Haruka
Low budget horror-comedy produced, written, and directed by visual creator Matsumoto Daiki who makes his first foray into independent feature film production. It depicts the fate of an idol held captive by a frightening voice trainer. Kanda Yuka (Ts...
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ME & MY BROTHER’S MISTRESS (2019)
- Director
- HAGA Takashi, SUZUKI Sho
- Cast
- KASAMATSU Nanami, MURATA Yui, IWAGO Satoshi
Yoko, a high school student, lives with her brother, Kenji. Since they lost their parents early, they have been supported each other. One night, Yoko witnesses Kenji, who is planning to get married, having an affair with Misa. Kenji's cheating mak...
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KISS HIM, NOT ME! (tentative title) (2020)
- Director
- HIRANUMA Norihisa
- Cast
- YOSHINO Hokuto, KAMINO Fuju, YAMAGUCHI Nonoka
Laugh! Sing! Dance! A romantic comedy based on a manga, that won the 40th Kodansha Manga Award for Best Manga for Girls, and sold over 3 million copies. A high school Boy Love (BL) "otaku" girl, who likes to daydream about her favorite anime charact...
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THE FABLE (2019)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, KIMURA Fumino, YAMAMOTO Mizuki
Okada Junichi stars along with a splendid cast of actors in this entertaining action film. The Fable (Okada) is a master assassin who is referred to as a "legend" by the underworld. Overworked, he is given a mission by his boss (Sato Koichi), to liv...
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Ossan's Love The Movie: Love or Dead (2019)
- Director
- RUTO Toichiro
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, HAYASHI Kento, SHISON Jun
Feature film version of the 2018 TV drama that became a social phenomenon as the number-one Twitter trend and a top-ten buzzword. The story humorously portrays an all-guy "love-pentagon." Haruta Soichi (Tanaka Kei) returns to Japan after stints work...
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The Stormy Family (2019)
- Director
- ICHII Masahide
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, MEGUMI, NAKAMURA Tomoya
Blindly In Love director Ichii Masahide tackles a family film from a twelve-year-long developed original script intimated from his emotions toward his parents. The elderly husband and wife of the Suzuki family went missing after robbing twenty milli...
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The Kamagasaki Cauldron War (2017)
- Director
- SATO Leo
- Cast
- OTA Naori, KAWASE Yohta, MONKO Tsumugi
A warm-hearted comedy set in Kamagasaki, Osaka which is recognized as Japan's largest neighborhood of day laborers. Sato Leo of Nagai Park Elegy photographs the atmosphere of the actual area, shooting on 16mm film entirely on location in Kamagasaki. ...
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Dangerous Honeymoon -The Lost Daddy- (2019)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Masakazu
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Yumiko, NARAHASHI Miki, MORIKAWA Tomoyuki
The 27th feature film for the popular TV anime series. Humorous telling of the ruckus experienced by the Nohara family when they take a honeymoon vacation to a far-flung destination. Hiroshi (voice: Morikawa Tomoyuki) and Misae (voice: Narahashi Mik...
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NOT QUITE DEAD YET (2020)
- Director
- HAMASAKI Shinji
- Cast
- HIROSE Suzu, YOSHIZAWA Ryo, TSUTSUMI Shinichi
Comedy about the ruckus caused by a rebellious daughter who is always upset with her dad and the father who randomly ends up as a ghost. College student Nanase (Hirose Suzu) can't stand her father Hakaru (Tsutsumi Shinichi), who is the president of ...
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Hit Me Anyone One More Time (2019)
- Director
- MITANI Koki
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi
Eighth film helmed by Mitani Koki, who has generated numerous hits as a screenwriter and stage director. Original story about a prime minister who is fiercely despised by the populace and suffers from amnesia. Prime Minister Kuroda (Nakai Kiichi) co...
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THE CONFIDENCE MAN JP -The Movie- (2019)
- Director
- TANAKA Akira
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami, HIGASHIDE Masahiro, KOTE Shinya
Kosawa Ryota pens the original story for this feature film adaptation of the hit TV drama replete with dizzying plot twists. Con artists Dako (Nagasawa Masami), Boku-chan (Higashide Masahiro), Richard (Kohinata Fumiyo) and Igarashi (Kote Shinya) are...
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Kaguya-sama : Love Is War (2019)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- HIRANO Sho, HASHIMOTO Kanna
The peculiar world of 'Renai Zunousen' in the original manga is adapted to live action by Tokunaga Yuichi who scored a hit with Fly me to the Saitama. At the helm is Kawai Hayato, director of many popular titles such as My Love Story and Niseikoi: Fa...
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TALKING THE PICTURES (2019)
- Director
- SUO Masayuki
- Cast
- NARITA Ryo, KUROSHIMA Yuina
The first comedy in five years since Lady Maiko by Suo Masayuki whose Shall we Dance? was remade by Hollywood. It deals with the uniquely Japanese art of "Katsudo Benshi" or "movie narrator" during the Japanese silent film era. Shuntaro (Narita Ryo)...
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One Cut of the Dead Spin-Off: In Hollywood (2019)
- Director
- NAKAIZUMI Yuya
- Cast
- Mao, HAMATSU Takayuki, SHUHAMA Harumi
This is a spin-off film of the public phenomenon One Cut of the Dead which opened in two theaters in Tokyo and became a smash hit through word of mouth. Director Ueda Shinichiro serves as executive producer and screenwriter while Nakaizumi Yuya, assi...
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We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous (2019)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, SASAKI Kuranosuke, HIROSUE Ryoko
Original comedy that reunites director Take Masaharu with scriptwriters Imai Masako and Adachi Shin from the previous film. Hirosue Ryoko plays the bewitching heroine who tricks the protagonists as portrayed by Nakai Kiichi and Sasaki Kuranosuke. An...
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SPECIAL ACTORS (2019)
- Director
- UEDA Shinichiro
- Cast
- OSAWA Kazuto, KONO Hiroki, FUJI Takuya
One Cut of the Dead director Ueda Shinichiro takes a concept he has been incubating for many years and casts 15 unknown actors through auditions for this multiple protagonist film resulting from his original script. It was the seventh project produce...
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The 47 Rōnin in Debt (2019)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- TSUTSUMI Shinichi, OKAMURA Takashi, TSUMABUKI Satoshi
Comedy based on Yamamoto Hirofumi's "Chushingura's Financial Statements" that closely examined Edo-period samurai Oishi Kuranosuke's records of the attack on Kira Kozunosuke. Directed by Nakamura Yoshihiro, who has helmed numerous period works includ...
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PROOF OF LOVE (2019)
- Director
- ASAHI Masatsugu, SATO Toshihiro
- Cast
- ASAKAWA Nana, NISHIME Shun, YANO Yuka
Feature film adaptation of Yamamoto Arihred's same-named comic, which has also been turned into a live-action TV series. This romantic comedy depicts the love lives of science students who try to find theoretical proof of love. Directed by film-produ...
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The Portrait of Brothers (2019)
- Director
- NISHIKAWA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- YANAGISAWA Shinichi, TAKAHASHI Choei, TSUCHIYA Takako
Drama depicting the bonds of elderly brothers who meet for the first time in four decades. Marks the film directorial debut for theatre maestro Nishikawa Nobuhiro. Author Inui Akito wrote the original screenplay based on the director's autobiographic...
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Wolf na sissi (2017)
- Director
- ONO Daisuke
- Cast
- NEYA Ryoka, ONO Daisuke, MAYANAGI Minae
Debut feature film release from cutting-edge director Ono Daisuke, who works with the filmmaking team Tanoshii Jidai (Fun Era). Ono himself plays the boyfriend Tatsuo in this cynical depiction of a couple's love spat. Ayako (Neya Ryoka) belongs to a...
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Thre 3 Sisters (2018)
- Director
- IGURO Hideaki
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Ayari, IKENAGA Aimi, TSUJIMURA Yurina
Ensemble mystery starring Nakamura Ayari, Minami Niko, Tsujimura Yurina and Ikenaga Aimi, who do modeling, voice acting and TV performances. College freshman Mami (Nakamura) goes to a girls-only pajama party for non-athletic school club, but a bunch...
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Journey of the Sky Goddess (2018)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- Kaho, Taiga, OKAYAMA Amane
Drama from director Take Masaharu and scriptwriter Adachi Shin, who also teamed up for 100 Yen Love and We Make Antiques. Popular television announcer Takako (Kaho) is demoted to director/reporter due to her own adultery scandal. She goes about her ...
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Chat-lady no kiseki (2018)
- Director
- KAWAGUCHI Hirofumi
- Cast
- YOSHIKAWA Tomo, SUZUKI Hiroki, TSUNASHIMA Erika
Using the concept of a live chat, Rail Truck and Chorura no Uta director Kawaguchi Hirofumi helms this love story depicting the encounter between a man and woman that transcends space and time. The heroine is played by idol Yoshikawa Tomo. Mion (Yos...
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BEING NATURAL (2018)
- Director
- NAGAYAMA Tadashi
- Cast
- KAWASE Yohta, TSUDA Kanji, TANIGAWA Shoichiro
Kawase Yota of Bangkok Nights stars in this drama directed by Nagayama Tadashi whose Journey of the Tortoise won the grand prize in the Off Theater section of the 27th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Takashi (Kawase) is a 50-year-old b...
