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Grave of Love (2020)
- Director
- NARUSE Kiyoto
- Cast
- OGURA Yuna, ABERA Hidenobu, KANO Yura
Director Naruse Kiyoto, whose attracted attention with Night of the Dead Geisha at the Yubari Fantastic Film Festival, makes his commercial film debut. Yuta (Abera Hidenobu), a monk with a passion for photography, captures in his viewfinder "that gi...
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: School Mystery! The Splendid Tenkasu Academy (2021)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Wataru
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Yumiko, NARAHASHI Miki, MORIKAWA Toshiyuki
Twenty-ninth feature film for the popular TV anime series. The story shows the truth behind an incident involving Shinnosuke and friends with Takahashi Wataru directing and screenplay by Ueno Kimiko. Kazama (Mashiba Mari) dreams of attending the ult...
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jigoku-no-hanazono ～Office Royale～ (2021)
- Director
- SEKI Kazuaki
- Cast
- NAGANO Mei, HIROSE Alice
Seki Kazuaki, who directs music videos for popular artists, helms this wild comedy with Bakarhythm penning the original script about office ladies feuding throughout Japan. Naoko (Nagano Mei) wants nothing more than to enjoy her life as an OL, or of...
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What Happened to Our Nest Egg!? (2021)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- AMAMI Yuki, MATSUSHIGE Yutaka, KUSABUE Mitsuko
Film adaptation of Kakiya Miu's novel about the struggles of a homemaker dogged by financial disaster. A Banana? At This Time of Night? director Maeda Tetsu brings his unique perspective and rhythmical style to the film. Atsuko (Amami Yuki) has rais...
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YOUKAI HOUSEMATE IS HE PRINCE CHARMING? (2022)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- KOSHIBA Fuka
A timid heroine teams up with yokai monsters to vanquish evil in this feature film adaptation of the horror comedy TV series aired in Summer 2020 and Spring 2021. Mio (Koshiba Fuka) dreams of being a writer while enjoying her life with yokai monste...
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KYOTO CAMARO DETECTIVE (2021)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Yuichi
- Cast
- TSUKAMOTO Takashi, KIMURA Yuichi, CROKET
An action comedy about a self-proclaimed detective who loves exotic cars. Kyoto-born Yoshida Yuichi, a multi-talented actor, artist, and martial artist, came up with the original idea. He then wrote the screenplay, directed and acted in the resulting...
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Thanc You (2020)
- Director
- KURAMOTO Mitsuru
- Cast
- GOTO Junpei, FUKUTOKU Shusuke
One day, Yasuda, a freshman in high school, was summoned by the advisor of the mountaineering club. It was an asking to submit a withdrawal form to abolish the club, which is now down to just one member after the third-year seniors retire. Yasuda, wh...
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Yes, I Can't Swim (2022)
- Director
- WATANABE Kensaku
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Hiroki, AYASE Haruka
Watanabe Kensaku, who won the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize for The Best Screenplay with The Great Passage, serves as screenwriter and director for this bold remake of Takahashi Hidemine's same-named essay. Delivers a message of hope and renewal thro...
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Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Junta
- Cast
- TOSA Kazunari, ASAKURA Aki, FUJITANI Riko
Europe Kikaku, the popular theatre company which has been focusing its energy not just on plays but video content as well, tackles for the first time an original feature film with all its members. In a certain live-work building, Kato (Tosa Kazunari...
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The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms (2020)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, Murotsuyoshi, OGURI Shun
Writer and director Fukuda Yuichi, known for Gintama and From Today, It's My Turn!!: The Movie, depicts an original interpretation of the historically-based fiction, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". 1,800 years ago in China, the Wei, Wu, and Shu war...
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Mogura no uta Sennyusosakan Reiji Final (2021)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, SUZUKI Ryohei, TSUTSUMI Shinichi
Final film in the live-action comedy series based on Takahashi Noboru's popular comic with Miike Takashi as director, Kudo Kankuro writing the script and Ikuta Toma as the lead actor. Depicts the protagonist's final mission as a mole infiltrating Suk...
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Remain in Twilight (2020)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- NARITA Ryo, WAKABA Ryuya, HAMANO Kenta
The past and present of high school friends reunited for the first time in years intersect in this drama. Matsui Daigo, known for Japanese Girls Never Die and #HandballStrive directs from his own original script. Six classmates who were in the homec...
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WEDDING HIGH (2022)
- Director
- OHKU Akiko
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Ryoko, NAKAMURA Tomoya, SEKIMIZU Nagisa
Comedy about weddings helmed by Tremble All You Want director Ohku Akiko with original script from comedian Bakarhythm, who also is acclaimed as a screenplay writer. Nakagoshi (Shinohara Ryoko) is the wedding planner for groom Akito (Nakamura Tomoya...
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What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022)
- Director
- MIKI Satoshi
- Cast
- YAMADA Ryosuke, TSUCHIYA Tao, HAMADA Gaku
Quirky special effects flick about the aftermath of a gigantic monster's death. Brings together leading special effects creators including director/screenwriter Miki Satoshi, whose unique works include {Adrift in Tokyo} and {It's Me, It's Me}, and 'K...
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THE MASTER (2021)
- Director
- YOKOO Hatsuki
- Cast
- OHASHI Akira, ABE Megumi, MIYAMOTO Maki
Comedy about a guy with amnesia. Story and direction by Yokoo Hatsuki of Amber Light and Last Night Rewind. Shizuko (Abe Megumi) is heiress to the Makita family and lives with her housekeeper Natsu (Miyamoto Maki) in the mansion bequeathed by her gr...
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AOI-CHAN WON'T LET ME DO IT (2021)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- KOMAKI Maco, MATSUZAKI Shohei, MORIOKA Ryu
Imaoka Shinji, who has made films across many genres such as Reiko and the Dolphin in addition to working as a screenwriter on films such as The Drudgery Train, directs this fantastic love story. Aspiring film director Shingo (Matsuzaki Shohei) is v...
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Sensei, Would You Sit Beside Me? (2021)
- Director
- HORIE Takahiro
- Cast
- KUROKI Haru, EMOTO Tasuku, KANEKO Daichi
Drama about a husband and wife based on the project that won the runner-up grand prize for the film proposal contest Tsutaya Creators' Program Film 2018. Directed by Horie Takahiro, a cutting-edge filmmaker who is moving into new territory with film ...
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The Sunday Runoff (2021)
- Director
- SAKASHITA Yuichiro
- Cast
- KUBOTA Masataka, MIYAZAWA Rie, AKASO Eiji
Meeting Pinkerton director Sakashita Yuichiro tries his hand at comedy with an original script penned over a five-year period. A stick-in-the-mud legislative secretary and a politically naive candidate campaign with the goal of losing the election. ...
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KINMOZA The Movie: Thank You!! (2021)
- Director
- NAWA Munenori
- Cast
- NISHI Asuka, TANAKA Manami, TANEDA Risa
Feature film adaptation of Hara Yui's popular manga, which ran for a full decade starting in 2010. Depicts the lead characters' final days of high school. Alice is a girl from the UK doing a homestay with Shinobu's (Nishi Asuka) family. The girls ha...
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Baby Assasins (2021)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yugo
- Cast
- TAKAISHI Akari, IZAWA Saori, MIMOTO Masanori
A pair of socially awkward former high school girls and assassins attempt to fit in to society in this coming-of-age film writtend and directed by Sakamoto Yugo who has made a name for himself with fantastical films such as A Janitor. Chisato (Takai...
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Junretsuger (2021)
- Director
- BUTSUDA Hiroshi
- Cast
- GOGAMI Shota, SHIRAKAWA Yujiro, ODAI Ryohei
Popcorn movie starring the popular group Junretsu comprising former stars of Toei special effects movies. Feature film debut for Butsuda Hiroshi, who has served as VFX director for the Super Sentai and Kamen Rider series. The Junretsu group perform...
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Engawa lovers 2 (2020)
- Director
- KONNO Yasumasa
- Cast
This follow-up to the warm-hearted comedy set on the porch of an old-fashioned Japanese home, Engawa Lovers 2 is also helmed by the first film's director, Konno Yasumasa. Hagiwara Daisuke (Higano Sho), a novice film director pressed to write a scrip...
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Engawa lovers (2020)
- Director
- KONNO Yasumasa
- Cast
- MATSUDA Gaku, MIYAMA Ryoki, SASA Tsubasa
Set on the porch of an old-fashioned Japanese home, this warm-hearted comedy depicts a group of men's joys and sorrows. In the director's chair is Konno Yasumasa whose Shinmashi was the first film produced through the Japan-China Young Filmmakers Joi...
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First Gentleman (2021)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, NAKATANI Miki
Best-selling author Harada Maha's about a married couple is adapted to film by director Kawai Hayato, who has worked as an assistant director on films by Somai Shinji, and Kuroki Kazuo, in addition to producing a numerous hit titles. Rinko (Nakatani...
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Horimiya (2021)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hana
- Cast
- SUZUKA Oji, KUBOTA Sayu
Film adaptation of the same-named manga with total sales exceeding 6 million copies and a TV anime series adaptation. Dadadada Seventeen director Matsumoto Hana depicts the lives of high school students bonded by certain secrets. Miyamura (Suzuka Oj...
