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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...
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Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro (2020)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ken
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, YAMAMOTO Maika, ITO Kentaro
Based on the popular slapstick manga depicting the growth of young man aiming to be a "tonkatsu DJ", which was also adapted into an anime television series, this adolescent comedy was directed by Ninomiya Ken whose independent film Slum-polis was pra...
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THE CONFIDENCE MAN JP -EPISODE OF THE PRINCESS- (2020)
- Director
- TANAKA Akira
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami, HIGASHIDE Masahiro, KOTE Shinya
This is the second film in the theatrical film series based on the hit television show depicting con-men duping one another. Set on the "legendary island" of Langkawi, a con game unfolds with a multimillionaire's supposed 10-trillion-yen inheritance ...
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From Today, It's My Turn!!: The Movie (2020)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- KAKU Kento, ITO Kentaro, SEINO Nana
The manga "From Today, It's My Turn!!" was serialized in the 80s and turned into a TV drama in 2018. Yuichi Fukuda who has directed many manga based movies such as GINTAMA continues from TV series as a director and screenwriter. Mitsuhashi (Kaku Ken...
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I Never Shot Anyone (2019)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Renji, OKUSU Michiyo, KISHIBE Ittoku
Quirky comedy helmed by Another World director Sakamoto Junji, with original script by Maruyama Shoichi of "Detective Story" fame. Rumor has it that Ichikawa Susumu (Ishibashi Renji) is a legendary hitman. However, in truth he's a struggling writer ...
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A Man in Love (2019)
- Director
- MURATA Nobuo
- Cast
- OGI Shigemitsu, SASAKI Kokone, DEGUCHI Arisa
Mature comedy about the love life of a middle-aged guy at the half-way point in life. Distribution company Mermaid Films' head Murata Nobuo makes his directorial debut at age 56. The Polish cinema maestro Jerzy Skolimowski serves as supervising edito...
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Grand Blue Dreaming (2020)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- RYUSEI Ryo, INUKAI Atsuhiro
Film adaptation of the same-named comic that boasts total sales topping 5 million copies. Helmed by Hanabusa Tsutomu, the teen comedy maestro behind No Longer Heroine. Depicts college life like you've never seen before, set in a scuba diving club. I...
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Around the Edge of the Stand (2020)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- ONO Rina, HIRAI Amon, NISHIMOTO Marin
A National High School Drama Competition award-winning play is adapted to film by Jojo Hideo, who has directed direct-to-video and Pink films. The drama portrays the adolescent makeup of sullen high schoolers seated in the stands of a high school bas...
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LIAR x LIAR (2021)
- Director
- YAKUMO Saiji
- Cast
- MATSUMURA Hokuto, MORI Nana
The comic of the same name which has surpassed over 1.9 million total copies published is adapted to live-action by Mars director Yakumo Saiji. The unusual love story depicts a "love triangle" between only two people which began with a lie. Minato (...
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Crash! Rakuga-Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes (2020)
- Director
- KYOGOKU Takahiko
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Yumiko, NARAHASHI Miki, MORIKAWA Toshiyuki
Twenty-eighth feature film for the popular TV anime series. "Love Live!" anime series director Kyogoku Takahiko helms this adventure featuring doodles. The floating "Doodle Kingdom" is powered by doodles, and it attacks Kasukabe to secure an energy ...
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HACHIOJI ZOMBIES -JOUBUTSU- (2020)
- Director
- SUZUKI Osamu
- Cast
- YAMASHITA Kenjiro
Film adaptation of the same-named stage play from 2018 that was a huge hit for the far-out plot. Theater production director Suzuki Osamu helms this dance battle for nirvana pitting a novice monk against zombies. Habuki (Yamashita Kenjiro) abandons ...
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Woderful Paradise (2020)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Masashi
- Cast
- MINAMI Kaho, EMOTO Akira, ITO Seiko
Yamamoto Masashi, who has helmed Robinson's Garden among other imaginative films, directs this black comedy. It depicts a family rapidly getting caught up in unexpected circumstances all because of one post to social media. A bankrupt Sasaya family ...
