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SAKURA (tentative title) (2020)
- Director
- YAZAKI Hitoshi
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, KOMATSU Nana, YOSHIZAWA Ryo
Hajime is a popular, handsome man and the oldest of three siblings. His sister Miki is beautiful, albeit a little eccentric, and has an almost unhealthy obsession with Hajime. The youngest of the three is Kaoru, who is quite plain and ordinary compar...
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KIOKUYA (Original Japanese title) (2020)
- Director
- HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Ryosuke, YOSHINE Kyoko, RENBUTSU Misako
University student Ryoichi's happy life is shattered when his older girlfriend Kyoko stops taking his calls the day after he proposes marriage to her. He sees her several days later, but to his dismay, she has no recollection at all of who he is. Ryo...
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Meeting Myself (2019)
- Director
- NISHIKORI Yoshinari
- Cast
- TAKAHIRO, MATSUZAKA Keiko
I have forgotten something important... Toru was a skilled fisherman on Oki island but he stopped to take a boat after he got caught in a storm while out fishing 12 years ago. When he woke up in the hospital, he had completely lost his memory. Unabl...
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The Takatsu River (2019)
- Director
- NISHIKORI Yoshinari
- Cast
- KOMOTO Masahiro, TODA Naho
A story of people who, earnestly try to live while preserving the tradition, pure as a clear stream. Manabu runs a ranch on a mountain in Shimane prefecture where he grew up. In his town, there is a dance called 'KAGURA', which is said to be the ori...
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The Flowers of Evil (2019)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- ITO Kentaro, TAMASHIRO Tina, AKITA Shiori
Iguchi Noboru, the prolific creator of The Machine Girl and other cult and fantastic films, was charmed by Oshimi Shuzo's comic of the same name and personally endeavored toward achieving this live-action, startling teen film. Kasuga Takao (Ito Kent...
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To the Ends of the Earth (2019)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, KASE Ryo, SOMETANI Shota
Kurosawa Kiyoshi who has won numerous awards at home and abroad including Best Director in the Un Certain Regard at Cannes for Journey to the Shore, writes and directs this original road movie which was shot in Uzbekistan over the course of one month...
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Sleep in the Shadows (2019)
- Director
- IZUMI Seiji
- Cast
- KATO Masaya, NAKAMURA Yuri, YO Kimiko
Film adaptation of the hard-boiled detective novel "Hoei" by popular author Kitakata Kenzo, who has had numerous works adapted for film. Director Izumi Seiji has helmed the TV series and feature films for the "Aibo" franchise. Fuyuki (Kato Masaya) r...
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ERICA 38 (2018)
- Director
- HIBI Yuichi
- Cast
- ASADA Miyoko, KIKI Kilin
This is the only film Kiki Kilin, of Shoplifters fame among many others, conceived in her lifetime. Based on a true story, it depicts a woman turning to a life of fraud because of her desires. In the director's chair is Hibi Yuichi whose Ken San won ...
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Minori, on the Brink (2019)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Minori
ENBU Seminar, the film school which brought One Cut of the Dead in to the world, produced this drama through the 8th session of its Cinema Project workshop. At the helm is Ninomiya Ryutaro whose Sweating the Small Stuff was screened at the 70th Locar...
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Show Me the Way to the Station (2019)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Naoki
- Cast
- NIITSU Chise
Film adaptation of a short story by Naoki Prize-winning author Ijuin Shizuka. Direction and adaptation by acclaimed filmmaker Hashimoto Naoki, whose Birthright has been screened at domestic and international film festivals and won the Special Jury Aw...
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Handling Method for Grumpy Woman (2019)
- Director
- ARITA Shunsuke
- Cast
- HAYAMI Akari, HIRAOKA Yuta
Comedy that uses neuroscience to resolve conflicts between men and women at a wedding hall, based on the same-named work penned by Kurokawa Ihoko. Feature film directorial debut for Arita Shunsuke. College student Majima Ai (Hayami Akari) gets a par...
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A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic (2019)
- Director
- KATAGIRI Kenji
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Honoka, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko
Drama that adapts for film Kikuchi Mariko's manga-style essay based on her real-life experiences. Directed and scripted by Katagiri Kenji, whose debut film Room Laundering was screened at the 22nd Fantasia International Film Festival. Tadokoro Saki ...
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Little Miss Period (2019)
- Director
- SHINADA Shunsuke
- Cast
- NIKAIDO Fumi, ITOH Sairi
Film adaptation of Koyama Ken's same-named comic that anthropomorphizes menstruation as a pop character and won the Short Work Prize for the 23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. Helmed by Shinada Shunsuke, who has directed numerous TV shows. Yoneda Aok...
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My Sweet Grappa Remedies (2019)
- Director
- OOKU Akiko
- Cast
- MATSUYUKI Yasuko, KUROKI Haru, SHIMIZU Hiroya
Jiro of the stand-up duo Shison contributes to the screenplay adapting his own novel written as if the diary of a middle-aged woman. At the helm is Ooku Akiko whose Tremble All You Want won the Audience Award at the 30th Tokyo International Film Fest...
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AIRCRAFT CARRIER IBUKI (2019)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Setsuro
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, SASAKI Kuranosuke, SATO Koichi
Wakamatsu Setsuro, director of The Unbroken among other robust and profound dramas, adapts the manga of the same name by Kawaguchi Kaiji. The film depicts the most unprecedented crisis to visit Japan since the war from the perspective of the military...
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SEA OF REVIVAL (2019)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- KATORI Shingo, TSUNEMATSU Yuri, NISHIDA Naomi
An original film from director Shiraishi Kazuya who has continued to make films blending violence and insanity such as The Devil's Path and The Blood of Wolves among others. This shocking story scrutinizes the despair of a foolish man who has bumbled...
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Turquoise Skies (2019)
- Director
- KENTARO
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, Arma BALJINNYAM, Tsetsgee BYAMBAA
Takeshi, a rich and spoiled young Japanese man with no direction in life, is sent by his grandfather, a business mogul, on a quest to the steppes of Outer Mongolia in search of his long-lost daughter. Guided by Amaraa, a Mongolian horse thief, the m...
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Words Bubble Up Like Cider (W/T) (2020)
- Director
- ISHIGURO Kyohei
- Cast
This is an original animated theatrical movie commemorating the 10th anniversary of Flying Dog which is known for anime productions such as "Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova-". The director is Ishiguro Kyohei of "Your Lie in April" and Sato Dai who w...
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SHIROBAKO(W/T) (2020)
- Director
- MIZUSHIMA Tsutomu
- Cast
SHIROBAKO are video tapes that come in white boxes, that are given to producers in the video industry when they first finish a project. Compared to a commercial package, with its beautifully decorated illustrations and photographs, plain white boxes ...
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Brothers in Brothel (2019)
- Director
- SATO Jiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki, NAKA Riisa, SATO Jiro
Set on an inaccessible island considered to be a "brothel island", the story of this film depicts the way of life of flawed people who are unable to break free from the island. An adaptation of a play performed by Chikarawaza, the stage troupe led by...
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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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The Sketch of Life (2019)
- Director
- SEGI Naoki
- Cast
- SATO Kanta, FUJIMOTO Izumi, TAKEDA Tetsuya
Drama set in Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture in a real-life zoo that is a rarity for its focus on animal welfare. Directed by Segi Naoki of For Love's SAKE. Tanaka Ryota (Sato Kanta) tried making it as a manga artist in Tokyo but returns to his homet...
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The Phone of The Wind (2019)
- Director
- SUWA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- MOTOLA Serina, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, MIURA Tomokazu
Drama inspired by "The Phone of the Wind," a real-life phone booth that was set up to communicate with the deceased in Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated in the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. Directed by Suwa Nobuhiro, known for fil...
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Shadowfall (2019)
- Director
- SHINOHARA Tetsuo
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Masayoshi, ONO Machiko, KITAMURA Takumi
Director Shinohara Tetsuo and star Yamazaki Masayoshi team up again the first time in 22 years since One More Time, One More Chance for this adaptation of the mystery novel Yokoyama Hideo who became known through Six Four. Makabe Shuichi (Yamazaki) ...
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One Night (2019)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, SUZUKI Ryohei, MATSUOKA Mayu
Feature-film adaptation of the best-known work from the theatre group KAKUTA headed by playwright Kuwabara Yuko, reuniting The Devil's Path scriptwriter Takahashi Izumi with The Blood of Wolves and Sea of Revival director Shiraishi Kazuya. Brings tog...
