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A tale of the Riverside (2020)
- Director
- TSUJINO Masaki
- Cast
- AONO Tappei, GODA Aki, SAITO Riku
The 9th "Cinema Project" by Enbu Seminar, which produced One Cut of the Dead, is a drama directed by Tsujino Masaki who is making his feature film debut at the age of 51. (Aono Tappei) works at the riverside guesthouse in which he was born and rais...
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Forgiven Children (2020)
- Director
- NAITO Eisuke
- Cast
- UEMURA Yu, KUROIWA Yoshi, NAGURA Yukino
The first independent film since Let's Make The Teacher Have A Miscarriage Club by director Naito Eisuke whose strong filmmaking voice attracts attention each time he releases a film. Taken from an actual bullying case which resulted in a fatality, t...
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KUSHINA (2018)
- Director
- HAYAMI Moet
- Cast
- KADER Ikumi, HIROTA Tomona, INAMOTO Yayoi
Hayami Moët makes her directorial debut with a story that draws on her personal experiences. The film depicts life in a mountain hamlet inhabited entirely by women, where men are prohibited. Won the JAPAN CUTS award at the 2018 Osaka Asian Film Festi...
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Nosari - Impermanent Eternity (2020)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Tatsuya
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Kisetsu, HARA Chisako
A young man traveling all over Japan reaches to the small island in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture. He makes money out of so-called "ore ore sagi" (a telephone scam or "it's me" swindle= fraudulent technique to swindle money from aged people). One day,...
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Sasaki in My Mind (2020)
- Director
- UCHIYAMA Takuya
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Kisetsu, HOSOKAWA Gaku, HAGIWARA Minori
The story of a would-be actor, his larger-than-life classmate and their friends. Unfolding their past and present, Sasaki in My Mind looks head-on at adolescent sparkle and the pathos of bygone days....
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The Last Goze (2020)
- Director
- TAKIZAWA Masaharu
- Cast
- KAWAKITA Non, YOSHIMOTO Miyu, NAKAJIMA Hiroko
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Eternally Younger Than Those Idiots (2020)
- Director
- YOSHINO Ryohei
- Cast
- SAKUMA Yui, Nao
The story begins in ordinary days of Horigai, a 22-year-old virgin who is about to graduate and got a job as a social worker. She is spending boring days between her school and apartment with her college graduation coming soon. She meets Inogi at the...
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OVER THE SKY (2020)
- Director
- SENA Yoshinobu
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Honoka, SETO Toshiki
No dreams to pursuit, no efforts to make, Mio, a high school girl is living a life of indolence, hoping that things will work out on its own. Mio and Arata, who is blessed with supernatural power and Mio's childhood friend, often hang out, but they a...
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Restart (2020)
- Director
- SHINAGAWA Hiroshi
- Cast
- EMILY, SWAY
Mio is a 28-year-old struggling idol. She came to Tokyo from Hokkaido after graduating high school to become a singer songwriter, but her dream has not come true. One day, she is paparazzied with her boyfriend who is a star in a famous band, and find...
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KONTORA (2019)
- Director
- Anshul CHAUHAN
- Cast
- MARUI Wan, MASE Hidemasa, YAMADA Taichi
After her grandfather dies, Sora retraces the diary written by him during World War II and has begun to search for a mysterious treasure buried in the local woods. Meantime, a homeless man who wordlessly walks backwards appears in the town. One night...
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PORNOGRAPHER: THE MOVIE -PLAYBACK- (tentative) (2021)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- TAKEZAI Terunosuke, IZUKA Kenta
The erotic novel writer that dictates the text and the one that writes it down... Time has passed since their strange first meeting, and erotic novel writer Rio Kijima and college student Haruhiko Kuzumi have now become lovers. Even with Kijima now l...
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Company Retreat (2020)
- Director
- FUNAHASHI Atsushi
- Cast
- HIRAI Saki, ITO Megumi, YAMANAKA Takafumi
A woman working as a hotel receptionist was harassed by her superior. This docu-fiction depicts sexual harassment affects not only the victim and the perpetrator, but everyone around them....
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UNDERDOG (2020)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- MORIYAMA Mirai, KITAMURA Takumi, KATSUJI Ryo
100 Yen Love director Take Masaharu and screenplay writer Adachi Shin reunite for another original story about boxing. Tells the story of three bottom-dog boxers who gets used as punching bags. Pro boxer Suenaga Akira (Moriyama Mirai) fell off the p...
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Omoideshashin (2020)
- Director
- KUMAZAWA Naoto
- Cast
- FUKAGAWA Mai, KORA Kengo, Karina
This drama, directed by Kumazawa Naoto of Yurigokoro, deals with taking "remembrance portraits" which are not mere funeral portraits, but are portraits photographed at a place holding fond memories for elderly subjects who share the recollections of ...
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Just the two of us (2020)
- Director
- FUJIMOTO Keita
- Cast
- NAGASE Masatoshi, DOI Shiori
Set in Kyoto's Nishijin district, this drama depicts the day-to-day nursing care between a man who has lost everything, and a blind woman. The film was produced by an energetic young staff from Kyoto University of the Arts. Shunsaku (Nagase Masatosh...
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Mentai-piriri (2019)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- HAKATA Hanamaru, TOMITA Yasuko
The life of a businessman who broadened the popularity of mentaiko (spicy cod roe) in Japan serves is the basis for this biographical drama directed by Eguchi Kan who won the Best Action Film award at the 23rd Fantasia International Film Festival for...
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The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (2020)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- OKURA Tadayoshi, NARITA Ryo
Yukisada Isao of Narratage helms this touching romance based on Mizushiro Setona's same-named comic, which innocently depicts the joy and pain of falling in love and is a hit with women. Otomo Kyoichi (Okura Tadayoshi) has let women take the lead in...
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Daughters (2020)
- Director
- TSUDA Hajime
- Cast
- MIYOSHI Ayaka, ABE Junko
Fashion event director and video creator Tsuda Hajime makes his feature film debut as both director and screenplay writer. Follows ten months in the lives of two women facing the crossroads of pregnancy. Koharu (Miyoshi Ayaka) and Ayano (Abe Junko) ...
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#HandballStrive (2020)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- KATO Seishiro, DAIGO Kotaro, MAKITA Aju
Coming-of-age film helmed by Matsui Daigo, who has brought teen stories to the big screen since his feature film debut with Afro Tanaka. Original screenplay co-authored with Sato Dai. High schoolers use social media to galvanize recovery efforts in K...
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My Name is Yours (2020)
- Director
- FUKUDA Momoko
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Honoka
Coming-of-age film helmed by cutting-edge Fukuda Momoko, who is also a novelist and directs plays and TV dramas. Mukai Kosuke of Gukoroku: Traces of Sin transforms two stories by the director into a single storyline. En (Matsumoto Honoka) is a high ...
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Soirée (2020)
- Director
- SOTOYAMA Bunji
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Nijiro, IMOU Haruka
Cutting-edge director Sonoyama Bunji's talent intrigued actors Toyohara Kosuke and Koizumi Kyoko, who took on this unusual love story for their first project as producers. A young man and woman commit an unforgivable crime and run until they find a r...
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ZOKKI (2021)
- Director
- TAKENAKA Naoto, YAMADA Takayuki, SAITOH Takumi
- Cast
Live-action feature film adaptation of the same-named comic by manga artist Ohashi Hiroyuki, whose "On-Gaku: Our Sound" hit the big screen as an animated film. Interweaves multiple episodes. Directed by Saitoh Takumi, actor Yamada Takayuki and actor ...
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The Master Plan (2021)
- Director
- SATOH Yuichi
- Cast
- IWATA Takanori, ARATA Mackenyu, YAMADA Anna
Suspense featuring Iwata Takanori and Arata Mackenyu as buddies who are two sides of the same coin. The final 20 minutes features a shocking finale. Kida (Iwata) and Makoto (Arata) share a powerful bond. The former outcasts spend a decade fighting t...
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Super Mikincorinista (2019)
- Director
- KUSABA Naoya
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Ruriko
Winner of two awards at the 41st Pia Film Festival, this drama is the feature-length directorial debut of Kusaba Naoya who completed this film on the side while working for a production company on the sets of commercial film productions. Miki (Takay...
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The Hardness of Avocado (2019)
- Director
- JO Masaya
- Cast
- MAEHARA Mizuki, TAGA Asami
Jo Masaya's feature-length directorial debut has picked up awards at PFF Award 2019 and other local independent film competitions. The film stars Maehara Mizuki, a member of theatre troupe Seinendan, in the lead role of Maehara and unspools a realist...
