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Love of a Brute (2022)
- Director
- INOUE Hiroki
- Cast
- USAMARU Manami, HOSODA Yoshihiko, SHIBUE Jouji
A mystery drama adapted from Edogawa Rampo's short story of the same title with a modern twist. Directed and written by Inoue Hiroki of LOVE STAGE! fame. Heartbroken Kyoko (Usamaru Manami) meets and marries Kadono (Hosoda Yoshihiko) on a matching ap...
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The Key -Professor's Pleasure- (2022)
- Director
- INOUE Hiroki
- Cast
- MIZUSAWA Shingo, MASUDA Yuki, MIZUISHI Atomu
A modern, bold remake of "The Key," the masterpiece from literary giant Tanizaki Junichiro, which has been made into a film many times. Inoue Hiroke, who studied under Ishii Teruo, directed and wrote the script. Middle-aged university professor Kand...
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Scroll (2023)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Yasuhiko
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, NAKAGAWA Taishi, MATSUOKA Mayu
A coming-of-age ensemble drama adapted from novelist Hashizume Shunki's debut novel of the same title. Shimizu Yasuhiko, director of the first authorized remake of CUBE, took the megaphone. "I" (Kitamura Takumi) and Yusuke (Nakagawa Taishi), who are...
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The Mukoda Barber Shop (2022)
- Director
- MORIOKA Toshiyuki
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Katsumi, SHIRASU Jin, ITAO Itsuji
Following Think Again, Junpei, director Morioka Toshiyuki adapts best-selling author Okuda Hideo's novel of the same title for the screen. Set in a desolate former coal-mining town, this human drama depicts the importance of human connections. Mukod...
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FAMILIA (2022)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, YOSHIZAWA Ryo, Lucas Sagae
A drama directed by Narushima Izuru, the master of Rebirth, with Yakusho Koji as the main character, challenging the universal theme of "family" from a unique perspective. Kamiya Seiji (Yakusho), a potter, lost his wife early in life and lives alone...
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Dr. Coto's Clinic (2022)
- Director
- NAKAE Isamu
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Hidetaka, SHIBASAKI Ko, TOKITO Saburo
Based on Yamada Takatoshi's manga of the same name, this film version is a sequel to the TV drama series that aired in 2003 and 2006. The original cast and crew have returned, including Yoshioka Hidetaka in the lead role, director Nakae Isamu and scr...
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Ichikei no karasu (2023)
- Director
- TANAKA Akira
- Cast
- TAKENOUCHI Yutaka, KUROKI Haru, SAITOH Takumi
A feature film version of the TV drama series set in the Tokyo District Court, Branch 3, Criminal Division 1, known as "Ichikei". Directed by Tanaka Ryo, the director of the "Confidence Man JP" series. Two years have passed since the unconventional ...
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THEIR BACKS (2022)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- SATO Riho, OCHIAI Motoki, MINE Goichi
Drama about the psychological state of a 30-year-old heroine who keeps waiting for her lover. Koshikawa Michio has dealt with life and sexuality from his own unique perspective with his highly literary films Life and Death on the Shore and areno - t...
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A MOTHER'S TOUCH (2022)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Jumpei
- Cast
- Koyuki, TANAKA Taketo, YOSHIZAWA Hisashi
Based on the true story of Fukushima Satoshi, the son of the world's first deaf-blind university professor, and his mother, this is an ode to hope for life. Reiko (Koyuki) lives with her teacher husband and three sons in a town in the Kansai region....
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WE MAKE ANTIQUES! OSAKA DREAMS (2023)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, SASAKI Kuranosuke
This is the third outing in the "We Make Antiques!" comedy film series, about an antique dealer and a potter who are always getting into a lot of trouble. As in the previous films, director Take Masaharu took the megaphone and Imai Masako and Adachi ...
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Do Unto Others (2023)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, NAGASAWA Masami
Adaptation of Hamanaka Aki's mystery novel that sharply confronts the problems of elderly care. Director Maeda Tetsu captures the harsh reality surrounding a caregiver who murdered forty-two people. The dead bodies of an old man and the head of a ho...
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Egoist (2023)
- Director
- MATSUNAGA Daishi
- Cast
- SUZUKI Ryohei, MIYAZAWA Hio
Drama based on the semi-autobiographical novel by celebrated columnist Takayama Makoto, who passed away in 2020. Matsunaga Daishi of Pieta in the Toilet sensitively depicts the struggles born from love. Kosuke (Suzuki Ryohei) lost his mother at age ...
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AND YET, YOU ARE SO SWEET (2022)
- Director
- SHINJO Takehiko
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Kyohei, HATA Mei
A coming-of-age love story based on the girls' comic by Anan Kujira, which has sold over 2.6 million copies in total. Directed by Shinjo Takehiko, who has a reputation for his love stories and has created a series of hits such as Daytime Shooting Sta...
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SHYLOCK'S CHILDREN (2023)
- Director
- MOTOKI Katsuhide
- Cast
- ABE Sadawo, UETO Aya, TAMAMORI Yuta
A social drama based on Ikeido Jun's best-selling novel of the same name, which was also adapted into a TV drama, is directed by Motoki Katsuhide , of Recall fame. Set in a megabank, the film tells a completely original story that differs from both t...
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THE THREE SISTERS OF TENMASOU INN (2022)
- Director
- KITAMURA Ryuhei
- Cast
- Non, KADOWAKI Mugi, OSHIMA Yuko
Maki Taro, the hitmaker behind In This Corner of the World, produces this live-action film adaptation of manga artist Takahashi Tsutomu's fantasy. The town of Mitsuse is situated between earth and the afterlife. The venerable Tenmasou Inn has a bea...
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I am what I am (2022)
- Director
- TAMADA Shinya
- Cast
- MIURA Toko, MAEDA Atsuko, ITO Marika
The first solo starring role for Miura Toko, who also sings the theme song for this film, after co-starring in Drive My Car, which won the International Feature Film Award at the 94th Academy Awards. The film depicts a portrait of the 30-year-old her...
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The Lump In My Heart (2023)
- Director
- MATSUMURA Shingo
- Cast
- YOSHIDA Mizuki, TOKIWA Takako
A film adaptation of the play of the same title by Yokoyama Takuya, leader of the theater unit iaku, directed by Matsumura Shingo, winner of the New Asian Talent Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival, and written by Takahashi Izumi, the s...
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Cat Sharehouse (2022)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Yuki, HOSODA Kanata, NGAI Mijika
A film version of the TV series of the same title that was a big hit in the spring of 2022, depicting a family friendly story set in a "share house with cats". Futaboshi Yuto(Furukawa Yuki) lives with his two cats, Kuro and Char, in the share house ...
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Remember to Breathe (2022)
- Director
- SUGITA Masakazu
- Cast
- INOUE Mao, ISHIDA Eri
A family drama that weaves the complex and delicate feelings between a mother and daughter. Directed by Sugita Masakazu, whose previous film Joy of Man's Desiring received a Special Mention in the Generation Kplus section of the Berlin International ...
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Amnesiac Love (2021)
- Director
- HIRANAMI Wataru
- Cast
- TANAKA Shunsuke, YAMAYA Kasumi, TANAKA Min
A fantasy tale depicting the "hell tour" of a young man who aims to become an antique dealer. Directed, written and edited by Hiranami Wataru, who also directed Tokyo Drama and The Believers. Onuki Dai(Tanaka Shunsuke) lives in a small apartment and...
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In Her Room (2023)
- Director
- ITO Chihiro
- Cast
- IGUCHI Satoru, BABA Fumika, KAWAI Yumi
Screenwriter Ito Chihiro spent 10 years writing the original novel, before adapting it for film herself. The film was produced by director Yukisada Isao and stars King Gnu band member Iguchi Satoru, whom the director had in mind when writing the scre...
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Deep River (1995)
- Director
- KUMAI Kei
- Cast
- AKIYOSHI Kumiko, OKUDA Eiji, MIFUNE Toshiro
Master director Kumai Kei adapts Endo Shusaku's literary masterpiece for the screen. The film sheds light on the source of the anguish shouldered by Japanese people and their mentality while at the same time exploring the idealism which lurks deep wi...
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Madadayo (1993)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Akira
- Cast
- MURAMATSU Tatsuo, KAGAWA Kyoko, IGAWA Hisashi
The 30th film by Kurosawa Akira also marks the 50th anniversary of his filmmaking career. The film stars Matsumura Tatsuo as Professor Uchida Hyakken, Kagawa Kyoko as his wife, and George Tokoro as one of his pupils. It was presented as a special scr...
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Shikibu monogatari (1990)
- Director
- KUMAI Kei
- Cast
- OKUDA Eiji, HARADA Mieko, KAGAWA Kyoko
Akimoto Matsuyo's 'Kasabuta Shikibuko', which was inspired by the nationally known legend of Izumi Shikibu, serves as the basis for master director Kumai Kei's very first film adaptation. The film beautifully celebrates the depths of human sorrow and...
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The Lower Depth (1957)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Akira
- Cast
- MIFUNE Toshiro, YAMADA Isuzu, KAGAWA Kyoko
Maxim Gorky's play of the same name is the basis for this solid drama in which the story has been transplanted to an Edo tenement house. It is written, directed, and produced by Kurosawa Akira. Dwelling in a tenement house at the end of the Edo peri...
