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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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The World For The Two of Us (2021)
- Director
- IIZUKA Kasho
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Yuki, BANDO Ryota
One day, Yui Konno, who works at a nursery school, and Shinya Kobori, who runs a lunch box shop, fell in love. They started dating and promised to get married in the future. However, Shinya had a secret he couldn't tell her. He was a transgender (use...
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Let Me Hear it Barefoot (2021)
- Director
- KUDO Riho
- Cast
- SASAKI Shion, SUWA Shuri, ITO Kaho
Commercial feature debut from Kudo Riho, who won the Pia Film Festival Award's Grand Prize in 2018 with Orphans Blues. Fresh depiction of what happens to the desires of two taciturn young men. Naoki (Sasaki Shion) works for his father's waste collec...
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Soul At Twenty (2022)
- Director
- AKIYAMA Jun
- Cast
- KAMIO Fuju, ONO Machiko, SATO Koichi
Coming-of-age drama based on a real story involving the cheer song handed down in Funabashi Municipal High School, Chiba Prefecture. Screenplay author Nakai Yuriko adapts her own novel, which she based on years of interviews. Asano Taigi (Kamio Fuju...
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One day, You will Reach the Sea (2022)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- KISHII Yukino, HAMABE Minami, SUGINO Yosuke
A film adaptation of Ayase Maru's novel of the same title, which spins a tale of loss and rebirth. Directed by Nakagawa Ryutaro of Summer Blooms, which won a double award at the 39th Moscow International Film Festival. Mana (Kishii Yukino), a shy gi...
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To Be Killed by a High School Girl (2022)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, MINAMI Sara, OSHIMA Yuko
Depraved thriller based on the same-named comic with material that raised eyebrows. Produced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of manga artist Furuya Usamaru's career and helmed by Jojo Hideo of Around the Edge of the Stand. Higashiyama Haruto (Tana...
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Lesson in Murder (2022)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- ABE Sadawo, OKADA Kenshi
A film adaptation of mystery writer Kushiki Riu's masterpiece novel of the same title, directed by Shiraishi Kazuya of Last of the Wolves and The Devil's Path fame. This psycho-suspense drama depicts the shocking truth surrounding a false accusation....
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The Fish Tale (2022)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- Non, YAGIRA Yuya, Kaho
A human drama based on the autobiographical essay of "Sakana-kun", a well-known ocean researcher and an honorary doctor of the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, directed by Okita Shuichi, known for the films The Chef of South Polar a...
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Nagi's Island (2022)
- Director
- NAGASAWA Masahiko
- Cast
- NIITSU Chise
Director Masahiko Nagasawa, known for Night Time Picnic, takes on a human drama from an original screenplay. The film depicts the rich nature of the Seto Inland Sea and the nature of family through the perspective of one girl, Nagi. Fourth grader N...
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ruined (2021)
- Director
- MIYAOKA Taro
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Minori, HIIRAGI Rumi, KIGUCHI Kenta
Director Miyaoka Taro was blown away when he saw the stage production of the same-named play presented by Theater Group elePHANTMoon in 2009 and adapted the drama as an indie film. Sayo (Hagiwara Minori), an aspiring fashion designer in Tokyo, gets...
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GON-MAMA (2022)
- Director
- YOKOO Hatsuki
- Cast
- GOTO Takenori, FUKAMI Motoki, ENDO Kumiko
A human drama based on the novel "Ryoichi Shikai's Dragonfly" from author Morisawa Akio's novel of the same name. Many of his novels have been made into movies. Gonda Tetsuo (Goto Takenori) is a gay man who works out at a gym by day and runs the sna...
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1446: An Eternal Minute (2022)
- Director
- SONE Takeshi
- Cast
- Michael KEIDA, Awich, MAIGUMA Katsuya
A humanistic drama directed by Sone Takeshi, who was in charge of cinematography on One Cut of the Dead and written by that film's director Ueda Shinichiro. Steve (Michael Keida), an American film director, is inspired to make a comedy film after se...
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You've Got A Friend (2021)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Jun, Nahana, YOSHII Masao
Romance film maestro Hiroki Ryuichi adapts Yamamoto Naoki's same-named comic for the big screen. Portrays the contradictory relationship of a man and woman who inflict and endure physical injury while championing emotional freedom. Yoshida Yoshio (M...
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The Pledge to Megumi (2020)
- Director
- NOBUSHI Show
- Cast
- Natsuki, HARADA Daijiro, ISHIMURA Tomoko
One winter night of 1972, a group of men invaded Japan at some beach in the Sea of Japan. There already were a large number of North Korean agents operating in Japan including the ones on the agent ship off the coast and at a secret hideout in Tokyo....
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MY BOYFRIEND IN ORANGE (2022)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Shosuke
- Cast
- IWAMOTO Hikaru (Snow Man), NUKUMI Meru
Train Man director Murakami Shosuke helms this live-action adaptation of Tamashima Non's same-named manga, which launched in 2016. Depicts the awkward romance between a high school girl and a firefighter. Moe (Nukumi Meru) transfers to a new high sc...
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PHASES OF THE MOON (2022)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, ARIMURA Kasumi, MEGURO Ren (Snow Man)
Film adaptation of Sato Shogo's novel about true love, which won the 157th Naoki Prize in 2017. Helmed by maestro Hiroki Ryuichi, renowned for his convincing character portraits. Work and family life was going smoothly for Osanai Tsuyoshi (Oizumi Yo...
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Grown-ups (2022)
- Director
- KATO Takuya
- Cast
- KIRYU Mai, FUJIWARA Kisetsu
Kato Takuya, who works as a director and playwright for his own theatrical company, "Takumi", makes his feature film directorial debut with an original screenplay. A romantic film that confronts the emotions of young people with overwhelming reality....
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FUNNY BUNNY (2021)
- Director
- IIZUKA Ken
- Cast
- NAKAGAWA Taishi, OKAYAMA Amane
Iizuka Ken, a filmmaker who works in a variety of fields including television, stage, and music videos, adapts a play performed in 2012 for this film. Playing the fiercely individualistic lead character is Nakagawa Taishi, who also worked with Iizuka...
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MARI AND MARI (2021)
- Director
- YAMANISHI Tatsuya
- Cast
- MAEHARA Ko, AMANO Hana, Nao
Yamanishi Tatsuya, the head of theatrical unit "Pink Liberty" who has been gaining recognition as a playwright and theatre director, makes his feature film debut from his own original script resulting in this unusual romance film. Norio (Maehara Kou...
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Every Picture Tells a Story (2021)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Shimpei
- Cast
- SHIMOMOTO Shiro, KARASUMA Setsuko
"What to do with one's remaining life" is the theme of this drama. In the director's chair is Yamasaki Shimpei, whose previous film Take Over Zone was selected for the Japanese Cinema Splash Competition at the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival. ...
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Jitaku Keibiin to Kaji Yosei (2021)
- Director
- FUJIMOTO Takulmi
- Cast
- OSAWA Shinichiro, KIRYU Mai
Ushio Kikuchi's original script which won the 2019 Hiroshi Aramata Award at the Hakodate Port Illumination Film Festival is adapted to film by up-and-coming director Fujimoto Takumi 45-year-old unmarried slacker Minoru (Osawa Shinichiro) is a self-s...
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Usogui (2022)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- YOKOHAMA Ryusei, SANO Hayato, SHIRAISHI Mai
This is the live-action adaptation of the popular gambling manga series 'Usogui' which has sold over 8.8 million copies. It depicts a brilliant gambler contending with a dangerous game of death. Madarame Baku (Yokohama Ryusei), also known as the "Li...
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Life in the fast lane (2022)
- Director
- SUZUKI Taichi
- Cast
- KOHATA Ryu
This film stars Kohata Ryuichi, a China-based actor whose credits include Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen. He utilizes his background as a former professional boxer to portray the madness of a man obsessed with fighting. Directed and writ...
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One Night, She Thinks of the Dawn (2022)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hana
- Cast
- KUROSHIMA Yuina, WAKABA Ryuya, KITAMURA Takumi
Although, graduate student "She" is delighted about her husband's posting to work in New York and is looking forward to living abroad, she receives an informal offer from a company she had been longing to join. After much contemplation, she declares ...
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The End of the Pale Hour (2021)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hana
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, KUROSHIMA Yuina, INOUE Yuki
Feature film adaptation of the same-named debut novel from author Katsuse Masahiko, who has legions of fans in their teens and twenties. Versatile director Matsumoto Hana participated in {21st Century Girl}, which Yamato U-ki developed and produced. ...
