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Akira and Akira (2022)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Ryoma, YOKOHAMA Ryusei
Based on the same-named novel by Ikeido Jun, the author behind bestsellers including "Hanzawa Naoki" and "Rikuoh", director Miki Takahiro makes into a live-action film as socially relevant entertainment. Yamazaki Akira (Takeuchi Ryoma) has suffered ...
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yokaipedia (2022)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- ARAGAKI Yui, KAMIKI Ryunosuke
Japan's leading VFX director, Yamazaki Takashi, wrote an original screenplay based on the fairy tale series "Obake Zukan" and made it into an otherworldly fantasy live-action film. A mysterious ghost appears at children's bedside in the middle of th...
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The World Of Shura (2022)
- Director
- FUJIWARA Kenichi
- Cast
- MATOBA Koji, SAKAKIBARA Tetsuji, AOKI Tsunenori
Fujiwara Kenichi of the "Iron Girl" series directs this violent noir unfolding with furious action set against the underbelly of society where conflicts, farewells, and wrongdoings repeat endlessly. The Ryuan family is a yakuza clan with a strangleh...
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A Hundred Flowers (2022)
- Director
- KAWAMURA Genki
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, HARADA Mieko, NAGASAWA Masami
As a film producer, Kawamura Genki has produced numerous hits such as Confessions and your name.. For this film he wrote the screenplay based on his fourth novel and made his feature film directorial debut. Kasai Izumi (Suda Masaki) works for a reco...
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OFFBEAT COPS (2022)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, SEINO Nana, ISOMURA Hayato
A music film about the struggles of a veteran detective who is transferred to the police band. Uchida Eiji, director of Midnight Swan, took up the megaphone and filmed the performance scenes of the brass band's famous music without any recourse to du...
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Remember to Breathe (2022)
- Director
- SUGITA Masakazu
- Cast
- INOUE Mao
One day, Hiroko accidentally starts a small fire while she is cooking. Although it does not lead to a serious incident, it does result in her going to stay with her eldest daughter, Yuko, for whom Hiroko has never been the mother she wanted. As moth...
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Tsuyukusa (2022)
- Director
- HIRAYAMA Hideyuki
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Satomi, MATSUSHIGE Yutaka
Paean to life based on an original story from screenwriter Abe Teruo and helmed by Hirayama Hideyuki, who has captured life from diverse perspectives with Begging for Love and other films. Igarashi Fumi (Kobayashi Satomi) lives in a countryside town...
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My Daddy (2021)
- Director
- KANAI Junichi
- Cast
- MURO Tsuyoshi, NAKADA Noa, Nao
Popular actor Muro Tsuyoshi stars in the lead role of a film for the first time in this drama. The story depicts a father's painfully desperate scramble to save his beloved daughter. Kazuo (Muro) lives with his middle school daughter Hikari (Nakada ...
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TOMBI: Father and Son (2022)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, KITAMURA Takumi, Anne
Adaptation of Shigematsu Kiyoshi's same-named bestselling novel. Helmed by Zeze Takahisa, known for Six Four and other heavy-hitting dramas. Deliveryman Yasu (Abe Hiroshi) was orphaned as a young kid and is awkward but cares deeply for his family. H...
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The Dry Spell (2023)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Masaya
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, ONO Machiko, ISOMURA Hayato
Drama dealing with social issues based on Kawabayashi Mitsuru's same-named novel from three decades ago. Shiraishi Kazuya, who has a career as a director, produced the project. In the midst of a summer draught, city waterworks employee Iwakiri (Iku...
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My Broken Mariko (2022)
- Director
- TANADA Yuki
- Cast
- NAGANO Mei, Nao, KUBOTA Masataka
A live-action film adaptation of the manga of the same title by Waka Hirako, which has been translated and published in ten countries around the world, directed by Tanada Yuki of Romance Doll fame. Shiino (Nagano Mei) learns that her best friend Mar...
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Come and Go (2020)
- Director
- LIM Kah Wai
- Cast
- LEE Kang-Sheng, USAMARU Manami, CHIHARA Seiji
Filmmaker Lim Kah Wai is known for his extemporaneous approach to shooting on the road and made this off-beat drama in Osaka, where he is currently based. Features a colorful cast from nine Asian countries. The skeletal remains of a middle-aged woma...
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Gift of Fire (2021)
- Director
- KUROSAKI Hiroshi
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, ARIMURA Kasumi, MIURA Haruma
Based on the historical events of the end of the Pacific War, this coming-of-age ensemble drama tells the story of three young adults who lived their lives to the fullest while being at the mercy of the times. It is the summer of 1945. Under secret ...
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EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME (2021)
- Director
- TSURUMAKI Kazuya, NAKAYAMA Katsuichi, MAEDA Mahiro
- Cast
- OGATA Megumi, HAYASHIBARA Megumi, MIYAMURA Yuko
This is the fourth and final installment of the "Rebuild of Evangelion" series which began in 2007. Executive producer Anno Hideaki tells the continuing story after the events of 2012's EVANGELION:3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO. with a fresh vision and new s...
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JOINT (2021)
- Director
- KOJIMA Oudai
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Ikken, KIM Jin-Cheol, KIM Chang-Bak
The underworld of modern Japan is depicted with a documentary touch in this noir. Director Kojima Oudai makes his feature-length directorial debut with this film. Returning to Tokyo after being released from prison, racketeer Ishigami Takeshi (Yamam...
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And So The Baton Is Passed (2021)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- NAGANO Mei, TANAKA Kei, ISHIHARA Satomi
Director Maeda Tetsu of A Banana? At This Time of Night? adapts to film the identically titled novel which won the Bookstore Grand Prize in 2019. Raised by parents unrelated to her and having changed her last name four times, Yuko (Nagano Mei) lives...
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THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, KIMURA Fumino, HIRATE Yurina
Bringing together an extravagant cast, this sequel to the action film depicts the ultimate assassin on his greatest mission. Fable (Okada Junichi) is a legendary assassin who can kill any opponent within six seconds. He is ordered by his boss (Sato ...
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ITO (2021)
- Director
- YOKOHAMA Satoko
- Cast
- KOMAI Ren, TOYOKAWA Etsushi
Drama about a girl who matures through her experiences playing the Tsugaru shamisen. Directed by Yokohama Satoko, known for Bare Essence of Life. High schooler Ito (Komai Ren) is a misfit with her Tsugaru dialect accent and shy disposition, but she ...
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A MORNING OF FAREWELL (2021)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, MATSUZAKA Tori, HIROSE Suzu
Rebirth director Narushima Izuru helms this adaptation of the same-named 2020 novel by real-life physician Minami Kyoko. Humanistic drama that addresses euthanasia and death with dignity through in-home medical care. Shiraishi Sawako (Yoshinaga Sayu...
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A Madder Red (2021)
- Director
- ISHII Yuya
- Cast
- ONO Machiko, WADA Iori, KATAYAMA Yuki
Biting drama about the inner life of a single mother forced into desperate social circumstances. Ishii Yuya wrote, edited and directed this ambitious film the same year he made The Asian Angel, his first collaboration with Korean cast and crew. Tana...
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The Asian Angel (2021)
- Director
- ISHII Yuya
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, Moon CHOI, ODAGIRI Joe
Road movie from The Great Passage director Ishii Yuya shot entirely in Korea. Brings together a cutting-edge team from Japan and Korea. Produced by Park Jung-Bum, who served as juror alongside Ishii at the Busan International Film Festival in 2014. ...
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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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Pompo: The Cinéphile (2021)
- Director
- HIRAO Takayuki
- Cast
- SHIMIZU Hiroya, KOHARA Konomi
Sugitani Shogo's (aka "Human Plastic Model") identically titled comic is adapted into this feature animated film by writer/director Hirao Takayuki known for The Garden Of Sinners - Paradox Paradigm and others. The production gathers together the top ...
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Onoda:10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)
- Director
- Arthur HARARI
- Cast
- ENDO Yuya, TSUDA Kanji
Drama about Onoda Hiroo, who didn't know the war had ended and continued his mission as an intelligence officer. In 1944 with the war's end approaching, intelligence trainee Onoda Hiroo (Endo Yuya, Tsuda Kanji) is ordered to wage a guerrilla war on ...
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We Couldn't Become Adults (2021)
- Director
- MORI Yoshihiro
- Cast
- MORIYAMA Mirai, ITO Sairi
Adaptation of author Moegara's same-named romance novel that made a splash with its online release in 2016. Presents episodes from the protagonist's romances and friendships through the passage of time. In 1995 the protagonist (Moriyama Mirai) meet...
