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The Nighthawk's First Love (2022)
- Director
- YASUKAWA Yuka
- Cast
- MATSUI Rena, NAKAJIMA Ayumu
A film adaptation of Shimamoto Rio's 2012 romance novel, directed by Yasukawa Yuka (her second feature film) and written by Jojo Hideo (On the Edge of Their Seats). Maeda Aiko (Matsui Rena) is a graduate student who is reluctant to fall in love beca...
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Third Time Lucky (2021)
- Director
- NOHARA Tadashi
- Cast
- KAWAMURA Rira, KOBAYASHI Katsuyuki, DEMURA Hiromi
Nohara Tadashi, who co-wrote the scripts for Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Wife of a Spy and Hamaguchi Ryusuke's Happy Hour, makes his theatrical directorial debut. Haru (Kawamura Rira) feels lonely in her life with her partner and desires a child to the point...
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La Vérité (The Truth) (2019)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- Catherine DENEUVE, Juliette BINOCHE, Ethan HAWKE
Kore-eda Hirokazu, winner of the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or for Shoplifters, directs his first international co-production film. Based on the autobiography by one of France's legendary actresses, the drama unfolds around a truth concealed betw...
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Godai - The Wunderkind (2020)
- Director
- TANAKA Mitsutoshi
- Cast
- MIURA Haruma, MIURA Shohei, NISHIKAWA Takanori
Godai Tomoatsu, a samurai who prospered between the end of the Edo Era and the early Meiji Era, is depicted in this ensemble youth drama. The original story is brought to life by the 125 Years Memory duo of screenwriter Komatsu Eriko, and director Ta...
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The House of the Lost on the Cape (2021)
- Director
- KAWATSURA Shinya
- Cast
- ASHIDA Mana, AWANO Sari, OTAKE Shinobu
Animated film adaptation of a fantasy novel with Tohoku fairytale influences by Kashiwaba Sachiko, a towering figure in children's literature who hails from Iwate in the Tohoku area. Screenplay by Yoshida Reiko, who penned the screenplay for the "Vio...
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Struggling Man (2021)
- Director
- LEE Toshio
- Cast
- YASUDA Ken, KOIKE Eiko
The team of director Lee Toshio and Yasuda Ken of When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead unite again for this comedy. 45-year-old Haruo (Yasuda) is a typical stay-at-home dad who works at Umeya, a supermarket crowded with local custome...
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MANKAI MOVIE "A3!" -AUTUMN & WINTER- (2021)
- Director
- QURATA Kenji
- Cast
- MIZUE Kenta, ARAMAKI Yoshihiko
The actor training game A3! launched in 2017 and has been turned into a stage play and now hits the silver screen as a live action film. The unique world is portrayed in the two films "Spring & Summer" and "Autumn & Winter." The Mankai Theater Comp...
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Drive My Car (2021)
- Director
- HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, MIURA Toko, KIRISHIMA Reika
Murakami Haruki's short story is adapted to film by director Hamaguchi Ryusuke, who won the Silver Bear at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival for Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy. It also competed at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, where it becam...
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AOI-CHAN WON'T LET ME DO IT (2021)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- KOMAKI Maco, MATSUZAKI Shohei, MORIOKA Ryu
Imaoka Shinji, who has made films across many genres such as Reiko and the Dolphin in addition to working as a screenwriter on films such as The Drudgery Train, directs this fantastic love story. Aspiring film director Shingo (Matsuzaki Shohei) is v...
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ARARAT (2021)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- YUKIHIRA Aika, OGITA Tadatoshi, SHUNPUTEI Kiichi
This is the third film in the "Daredemo nai Koibitotachi no Fukei" series. At the helm is Koshikawa Michio who has portrayed the love between men and women in films such as areno - the wilderness, Life and Death On the Shore, and Waiting for the Moon...
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Moonlight Shadow (2021)
- Director
- Edmund YEO
- Cast
- KOMATSU Nana, MIYAZAWA Hio
Malaysian director Edmond Yeo helms this adaptation of Yoshimoto Banana's same-named novel, which has been translated into over 30 languages. In this love story, the main character loses her beloved and gropes for a way forward in life. Satsuki (Kom...
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My Father's Tracks (2021)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Rempei
- Cast
- MORISAKI Win, FUKAGAWA Mai
Drama about a young man coming to terms with animosity in his past through motor sport rallies. Directed by Tsukamoto Rempei of Bento Harassment. Taiga (Morisaki Win) has left his hometown to attend college in Tokyo and dreams of becoming an actor, ...
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Skeleton Flowers (2020)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- SHIDA Sara, SUZUKA Oji, IURA Arata
Just Only Love director Imaizumi Rikiya pulls off the long-awaited adaptation of author Kubo Misumi's 2014 short story. Contemporary family drama about a father and daughter. Yo (Shida Sara) has done the household chores and helped her father Nao (I...
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Bittersand (2021)
- Director
- SUGIOKA Tomoya
- Cast
- INOUE Yuki, HAGIWARA Riku, KINOSHITA Ayane
Coming-of-age mystery that exposes the truth behind an incident in high school that destroyed a relationship. Directorial debut for Sugioka Tomoya. Akito (Inoue Yuki) is a 25 year old slogging through days at the office, and he unexpectedly reconnec...
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Musicophilia (2021)
- Director
- TANIGUCHI Masaaki
- Cast
- INOWAKI Kai, MATSUMOTO Honoka, YAMAZAKI Ikusaburo
The identically titled manga by Saso Akira, who has won the Excellence Award twice in the Manga Division of the Japan Media Arts Festival, is adapted to live action from a script by Ono Hiroyuki of Uzumasa Limelight, and also serves as producer. Sak...
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Sensei, Would You Sit Beside Me? (2021)
- Director
- HORIE Takahiro
- Cast
- KUROKI Haru, EMOTO Tasuku, KANEKO Daichi
Drama about a husband and wife based on the project that won the runner-up grand prize for the film proposal contest Tsutaya Creators' Program Film 2018. Directed by Horie Takahiro, a cutting-edge filmmaker who is moving into new territory with film ...
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MANKAI MOVIE "A3!" -SPRING & SUMMER- (2021)
- Director
- QURATA Kenji
- Cast
- YOKOTA Ryugi, JINNAI Sho
The actor training game A3! launched in 2017 and has been turned into a stage play and now hits the silver screen as a live-action film. The unique world is portrayed in the two films "Spring & Summer" and "Autumn & Winter." "Biroadway" is holy gro...
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When the Curry is Ready (2021)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Yasuhiko
- Cast
- Lily Franky
Drama directed by Shimizu Yasuhiko of CUBE that was planned and produced by Saitoh Takumi. Lily Franky, who dominated the screen in Shoplifters, pulls off a solo performance confined almost exclusively to a single situation. Kenichi's (Lily) young s...
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Cornflakes (2020)
- Director
- ISOBE Teppei
- Cast
- GON, TAKADA Reiko, HINO Hinami
Yuya, who can't let go of his dream of becoming a musician, has been living with Miho, an insurance salesperson, for almost six years now, and Miho wonders if living with Yuya is good for her future. One day, Miho sees text messages between Yuya and...
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All Aboard! (2020)
- Director
- HISHIKAWA Seiichi
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Yukino, FUJII Soma, SHIMAMOTO Katsuhiro
This is the movie "All aboard!". In Komatsushima, a port town in Tokushima, Shikoku, Haruka Asakura (played by Yukino Murakami) lives with her effeminate father Goro Asakura (Katsuhiro Shimamoto), her uncle Kentaro Asakura (Jun Suzuki) who is in love...
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Unlock Your Heart (2021)
- Director
- SHUTO Rin
- Cast
- YAMADA Anna, SAKUMA Ryuto, IMOU Haruka
26-year-old (at the time of production) director Shuto Rin adapts to film this coming-of-age drama based on Akutagawa Prize-winning author Wataya Risa's identically titled novel which she was passionate about. Ai (Yamada Anna) is a popular girl in s...
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The Sound of Grass (2021)
- Director
- SAITO Hisashi
- Cast
- HIGASHIDE Masahiro, Nao, DAITOH Shunsuke
Fifth work by towering author Sato Yasushi to reach the big screen following And Your Bird Can Sing. Director Saito Hisashi updates the 1979 short story to contemporary times and lays bare the struggles of people dealing with loneliness. Kazuo (Higa...
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Baby Assasins (2021)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yugo
- Cast
- TAKAISHI Akari, IZAWA Saori, MIMOTO Masanori
A pair of socially awkward former high school girls and assassins attempt to fit in to society in this coming-of-age film writtend and directed by Sakamoto Yugo who has made a name for himself with fantastical films such as A Janitor. Chisato (Takai...
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The Lone Ume Tree (2021)
- Director
- WAJIMA Kotaro
- Cast
- KAGA Mariko, TSUKAJI Muga, WATANABE Ikkei
Drama that warmly and sincerely depicts the lives of an aging mother with her autistic son. Director Wajima Kotaro wrote the screenplay for Kyoto Elegy, which was selected for the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival. Yamada Tamako (Kaga Mariko) l...
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Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (2021)
- Director
- WATANABE Ayumu
- Cast
- OTAKE Shinobu, Cocomi, HANAE Natsuki
Popular comedian Akashiya Sanma produces his first animated feature film with this adaptation of Nishi Kanako's same-named novel. Official selection for the 45th Annecy International Animation Film Festival Nikuko (Otake Shinobu) and her fifth-grade...
