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Aristocrats (2021)
- Director
- SODE Yukiko
- Cast
- KADOWAKI Mugi, MIZUHARA Kiko, KORA Kengo
Good Stripes director Sode Yukiko helms this film adaptation of a novel by Yamauchi Mariko, who has seen numerous works on the big screen. Shows the lives of two women living in very different worlds in the same city. Hanako (Kadowaki Mugi) had a sh...
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Day of Destruction (2020)
- Director
- TOYODA Toshiaki
- Cast
- SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, MahiToThePeople, Issey OGATA
In January of 2020, director Toyoda Toshiaki developed this ambitious film about the state of society with the Tokyo Olympics approaching. He used crowdfunding to produce the film as the spreading COVID-19 infections raised questions about the very m...
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Love Letter (1953)
- Director
- TANAKA Kinuyo
- Cast
- MORI Masayuki, KUGA Yoshiko, KAGAWA Kyoko
Directorial debut for celebrated actress Tanaka Kinuyo. All-star cast depicts the sorrowful romance of a couple at the mercy of fate. Script by Kinoshita Keisuke. Reikichi has been searching for his beloved Michiko for five years since the end of th...
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Ginza Cosmetics (1951)
- Director
- NARUSE Mikio
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, HORI Yuji, KAGAWA Kyoko
Lyrical film from Naruse Mikio that poignantly portrays women working as hostesses in Ginza still recovering from the war. Tanaka Kiniyo performs brilliantly as both "woman" and "mother." Yukiko works as a hostess in Ginza while raising the son she ...
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Forever By Your Side (2020)
- Director
- UEDA Tokitaka
- Cast
- SEON Min-Gyeong, ONO Hiroshi, NONAKA Tomoko
Kansai-based film production studio Theater Café Nyan assembles a cast and crew of Japanese and Koreans for this co-production. Set both in Japan and Korea, the film depicts a trio of themes: two forms of love, friendship, and a way of living. Mamor...
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HERO 2020 (2020)
- Director
- SAIJO Mitsutoshi
- Cast
- HIROSE Tomoki, KITAHARA Rie, KOMATSU Junya
Saijo Mitsutoshi, a playwright and theatre director who wrote the screenplay for the film blank13, adapts to film the debut play of the theatre company he supervises, Taiyo Magic Film. It depicts the mayhem revolving around a "two year limit on love"...
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Closet (2020)
- Director
- SHINDO Takehiro
- Cast
- MINOGAWA Yosuke, KURIBAYASHI Aino, ARAI Iku
Drama about the "spiritual loneliness" lurking within contemporary society. Helmed by Shindo Takehiro, who cut his chops assistant directing films by Park Chan-wook and others. Selected for some thirty film festivals worldwide, including the Cineques...
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The Murders of Oiso (2019)
- Director
- MISAWA Takuya
- Cast
- MORIYA Koji, NAKAZAKI Haya, MORI Yusaku
Drama about uncertainty and loneliness as experienced by young people in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture. Director Misawa Takuya's debut feature film Chigasaki Story was a Japan-Thailand co-production screened at the 44th International Film Festival Rotter...
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BOLT (2019)
- Director
- HAYASHI Kaizo
- Cast
- NAGASE Masatoshi, SANO Shiro, KANAYAMA Kazuhiko
Hayashi Kaizo of the "Private Detective Mike Hama" series writes and directs this short film omnibus which took three years to complete. It consists of three episodes titled "Bolt", "Life", and "Goodyear" each starring Hayashi's close friend Nagase M...
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MO-RUERANI (2020)
- Director
- TSUBOKAWA Takushi
- Cast
- OSUGI Ren, OHTSUKA Nene, KAGAWA Kyoko
Filmmaker Tsubokawa Takushi moved from Tokyo to Muroran City in Hokkaido. He has written a series of scripts for seven stories based on anecdotes he heard from Muroran residents and turned them into this film of somewhat connected episodes. (Osugi ...
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LOVE STAGE!! (2020)
- Director
- INOUE Hiroki
- Cast
- SGUYAMA Mahiro, NAKADA Hiroki, WAGO Shinichi
With foreign language versions of the manga as well as anime winning popularity abroad, the "boys love" manga of the same name is adapted to film by original author Eiki Eiki and illustrator Zao Taishi. The protagonists are a star-studded assembly of...
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Care Nin 2 The Flower in Your Heart (2020)
- Director
- SUZUKI Kosuke
- Cast
- TOZUKA Junki, SHIMA Kaori, WATABIKI Katsuhiko
This is the sequel to the film dealing with nursing care, Care Nin: Thank God You're Here. Director Suzuki Kosuke and lead actor Tozuka Junki who plays the care worker both continue on from the first film. Omori Kei (Tozuka) has come to work for a l...
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The Crocodile that Lived for 100 Days (2021)
- Director
- UEDA Shinichiro, FUKUDA Miyuki
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, NAKAMURA Tomoya, KIMURA Subaru
Feature-length animation inspired by "Wani Dies in 100 Days," the 4-frame manga posted daily for 100 days on Twitter. Direction and screenplay by One Cut of the Dead director Ueda Shinichiro and his wife Fukuda Miyuki. The crocodile Wani (Kamiki Ryu...
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Between Us (2021)
- Director
- OKUAKI Yasuo
- Cast
- KONNO Ayaka, KUBOTA Sayu, FUKIKOSHI Mitsuru
The moment young girls harboring many anxieties connect with others through taiko drumming is depicted with a fresh spin in this coming-of-age film. At the helm is Okuaki Yasuo, whose feature debut was Kagurame. Tamaki (Konno Ayaka), who attends a ...
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In Those Days (2020)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, NAKANO Taiga, YAMANAKA Takashi
The everyday highs and lows of friends enamored with the idol group Hello! Project is entertainingly told in this revival-of-youth film. Imaizumi Rikiya of Just Only Love directs from a script by Tominaga Masanori of Pumpkin and Mayonnaise. Tsurugi ...
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Tidying Up With Love and Thanks (2020)
- Director
- ONUMA Yuichi
- Cast
- BITO Isao, NAKAO Mie
A husband termed the liquidation of his wife's estate "kanshari" (throwing away with thanks). This film adapts the identically titled essay in which are written his feelings for his wife. Kenzo's (Bito Isao) wife Kazuko (Nakao Mie) had lived with hi...
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First Gentleman (2021)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, NAKATANI Miki
Best-selling author Harada Maha's about a married couple is adapted to film by director Kawai Hayato, who has worked as an assistant director on films by Somai Shinji, and Kuroki Kazuo, in addition to producing a numerous hit titles. Rinko (Nakatani...
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EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK (2021)
- Director
- TAKAHATA Hideta
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, KAZAMA Shunsuke, TSUCHIYA Tao
Sato Shogo's 2014 similarly titled novel is adapted into this live-action film. At the helm is Takahata Shuta who has worked on a variety of film genres. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Fujii Kiyomi of Rurouni Kenshin. Tsuda Shinichi (Fujiwara ...
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Fictitious girl's diary The Movie (2020)
- Director
- SUMIDA Takashi
- Cast
- Bakarhythm, Kaho, USUDA Asami
Multitalented TV personality Bakarhythm blogged about his pretend life as an "office lady", which became the basis for a TV drama and now comes to the silver screen. Bakarhythm stars in the film and penned the script to deliver a keenly observed and ...
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The Women (2021)
- Director
- UCHIDA Nobuteru
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Yukiko, KURASHINA Kana, TAKAHATA Atsuko
Okuyama Kazuyoshi, a prominent producer in the Japanese film industry, executive produces this drama helmed by Uchida Nobuteru who directed Love Addiction and Odayaka. Misaki (Shinohara Yukiko) cares for her mother while working at a local daycare c...
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Around the Table (2021)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Soushi
- Cast
- NISHIDA Naomi, ICHIKAWA Miwako, OSHINARI Shugo
Feature-length drama based on the short online drama that reached 6 million views, produced by the e-commerce store Hokuou Kurashi no Douguten. Selected for the Hawaii International Film Festival. The Aoba household consists of single mother Haruko ...
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Osaka Loan Shark (2021)
- Director
- ISHIHARA Takahiro
- Cast
- MASAKI Reiya, SAKAKIBARA Tetsuji, ASAI Daichi
"Osaka Violence" series director Ishihara Takahiro depicts the humorously sad, and wild human relationships of people converging on black market loans in this coming-of-age story of young people. After serving a two-year sentence for assault, Sugimu...
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A Janitor (2020)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yugo
- Cast
- FUKUSHI Seiji, IMOU Haruka, MAENO Tomoya
Suspense gangster film about the dramatic rescue that happens at a school ripped apart by gang warfare. Helmed by Sakamoto Yugo, who excels at action, suspense and violence. Fukumi (Fukushi Seiji) is a high school janitor whose father was a gangster...
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Riverside Mukolitta (2021)
- Director
- OGIGAMI Naoko
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, MURO Tsuyoshi, MITSUSHIMA Hikari
An original screenplay by Ogigami Naoko, director of Close-Knit, tells a story of human connections. This ensemble drama questions the meaning of happiness through the warmth of conversation around a dinner table shared with other people. Yamada (Ma...
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Tomorrow's Dinner Table (2021)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- KANNO Miho, TAKAHATA Mitsuki, ONO Machiko
Drama maestro Zeze Takehisa helms this adaptation of the same-named novel by Yazuki Michiko, winner of prestigious literary awards in Japan. Depicts the epic tale of three mothers whose children share the name "You." Rumiko (Kanno Miho), Kana (Takah...
