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A NEW DAWN (2024)
- Director
- SHINOMIYA Yoshitoshi
- Cast
— A phantom firework representing the universe that his father used to create. It has been four years since Keitaro has been holed up in a closed-down factory, chasing after an illusion of his father who vanished. It was once part of a forest surr...
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MARU (2024)
- Director
- OGIGAMI Naoko
- Cast
- DOMOTO Tsuyoshi, AYANO Go
Noboru Sawada, forty-four years old. An art college graduate, not only himself but even those around him once did not doubt his talent and potential, but he has lost such feelings and now works as an assistant in the studio of a charismatic contempo...
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Tomorrow in the Finder (2024)
- Director
- AKIYAMA Jun
- Cast
- HIRAIZUMI Sei, SANO Masaya
Samejima is a quiet photographer who runs an old photo studio. Taichi is an up-and- coming photographer who is fascinated by Samejima's photograph and asks him to become his mentor by leaving behind a spectacular career. Taichi who avoids even commun...
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Belonging (2024)
- Director
- HIGASHI Kahori
- Cast
- HASHIMOTO Tsumugi, KUSHIJIMA Soshi, KUSUDA Yuto
A person in charge of "Belonging" appears before people whose lives have ended and tells them, "Do you have any regrets in this world? If you have, you can become an object and return there." A wife decides to become her husband's favorite mug, a boy...
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UNBEATABLE: ROAD TO TOKYO (2024)
- Director
- Akrom ISAKOV
- Cast
- Aziz KULIEV, Temur BABAYAROV, Philippe REINHARDT
Jarolov grew up in a beautiful farming village in Uz-bekistan. For the sake of his village and his family, he chose boxing as a career. Soon, Jarolov wins not only the Asian Championship but also the World Championship. He also takes a challenge at p...
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The Quilt (2024)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Shimpei
- Cast
- SAITO Yoichiro, AKITANI Mone, KATAOKA Reiko
Tokio Takenaka (48) is a scriptwriter who's lost his passion for his work, and whose relationship with his wife Madoka (37) has turned sour. He spends his days lost in a haze. One day, a girl named Yoshimi Yokoyama (21) barges into his office, saying...
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The Ex-idol, Stuck in Life, Decided to Live with a Complete Stranger (2023)
- Director
- AKIYAMA Mayu
- Cast
- FUKAGAWA Mai, MATSUURA Ryo, YANAGI Yurina
Film adaptation of the true-life novel of the same name by former SDN48 member Oki Akiko. Directed by Akiyama Mayu, an up-and-coming filmmaker who has garnered attention for such films as Rent a Friend and Early Dawn Colored Weekend. Former idol Aki...
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TO MOM, WITH LOVE (2024)
- Director
- HASHIGUCHI Ryosuke
- Cast
- EGUCHI Noriko, UCHIDA Chika, FURUKAWA Kotone
Directed by Ryosuke HASHIGUCHI ("All Around Us", "Three Stories of Love"), this is a story of family, bringing you laughter and tears. Yayoi, Manami, and Kiyomi are 3 sisters with different characters, each hiding their own complex from each other...
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we don't know love yet. (2024)
- Director
- SAKAI Mai
- Cast
- ONISHI Ryusei, KUBOZUKA Airu, SAITO Nagisa
Based on a popular girls' comic of the same title by Minami Mizuno. A genuine love story where the deep connections between six high school students come alive, offering a 360-degree whirlwind of heartwarming moments and surprising turns. In thei...
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THE LAST PASSENGER (2024)
- Director
- HORIE Takashi
- Cast
- IWATA Karen, FUKE Norimasa
This story unfolds in a small coastal town of Tohoku, Northeastern Japan, where a disastrous Tsunami wiped out the entire town and took thousands of people's lives ten years ago. Now, Endo, a taxi driver, waits at a train station every night for his ...
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Living in Two Worlds (2024)
- Director
- O Mipo
- Cast
- YOSHIZAWA Ryo
Dai is born to deaf parents and has been raised with deep love in rural Japan. However, as he grows older, he becomes troubled by his differences from others and begins to blame his deaf mother for his daily frustrations. When he turns 20, Dai leaves...
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Desert of Namibia (2024)
- Director
- YAMANAKA Yoko
- Cast
- KAWAI Yuumi, KANEKO Daichi, Kanichiro
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Battle King!! Map of the Mind (2025)
- Director
- TAKIGAWA Genki
- Cast
- YAMASHITA Eiku (ONE N' ONLY), TAKAO Hayato (ONE N' ONLY)
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BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues (2025)
- Director
- HOKIMOTO Sora
- Cast
The story is based on the autobiography of Takuo Honda, the owner of BAUS Theater. Shinji Aoyama was scheduled to direct this movie before he passed away. Sora Hokimoto, Aoyama's favorite disciple, took over the project and completed the film, contin...
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Sisam (2024)
- Director
- NAKAO Hiroyuki
- Cast
- Kanichiro, WADA Masato, SAHEL Rosa
In the 17th century, early in the Edo Period of Japanese history, trade with the indigenous Ainu is the main source of income for the Matsumae clan. Kojiro, the son of a Matsumae clan retainer, and his older brother, Einosuke, are sent to Ezo for the...
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Kanasando (2025)
- Director
- TERUYA Toshiyuki
- Cast
- MATSUDA Ruka, HORIUCHI Keiko, ASANO Tadanobu
This is a story of a family living on an island in Okinawa. Traumatized by her father's infidelity and her mother's death, Mika leaves the island alone. She has never been back to the home island since, but one day she is informed of her father's cr...
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Helpless (1996)
- Director
- AOYAMA Shinji
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, MITSUISHI Ken, TSUJI Kaori
Aoyama Shinji's feature film directorial debut. Coming-of-age drama produced as part of the third season in WOWOW's J・Movie・Wars and shot in Kitakyushu, the director's hometown. In 1989, Kenji (Asano Tadanobu) is an aimless high school student idlin...
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Tokyo Heaven (1990)
- Director
- SOMAI Shinji
- Cast
- MAKISE Riho, NAKAI Kiichi, SHOFUKUTEI Tsurube
This fantasy starring newcomer Makise Rino brings a new twist to the "pop star as heroine" genre. Directed by Somai Shinji, who was recognized for his definitive take on idol films. Campaign girl Yu (Makise Riho) dies in a traffic accident. Upon arr...
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DISTANCE (2001)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- ARATA, ISEYA Yusuke, TERAJIMA Susumu
Maboroshi and Wonderful Life director Kore-eda Hirokazu helms this drama about relatives of people who committed mass murder. Documentary maestro Yamazaki Yutaka shot the film almost entirely handheld and captured the protagonists' shifting emotions ...
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After Life (1998)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- ARATA, ODA Erika, TERAJIMA Susumu
Second film by Kore-eda Hirokazu, whose numerous honors for Maborosi included the Golden Osella Award at the Venice International Film Festival. Fantasy drama about the seven days between a person's death and arrival in the afterlife. Twenty-two dea...
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Play! (2024)
- Director
- FURUMAYA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- OKUDAIRA Daiken, SUZUKA Oji
Japan's first theatrical release about e-sports was inspired by the real-life experiences of a boy in Tokushima Prefecture. Directed by Furumaya Tomoyuki of The Homeless Student. Shota's (Okudaira Daiken) interest is piqued by a poster at school rec...
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Motherhood (2022)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- TODA Erika, NAGANO Mei
Hiroki Ryuichi adapts the same-named novel by Confession author Minato Kanae. The truth behind a mystery is laid bare through the eyes of a mother unable to love her daughter and the daughter who desires maternal affection. A high school girl is fou...
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MENTAI PIRIRI ~PANSY FLOWER~ (2023)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- HAKATA Hanamaru, TOMITA Yasuko
This is the second theatrical film outing for the TV drama series ‘Mentai Piriiri', which won the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Award for two consecutive years. As per the previous film, Eguchi Kan (The Fable) directs. At Fukunoya, a gro...
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Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2 (2023)
- Director
- KAWAKE Shunsaku
- Cast
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi, KATAOKA Ainosuke, KANNO Miho
Two films starring Toyokawa Etsushi adapt Ikenami Shotaro's series that rivals his "Onihei Hankacho" and "Kenkyaku Shobai" in popularity. Produced to commemorate the centennial of the great historical novelist's birth. Fujieda Baian (Toyokawa) is a ...
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Nintama Rantarō: Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja (2024)
- Director
- FUJIMORI Masaya
- Cast
- TANAKA Mayumi, TAKAYAMA Minami, ICHIRYUSAI Teiyu
- Introduction - The loyal fanbase of Nintama Rantarō has long awaited a film adaptation of a popular novel, which will now come to fruition. This is an action-packed, tear-jerker story, never-before-seen on TV. Nintama Rantarō is a long-running an...
