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The Quilt (2024)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Shimpei
- Cast
- SAITO Yoichiro, AKITANI Mone, KATAOKA Reiko
A film adaptation of Tayama Katai's immortal novel of the same name, which is considered a timeless masterpiece, but the setting is moved from the 19th century to the 21st century. Directed by Yamazaki Shinpei, who garnered attention for Take Over Zo...
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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
Hashiguchi Ryosuke helms his first feature film since Three Stories of Love nine years ago. Silver-screen version of the TV drama adapted from dramaturge Peyoung Maki's stage play by the same name. Three sisters take their mother on a hot springs tr...
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we don't know love yet. (2024)
- Director
- SAKAI Mai
- Cast
- ONISHI Ryusei, KUBOZUKA Airu, SAITO Nagisa
Live-action teen romance adaptation helmed by My Beautiful Man: Eternal director Sakai Mai. Based on the same-named comic from popular manga artist Mizuno Minami, known for "Rainbow Days." Second-year high school student Eiji (Onishi Ryusei) has a s...
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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
This is the first feature film in nine years from director Oh Mipo (The Light Shines Only There). Based on an autobiographical essay by writer Igarashi Dai, the film portrays the emotional journey of a young CODA (Child of Deaf Adults). A son is bor...
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Desert of Namibia (2024)
- Director
- YAMANAKA Yoko
- Cast
- KAWAI Yuumi, KANEKO Daichi, Kanichiro
The first full-fledged feature film from director Yamanaka Yoko of Amiko fame, which won the Audience Award at the PFF Awards 2014. She was the youngest film-maker ever invited to the 68th Berlin International Film Festival's Forum section. It was of...
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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
A historical epic about a young man fighting during the conflict between the Ainu and the Japanese. Directed by Nakao Hiroyuki, who is active in many fields, including the "Time Scoop Hunter" series and the novel "Bull Buster". Set in the early Edo ...
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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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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
- Director
- MITANI Koki
- Cast
- KARASAWA Toshiaki, SUZUKI Kyoka, NISHIMURA Masahiko
Mitani Koki's feature film directorial debut. The all-star cast delivers a poignant comedy about the on-set commotion during a live radio drama broadcast, based on the same-named play from the theatrical troupe Tokyo Sunshine Boys. Writer-cum-homema...
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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
- TAKAYAMA Minami, TANAKA Mayumi, ICHIRYUSAI Teiyu
This film adapts a fan-favorite episode from the novel version of the "Nintama Rantaro" TV series, which has been beloved by audiences of all ages since going on air in 1993. Author Sakaguchi Kazuhisa penned the script. Doi Hansuke (Toshihiko Seki) ...
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Promised Land (2023)
- Director
- IIJIMA Masashi
- Cast
- SUGITA Rairu, Kanichiro
The debut feature film by Iijima Masashi, director of the documentary Matagi, based on the novel of the same name by Iijima Kazuichi, which won the 40th Contemporary Newcomer of the Year Award. The film tells the story of two young men who take on a ...
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Voice (2023)
- Director
- MISHIMA Yukiko
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, CARROUSEL Maki, AIKAWA Show
Drama dealing with sexual assault and emotional scars from director Mishima Yukiko. Portrays three people as they live on the islands of Lake Toya in Hokkaido, Hachijojima in Tokyo, and Dojima in Osaka. Maki (Carrousel Maki) lives near Lake Toya, an...
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The Pearl Legacy (2022)
- Director
- TANAKA Mitsutoshi
- Cast
- HIGA Manami, MIURA Shohei, MIURA Tomokazu
This drama focusing on family inheritance deals with the adult guardian system that launched in 2000. Godai - The Wunderkind and 125 Years Memory director Tanaka Mitsutoshi teams up with script writer Komatsu Eriko again. Mitsuyo (Ishino Mako) passe...
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During the Rains (2024)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Shimpei
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Yukino, NISHINO Nagisa, YOSHIDA Ryoka
Film about youth and friendship for a woman who takes up "papa katsu," or sugar daddy dating, based on Nagai Kafu's same-named novel published in 1931 with the setting switched to Shibuya during COVID-19. Kotone (Takahashi Yukino) lives off the suga...