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  • The Quilt

    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...

  • The Ex-idol, Stuck in Life, Decided to Live with a Complete Stranger

    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...

  • TO MOM, WITH LOVE

    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...

  • we don't know love yet.

    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...

  • THE LAST PASSENGER

    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 ...

  • Living in Two Worlds

    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...

  • Desert of Namibia

    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...

  • Battle King!! Map of the Mind

    Battle King!! Map of the Mind (2025)

    Director
    TAKIGAWA Genki
    Cast
    YAMASHITA Eiku (ONE N' ONLY), TAKAO Hayato (ONE N' ONLY)

  • BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues

    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...

  • Sisam

    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 ...

  • Kanasando

    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...

  • Helpless

    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...

  • Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

    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...

  • Tokyo Heaven

    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...

  • DISTANCE

    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 ...

  • After Life

    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...

  • Play!

    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...

  • Motherhood

    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...

  • MENTAI PIRIRI ~PANSY FLOWER~

    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...

  • Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2

    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 ...

  • Nintama Rantarō: Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja

    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) ...

  • Promised Land

    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 ...

  • Voice

    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...

  • The Pearl Legacy

    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...

  • During the Rains

    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...