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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
- 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...
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Promised Land (2023)
- Director
- IIJIMA Masashi
- Cast
- SUGITA Rairu, Kanichiro
The year is 1983 in the village of Hibara, located deep within the mountains of Yamagata Prefecture in northern Japan. In this place, the traditions of the matagi, bear hunters since ancient times, remain strong. When the snow begins to thaw, the men...
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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
Kotone (20) is a former cabaret club hostess who lost her job due to corona. She meets a man at a dating café and survives off using him as a sugar daddy. Kotone gets in a lot of trouble, including being the subject of an internet slander campaign th...
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Worlds Apart (2024)
- Director
- SETA Natsuki
- Cast
- ARAGAKI Yui, HAYASE Ikoi, Kaho
The story of two women who find themselves living together: a shy writer named Makio Kodai (Age 35), and her niece, Asa Takumi (Age 15). It all starts at the funeral for Asa's parents, who died in a car accident. When Makio hears her relatives ca...
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OSHORIN (2023)
- Director
- KODAMA Yoshihisa
- Cast
- KITANO Kie, KOIZUMI Kotaro, MORISAKI Win
Human drama adapted from Fujioka Yoko's novel of the same name. The film focuses on two brothers "spirit of craftsmanship" and the family love that supported them as they laid the business foundations in Fukui Prefecture, which accounts for 95% of do...
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6 Lying University Students (2024)
- Director
- SATOH Yuichi
- Cast
- HAMABE Minami, AKASO Eiji, SANO Hayato
The setting is a recruitment examination for an IT company, there are six finalists who are given the task to build a team and hold a discussion in one month's time. So, they deepen their interaction with each other so that all to receive offers. But...
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HIMURO RENJI (2024)
- Director
- TSUJI Hiroyuki
- Cast
- MOTOMIYA Yasukaze, KUROBA Mario, LIU Shadow
A message arrives on Himuro's smartphone from his son Yuta, who is now a high school student. Himuro stares at the message with a startled expression. The message is a single word - Revenge. Then, there is a picture of Yuta, gagged and staring resent...
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Tatsumi (2023)
- Director
- SHOJI Hiroshi
- Cast
- ENDO Yuya, MORITA Kokoro
A sad revenge drama about Tatsumi and Aoi. Directed by Shoji Hiroshi of Ken and Kazu, which won the Japanece Cinema Splash Best Film Award at TIFF 2015. One day, Tatsumi, a lonely underworld worker, comes across the murder scene of his ex-girlfrie...
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Sin and Evil (2024)
- Director
- SAITO Yuki
- Cast
- KORA Kengo, DAITOH Shunsuke, ISHIDA Takuya
Mystery about the sins that burden three childhood friends and a new murder case in the making. Saito Yuki makes his directorial debut with the script that he penned. When 14-year-old Masaki is killed, his classmates Haru, Akira and Saku barge into ...
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18x2 Beyond Youthful Days (2024)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- HSU Kuanghan, KIYOHARA Kaya, JOSEPH Chang
Jimmy goes back to his parents' house for the first time in a long time and finds a postcard from Ami. Ami, a backpacker from Japan, showed up at the his work place 18 years ago. Jimmy's memories of his first love come back to him, and he sets off...
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The Quiet Yakuza -Part 2- (2023)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Kento
- Cast
- ITO Kentaro
A new live-action adaptation of the popular yakuza manga ‘The Quiet Don' by Nitta Tatsuo, comprehensively produced by Motomiya Yasukaze of the "Japan Unification" series. The second part of a two-part theatrical release whereby four chapters are divi...
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BUZZY NOISE (2024)
- Director
- KAZAMA Hiroki
- Cast
- KAWANISHI Takumi, SAKURADA Hiyori
Ushio loves the music played by Kiyosumi, her neighbor in the same apartment. One day, she posts a video of Kiyosumi immersed in his music, which unexpectedly goes viral and changes Kiyosumi's isolated life. He discovers real joy in sessions with his...
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SECRET: A HIDDEN SCORE (2024)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- KYOMOTO Taiga, FURUKAWA Kotone
Minato, back from piano studies abroad, encounters Yukino at his music university playing an enigmatic piano in an old music room set for demolition. Mesmerized by her enchanting melodies, he asks for the piece's title, but she mischievously keeps it...
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The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (2023)
- Director
- KOGA Go
- Cast
- SEKI Toshihiko, KIUCHI Hidenobu, TANEZAKI Atsumi
This feature-length animated film, produced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the original author Mizuki Shigeru, depicts the story leading up to the birth of Kitaro, which should be called "Episode 0" of the sixth season of the TV...
