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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...
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Worlds Apart (2024)
- Director
- SETA Natsuki
- Cast
- ARAGAKI Yui, HAYASE Ikoi, Kaho
Georama Boy, Panorama Girl director Seta Natsuki adapts Yamashita Tomoko's popular same-named comic. Depicts the awkward yet endearing cohabitation of two protagonists who would never have crossed paths otherwise. Makio (Aragaki Yui) takes in 15-yea...
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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
Claustrophobic suspense feature film based on the same-named popular novel by Asakura Akinari, published in 2021. Helmed by Satoh Yuichi, known for Kisaragi and Strawberry Night. Six job seekers make it to the final stage of the hiring process at th...
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HIMURO RENJI (2024)
- Director
- TSUJI Hiroyuki
- Cast
- MOTOMIYA Yasukaze, KUROBA Mario, LIU Shadow
Feature film about the fatherly side of Himuro Renji, the protagonist of the popular yakuza series "Japan Unification." The Black Dragon Group's hideout in Okinawa is ready to launch an attack. Meanwhile, Himuro (Motomiya Yasukaze) and his Taiwanese...
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Tatsumi (2023)
- Director
- SHOJI Hiroshi
- Cast
- ENDO Yuya, MORITA Kokoro
This is the first feature film in eight years from director Shoji Hiroshi, who gained attention for his independent film Ken and Kazu. A film noir that depicts Japan's realistic underworld, but with a sense of statelessness throughout. One day, Tats...
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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
This Japan-Taiwan co-production is a teen romance based on the travelogue essays "Youth 18x2" that made a splash in Taiwan. Script and direction by Fujii Michihito. Taiwanese high school student Jimmy (Hsu Kuanghan) and Japanese backpacker Ami (Kiyo...
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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
A film adaptation of Mutsuki Jun's manga of the same title about a young man devoted to DTM (desktop music). Directed by Kazama Hiroki, director of the TV drama "Silent," which became a social phenomenon in Japan. Kiyosumi (Kawanishi Takumi) plays m...
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SECRET: A HIDDEN SCORE (2024)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- KYOMOTO Taiga, FURUKAWA Kotone
Based on the 2007 Taiwanese film of the same title, this is a love story directed by Kawai Hayato of My Love Story!! fame. Minato (Kyômoto Taiga), a music college student who is traumatized by his experience as a student studying piano overseas, mee...
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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...
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Domains (2018)
- Director
- KUSANO Natsuka
- Cast
- SHIBUYA Asami, KASAJIMA Tomo, ADACHI Tomomitsu
Sophomore feature film from Kusano Natsuka, who earned accolades within Japan and abroad for her debut film Antonym. Aki returns to her childhood home during a break from work and visits the new abode of Nodoka, her buddy from elementary school thro...
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Lightning Over the Beyond (2022)
- Director
- HANNO Yoshihiro
- Cast
- MAEDA Gordon, IKEUCHI Hiroyuki, Awich
A black-and-white road movie following a young man tracing the remnants of war in Nagasaki and Okinawa, guided by the work of Tomatsu Shomei, one of Japan's leading post-war photographers. Directed, scripted, and featuring the original story and musi...
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Actress Wouldn't Cry (2023)
- Director
- UDO Yoshifumi
- Cast
- RENBUTSU Misako, ITO Marika, KAMIKAWA Shusaku
This comedy marks the feature film directorial debut for CM director Udo Yoshifumi, who also directs and scripts TV dramas. Set in his hometown of Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture. When scandal leaves actress Rie (Renbutsu Misako) unemployable, she re...
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HOYAMAN (2023)
- Director
- SHOJI Teruaki
- Cast
- AFRO (MOROHA), KURESHIRO Kumi, KUROSAKI Kodai
In his feature debut, director Shoji Teruaki spins a tale of family rebirth in this drama shot entirely on location on a remote island that is part of his hometown of Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture. Akira (MOROHA Afro) catches "hoya" (sea squirt...
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September 1923 (2023)
- Director
- MORI Tatsuya
- Cast
- IURA Arata, TANAKA Rena, NAGAYAMA Eita
Drama about mob hysteria based on the 1923 Fukuda Village incident. Directed by Mori Tatsuya, known for the documentaries A and FAKE. The year is 1923. Sawada Tomokazu (Iura Arata) and his wife Shizuko (Tanaka Rena) leave Gyeongseong (Seoul at prese...
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Graveyard of Youth (2021)
- Director
- OKUDA Yosuke
- Cast
- KASAHARA Takashi, FURUKAWA Nae, TANAKA Atsuyuki
Director Okuda Yosuke (Tokyo Playboy Club) returns to his roots with this ensemble piece, his first film in six years and with the same title as his debut. A man working in a Chinese restaurant in downtown Tokyo is asked by a middle-aged woman, who ...
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A Far Shore (2022)
- Director
- KUDO Masaaki
- Cast
- HANASE Kotone, ISHIDA Yumemi, SAKUMA Yoshiro
Social drama that won the Audience Award in Competition at the 23rd TOKYO FILMeX. Director Kudo Masaaki, who attracted attention with his feature debut I'm Crazy, shot the entire film on location in Okinawa. 17-year-old Aoi (Hanase Kotone) lives wit...
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Mountain Woman (2022)
- Director
- FUKUNAGA Takeshi
- Cast
- YAMADA Anna, MORIYAMA Mirai, NAGASE Masatoshi
Drama inspired by folklorist Yanagida Kunio's famous book ‘Tales of Tono'. Directed and scripted by Fukunaga Takeshi, whose Ainu Moshir was highly acclaimed abroad. Tohoku in the late 18th century. Rin (Yamada Anna) lives in a village suffering from...
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A Spoiling Rain (2023)
- Director
- ARAI Haruhiko
- Cast
- AYANO Go, EMOTO Tasuku, SATO Honami
Film adaptation of the novel of the same title by Matsuura Hisaki, winner of the 123rd Akutagawa Prize. This love story by renowned screenwriter Arai Haruhiko is his fourth film as a director, following It Feels So Good, and incorporates a motif not ...
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Brats, Be Ambitious! (2023)
- Director
- ADACHI Shin
- Cast
- IKEGAWA Yukiya, TASHIRO Hikaru, SHIRAISHI Kiichi
A coming-of-age film based on his novel 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid', a 20-year project by Adachi Shin (A Beloved Wife). The seven schoolchildren who become the protagonists are portrayed vividly through long takes. Primary school student Shun (Ikegawa Yu...
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December (2022)
- Director
- Anshul CHAUHAN
- Cast
- Shogen, MEGUMI, MATSUURA Ryo
Suspenseful social drama about juvenile crime. Directed by Chauhan Anshul, an Indian director living in Japan who gained international acclaim for his second feature film Kontora. Seven years after his daughter was murdered, Higuchi Katsu (Shogen) r...
