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S-friends 2 (2023)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- YUKIHIRA Aika, AOYAGI Sho
Second part of a two-part film adaptation of the popular manga by Minato Yoriko. Directed by Hideo Jojo of On the Edge of Their Seats fame. Morimura Shoko (Yukihira Aika) is a 36-year-old single mother who has been in a "friendship" with Kitada Kazu...
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S-friends (2023)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- YUKIHIRA Aika, AOYAGI Sho
Part one of a two-part film adaptation of the popular manga by Minato Yoriko. Directed by Jojo Hideo On the Edge of Their Seats, the film depicts the emotions of a man and woman who spend the night together at a class reunion. 36-year-old Morimura S...
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Home Sweet Home (2023)
- Director
- SAITOH Takumi
- Cast
- KUBOTA Masataka, RENBUTSU Misako, Nao
Film adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name by Kamizu Rinko. Directed by actor director Saito Takumi, whose first-time feature film blank13 was highly acclaimed at film festivals in Japan and abroad. Kiyosawa Kenji (Kubota Masataka), a...
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Tea Friends (2022)
- Director
- SOTOYAMA Bunji
- Cast
- OKAMOTO Rei
A socially-conscious ensemble drama inspired by the news of an actual 2013 prostitution club bust involving the elderly. Directed and written by Sotoyama Bunji, who made his feature film debut with Sansan. Tokioka Shigeo (Watanabe Tetsu), a lonely m...
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Tuberose (2022)
- Director
- FUCHIZAWA Yuki
- Cast
- KIYOSE Yuki, MATSUI Kenta, MATSUMOTO Hiroyuki
Fuchisawa Yuki, who works as an announcer and narrator, makes her feature film directorial debut with an intense love story for adults. The screenplay is written by Nogi Lily, who also wrote the screenplay for Wish Upon A Star: Grandad Wants to be a ...
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SIDE BY SIDE (2023)
- Director
- ITO Chihiro
- Cast
- SAKAGUCHI Kentaro, SAITO Asuka, ASAKA Kodai
A human drama conceived and produced by director Yukisada Isao, with an original screenplay by Ito Chihiro, who has worked with him on films such as Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World. Miyama (Sakaguchi Kentaro), who can see "other people's...
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The Water Flows to the Sea (2023)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- HIROSE Suzu, ONISHI Riku, KORA Kengo
Film adaptation of the same-named manga by Tajima Rettou that portrays good times in a shared house. Directed by Maeda Tetsu of And So The Baton Is Passed. High school student Naotatsu (Onishi Riku) moves in with his uncle Shigemichi (Kora Kengo). T...
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A LIFE WITH MY ALZHEIMER’S HUSBAND (2023)
- Director
- MIHARA Mitsuhiro
- Cast
- KANJIYA Shihori, WADA Masato
Based on a true story, this human drama depicts the nine-year journey of a husband, who was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 39, and his wife. Tadano Koichi (Wada Masato), who lives with his wife Mao (Kanjiya Shihori) and their two daughters, i...
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MONSTER (2023)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- ANDO Sakura, NAGAYAMA Eita, KUROKAWA Soya
A suspense film from an original screenplay by Sakamoto Yuji, directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu (Shoplifters), which is also attracting attention for being the last film score by Sakamoto Ryuichi, who passed away in March 2023. In a suburban lakeside to...
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Mom, Is That You?! (2023)
- Director
- YAMADA Yoji
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, OIZUMI Yo
Family drama that marks the 90th film helmed by 91-year-old maestro director Yamada Yoji. Highly anticipated as his third film about motherhood in collaboration with legendary actress Yoshinaga Sayuri, after Kabei: Our Mother and Nagasaki: Memories o...
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WE'RE BROKE, MY LORD! (2023)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, SUGISAKI Hana, MATSUYAMA Kenichi
Asada Jiro's same-named historical novel adapted for the silver screen. Director Maeda Tetsu co-wrote the script with Inaba Kazuhiro to capture the thrills of humanity during the Edo period. Koshiro (Kamiki Ryunosuke) grew up as the son of a salmon ...
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SINGLE8 (2023)
- Director
- KONAKA Kazuya
- Cast
- UEMURA Yu, TAKAISHI Akari
A coming-of-age portrait set in the 1970s about young people who were passionate about 8mm films. Director Konaka Kazuya, who has worked on the "Heisei Ultraman" series, has realized his dream project based on his own experiences. In the summer of 1...
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THE FARTHEST (2023)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- KITAZAWA Hibiki, NAKAJIMA Ayumu
Director Koshikawa Michio, who has depicted people's lives and sexuality from a unique perspective in films such as Life and Death on the Shore and Ararat, presents a love story about the escapades of a man and woman with a painful past. Todo (Nakaj...
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Dreaming of the Meridian Arc (2022)
- Director
- NAKANISHI Kenji
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, MATSUYAMA Kenichi, KITAGAWA Keiko
A film adaptation of the rakugo story, "The Tale of Ino Tadataka: The Road to Taiga", by storyteller Tatekawa Shinosuke. This drama spins a tale of Ino Tadataka, who completed a map of Japan in 1821, which is set in two different periods, the Edo pe...
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SABAKAN / Summer Days, 1986 (2022)
- Director
- KANAZAWA Tomoki
- Cast
- BANKA Ichiro, HARADA Konosuke, ONO Machiko
The directorial debut of Kanazawa Tomoki, who has written and directed mainly TV and stage plays, such as the TBS drama "Naoki Hanzawa." Set in 1980s Nagasaki, this coming-of-age film depicts "one summer" in the lives of two boys on an adventure tog...
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LONE WOLF (2022)
- Director
- MUGURUMA Shunji
- Cast
- MINAMI Shota, TAKAHASHI Masashi
Hard-hitting action film that questions the very existence of stuntmen in the age of CG. Directed and scripted by Muguruma Shunji of My Love is a Sniper. Hoshi Akira (Minami Shota), who was just a kid when his father died, becomes a professional mot...
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People Who Talk to Plushies Are Kind (2023)
- Director
- KANEKO Yurina
- Cast
- HOSODA Kanata, KOMAI Ren, SHINTANI Yuzumi
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Omae Ao, who has attracted attention for his delicate sensibilities. This is the feature-length commercial debut for director Kaneko Yurina, whose independent film The Wandering Plants was selected for the P...
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Downfall (2023)
- Director
- TAKENAKA Naoto
- Cast
- SAITOH Takumi, Shuri, MEGUMI
The tenth feature film from Nowhere Man director Takenaka Naoto, based on the bold work that took manga artist Asano Inio into new territory. Vividly exposes the struggles of an artist through a manga artist's downfall. Manga artist Fukazawa Kaoru (...
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FATHER OF THE MILKY WAY RAILROAD (2022)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, SUDA Masaki, MORI Nana
Film adaptation of the Naoki Prize-winning novel of the same title by Kadoi Yoshinobu, which depicts the family that supported Miyazawa Kenji. The film was directed by Narushima Izuru (Rebirth). Kenji (Suda Masaki) is born the eldest son of a wealth...
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Baby Assasins 2 Babies (2023)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yugo
- Cast
- TAKAISHI Akari, IZAWA Saori, MIZUISHI Atomu
A sequel to the action film Baby Assassins in which two female assassins struggle to fit in with society. Once again, Sakamoto Yugo directs and Sonomura Kensuke of Manhunt is the action director. Chisato (Takaishi Akari) and Mahiro (Izawa Saori) str...
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Okiku and the World (2023)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- KUROKI Haru, Kanichiro, IKEMATSU Sosuke
Sakamoto Junji helms this coming-of-age drama about the lives of young people at the end of the Edo period. Kasamatsu Norimichi, who collaborated with Sakamoto on Face and A Winter Rose, renders the story with vivid black-and-white cinematography. T...
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TELL ME (2022)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Rempei
- Cast
- IMAI Tsubasa, TSUKAMOTO Takashi, JUON
Based on a book written by the younger brother of X-JAPAN guitarist Hide, who has fans around the world, director Tsukamoto Renpei (Bento Harassment) adapts the book to film. The film spins a tale of hope as the younger brother and his friends delive...
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THE FIRST SLAM DUNK (2022)
- Director
- INOUE Takehiko
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Shugo, KASAMA Jun, KAMIO Shinichiro
Prologue Shohoku's "speedster" and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota had a brother who was three years older. Fo...
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SHIMAMORI (2022)
- Director
- IGARASHI Sho
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Masato, MURAKAMI Jun, YOSHIOKA Riho
A human drama, set in Okinawa at the end of World War II, depicting the preciousness of human life. Directed by Igarashi Sho of One Step on a Mine, It's All Over. Together with Shimada Akira (Hagiwara Masato), the last appointed governor of Okinawa ...
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Fragments of The Last Will (2022)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Kazunari, KITAGAWA Keiko
Drama depicting the 11-year bond between real-life Japanese POW Yamamoto Hatao, his wife and his fellow internees in a Siberian concentration camp (Lageri). Set in Siberia 1945, during a severe winter that is forty degrees below zero. Yamamoto (Nin...
