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The Craft of Memories (2020)
- Director
- IKEDA Chihiro
- Cast
- ISHII Anna, KURIHARA Goro, EMOTO Tokio
Suspense film that brings a title from manga artist Yoshino Sakumi, who died suddenly in 2016, to the big screen for the first time. Tells the story of a high school girl who confronts shocking facts and goes on a journey to find herself. Karen (Ish...
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Fake Plastic Planet (2018)
- Director
- SONO Kenichi
- Cast
- YAMAYA Kasumi
Winner of the Best Lead Actress of a Foreign Language Film Award at the Madrid International Film Festival 2019, this survival story was independently funded by director Sono Kenichi who has worked in television and commercials. Shiho (Yamaya Kasumi...
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NO CALL NO LIFE (2021)
- Director
- IGASHI Aya
- Cast
- YUKI Mio, INOUE Yuki
Kabei Yukako's same-named novel arrives on the silver screen to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the talent agency Horipro. Igashi Aya grabbed the spotlight with her feature film debut A Crimson Star, and she scripted and helmed this story about t...
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THE CONFIDENCE MAN JP -EPISODE OF THE PRINCESS- (2020)
- Director
- TANAKA Akira
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami, HIGASHIDE Masahiro, KOTE Shinya
This is the second film in the theatrical film series based on the hit television show depicting con-men duping one another. Set on the "legendary island" of Langkawi, a con game unfolds with a multimillionaire's supposed 10-trillion-yen inheritance ...
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The Promised Neverland (2020)
- Director
- HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
- Cast
- HAMABE Minami, JO Kairi, ITAGAKI Rihito
Director Hirakawa Yuichiro adapts to film the popular manga of the same name which has sold over 26 million copies worldwide and is soon to become serialized on television abroad. Orphan boys and girls learn the shocking truth about their own circums...
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The Town of Headcounts (2020)
- Director
- ARAKI Shinji
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Tomoya, ISHIBASHI Shizuka, TACHIBANA Eri
Feature film debut for prolific CM and music videos director Araki Shinji, adapting the original story that was runner-up for the 1st Kinoshita Group New Director Award Grand Prix in 2017. Aoyama (Nakamura Tomoya) is being beaten up by a debt collec...
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The Voice of Sin (2020)
- Director
- DOI Nobuhiro
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, HOSHINO Gen
Doi Nobuhiro, director of hit films such as The Wings of the Kirin, helms this thriller inspired by an actual unsolved case that rocked Japan. Akutsu (Oguri Shun), a newspaper reporter, is chasing down the story of an unsolved case from thirty-five ...
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Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2020)
- Director
- NAGAOKA Chika
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Minami, YAMAZAKI Wakana, KOYAMA Rikiya
Twenty-fourth "Detective Conan" theatrical feature film based on Aoyama Gosho's comic serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday, which has also been turned into a TV anime series. An unprecedented incident erupts at World Sports Games, the world's biggest s...
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Beneath the Shadow (2020)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- AYANO Go, MATSUDA Ryuhei
Mystery based on Numata Shinsuke's novel, which won the 157th Akutagawa Prize. Set in Morioka, the film depicts the rebirth of a man who confronts the disappearance of his friend. Directed by Otomo Keishi and stars Ayano Go and Matsuda Ryuhei. Konno...
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Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)
- Director
- NAGAOKA Chika
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Minami, YAMAZAKI Wakana, KOYAMA Rikiya
Twenty-third feature film adaptation of the "Detective Conan" TV series based on Aoyama Gosho's popular comic. Depicts a three-way battle for the Blue Sapphire in Singapore, the first overseas setting for a feature film in the series. The world's la...
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THE MEMORY ERASER (2020)
- Director
- HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Ryosuke, YOSHINE Kyoko, RENBUTSU Misako
Romance dealing with memory based on the same-named novel by Origami Kyoya. Directed by Hirakawa Yuichiro of Until the Break of Dawn and Erased. University student Ryoichi (Yamada Ryosuke) proposes to his girlfriend Kyoko (Renbutsu Misako), but the...
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Murders at the House of Death (2019)
- Director
- KIMURA Hisashi
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, HAMABE Minami, NAKAMURA Tomoya
Film adaptation of the debut novel from Imamura Masahiro, renowned as winner of the Honkaku Mystery for Best Fiction. Directed by Kimura Hisashi, a veteran TV drama director. University student Hamura (Kamiki Ryunosuke) gets roped into investigating...
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THE CONFIDENCE MAN JP -The Movie- (2019)
- Director
- TANAKA Akira
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami, HIGASHIDE Masahiro, KOTE Shinya
Kosawa Ryota pens the original story for this feature film adaptation of the hit TV drama replete with dizzying plot twists. Con artists Dako (Nagasawa Masami), Boku-chan (Higashide Masahiro), Richard (Kohinata Fumiyo) and Igarashi (Kote Shinya) are...
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Stolen Identity 2 (2020)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- CHIBA Yudai, SHIRAISHI Mai, SUZUKI Hiroki
The follow-up to the hit thriller which ended up earning 1.9 billion yen at the box office. Both director Nakata Hideo and screenwriter Oishi Tetsuya return for this sequel. Based on the second book 'Smartphone wo Otoshita dake nanoni Toraware no Sat...
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Shadowfall (2019)
- Director
- SHINOHARA Tetsuo
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Masayoshi, ONO Machiko, KITAMURA Takumi
Director Shinohara Tetsuo and star Yamazaki Masayoshi team up again the first time in 22 years since One More Time, One More Chance for this adaptation of the mystery novel Yokoyama Hideo who became known through Six Four. Makabe Shuichi (Yamazaki) ...
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Thre 3 Sisters (2018)
- Director
- IGURO Hideaki
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Ayari, IKENAGA Aimi, TSUJIMURA Yurina
Ensemble mystery starring Nakamura Ayari, Minami Niko, Tsujimura Yurina and Ikenaga Aimi, who do modeling, voice acting and TV performances. College freshman Mami (Nakamura) goes to a girls-only pajama party for non-athletic school club, but a bunch...
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DOWNRANGE (2017)
- Director
- KITAMURA Ryuhei
- Cast
- Kelly Connaire, Stephanie Pearson, Rod Hernandez-Ferella
Kitamura Ryuhei, the director of VERSUS, Midnight Meat Train and No One Lives, has created a new type of thriller film. Maki Taro, the producer of In this Corner of the World and Tokyo Godfathers, has joined the production as the executive producer. ...
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PARALLEL WORLD LOVE STORY (2019)
- Director
- MORI Yoshitaka
- Cast
- TAMAMORI Yuta, YOSHIOKA Riho, SOMETANI Shota
Higashino Keigo's mystery novel which has constantly been declared as unadaptable to film, is brought to cinemas by Mori Yoshitaka of Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow. The story depicts the romantic threads between two men and a woman who come and go bet...
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12 Suicidal Teens (2019)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- SUGISAKI Hana, ARATA Mackenyu, KITAMURA Takumi
Drama unfolds between 12 underage euthanasia hopefuls in this closed room thriller adapted from the first ever modern-day set book of the same name by Ubukata Tow, a writer known for historical fiction "Tenchi Meisatsu." At the helm is Tsutsumi Yukih...
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IMAGINATION GAME (2018)
- Director
- HATA Taisuke
- Cast
- HISAMOTO Masami, ITANO Tomomi, TANAKA Koutaro
The two-faced nature of human beings is explored in this thriller depicting the dark side of web society's anonymity through the two heroines' online alter egos. Music director on Hirugao -Love Affairs in the Afternoon-, Kanno Yugo, takes on the role...
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BD～AKECHI DETECTIVE OFFICE～ (2018)
- Director
- NAGURA Ryosuke
- Cast
- OZAWA Ren, TERASAKA Raiga, MAEDA Nozomi
Mystery novel superstar Edogawa Rampo's "juvenile detective duo" series is the basis for this teen mystery. A famed detective's assistants follow the mystery of the inexplicable kidnapping of a high school girl in an unspecific time period of Japan. ...
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Red Snow (2019)
- Director
- KAI Sayaka
- Cast
- NAGASE Masatoshi, Nahana
Mystery suspense film based on the true story of a missing boy. Feature film debut for Kai Sayaka, who earned acclaim in Japan and abroad for her short film The Curse of the Ondine. A boy goes missing in a small snow-covered village. The police inve...
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Masquerade Hotel (2019)
- Director
- SUZUKI Masayuki
- Cast
- KIMURA Takuya, NAGASAWA Masami
A film adapting the first volume of the mystery series penned by Higashino Keigo in which a detective disguises himself as a hotel employee to solve the riddle of a serial murder case. "HERO" series director Suzuki Masayuki teams up once again with K...
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Stolen Identity (2018)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- KITAGAWA Keiko, CHIBA Yudai, NARITA Ryo
Live-action adaptation of the award-winning suspense novel at the 15th Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! (This Mystery is Excellent!) Award. Surreal terror of the heroine is depicted throughout the film, after personal information from a smartphone is stolen, w...
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Killing for the Prosecution (2018)
- Director
- HARADA Masato
- Cast
- KIMURA Takuya, NINOMIYA Kazunari, YOSHITAKA Yuriko
The film adaptation of Shizukui Shusuke's judicial mystery novel depicting the confrontation between two prosecutors over the investigation of a murder case. Harada Masato, who has worked on many socially relevant films, writes and directs. An elde...
