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April come she will (2024)
- Director
- YAMADA Tomokazu
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, NAGASAWA Masami, MORI Nana
Yamada Tomokazu makes his feature film directorial debut with this adaptation of Kawamura Genki's same-named novel. Epic romance about a couple's love and breakup spanning a decade. Psychiatrist Fujishiro (Satoh Takeru) receives a letter from Haru (...
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Battle King!! (2023)
- Director
- TAKIGAWA Genki
- Cast
- YAMASHITA Eiku (ONE N' ONLY), SAKURA Arisa
Coming-of-age drama starring the six members of the dance and vocal group ONE N' ONLY. Directed by Takikawa Genki of "Oni Girl!" fame. Genjiro (Yamashita Eiku), who repeatedly gets into fights with fellow delinquents, meets Kano (Sakura Arisa), a gi...
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Naomi: Reversed (2024)
- Director
- HORAI Tadaaki
- Cast
- MASUDA Yuki, HAYASHI Yuta, AOKI Airi
A gender-swapped portrayal of aesthetic novelist Jun'ichiro Tanizaki's masterpiece "Chijin no Ai", set in modern times. A story of love and wild lust, and ultimate masochism... Naomi is a teacher who lives with a younger man named Yuzuru. On the...
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Quicksand: Reversed (2024)
- Director
- HORAI Tadaaki
- Cast
- SUZUKI Shion, MONMA Wataru, NAKAZAKI Erina
A gender-swapped portrayal of aesthetic novelist Jun'ichiro Tanizaki's masterpiece "Manji", set in modern times. A story of homosexuality and adultery, and destructive love... Sonoda was a Japanese salaryman who couldn't give up on his dream of ...
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we don't know love yet. (2024)
- Director
- SAKAI Mai
- Cast
- ONISHI Ryusei, KUBOZUKA Airu, SAITO Nagisa
Based on a popular girls' comic of the same title by Minami Mizuno. A genuine love story where the deep connections between six high school students come alive, offering a 360-degree whirlwind of heartwarming moments and surprising turns. In thei...
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PARALLEL (2021)
- Director
- TANAKA Daiki
- Cast
- NARAHA Momona, YOSHIMURA Sojiro
A unique splatter love story that won the Grand Prix at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 2021. This is the first feature film by director Tanaka Daiki, who attracted attention with his short film Filament, which he made as his grad...
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UNDEAD LOVERS (2024)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- MIKAMI Ai, SATO Kanta
Rino believes that "the man of her destiny" is Jun who always disappears from her whenever she feels their love for each other. In their lifetime, they meet many times and Rino is 100% focused on him every time. These encounters and separations are...
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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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Refugee X (2023)
- Director
- KUMAZAWA Naoto
- Cast
- UENO Juri, HAYASHI Kento, NOMURA Shuhei
Mystery romance based on "Refugee X," the debut work from upcoming author Pallus Ayako who lives in France. Directed, scripted and edited by Kumazawa Naoto of Yurigokoro. Japan announces that it will accept the life form called "X," who are refugees...
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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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Dear Kaita Ablaze (2023)
- Director
- SATO Hisayasu
- Cast
- YUYA Shintaro, SATO Riho, KUDO Kei
An ensemble drama inspired by the works of Murayama Kaita, a Taisho era painter and poet who died prematurely at the age of 22. Directed by Sato Hisayasu, known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink". Norizuki Azami (Sato Riho) is fascinated by...
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REI (2024)
- Director
- TANAKA Toshihiko
- Cast
- SUZUKI Takara, OYAMA Maeko, MORIYAMA Shogo
Hikari is in her early thirties and lives and works in Tokyo. She has no particular problems but is unable to find her own value. In contrast to her, the people around her have their own big problems. Everyone has their own counterparts, clumsily ba...
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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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maboroshi (2023)
- Director
- OKADA Mari
- Cast
- ENOKI Junya, UEDA Reina, KUNO Misaki
Animation Studio MAPPA's first original animation movie written and directed by Mari Okada, who is also known as the script writer of "anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day". Ever since a bizarre factory explosion, 14-year-old Masamune Kikui...
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Analog (2023)
- Director
- TAKAHATA Hideta
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Kazunari, Haru
Film adaptation of Kitano Takeshi's first romantic novel of the same title. A love story that looks at the "starting point" of people's loving each other. Designer Satoru (Ninomiya Kazunari) happens to meet Miyuki (Haru), a mysterious woman who does...
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ROADSIDE FLOWERS AND GRASS (2023)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- SAKUMA Mayu, YUYA Shintaro
The final chapter in a trilogy by Koshikawa Michio, who has depicted people's lives and sexuality from a unique perspective, following Their Backs and Hand in Hand on the theme of "the landscape of lovers who are nobody". Painter Nazuna (Sakuma Mayu...
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WITH YOU AGAIN (2023)
- Director
- HANA Kosei
- Cast
- HIRAI Amon, ITO Saki
The commercial film debut of up-and-coming director Hana Kosei, who has made a series of independent problematic films such as Love Someone and I Love You. The film is a human drama that explores new forms of love based on the director's own experien...
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SILENT LOVE (2024)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- YAMADA Ryosuke, HAMABE Minami, NOMURA Shuhei
A love story spun from his own original screenplay by Uchida Eiji, director of Midnight Swan, which won the Best Film Award at the 44th Japan Academy Prize. Hisaishi Joe, who has worked on numerous Studio Ghibli works, composed the music. Aoi (Yamad...
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Spring in Between (2022)
- Director
- KATSU Rika
- Cast
- MIYAZAWA Hio, KONISHI Sakurako
This is the commercial film debut of Katsu Rika, who has worked on numerous drama adaptations as a manga editor while continuing to produce independent films. Magazine editor Komukai Haru (Konisihi Sakurako), who is having trouble with work and love...
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How to Find a Lover (2023)
- Director
- MAEDA Koji
- Cast
- KURA Yuki, IMOU Haruka
Director Maeda Koji, who made his theatrical film debut with Cannonball Wedlock, and screenwriter Takada Ryo team up again after making You're Not Normal, Either! together, for this quirky love story. Towa (Kura Yuki), who works in a gardening shop,...
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One Second Ahead, One Second Behind (2023)
- Director
- YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
- OKADA Masaki, KIYOHARA Kaya
Director Yamashita Nobuhiro teams up for the first time with screenplay writer Kudo Kankuro for this remake of the 2020 Taiwanese romance My Missing Valentine with the male and female roles reversed. Hajime (Okada Masaki) works at the post office an...
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TILL WE MEET AGAIN ON THE LILY HILL (2023)
- Director
- NARITA Yoichi
- Cast
- FUKUHARA Haruka, MIZUKAMI Koshi
Follow the Light director Narita Yoichi brings Shiomi Natsue's same-named novel to the silver screen. Vividly portrays romance in the life of a high school girl who has traveled back in time to 1945 Japan. Yuri (Fukuhara Haruka) runs away from home ...
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How to Find Happiness (2022)
- Director
- NAGASAKI Shunichi
- Cast
- TAKASUGI Mahiro, SEKIMIZU Nagisa
Heartwarming romance about family ties and a couple who fall in love after randomly ending up under the same roof. Director Nagasaki Shunichi and scriptwriter Yazawa Yumi from The Witch of the West is Dead team up for their first original project in ...
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Motto choetsushita tokoro e (2022)
- Director
- YAMAGISHI Santa
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, KIKUCHI Fuma, ITO Marika
Playwright Nemoto Shuko pens the script for this bold feature film adaptation of her same-named play. Director Yamagishi Santa of Bully School: Devil Full of Scars delightfully depicts the love lives of four women who attract loser men. The story is...
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Hand (2022)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- FUKUNAGA Akari, KANEKO Daichi
This film kicks off the Roman Porno Now project celebrating the 50th anniversary of Nikkatsu Roman Porno. Just Remembering director Matsui Daigo shows the reality of romance in his adaptation of Yamazaki Nao-cola's same-named novel. Sawako (Fukunaga...
