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Tokyo Wine Party People (2019)
- Director
- WADA Hideki
- Cast
- MATSUMURA Sayuri, ONO Ito, ONOZUKA Hayato
Shino Sakuragi, an office worker in Tokyo, gets invited to a wine party by her boss. It's a bourgeois party, and at first she feels uncomfortable, but soon she hits it off with a male participant, Kazushi Oda. She falls for him because even though ...
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Shape of Red (2020)
- Director
- MISHIMA Yukiko
- Cast
- Kaho, TSUMABUKI Satoshi
Yukiko Mishima, director of
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Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (2020)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- TAKAHATA Mitsuki, YAMAZAKI Kento
An innocent love story between a closeted "boys' love" comics fan and a hardcore gamer is depicted in this live-action adaptation of the identically titled web manga. At the helm is Fukuda Yuichi, director of hits such as Gintama. 26-year-old office...
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mellow (2020)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, OKAZAKI Sae
Set in the most stylish flower shop in town and a ramen shop on the brink of closing down, this ensemble romance film depicts the yet unripened love of various people. Just Only Love helmer Imaizumi Rikiya directs from his own original screenplay. N...
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FIRST LOVE (2019)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- KUBOTA Masataka, UCHINO Seiyo, OMORI Nao
Director Miike Takashi depicts the events of a single intense night in this original story. Selected for Directors' Fortnight at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Kabukicho, Shinjuku's red-light district. Katsuragi Leo (Kubota Masataka) is a destitute ...
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Your Eyes Tell (2020)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- YOSHITAKA Yuriko, YOKOHAMA Ryusei
This love story is a remake of the South Korean film Always which took its cue from Chaplin's City Lights. In the director's chair is Miki Takahiro who has worked on We Were There and other romance films. One day, Rui (Yokohama Ryusei) meets a blind...
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TWO KOMACHIS (2020)
- Director
- SONE Takeshi
- Cast
- Hanna CHAN, Eliz LAO, IZUMI Soko
One of the grim reapers, Wang has a taste to fall in love with a woman who is supposed to be brought to hell. Wang gets close to the woman, named Komachi, and try to build an intimate relationship. One full moon night, Wang reveals that he is a gri...
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KISS HIM, NOT ME! (2020)
- Director
- HIRANUMA Norihisa
- Cast
- YOSHINO Hokuto, KAMINO Fuju, YAMAGUCHI Nonoka
Live-action adaptation of the same-named romantic comedy comic that won the 40th Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shojo Manga and has also been turned into a TV anime series. Helmed by Hiranuma Norihisa, who penned the screenplay for the "HIGH & LOW" se...
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JOSEE, THE TIGER AND THE FISH (2020)
- Director
- TAMURA Kotaro
- Cast
- NAKAGAWA Taishi, KIYOHARA Kaya
Feature film animation adaptation of Akutagawa Prize-winner Tanabe Seiko's renowned story, which has also been turned into a live-action film. Helmed by Tomura Kotaro, who worked as assistant director on Wolf Children and directed the TV anime series...
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WHISPER OF THE HEART (tentative title) (2020)
- Director
- HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
- Cast
- SEINO Nana, MATSUZAKA Tori
Live-action adaptation of the same-named novel that Studio Ghibli animated in 1995. Incorporates an original story about the characters 10 years later. Helmed by Erased's Hirakawa Yuichiro, who has also directed numerous hit TV dramas. Shizuku is a ...
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ALL ABOUT MARCH (2020)
- Director
- YUKAWA Kazuhiko
- Cast
- Haru, NARITA Ryo
Yukawa Kazuhiko, the screenwriter of numerous popular television dramas, makes the month of March the focus of this love story about the 30 years in the life of a man and woman bound by fate. March 1st, 1986. Yayoi (Haru) and Taro (Narita Ryo) meet ...
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Last Letter (2020)
- Director
- IWAI Shunji
- Cast
- MATSU Takako, HIROSE Suzu, ANNO Hideaki
Romance by director Iwai Shunji, known for Swallowtail Butterfly and Hana and Alice. Depicts the emotional rebirth and development, as well as the romance between men and women of different generations instigated by miscommunications via letters. Yu...
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colorless (2019)
- Director
- KOYAMA Takashi
- Cast
- KANEKO Daichi, ISHIKAWA Ruka
Director Koyama Takashi has adapted a trailer which won the Grand Prix at the 2nd "MI-CAN" unfinished-movie trailer awards into this feature-length love story. It world premiered at the Japan Cinema Splash section of the 2019 Tokyo International Film...
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It Feels So Good (2019)
- Director
- ARAI Haruhiko
- Cast
- EMOTO Tasuku, TAKIUCHI Kumi
Arai Haruhiko, one of Japan's best-known screenplay writers, reprises his dual roles as director and writer from Body and Soul and When I Was Most Beautiful. First film adaptation of a work by Naoki Prize-winning author Shiraishi Kazufumi depicting t...
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At the End of the Matinee (2019)
- Director
- NISHITANI Hiroshi
- Cast
- FUKUYAMA Masaharu, ISHIDA Yuriko
This love story is based on the 2016 novel released by author Hirano Keiichiro, a recipient of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Chevalier. It directed by Nishitani Hiroshi who has a reputation for solid and dynamic direction. Classical guit...
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Kaguya-sama : Love Is War (2019)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- HIRANO Sho, HASHIMOTO Kanna
The peculiar world of 'Renai Zunousen' in the original manga is adapted to live action by Tokunaga Yuichi who scored a hit with Fly me to the Saitama. At the helm is Kawai Hayato, director of many popular titles such as My Love Story and Niseikoi: Fa...
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HOT GIMMICK: GIRL MEETS BOY (2019)
- Director
- YAMATO Ū-ki
- Cast
- HORI Miona, SHIMIZU Hiroya, ITAGAKI Mizuki
The live-action adaptation of Aihara Miki's popular manga 'Hot Gimmick' written and directed by Yamato Ū-ki who has an established reputation for depicting the emotions of adolescent girls such as in the films That Girl Is Dancing by the Seaside and ...
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Romance Doll (2019)
- Director
- TANADA Yuki
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Issey, AOI Yu, Kitaro
Director Tanada Yuki writes the screenplay to this live-action adaptation of her own 2008 debut novel of the same name. In the leading roles of the married couple are Takahashi Issey and Aoi Yu who co-star for the first time in 18 years since All Abo...
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Silent Rain (2019)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- NAKANO Taiga, ETO Misa
Film adaptation of the 2004 debut novel from Miyashita Natsu, who made a splash when "The Forest of Wool and Steel" was adapted for film in 2018. Helmed by Nakagawa Ryutaro, whose accolades include the FIPRESCI Award at the 39th Moscow International ...
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Her Blue Sky (2019)
- Director
- NAGAI Tatsuyuki
- Cast
- YOSHIZAWA Ryo, YOSHIOKA Riho, WAKAYAMA Shion
An original feature-length animation assembling the production staff and director, Nagai Tatsuyuki, of Anohana and The Anthem of the Heart. 17-year-old Aoi (voice: Wakayama Shion) and her older sister Akane (voice: Yoshioka Riho) have lived alone to...
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HELLO WORLD (2019)
- Director
- ITO Tomohiko
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, MATSUZAKA Tori, HAMABE Minami
The next animated feature film by Ito Tomohiko following SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE -Ordinal Scale-. The original sci-fi teen love story unfolds against the backdrop of 2027 Kyoto. High school boy Naomi (voice: Kitamura Takumi) is confronted by anot...
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Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (2020)
- Director
- ISHIGURO Kyohei
- Cast
- ICHIKAWA Somegoro, SUGISAKI Hana
This is an original animated theatrical movie commemorating the 10th anniversary of Flying Dog which is known for anime productions such as "Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova-". The director is Ishiguro Kyohei of "Your Lie in April" and Sato Dai who w...
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Ride Your Wave (2019)
- Director
- YUASA Masaaki
- Cast
- KATAYOSE Ryota (GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE), KAWAEI Rina, MATSUMOTO Honoka
The romance between a young firefighter and a female university student is depicted in this coming-of-age love story. Yuasa Masaaki, who won the Cristal for Best Animated Feature at the 41st Annecy International Animation Film Festival for Lu Over th...
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PROOF OF LOVE (2019)
- Director
- ASAHI Masatsugu, SATO Toshihiro
- Cast
- ASAKAWA Nana, NISHIME Shun, YANO Yuka
Feature film adaptation of Yamamoto Arihred's same-named comic, which has also been turned into a live-action TV series. This romantic comedy depicts the love lives of science students who try to find theoretical proof of love. Directed by film-produ...
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Liar! Uncover the Truth (2019)
- Director
- NAGAE Jiro
- Cast
- HOTTA Akane
Romance mystery that adapts for film the app game for women that has over 3.5 million downloads. Directed by Nagae Jiro of Tomodachi Game – The Movie. Popular model Hotta Akane makes her debut as the lead in a feature film. Kana (Hotta) goes to a ma...
