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Living in the Sky (2020)
- Director
- AOYAMA Shinji
- Cast
- TABE Mikako, KISHII Yukino, IWATA Takanori
Why can't I cry when I want to cry? The loneliness felt by people with holes in their hearts, the answers they find, and the realism of it all will move your heart. Naomi works for a small publishing company in the suburbs, but she's having troub...
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The Ballad of Sad Angel (tentative) (2020)
- Director
- MORIOKA Toshiyuki
- Cast
- WADA Hitomi, MIZUNO Masaru, KINOSHITA Houka
Red-light district, where the brothels from Taisho-era, the places left behind from the times, stands. Shigeru, an unemployed man with huge debts, meet a beautiful courtesan named Kazumi and chose to become a pimp to provide her mental care. In the...
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ABOUT MISS AZAMI (tentative) (2020)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- KOSHINO Ena, OKUNO Eita, MINE Goichi
Azami ran away from the complexed, troubled family when she was 17 years-old. She started going out with a much older editor, Kitajima-san, and force herself to become a worthy person for him. However, Kitajima-san did not take her seriously because ...
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OVER THE SKY (2020)
- Director
- SENA Yoshinobu
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Honoka, SETO Toshiki
No dreams to pursuit, no efforts to make, Mio, a high school girl is living a life of indolence, hoping that things will work out on its own. Mio and Arata, who is blessed with supernatural power and Mio's childhood friend, often hang out, but they a...
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PORNOGRAPHER: THE MOVIE -PLAYBACK- (tentative) (2021)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- TAKEZAI Terunosuke, IZUKA Kenta
The erotic novel writer that dictates the text and the one that writes it down... Time has passed since their strange first meeting, and erotic novel writer Rio Kijima and college student Haruhiko Kuzumi have now become lovers. Even with Kijima now l...
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LIAR x LIAR (2021)
- Director
- YAKUMO Saiji
- Cast
- MATSUMURA Hokuto, MORI Nana
Minato, a plain and clean-freak college student girl, lives and goes to the same school with her younger brother-in-law of the same age Toru who is a beautiful playboy and popular with girls. Minato often gets into trouble because of Toru's bad behav...
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It's a Summer Film! (2020)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Soushi
- Cast
- ITO Marika, KANEKO Daichi, KAWAI Yumi
Barefoot (Marika Ito) is a high-school girl who adores samurai movies and Japanese costume drama. She doesn't have a chance to make samurai movies in the school film club, however, as the other members prefer romantic movies. One day Barefoot meets R...
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Dancing Mary (2019)
- Director
- SABU
- Cast
- EXILE NAOTO, YAMADA Aina, ISHIBASHI Ryo
The efforts of a man and woman struggling to fulfill the wish of a ghost unfold in this fantasy drama directed by SABU whose Mr. Long was screened in the competition section of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival. This film was awarded the Ju...
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Kiss Cam! (2020)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hana
- Cast
- HAYAMA Shono, HOTTA Akane, YAGI Arisa
The inspiration for this romantic film is the "Kiss Cam" carried out at sporting events in which a couple selected from the crowd by a TV camera must kiss for all to see. At the helm is Matsumoto Hana whose A Midsummer Dream was screened at the Yubar...
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Hold Me Back (2020)
- Director
- OHKU Akiko
- Cast
- Non, HAYASHI Kento
Romance about the clumsy love life of a thirty-something woman who thoroughly enjoys being single. Director Ohku Akiko won the Audience Award at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival for Tremble All You Want. Thirty-one year old Mitsuko (Non) l...
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The Hardness of Avocado (2019)
- Director
- JO Masaya
- Cast
- MAEHARA Mizuki, TAGA Asami
Jo Masaya's feature-length directorial debut has picked up awards at PFF Award 2019 and other local independent film competitions. The film stars Maehara Mizuki, a member of theatre troupe Seinendan, in the lead role of Maehara and unspools a realist...
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You're Not Normal, Either! (2020)
- Director
- MAEDA Koji
- Cast
- NARITA Ryo, KIYOHARA Kaya
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COMING HOME (2020)
- Director
- INOUE Ryuta
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Yuki, RYUSEI Ryo
Romance about the innocent love between a young man dishearten by city life and the guy who accepts him. Directorial debut from Inoue Ryuta, who produced Parade that won the FIPRESCI award at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. Mitsuomi (Fu...
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The Real Thing (2020)
- Director
- FUKADA Koji
- Cast
- MORISAKI Win, TSUCHIMURA Kaho, UNO Shohei
Story about a couple's messy fall from grace. Helmed by Fukada Koji, who won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 69th Cannes Film Festival for Harmonium. Tsuji Kazumichi (Morisaki Win) is a bored office worker in questionable rela...
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Yes, No, or Maybe Half? (2020)
- Director
- TAKATA Masahiro
- Cast
- ABE Atsushi, KAWAHAEA Yoshihisa
Ichiho Michi's identically titled "boys love" novel is the basis for this anime love story. The adaptation is written and directed by Takata Masahiro who worked on Tobidasu Ehon 3D. Young reporter Kunieda Kei (voice: Abe Atsushi) has vastly differen...
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A Beast in Love (2020)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- TANAKA Shunsuke, UNO Shohei
A violent romantic-comedy set in a rural town that is the subject of urban legend. Director Shiraishi Koji, who Impossibility Defense was screened at the 8th Beijing International Film Festival, reboots his previously directed short film into this fe...
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Georama Boy, Panorama Girl (2020)
- Director
- SETA Natsuki
- Cast
- YAMADA Anna, SUZUKI Jin
The intersecting romance of a boy and girl who have a seemingly destined encounter. At the helm is Seta Natsuki whose A Liar and a Broken Girl screened at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival's Japanese Eyes section (currently the Japanese Cin...
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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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Love Me, Love Me Not (Feature) (2020)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- HAMABE Minami, KITAMURA Takumi, FUKUMOTO Riko
This feature film sequel to "Strobe Edge" and "Blue Spring Ride" completes the live-action adaptations of Sakisaka Io's same-named girls' comic trilogy. Helmed by romance film maestro Miki Takahiro. Akari (Hamabe Minami), Rio (Kitamura Takumi), Yuna...
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Love Me, Love Me Not (Animation) (2020)
- Director
- KUROYANAGI Toshimasa
- Cast
- SHIMAZAKI Nobunaga, SAITO Soma, HAN Megumi
This feature film sequel to "Strobe Edge" and "Blue Spring Ride" completes the animation adaptations of Sakisaka Io's same-named girls' comic trilogy. Produced by A-1 Pictures of Sword Art Online the Movie-Ordinal Scale. Four teens in their first ye...
