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Dancing in her Dreams (2019)
- Director
- TOKIGAWA Hideyuki
- Cast
- KATO Masaya, INUKAI Atsuhiro, OKAMURA Izumi
Drama about a real-life strip club in Hiroshima that has survived numerous threatened closures. Direction, script and editing by Tokigawa Hideyuki of Cinema Angel. Won the Jury Award at the 2020 Madrid International Film Festival. Hiroshima Theater ...
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Threads - Our Tapestry of Love (2020)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, KOMATSU Nana
Inspired by Nakajima Miyuki's famous song "Ito", this film portrays eighteen years in the lives of a couple alongside the changes of the Heisei Era. At the helm is Zeze Takahisa of Heaven's Story. Ren (Suda Masaki) and Aoi (Komatsu Nana) first met a...
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The Modern Lovers (2019)
- Director
- SHIMOYASHIRO Atsuro
- Cast
- MORIOKA Ryu, KAWAKAMI Nanami
Romance that uses bold eroticism to portray a guy who meets his ex-girlfriend and makes a clean break with his youth. Won multiple awards at MOOSIC LAB 2019. Feature film directorial debut for Shimoyashiro Atsuro, who did the soundtrack for Imaoka Sh...
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A Man in Love (2019)
- Director
- MURATA Nobuo
- Cast
- OGI Shigemitsu, SASAKI Kokone, DEGUCHI Arisa
Mature comedy about the love life of a middle-aged guy at the half-way point in life. Distribution company Mermaid Films' head Murata Nobuo makes his directorial debut at age 56. The Polish cinema maestro Jerzy Skolimowski serves as supervising edito...
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Living in the Sky (2020)
- Director
- AOYAMA Shinji
- Cast
- TABE Mikako, KISHII Yukino, MIMURA Rie
The first feature-length film in seven years by Aoyama Shinji, who gained international acclaim for Eureka, renders the emotional subtleties of modern-day women making every effort at living without ruining their pride. Naomi (Tabe Mikako) works at ...
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Sad Angels (2020)
- Director
- MORIOKA Toshiyuki
- Cast
- WADA Hitomi, MIZUNO Masaru
Portrayed with audacious sensuality, this drama tells the story of a sorrowfully pure love between a prostitute and a young man who drifted into the red light district. The film is written and directed by Morioka Toshiyuki who has delved into the sex...
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ABOUT AZAMI (2020)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- KOSHINO Ena, OKUNO Eita, MINE Goichi
Koshikawa Michio, who has consistently depicted the sexual affairs between men and women, directs this tender drama about the change of heart experienced by a woman who tries to compensate for her loneliness. Azami (Koshino Ena) ran away from her tr...
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Over the Sky (2020)
- Director
- SENA Yoshinobu
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Honoka, SETO Toshiki
Feature-film fantasy animation set in subculture center Ikebukuro, which makes numerous appearances in the film. Original story and script from Sena Yoshinobu, whose short animation Kushimitama Samurai was an official selection in the Annecy Internat...
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ARIA THE CREPUSCOLO (2020)
- Director
- SATO Junichi, NATORI Takahiro
- Cast
- HIROHASHI Ryo, SATO Rina, KAYANO Ai
Feature film based on Amano Kozue's comic that has total sales exceeding 4.6 million copies and was first adapted as a TV anime series in 2005. Something is bothering Anya (voice: Kayano Ai), who spends her days in training at the upstart water-gui...
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PORNOGRAPHER: PLAYBACK (2021)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- TAKEZAI Terunosuke, IZUKA Kenta
The "Pornographer" manga series about the dictation of erotic literature hits the silver screen after being adapted as a live-action TV drama. Sensitive depiction of the tension and affection between two people who care about each other but fail to c...
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LIAR x LIAR (2021)
- Director
- YAKUMO Saiji
- Cast
- MATSUMURA Hokuto, MORI Nana
The comic of the same name which has surpassed over 1.9 million total copies published is adapted to live-action by Mars director Yakumo Saiji. The unusual love story depicts a "love triangle" between only two people which began with a lie. Minato (...
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It's a Summer Film! (2020)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Soushi
- Cast
- ITO Marika, KANEKO Daichi, KAWAI Yumi
Coming-of-age story that brings in scifi elements to portray a high school girl who belongs to her school's cinema club and obsesses over samurai movies. TV drama, CM and music video director Matsumoto Soushi takes the megaphone with a screenplay by ...
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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 Alissa
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
Love story about a romantically challenged cram school teacher and one of his students. Directed by Maeda Koji, whose Till Death Do Us What? was screened in the 18th Shanghai International Film Festival Panorama section. Ono Yasuomi (Narita Ryo) is ...
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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 in 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
Mishima Yukiko, 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...
