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Chime (2024)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Mutsuo, TABATA Tomoko, WATANABE Ikkei
The first original film released by the streaming platform Roadstead. Internationally acclaimed director Kurosawa Kiyoshi portrays the horror of modern "distortion." During one of his cooking classes, instructor Matsuoka (Yoshioka Mutsuo) is told by...
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CHA-CHA (2024)
- Director
- SAKAI Mai
- Cast
- ITO Marika, NAKAGAWA Taishi
Love story about the unpredictable romance of a girl who lives exactly as she pleases, like a stray cat. Directed and written by Sakai Mai, known for You Made My Dawn and We Don't Know Love Yet. Carefree Cha-Cha (Ito Marika) lives by the motto of "d...
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YAMI-HARA (TBC) (2026)
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- Cast
Kaname, a high school boy transferred to a new school, stares at Mio, the brightest student in the class. Mio is terrified by his bizarre stalker-like behavior, and asks for help from Itta, a senior student in the track team whom she has a crush on. ...
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Lumberjack the Monster (2023)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, Nanao, YOSHIOKA Riho
Suspense film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Kurai Mayusuke, directed by Miike Takashi. The film depicts an epic confrontation between a deranged lawyer and a serial killer. A bizarre murder occurs in which the victim's brain is removed...
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Motion Picture: Choke (2023)
- Director
- NAGAO Gen
- Cast
- WADA Misa, HIBA Daiki, NISHINA Takashi
This unusual drama shot in black and white depicts humans living in a devastated world where language has ceased to exist. Nagao Gen directs his second feature film after Itsuka no futari. A woman (Wada Misa) lives off the land in an abandon buildin...
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Wasabi - not a fairy tale (2023)
- Director
- Hemant SINGH
- Cast
- KOIKE Julian, OSAWA Shinichiro, ARAOKA Ryusei
This is the directorial debut of Singh Hemant, a self-taught filmmaker from India, who tackles the theme of "bullying" with an original script written entirely in Japanese. Kano (Koike Julian), a young girl with a large scar on her face, has suffere...
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PENALTY LOOP (2024)
- Director
- ARAKI Shinji
- Cast
- WAKABA Ryuya, ISEYA Yusuke, YAMASHITA Rio
Second feature film by director Araki Shinji, who made his feature film debut with The Town of Headcounts, again using an original screenplay. The film depicts the conflict of a protagonist who repeatedly commits murder in a time loop. Iwamori Jun (...
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#MITO (2023)
- Director
- MIYAZAKI Daisuke
- Cast
- TAMASHIRO Tina, YUKAWA Hina, INABA Yu
Thriller depicting the madness that infests online society, featuring a heroine who works as an influencer for a living. Directed and written by Miyazaki Daisuke (VIDEOPHOBIA). Yamane Mito (Tamashiro Tina) lives her life as the charismatic influence...
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Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Shinya
- Cast
- TAGUCHI Tomorowo
Powerful cinematic realization of the explosive drama about a man whose flesh is taken over by metal cells, based on the 1986 8mm film The Phantom of Regular Size. This 16mm film brought Tsukamoto Shinya to the world's attention. One morning, a whit...
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MATCHED (2024)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Tao, SAKUMA Daisuke (Snow Man), KANEKO Nobuaki
Unique thriller developed as an original project from Midnight Swan director Uchida Eiji. Rinka (Tsuchiya Tao) is a wedding planner without a love life, and she signs up for a dating app at her colleague's suggestion. She gets matched up with Tomu (...
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The South bird chases the dog (2022)
- Director
- WATANABE Asato
- Cast
- YOSHIMI Marina, MASE Emiko, TOYODA Norio
Mid-length suspense about multiple personalities from Watanabe Asato, who grabbed the spotlight with A Dobugawa Dream, his graduation project from Osaka University of Arts, and his second film Ferocious. Nakajima Shiori (Yoshimi Marina) flees from a...
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#MANHOLE (2023)
- Director
- KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Yuto, Nao, NAGAYAMA Kento
A situational thriller directed by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, based on an original script written by Okada Michitaka, who has written numerous hit movies, such as Masquerade Hotel. Kawamura Shunsuke (Nakajima Yuto), a talented salesman, falls down a manhol...
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RIKA - Love Obsessed Psycho (2021)
- Director
- MATSUKI Tsukuru
- Cast
- TAKAOKA Saki, ICHIHARA Hayato, UCHIDA Rio
Feature film based on the "Rika" psycho-thriller novels, which have been adapted twice as TV dramas. Depicts the terror of a self-proclaimed 28-year-old Pure Love Monster. A dead body is found in a suitcase in the mountains. The victim is identified...
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GREEN BULLET (2022)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yugo
- Cast
- IZUMI Karen, YAMAOKA Miyabi, AMANO Kiki
A sequel to the faux-documentary Legendary Hit-man, Kunioka by Sakamoto Yugo, director of Baby Assassins, depicts the daily lives of hit men. Six women, including Yamada Fumika(Izumi Karen), who aspires to becoming a professional assassin, decide to...
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RAGEAHOLIC (2022)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Yoshiki
- Cast
- KAWASE Yohta, KOBAYASHI Ryuju, SAIKI Aya
This violent film was planned and written by Takahashi Yoshiki, a longtime film critic and art director, and marks his feature film directorial debut. Fukama (Kawase Yota), a middle-aged detective who has a bad habit of indiscriminately committing v...
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Usogui (2022)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- YOKOHAMA Ryusei, SANO Hayato, SHIRAISHI Mai
This is the live-action adaptation of the popular gambling manga series 'Usogui' which has sold over 8.8 million copies. It depicts a brilliant gambler contending with a dangerous game of death. Madarame Baku (Yokohama Ryusei), also known as the "Li...
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JOINT (2021)
- Director
- KOJIMA Oudai
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Ikken, KIM Jin-Cheol, KIM Chang-Bak
The underworld of modern Japan is depicted with a documentary touch in this noir. Director Kojima Oudai makes his feature-length directorial debut with this film. Returning to Tokyo after being released from prison, racketeer Ishigami Takeshi (Yamam...
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LAST OF THE WOLVES (2021)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, SUZUKI Ryohei, MURAKAMI Nijiro
Second film based on Yuzuki Yuko's novel about an epic battle royal between yakuza and police. Director Shiraishi Kazuya returns with a completely original story that picks up three years after the last film. Detective Hioka (Matsuzaka Tori) keeps u...
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Character (2021)
- Director
- NAGAI Akira
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, Fukase, TAKAHATA Mitsuki
Nagai Akira of TEIICHI -Battle of Supreme High- directs this live-action adaptation of an original script by Nagasaki Takashi, story co-creator of many works by popular manga artist Urasawa Naoki, which took ten years to develop. Yamashiro Keigo (S...
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CUBE (2021)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Yasuhiko
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, Anne WATANABE, OKADA Masaki
Vicenzo Natali's 1997 locked-room thriller Cube is remade in Japan. Six people with no connection to one another, including engineer Goto Yuichi (Suda Masaki), organization staffer Kai Asako (Anne), and freelancer Ochi Shinji (Okada Masaki), find th...
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IN THE WAKE (2021)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, ABE Hiroshi
Mystery set in Sendai ten years after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Known for his hard-hitting and meticulous character portrayals in Six Four Part 1 and Part 2, Zeze Takahisa reunites with lead actor Satoh Takeru for the first time since The 8-ye...
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Tokyo Revengers (2021)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, YAMADA Yuki, SUGINO Yosuke
Director Hanabusa Tsutomu, who has had a hand in numerous manga-based films, adapts to live-action the identically titled manga by Wakui Ken who is known for "Shinjuku Swan" among others. The story depicts a man living a sullen life who goes back in ...
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KAIJI: FINAL GAME (2020)
- Director
- SATO Toya
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, FUKUSHI Sota, SEKIMIZU Nagisa
Finale for the film series based on Fukumoto Nobuyuki's mega-hit comic with total sales topping 21 million copies. Original story created with the involvement of Fukumoto. The protagonist puts his life on the line for gambling. The year is 2020 and ...
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The Sun Stands Still (2021)
- Director
- HASUMI Eiichiro
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, TAKEUCHI Ryoma, SATO Koichi
Suspense about a special mission under extreme circumstances based on the same-named novel by Yoshida Shuichi, whose novels "Rage" and "Villain" have also been adapted for film. Takano (Fujiwara Tatsuya) and his partner Taoka (Takeuchi Ryoma) are ag...
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Werewolf Game - Master of Death Game (2020)
- Director
- KAWAKAMI Ryo
- Cast
- OGOE Yuki, NAKAJIMA Ken, Uchikuri UCHIKURA
The eighth film in the series is the first to set a male figure in the lead role, and also depict the game from the game master's point of view. Series creator Kawakami Ryo, writes and directs this outing while Kodama Takeshi, a central figure in the...
