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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...
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The Cinderella Addiction (2021)
- Director
- WATANABE Ryohei
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Tao, TANAKA Kei
Watanabe Ryohei of Shady directed and scripted his project that won the Grand Prix in the Tsutaya Creators' Program Films 2016. This suspense film delves into the mind of a woman who commits a heinous crime that horrifies society. Fukuura Koharu (Ts...
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The Gun 2020 (2020)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- HINAMI Kyooko, KATO Masaya, Tomochika
In this thriller, a woman falls under the influence of her chance encounter with a gun. At the helm is Take Masaharu, who also directed the previous The Gun which was screened at the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival's Japanese Cinema Splash sec...
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Hope (2020)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- TSUTSUMI Shinichi, ISHIDA Yuriko, OKADA Kenshi
An adaptation of popular writer Shizukui Shuusuke's novel of the same name scripted by Okudera Satoko of Rebirth. The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps director, Tsutsumi Yukihiko, explores the theme of a family's extreme love in this suspense-thriller....
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First Love (2021)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- KITAGAWA Keiko, NAKAMURA Tomoya, YOSHINE Kyoko
Tsutsumi Yukihiko, who has helmed many hit films, directs this live-action adaptation of Naoki Prize-winning author, Shimamoto Rio's novel. The thriller depicts a certified psychologist delving into the mental state of a murderer who killed without a...
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WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR (2019)
- Director
- SASAKI Katsumi
- Cast
- KANEDA Ibuki, MASADA Kimika, OZEKI Toshikazu
I hate it…I hate it…I hate it… The worthless stupid comedians, the useless psychology counselor, the fuckin' teacher who fucked me… I hate it…the dumb college student who plays around with their parents money, the meaningless nobody who can't eve...
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THE NIGHT BEYOND THE TRICORNERED WINDOW (2020)
- Director
- MORIGAKI Yukihiro
- Cast
- OKADA Masaki, SHISON Jun, HIRATE Yurina
Mystery featuring psychic detectives. Directed by Morigaki Yukihiro, whose film Goodbye, Grandpa! was selected for the Japanese Cinema Splash program in the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival. Bookstore employee Mikado Kosuke (Shison Jun) has be...
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Perfect Education étude (2020)
- Director
- KATO Takuya
- Cast
- TSUKIFUNE Sarara, ICHIKAWA Tomohiro, KANENO Miho
The ninth film in the erotic thriller film series "Perfect Education" which has continued since 1999. At the helm is Kato Takuya who served as assistant director to Furuhata Yasuo on Reminiscence. Theatre director Koizumi Ayano (Tsukifune Sarara) i...
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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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SIGNAL100 (2020)
- Director
- TAKEBA Lisa
- Cast
- HASHIMOTO Kanna, KOSEKI Yuta, SETO Toshiki
Film adaptation of the same-named bestselling comic by Miyatsuki Arata and Kondo Shigure. Terror reigns when high school students are put under suicidal hypnosis and their peaceful existence collapses. Thirty-six Seishin Gakuen High School students ...
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Wife of a Spy (2020)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- AOI Yu, TAKAHASHI Issey
The fate of a husband and wife are depicted in this mystery set in Japan on the night before the outbreak of the Pacific War. Kurosawa Kiyoshi, who won the Directing Prize in the Un Certain Regard of the 68th Cannes Film Festival, directs. Wife of a ...
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THE WITNESS (2019)
- Director
- MORI Junichi
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Riho, TAKASUGI Mahiro
A thriller remaking the 2011 Korean film Blind to also take into account the nature of Japanese society. Mori Junichi of the "Little Forest" series directs. Once an outstanding policewoman, Hamanaka Natsume (Yoshioka Riho) is in the pit of despair a...
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Thre 3 Sisters (2018)
- Director
- IGURO Hideaki
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Ayari, IKENAGA Aimi, TSUJIMURA Yurina
Ensemble mystery starring Nakamura Ayari, Minami Niko, Tsujimura Yurina and Ikenaga Aimi, who do modeling, voice acting and TV performances. College freshman Mami (Nakamura) goes to a girls-only pajama party for non-athletic school club, but a bunch...
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DOWNRANGE (2017)
- Director
- KITAMURA Ryuhei
- Cast
- Kelly Connaire, Stephanie Pearson, Rod Hernandez-Ferella
Kitamura Ryuhei, the director of VERSUS, Midnight Meat Train and No One Lives, has created a new type of thriller film. Maki Taro, the producer of In this Corner of the World and Tokyo Godfathers, has joined the production as the executive producer. ...
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jam (2018)
- Director
- SABU
- Cast
- AOYAGI Sho, MACHIDA Keita, SUZUKI Nobuyuki
Drama helmed and scripted by SABU of Mr. Long. Depicts the intersecting lives of three protagonists in a tale about divine justice. Singer Hiroshi (Aoyagi Sho) is put in captivity by a crazed fan after a concert. Takeru (Machida Keita) racks up good...
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Killing (2018)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Shinya
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, AOI Yu, NAKAMURA Tatsuya (BLANKEY JET CITY)
The first samurai period film from Tsukamoto Shinya who has captured international attention with Tetsuo The Iron Man and Fires on the Plain among others. Questions about life and death are brought into the open through ronin earnestly living in a fa...
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Werewolf Game Lost Eden (2018)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rena, OGURA Yuka, UENO Yuka
Seventh film in the survival suspense 'Werewolf Game' series. Nonoyama Hiromi (Takeda Rena) is forced to take part in the Werewolf Game where ten classmates kill each other. Players become either ﾒvillagerﾓ or ﾒwerewolfﾓ to trick and kill each other...
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Melancholic (2018)
- Director
- TANAKA Seiji
- Cast
- MINAGAWA Yoji, ISOZAKI Yoshitomo, YOSHIDA Mebuki
Teenage drama with pathos and cynical laughs along with suspense and action elements. Feature-film debut for Tanaka Seiji, who handles the script and direction. Produced by One Goose, which was established by a same- aged trio including lead actor-cu...
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Chronicle of the After-School Wars (2018)
- Director
- TSUCHIDA Junpei
- Cast
- ICHIKAWA Miori, AKIZUKI Narumi, Ririka
Film adaptation of the hit stage play utilizing A-list idols. Exquisitely depicts the subtleties of the emotions of girls wrapped up in absurd bloodletting with razor-sharp action and violence to boot. It's after school, and Kadowaki Sena (Ichikawa ...
