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SHIMAMORI (2022)
- Director
- IGARASHI Sho
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Masato, MURAKAMI Jun, YOSHIOKA Riho
A human drama, set in Okinawa at the end of World War II, depicting the preciousness of human life. Directed by Igarashi Sho of One Step on a Mine, It's All Over. Together with Shimada Akira (Hagiwara Masato), the last appointed governor of Okinawa ...
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Fragments of The Last Will (2022)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Kazunari, KITAGAWA Keiko
An epic drama depicting the love and bond between the real-life Japanese interned in the Siberian concentration camp (Lageri), Yamamoto Hatao, his wife, and his fellow internees. In 1945, Siberia is in the grip of a bitter winter of 40 degrees below...
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Shikkokuten Tsui no katari (2022)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Koichi
- Cast
- ARAKI Hirofumi
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Gift of Fire (2021)
- Director
- KUROSAKI Hiroshi
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, ARIMURA Kasumi, MIURA Haruma
Based on the historical events of the end of the Pacific War, this coming-of-age ensemble drama tells the story of three young adults who lived their lives to the fullest while being at the mercy of the times. It is the summer of 1945. Under secret ...
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Zenin seppuku (2021)
- Director
- TOYODA Toshiaki
- Cast
- KUBOZUKA Yosuke, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, IMOU Haruka
Toyoda Toshiaki, who has constantly been releasing works including Wolf's Calling and The Day of Destruction, directs this twenty-six-minute period film on which he also serves as planner and producer. Kubozuka Yousuke, known for his roles in Silence...
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Godai - The Wunderkind (2020)
- Director
- TANAKA Mitsutoshi
- Cast
- MIURA Haruma, MIURA Shohei, NISHIKAWA Takanori
Godai Tomoatsu, a samurai who prospered between the end of the Edo Era and the early Meiji Era, is depicted in this ensemble youth drama. The original story is brought to life by the 125 Years Memory duo of screenwriter Komatsu Eriko, and director Ta...
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Independence of Japan (2020)
- Director
- ITO Shunya
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, MIYAZAWA Rie, KOBAYASHI Kaoru
Set after the war in occupied Japan, this drama depicts Yoshida Shigeru and Shirasu Jiro, who were an equally matched opponent for the Allied Forces General Headquarters (GHQ) as it rushed to immediately restore Japan's autonomy. The film is written ...
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SHINIGAMI AND THE DEATH HANDLER (2020)
- Director
- SHIBAZAKI Takayuki
- Cast
- SUZUKI Hiroki, YASUI Kentaro, SAKIYAMA Tsubasa
Second production in the Toei Movie x Stage project that connects the big screen with theater. The last of the death handlers investigates serial killings in Edo for this innovative historical drama. Original story and script by Suto Yasushi of Detec...
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INU-OH (2021)
- Director
- YUASA Masaaki
- Cast
- Avu-chan (Queen Bee), MORIYAMA Mirai
Yuasa Masaaki directs this musical animated film adaptation of the novel "THE TALE OF THE HEIKE: THE INU-OH CHAPTERS" which is based on the true story of Noh master Inu-oh who performed between the Nanboku-cho Period and Muromachi Era. Manga artist M...
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THE PASS: LAST DAYS OF THE SAMURAI (2020)
- Director
- KOIZUMI Takashi
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, MATSU Takako, NAKADAI Tatsuya
First film adaptation of Shiba Ryotaro's famed work "Touge" about the heroic Kawai Tsugunosuke, known as the "last samurai." Direction and screenplay by Koizumi Takashi, who worked as assistant director on numerous Kurosawa Akira films. In 1867 as t...
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HOKUSAI (2020)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, TANAKA Min, NAGAYAMA Eita
Life in the Edo Period was oppressive under the shogunate. The artist Katsushika Hokusai practiced his craft during this time and is the focus of this biographical drama directed by Hashimoto Hajime of the Detective in the Bar series. The film depic...
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TALKING THE PICTURES (2019)
- Director
- SUO Masayuki
- Cast
- NARITA Ryo, KUROSHIMA Yuina
The first comedy in five years since Lady Maiko by Suo Masayuki whose Shall we Dance? was remade by Hollywood. It deals with the uniquely Japanese art of "Katsudo Benshi" or "movie narrator" during the Japanese silent film era. Shuntaro (Narita Ryo)...
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BARAGAKI UNBROKEN SAMURAI (2020)
- Director
- HARADA Masato
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, SHIBASAKI Ko, SUZUKI Ryohei
Epic period drama based on Shiba Ryotaro's historical novel, helmed and scripted by Harada Masato of Sekigahara and KAKEKOMI. Vividly depicts Shinsengumi vice commander Hijikata Toshizo's life spanning the final days of the Edo period into the Meiji ...
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ITOSATO A Kyoto Coutesan at the End of Samurai Era (2018)
- Director
- KASHIMA Mikiya
- Cast
- FUJINO Ryoko, MIZOBATA Junpei, MATSUI Rena
A geisha's tragic love story is told in this period film which was an official selection of the 38th Hawaii International Film Festival. The film is written and directed by Kashima Mikiya, a veteran of many period television series. Fujino Ryoko, who...
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Seven girls (2018)
- Director
- David MIYAHARA
- Cast
- SAKAZAKI Ai, HORIKAWA Hatena, ADACHI Kaho
2018 marked the 20th anniversary of the theatre troupe Zenpo Koenfun. This drama is a film adaptation with the original stage cast of their popular work which was first performed in 2004 and has had over four repeat performances since. In the directo...
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SAMURAI SHIFTERS (2019)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin
- Cast
- HOSHINO Gen, TAKAHASHI Issey, TAKAHATA Mitsuki
The Floating Castle director Inudo Isshin adapts to film the novel "Hikkoshi Daimyo" by Dobashi Akihiro, which is based on an anecdote about the true-life feudal lord, Matsudaira Naonori. One day, Matsudaira Naonori (Oikawa Mitsuhiro), the lord of H...
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SAMURAI MARATHON (2019)
- Director
- Bernard Rose
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, KOMATSU Nana, MORIYAMA Mirai
Historical drama directed by Bernard Rose of Immortal Beloved and produced by Jeremy Thomas of The Last Emperor. Based on Dobashi Akihiro's novel 'Bakumatsu Marathon Samurai' about the Ansei Tooashi, known as Japan's first marathon. Annaka feudal lo...
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Tengu Rider ~Emperor's inspector~ (2017)
- Director
- KUNO Tsutomu
- Cast
- KASAHARA Shinji, NAKAMURA Seijiro, NOGUCHI Mao
Action-packed samurai drama set at the end of the Tokugawa era, produced as a regional development project for Otaki Village in Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture. Kyoto in 1961, the first year in the Bunkyu Era. As part of the policy for shogunate-im...
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The Great War of Archimedes (2019)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, EMOTO Tasuku, HAMABE Minami
Mita Norifusa's popular comic is adapted to live action. Set in 1930s Japan, the film depicts a brilliant mathematician's attempt to stop the construction program of the battleship Yamato. Yamazaki Takashi of The Eternal Zero directs. The headquarte...
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ORGAN (2019)
- Director
- HIRAMATSU Emiko
- Cast
- TODA Erika, OHARA Sakurako, SAKUMA Yui
Film adaptation of the true story of young nursery school caretakers who evacuated the children in their care to protect them from air strikes at the end of the Pacific War. Togoshi nursery teachers in Tokyo scramble to find a place to evacuate and ...
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This Old Road -KONOMICHI- (2019)
- Director
- SASABE Kiyoshi
- Cast
- OMORI Nao, AKIRA, KANJIYA Shihori
Poet Kitahara Hakushu and musician Yamada Kosaku created numerous acclaimed nursery rhymes. This biographical drama warmly depicts anecdotes about the birth of their collaborations, starting with the song 'Konomichi' in the film's title. Director Sas...
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Henkankoshonin Itsuka Okinawa o torikaesu (2018)
- Director
- YANAGAWA Tsuyoshi
- Cast
- IURA Arata, TODA Naho, OMI Toshinori
Feature film that incorporates new footage into the NHK drama based on Miyagawa Tetsuji's non-fiction film 'Boku wa Okinawa wo torimodoshitai.' Depicts legendary diplomat Chiba Kazuo's battle for his very soul. Diplomat Chiba (Iura Arata) was on the...
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Yassa Daruman (2018)
- Director
- OMORI Kenichi
- Cast
- SATO Hisanori, SUDO Maasa, TAKETATSU Ayana
Youthful drama inspired by the official mascot for Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Young employees at city hall scramble to boost the mascot's popularity. Reunites the cast from Fun way to write the light novel, along with director Omori Kenichi. ...
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SAMURAI'S PROMISE (2018)
- Director
- KIMURA Daisaku
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, KUROKI Haru
Naoki Prize-winning author Hamuro Rin's period novel is brought to life on film. It nobly portrays the bond between an upright samurai and his deceased wife amid the backdrop of internal intrigue entangling a fief. At the helm is Kimura Daisaku who i...
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Legend of the Demon Cat (2018)
- Director
- Chen Kaige
- Cast
- SOMETANI Shota, Huang Xuan, ABE Hiroshi
Japan-China co-production about monk Kukai and poet Hakurakuten as they tackle a tremendous mystery that shakes Chang'an, based on author Yumemakura Baku‘s "Samon kukai tou no kuni nite oni to utagesu". Directed by Farewell My Concubine's Chen Kaige....
