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Come Kiss Me at 0:00 AM (2019)
- Director
- SHINJO Takehiko
- Cast
- KATAYOSE Ryota (GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE), HASHIMOTO Kanna
Love story based on a comic of the same name about the fateful romance between a guy and girl who live in completely different worlds. Helmed by Shinjo Takehiko of Your Lie in April and Daytime Shooting Star. Hinana (Hashimoto Kanna) is a super-seri...
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BENTO HARASSMENT (2019)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Rempei
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Ryoko, YOSHINE Kyoko
Heartwarming drama based on an essay by the same title that adapted a popular blog into book format. Directed by Tsukamoto Rempei of 700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police. Single mother Mochimaru Kaoru (Shinohara Ryoko) and her daughter Futaba (Yosh...
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Ossan's Love: Love or Dead (2019)
- Director
- RUTO Toichiro
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, HAYASHI Kento, SHISON Jun
Feature film version of the 2018 TV drama that became a social phenomenon as the number-one Twitter trend and a top-ten buzzword. The story humorously portrays an all-guy "love-pentagon." Haruta Soichi (Tanaka Kei) returns to Japan after stints work...
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5 MILLION DOLLAR LIFE (2019)
- Director
- Moon Sung-Ho
- Cast
- MOCHIZUKI Ayumu, YAMADA Anna
Inaugural Grand Prize winner for the New Cinema Project, which auditions original film productions. Coming-of-age story about the life of a boy after he was saved with funds raised through donations. When he was little, Takatsuki Mirai (Mochizuki Ay...
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RANDEN: The Comings and Goings on a Kyoto Tram (2019)
- Director
- SUZUKI Takuji
- Cast
- IURA Arata, ONISHI Ayaka, ABE Satoko
The Keifuku Electric Rail Arashiyama Line commonly known as "Randen" is the through line of this film depicting the romantic circumstances of three couples that occur in the film studio town. Director Suzuki Takuji of The Wife of Gegege among others ...
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Amanogawa (2018)
- Director
- CONEY Shun
- Cast
- FUKUCHI Momoko, YANAGI Takayuki, IKUTA Tomoko
Shiori, a student living in Tokyo, feels lost in life. Her mother Satomi is an AI researcher, dedicated both to her work and educating her daughter to the highest level. Shiori stops going to school after getting banned from playing the Japanese taik...
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A Story From Chikamatsu (1954)
- Director
- MIZOGUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Kazuo, KAGAWA Kyoko
Osan is married to an imperial paperer, but when she is accused of having an affair with her husband's earnest employee, they flee the town. Their intense but sorrowful love intensifies....
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PARADISE NEXT (2019)
- Director
- HANNO Yoshihiro
- Cast
- TSUMABUKI Satoshi, TOYOKAWA Etsushi, Nikki HSIEH
Noir suspense shot entirely in Taiwan by Hanno Yoshihiro, who has scored soundtracks for films by Hou Hsaio-Hsien and Jia Zhangke. Co-stars Tsumabuki Satoshi and Toyokawa Etsushi with theme song by Sakamoto Ryuichi. Wisecracking Makino (Tsumabuki) s...
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Orphans Blues (2018)
- Director
- KUDO Riho
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Yukino, KAMIKAWA Takuro, TSUJI Nagiko
Road movie that won the Grand Prize at Pia Film Festival Award 2018. Director Kudo Riho was 22 years old when a passage by Terayama Shuji inspired this film about a heroine who lives all out amidst the impending doom of an endless summer. Ema (Murak...
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SOMETHING (2018)
- Director
- SHIBATA Keisuke
- Cast
- OGAWA An, TAKAHASHI Yusuke
Coming-of-age drama helmed by Shibata Keisuke, who garnered numerous honors at domestic film festivals for his short film Hitomazu Susume. Set in a provincial seaside town, the film depicts the halcyon days of an overseas exchange student girl and hi...
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The Garden Apartment (2017)
- Director
- ISHIHARA Umi
- Cast
- SHINOMIYA Yukari, SUZUMURA Yu, TAKESHITA Kaori
Feature film debut for Ishihara Umi, who makes video works in Japan and abroad using the name UMMMI. Depicts a night in Tokyo as experienced by a young couple and a single middle-aged woman. Official selection for the Bright Future Main Programme in ...
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Cyclops (2018)
- Director
- OBA Norichika
- Cast
- IKEUCHI Mansaku, SAITO Yu, SATO Kozo
Noir indie film helmed by Oba Norichika, who drew inspiration from a painting by the French artist Odilon Redon. Won the Governor of Hokkaido Prize and the Cinegard Award at the 2018 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Shinohara (Ikeuchi M...
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MOONLESS DAWN (2018)
- Director
- ABE Harika
- Cast
- NAKAO Yuka, AOKI Yuzu, ECHIGO Haruka
Teen ensemble film that won the Runner-up Grand Prize at MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival for collaborations between cutting-edge directors and artists. Rookie director Abe Harika drew inspiration from LOWPOPLTD., who releases music online. Ko (Ao...
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THE LANDLADY (2019)
- Director
- HAMANO Sachi
- Cast
- YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, Nahana, Kanichiro
The novel of the same name by 2017 Akutagawa Prize contender Kimura Kumi is adapted to film by the director of Lily Festival, Hamano Sachi, and stars Yoshiyuki Kazuko. It looks back 20 years into the past of an elderly woman who died of heatstroke an...
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I'm crazy (2019)
- Director
- KUDO Masaaki
- Cast
- FURUTACHI Yutaro, SAKURAI Yuki, SOKABE Keiichi
The feature-length debut by Kudo Masaaki, who was an assistant director on films by Yukisada Isao and Shiraishi Kazuya, is a coming-of-age tale about a young man passionate for music. It won the NETPAC Award (the award for best Asian film) at the 201...
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THE STORMY FAMILY (2019)
- Director
- ICHII Masahide
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, MEGUMI, NAKAMURA Tomoya
Blindly In Love director Ichii Masahide tackles a family film from a 12-year-long developed original script intimated from his emotions toward his parents. The elderly husband and wife of the Suzuki family went missing after robbing 20 million yen f...
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MUGEN FOUNDATION (2018)
- Director
- OSAKI Akira
- Cast
- MINAMI Sara, NISHIYAMA Cosame, HARA Nanoka
Coming-of-age film about teenage girls created with improvised performances and inspired by singer/songwriter Nishiyama Cosame's song "Mirai e." Won two awards at MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with music...
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Remember the full moon night (2018)
- Director
- KAWAKITA Yumeki
- Cast
- TOKIYOSHI Erika, TAKEUCHI Momoko, NOJIMA Kenya
Coming-of-age ensemble film produced for MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with musicians. Directed by Kawakita Yumeki, whose previous film Kawaranaide. Hyakunichisou was selected for screenings at indie fil...
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TAKE OVER ZONE (2018)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Shimpei
- Cast
- YOSHINA Ruri, UCHIDA Chika, KAWASE Yohta
Sari is a junior high school student in a track & field club, living with her father who divorced his wife 3 years ago. The divorce casts shadow to her life as she felt no affections from her mother as she leaves the house with her younger brother To...
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Go Away, Ultramarine (2019)
- Director
- YANAGI Akina
- Cast
- YOKOHAMA Ryusei, IITOYO Marie
Film adaptation of Kono Yutaka's teen fantasy novel, produced by Sugahara Daiki, who turned the "Mr. Osomatsu" stage production into a hit. Cutting-edge Yanagi Akina, who garnered film awards while in high school in the US, was tapped as director. N...
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WALKING MAN (2019)
- Director
- ANARCHY
- Cast
- NOMURA Shuhei, YUKI Mio
Original production marking the directorial debut for popular rapper ANARCHY. This story of a young man trying to escape poverty through rap incorporates the director's personal experiences during times of hardship. Atom (Nomura Shuhei) lives with h...
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Ninkyo Gakuen (2019)
- Director
- KIMURA Hisashi
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, NISHIDA Toshiyuki
Film adaptation of Konno Bin's popular novelized series "Ninkyo" about the hardships experienced by do-gooder yakuza. Helmed by TV drama-veteran Kimura Hisashi, who counts Miike Takashi and Tsutsumi Yukihiko as mentors. The Akimoto-gumi yakuza take...
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For Him to Live (2019)
- Director
- KURAMOTO Tomoyuki
- Cast
- KAKU Tomohiro, FURUTA Yuina, KAZUKI Saya
Child welfare services takes Hiiro away from har parents, as they suspect she'd being abused. The parents feel that society is against them and are self-pitying, hating themselves for it. Time passes as the couple fails to turn things around. Then Hi...
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JK Rock (2019)
- Director
- MUGURUMA Shunji
- Cast
- FUKUYAMA Shodai, YAMAMOTO Ryosuke, KOBAYASHI Ryota
Original production from Muguruma Shunji, who helmed My Lover is a Sniper: The Movie and served as director on "Kamen Rider Agito." The JoKers rock band broke up at the height of their popularity. One year later, lead member JOE (Yamamoto Ryosuke) ha...
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108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba (2019)
- Director
- MATSUO Suzuki
- Cast
- MATSUO Suzuki, NAKAYAMA Miho
Original production that marks the fourth feature film directed by Theatre Otona Keikaku leader Matsuo Suzuki, who also stars in the film and penned the screenplay. Comedy about a husband's outrageous plot to get revenge against his wife. Screenplay...
