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Rise of the Machine Girls (2019)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Yuki
- Cast
- TSUKIMIYA Himena, HANAKAGE Kanon, SAKAGUCHI Taku (TAK∴)
Up-and-coming director Kobayashi Yuki directs this shocking reboot of The Machine Girl by Iguchi Noboru who enjoys a cult following even in North America. Chiba Yoshinori and Nishimura Yoshihiro, who produced Kobayashi's commercial debut film Death R...
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Stardust Over the Town (2020)
- Director
- SUGIYAMA Taiichi
- Cast
- TAIHEI Saburo, Lasalle ISHII, KOMIYA Takayasu
A film adaptation of the 25 year long-running, identically titled stage production performed by theatre troupe Hoshikuzu no Kai which was formed by playwright and stage director Mizutani Ryuji. The story depicts the sorrows of an obscure ballad choru...
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Prison 13 (2019)
- Director
- WATANABE Kensaku
- Cast
- HOTTA Mayu, ITANO Tomomi, MAENO Tomoya
Derived from the "Stanford Prison Experiment", this closed room thriller depicts the violent game between 12 men and women who are the test subjects of a public experiment. Writer and director Watanabe Kensaku, the screenwriter of The Great Passage, ...
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GHOST MASTER (2019)
- Director
- YOUNG Paul
- Cast
- MIURA Takahiro, NARUMI Rico
Horror comedy officially selected for numerous film festivals including the 52nd SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. Feature film directorial debut by Paul Young, who studied under director Kurosawa Kiyoshi and has an America...
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It Feels So Good (2019)
- Director
- ARAI Haruhiko
- Cast
- EMOTO Tasuku, TAKIUCHI Kumi
Arai Haruhiko, one of Japan's best-known screenplay writers, reprises his dual roles as director and writer from Body and Soul and When I Was Most Beautiful. First film adaptation of a work by Naoki Prize-winning author Shiraishi Kazufumi depicting t...
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Stolen Identity 2 (working title) (2020)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- CHIBA Yudai, SHIRAISHI Mai, NARITA Ryo
The follow-up to the hit thriller which ended up earning 1.9 billion yen at the box office. Both director Nakata Hideo and screenwriter Oishi Tetsuya return for this sequel. Based on the second book 'Smartphone wo Otoshita dake nanoni Toraware no Sat...
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The Flowers of Evil (2019)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- ITO Kentaro, TAMASHIRO Tina, AKITA Shiori
Iguchi Noboru, the prolific creator of The Machine Girl and other cult and fantastic films, was charmed by Oshimi Shuzo's comic of the same name and personally endeavored toward achieving this live-action, startling teen film. Kasuga Takao (Ito Kent...
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One Cut of the Dead Spin-Off: In Hollywood (2019)
- Director
- NAKAIZUMI Yuya
- Cast
- Mao, HAMATSU Takayuki, SHUHAMA Harumi
This is a spin-off film of the public phenomenon One Cut of the Dead which opened in two theaters in Tokyo and became a smash hit through word of mouth. Director Ueda Shinichiro serves as executive producer and screenwriter while Nakaizumi Yuya, assi...
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Romance Doll (Tentative) (2019)
- Director
- TANADA Yuki
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Issey, AOI Yu, Kitaro
Director Tanada Yuki writes the screenplay to this live-action adaptation of her own 2008 debut novel of the same name. In the leading roles of the married couple are Takahashi Issey and Aoi Yu who co-star for the first time in 18 years since All Abo...
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He Won't Kill, She Won't Die (2019)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Keiichi
- Cast
- MAMIYA Shotaro, SAKURAI Hinako
Live-action film adaptation of the tear-jerker 4-frame manga that was a sensation on Twitter. Director Kobayashi Keiichi depicted the highs and lows of teenage years with About the Pink Sky, which won the Japanese Eyes Best Picture Award at the 24th ...
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The Woman Who Keeps A Murderer (2019)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- ASUKA Rin, MIZUHASHI Kenji, NEGISHI Toshie
Nakata Hideo, director of the quintessential J-Horror film Ring, adapts the erotic-thriller novel of the same name by Oishi Kei. Four actresses depict with uninhibited eroticism the four personalities of the heroine. Kyoko (Asuka Rin) works at a bis...
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It Stopped Raining (2019)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- NAKANO Taiga, ETO Misa
Film adaptation of the 2004 debut novel from Miyashita Natsu, who made a splash when "The Forest of Wool and Steel" was adapted for film in 2018. Helmed by Nakagawa Ryutaro, whose accolades include the FIPRESCI Award at the 39th Moscow International ...
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We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous (2019)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, SASAKI Kuranosuke, HIROSUE Ryoko
Original comedy that reunites director Take Masaharu with scriptwriters Imai Masako and Adachi Shin from the previous film. Hirosue Ryoko plays the bewitching heroine who tricks the protagonists as portrayed by Nakai Kiichi and Sasaki Kuranosuke. An...
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SPECIAL ACTORS (2019)
- Director
- UEDA Shinichiro
- Cast
- OSAWA Kazuto, KONO Hiroki, FUJI Takuya
One Cut of the Dead director Ueda Shinichiro takes a concept he has been incubating for many years and casts 15 unknown actors through auditions for this multiple protagonist film resulting from his original script. It was the seventh project produce...
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Under Your Bed (2019)
- Director
- ASATO Mari
- Cast
- KORA Kengo, NISHIKAWA Kanako, ABE Kenichi
Film adaptation of Ohishi Kei's same-named horror novel about a lonely man's warped feelings of love. Helmed by Bilocation's Asato Mari, who served as assistant director on films by Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Shiota Akihiko. Ignored by even his parents, M...
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His Bad Blood (2019)
- Director
- OYAMA Koichiro
- Cast
- WATANABE Ikkei, TOYAMA Yu, ENOMOTO Sakura
Drama marking the feature film debut for Oyama Koichiro, who has worked as assistant director for Nakata Hideo and Wakamatsu Setsuro. Shot entirely in Nagano Prefecture's Iida City. Screened at the 23rd Fantasia International Film Festival. Raised b...
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To the Ends of the Earth (2019)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, KASE Ryo, SOMETANI Shota
Kurosawa Kiyoshi who has won numerous awards at home and abroad including Best Director in the Un Certain Regard at Cannes for Journey to the Shore, writes and directs this original road movie which was shot in Uzbekistan over the course of one month...
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Sleep in the Shadows (2019)
- Director
- IZUMI Seiji
- Cast
- KATO Masaya, NAKAMURA Yuri, YO Kimiko
Film adaptation of the hard-boiled detective novel "Hoei" by popular author Kitakata Kenzo, who has had numerous works adapted for film. Director Izumi Seiji has helmed the TV series and feature films for the "Aibo" franchise. Fuyuki (Kato Masaya) r...
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ERICA 38 (2018)
- Director
- HIBI Yuichi
- Cast
- ASADA Miyoko, KIKI Kilin
This is the only film Kiki Kilin, of Shoplifters fame among many others, conceived in her lifetime. Based on a true story, it depicts a woman turning to a life of fraud because of her desires. In the director's chair is Hibi Yuichi whose Ken San won ...
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Minori, on the Brink (2019)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Minori
ENBU Seminar, the film school which brought One Cut of the Dead in to the world, produced this drama through the 8th session of its Cinema Project workshop. At the helm is Ninomiya Ryutaro whose Sweating the Small Stuff was screened at the 70th Locar...
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Show Me the Way to the Station (2019)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Naoki
- Cast
- NIITSU Chise
Film adaptation of a short story by Naoki Prize-winning author Ijuin Shizuka. Direction and adaptation by acclaimed filmmaker Hashimoto Naoki, whose Birthright has been screened at domestic and international film festivals and won the Special Jury Aw...
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Handling Method for Grumpy Woman (2019)
- Director
- ARITA Shunsuke
- Cast
- HAYAMI Akari, HIRAOKA Yuta
Comedy that uses neuroscience to resolve conflicts between men and women at a wedding hall, based on the same-named work penned by Kurokawa Ihoko. Feature film directorial debut for Arita Shunsuke. College student Majima Ai (Hayami Akari) gets a par...
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A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic (2019)
- Director
- KATAGIRI Kenji
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Honoka, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko
Drama that adapts for film Kikuchi Mariko's manga-style essay based on her real-life experiences. Directed and scripted by Katagiri Kenji, whose debut film Room Laundering was screened at the 22nd Fantasia International Film Festival. Tadokoro Saki ...
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Little Miss Period (2019)
- Director
- SHINADA Shunsuke
- Cast
- NIKAIDO Fumi, ITOH Sairi
Film adaptation of Koyama Ken's same-named comic that anthropomorphizes menstruation as a pop character and won the Short Work Prize for the 23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. Helmed by Shinada Shunsuke, who has directed numerous TV shows. Yoneda Aok...
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My Sweet Grappa Remedies (2019)
- Director
- OOKU Akiko
- Cast
- MATSUYUKI Yasuko, KUROKI Haru, SHIMIZU Hiroya
Jiro of the stand-up duo Shison contributes to the screenplay adapting his own novel written as if the diary of a middle-aged woman. At the helm is Ooku Akiko whose Tremble All You Want won the Audience Award at the 30th Tokyo International Film Fest...
