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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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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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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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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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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...
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Strawberry Song (2019)
- Director
- SUGAWARA Shintaro
- Cast
- FURUTACHI Yutaro, ISHIBASHI Shizuka
Teen romance inspired by a song from the rock band Ging Nang BOYZ, penned by popular screenplay writer Okada Yoshikazu. Helmed by Sugawara Shintaro, who served as director on the TV drama "The Gutsy Frog" featuring Okada's screenplay. Kota's (Furuta...
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Blue Hour (2019)
- Director
- HAKOTA Yuko
- Cast
- Kaho, SHIM Eun-kyung
Commercial ads director Hakota Yuko makes her theatrical film debut with this original work. In the lead role is Kaho of Our Little Sister. The film won the Best Film and Best Director awards in the Asian New Talents category of the 22nd Shanghai Int...
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SAKURA (tentative title) (2020)
- Director
- YAZAKI Hitoshi
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, KOMATSU Nana, YOSHIZAWA Ryo
Hajime is a popular, handsome man and the oldest of three siblings. His sister Miki is beautiful, albeit a little eccentric, and has an almost unhealthy obsession with Hajime. The youngest of the three is Kaoru, who is quite plain and ordinary compar...
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NOT QUITE DEAD YET (2020)
- Director
- HAMASAKI Shinji
- Cast
- HIROSE Suzu, YOSHIZAWA Ryo, TSUTSUMI Shinichi
Angst-ridden college student, Nanase Nobata (Suzu Hirose), lives with her father, Hakaru, president of the Nobata Pharmaceutical Company, resentful of his constant nagging about her life, and for being so absorbed in his work that he failed to be at ...
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KIOKUYA (Original Japanese title) (2020)
- Director
- HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Ryosuke, YOSHINE Kyoko, RENBUTSU Misako
University student Ryoichi's happy life is shattered when his older girlfriend Kyoko stops taking his calls the day after he proposes marriage to her. He sees her several days later, but to his dismay, she has no recollection at all of who he is. Ryo...
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Meeting Myself (2019)
- Director
- NISHIKORI Yoshinari
- Cast
- TAKAHIRO, MATSUZAKA Keiko
I have forgotten something important... Toru was a skilled fisherman on Oki island but he stopped to take a boat after he got caught in a storm while out fishing 12 years ago. When he woke up in the hospital, he had completely lost his memory. Unabl...
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The Takatsu River (2019)
- Director
- NISHIKORI Yoshinari
- Cast
- KOMOTO Masahiro, TODA Naho
A story of people who, earnestly try to live while preserving the tradition, pure as a clear stream. Manabu runs a ranch on a mountain in Shimane prefecture where he grew up. In his town, there is a dance called 'KAGURA', which is said to be the ori...
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A Beloved Wife (2019)
- Director
- ADACHI Shin
- Cast
- HAMADA Gaku, MIZUKAWA Asami, NIITSU Chise
Shin Adachi, who won numerous screenplay awards by the movie 100 Yen Love(14), wrote his first autobiographical novel. He wrote and directed the novel, a movie of a couple anthem drawn through a husband of a struglgling screenwriter and a wife who co...
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Cry (2019)
- Director
- WATANABE Hirobumi
- Cast
- WATANABE Hirobumi, HIRAYAMA Misao, HISATSUGU Riko
Since their debut, And the Mud Ship Sails Away..., through 7 Days, Poolsideman, Party 'Round the Globe and Life Finds A Way, the brothers Hirobumi and Yuji Watanabe have continued to depict the Japanese way of life. Their latest work, set in a rural ...
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Life: Untitled (2019)
- Director
- YAMADA Kana
- Cast
- ITOH Sairi, TSUNEMATSU Yuri, KATAOKA Reiko
In a sex shop on the fourth floor of a building, in a flashy room, female escorts are waiting for calls from customers. Kanou, who has just entered the shop, recalls "The Tortoise and the Hare", which she played in primary school. Everyone is crazy ...
