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Play! (2024)
- Director
- FURUMAYA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- OKUDAIRA Daiken, SUZUKA Oji
Japan's first theatrical release about e-sports was inspired by the real-life experiences of a boy in Tokushima Prefecture. Directed by Furumaya Tomoyuki of The Homeless Student. Shota's (Okudaira Daiken) interest is piqued by a poster at school rec...
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Lumberjack the Monster (2023)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, Nanao, YOSHIOKA Riho
Suspense film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Kurai Mayusuke, directed by Miike Takashi. The film depicts an epic confrontation between a deranged lawyer and a serial killer. A bizarre murder occurs in which the victim's brain is removed...
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Motherhood (2022)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- TODA Erika, NAGANO Mei
Hiroki Ryuichi adapts the same-named novel by Confession author Minato Kanae. The truth behind a mystery is laid bare through the eyes of a mother unable to love her daughter and the daughter who desires maternal affection. A high school girl is fou...
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MENTAI PIRIRI ~PANSY FLOWER~ (2023)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- HAKATA Hanamaru, TOMITA Yasuko
This is the second theatrical film outing for the TV drama series ‘Mentai Piriiri', which won the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Award for two consecutive years. As per the previous film, Eguchi Kan (The Fable) directs. At Fukunoya, a gro...
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The Slit-Mouthed Woman Rises (2023)
- Director
- NAKAMOTO Yu
- Cast
- KIDO Taisei, KUROSAKI Reina, YASHIKI Hiroko
Action horror film based on the urban legend of The Slit-Mouthed Woman. Directed, written and edited by Nakamoto Yu of Ichimonji Ken Prologue: Kung Fu Boy Vs Murder Karate Man fame, which won the Audience Award at the 2018 PFF Awards. High school st...
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Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2 (2023)
- Director
- KAWAKE Shunsaku
- Cast
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi, KATAOKA Ainosuke, KANNO Miho
Two films starring Toyokawa Etsushi adapt Ikenami Shotaro's series that rivals his "Onihei Hankacho" and "Kenkyaku Shobai" in popularity. Produced to commemorate the centennial of the great historical novelist's birth. Fujieda Baian (Toyokawa) is a ...
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Cloud (2024)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki
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Stay Mum (2024)
- Director
- SEKINE Kosai
- Cast
- Anne Watanabe, OKUDA Eiji
Chisako Satoya, a writer, and her father, Kozo, had a long-standing feud and had been living apart for a long time. However now that Kozo, who lives alone, has dementia, so she returns to her hometown to begin taking care of him. One day, she rescues...
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UNDEAD LOVERS (2024)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- MIKAMI Ai, SATO Kanta
Rino believes that "the man of her destiny" is Jun who always disappears from her whenever she feels their love for each other. In their lifetime, they meet many times and Rino is 100% focused on him every time. These encounters and separations are...
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Promised Land (2023)
- Director
- IIJIMA Masashi
- Cast
- SUGITA Rairu, Kanichiro
The year is 1983 in the village of Hibara, located deep within the mountains of Yamagata Prefecture in northern Japan. In this place, the traditions of the matagi, bear hunters since ancient times, remain strong. When the snow begins to thaw, the men...
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Voice (2023)
- Director
- MISHIMA Yukiko
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, CARROUSEL Maki, AIKAWA Show
Drama dealing with sexual assault and emotional scars from director Mishima Yukiko. Portrays three people as they live on the islands of Lake Toya in Hokkaido, Hachijojima in Tokyo, and Dojima in Osaka. Maki (Carrousel Maki) lives near Lake Toya, an...
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The Pearl Legacy (2022)
- Director
- TANAKA Mitsutoshi
- Cast
- HIGA Manami, MIURA Shohei, MIURA Tomokazu
Ryunosuke (Shohei Miura), a property management lawyer and adult guardian, goes to visit the Daiki family, who have just lost their mother, Mitsuyo (Mako Ishino). The discovery that their father's wealth, particularly the "Legendary Pearl," valued at...
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During the Rains (2024)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Shimpei
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Yukino, NISHINO Nagisa, YOSHIDA Ryoka
Kotone (20) is a former cabaret club hostess who lost her job due to corona. She meets a man at a dating café and survives off using him as a sugar daddy. Kotone gets in a lot of trouble, including being the subject of an internet slander campaign th...
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Worlds Apart (2024)
- Director
- SETA Natsuki
- Cast
- ARAGAKI Yui, HAYASE Ikoi, Kaho
The story of two women who find themselves living together: a shy writer named Makio Kodai (Age 35), and her niece, Asa Takumi (Age 15). It all starts at the funeral for Asa's parents, who died in a car accident. When Makio hears her relatives ca...
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OSHORIN (2023)
- Director
- KODAMA Yoshihisa
- Cast
- KITANO Kie, KOIZUMI Kotaro, MORISAKI Win
Human drama adapted from Fujioka Yoko's novel of the same name. The film focuses on two brothers "spirit of craftsmanship" and the family love that supported them as they laid the business foundations in Fukui Prefecture, which accounts for 95% of do...
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6 Lying University Students (2024)
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- Cast
The six university students were given a task at their final exam for a recruitment examination for an IT company, where only one of them will be chosen to receive a job offer. When the existence of an "envelope" accusing them revealed, they start t...
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HIMURO RENJI (2024)
- Director
- TSUJI Hiroyuki
- Cast
- MOTOMIYA Yasukaze, KUROBA Mario, LIU Shadow
A message arrives on Himuro's smartphone from his son Yuta, who is now a high school student. Himuro stares at the message with a startled expression. The message is a single word - Revenge. Then, there is a picture of Yuta, gagged and staring resent...
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Tatsumi (2023)
- Director
- SHOJI Hiroshi
- Cast
- ENDO Yuya, MORITA Kokoro
A sad revenge drama about Tatsumi and Aoi. Directed by Shoji Hiroshi of Ken and Kazu, which won the Japanece Cinema Splash Best Film Award at TIFF 2015....
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Sin and Evil (2024)
- Director
- SAITO Yuki
- Cast
- KORA Kengo, DAITOH Shunsuke, ISHIDA Takuya
Mystery about the sins that burden three childhood friends and a new murder case in the making. Saito Yuki makes his directorial debut with the script that he penned. When 14-year-old Masaki is killed, his classmates Haru, Akira and Saku barge into ...
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THE BOX MAN (2024)
- Director
- ISHII Gakuryu
- Cast
- NAGASE Masatoshi, ASANO Tadanobu, SATO Koichi
In this eerie and evocative masterpiece, the nameless protagonist gives up his identity and normal life to live witha large cardboard box over his head. Wandering the streets of Tokyo, he scribbles madly in a notebook, describing the world outside as...
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18x2 Beyond Youthful Days (2024)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- HSU Kuanghan, KIYOHARA Kaya, JOSEPH Chang
Jimmy goes back to his parents' house for the first time in a long time and finds a postcard from Ami. Ami, a backpacker from Japan, showed up at the his work place 18 years ago. Jimmy's memories of his first love come back to him, and he sets off...
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In an Isolated Cottage on a Snowy Mountain (2024)
- Director
- IIZUKA Ken
- Cast
- SHIGEOKA Daiki, MAMIYA Shotaro, NAKAJO Ayami
Film adaptation of Higashino Keigo's same-named mystery from 1992 that was deemed to be too daunting for the silver screen. Helmed by Iizuka Ken (Step), who also excels as a director for theater. Seven members of a theater troupe receive invitations...
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Refugee X (2023)
- Director
- KUMAZAWA Naoto
- Cast
- UENO Juri, HAYASHI Kento, NOMURA Shuhei
Mystery romance based on "Refugee X," the debut work from upcoming author Pallus Ayako who lives in France. Directed, scripted and edited by Kumazawa Naoto of Yurigokoro. Japan announces that it will accept the life form called "X," who are refugees...
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The Quiet Yakuza -Part 2- (2023)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Kento
- Cast
- ITO Kentaro
A new live-action adaptation of the popular yakuza manga ‘The Quiet Don' by Nitta Tatsuo, comprehensively produced by Motomiya Yasukaze of the "Japan Unification" series. The second part of a two-part theatrical release whereby four chapters are divi...
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Motion Picture: Choke (2023)
- Director
- NAGAO Gen
- Cast
- WADA Misa, HIBA Daiki, NISHINA Takashi
This unusual drama shot in black and white depicts humans living in a devastated world where language has ceased to exist. Nagao Gen directs his second feature film after Itsuka no futari. A woman (Wada Misa) lives off the land in an abandon buildin...