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PERFECT DAYS (2023)
- Director
- Wim WENDERS
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji
Maestro Wim Wenders directs Yakusho Koji in this story about a toilet cleaner. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival and winner of the Best Actor Award. Hirayama (Yakusho) cleans toilets in Shibuya, Tokyo. He lives in an old ...
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Go! Go! Sakura Club (2023)
- Director
- NODA Takanori
- Cast
- FUJI Tatsuya
A humanistic comedy about gateball, starring the famous actor Fuji Tatsuya. Directed, written and edited by Noda Takanori, director of Queen of Okinawa Comedy Never Dies. 76-year-old Oda Momojiro (Fuji), who has been living a lonely life after the d...
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Analog (2023)
- Director
- TAKAHATA Hideta
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Kazunari, Haru
Film adaptation of Kitano Takeshi's first romantic novel of the same title. A love story that looks at the "starting point" of people's loving each other. Designer Satoru (Ninomiya Kazunari) happens to meet Miyuki (Haru), a mysterious woman who does...
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YOKO (2022)
- Director
- KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi
- Cast
- KIKUCHI Rinko
Road movie featuring Babel actress Kikuchi Rinko's first solo starring role in a Japanese film. Director Kumakiri Kazuyoshi delivers a sensitive portrayal of the emotional turmoil experienced by a lonely woman in her forties. Forty-two-year-old part...
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WHALE BONES (2023)
- Director
- OE Takamasa
- Cast
- OCHIAI Motoki, ano
Mysterious fantasy about a man wandering in a world where the real and virtual are blurred. Directed by Oe Takemasa, who co-wrote the script for Drive My Car with Hamaguchi Ryusuke. Insomniac Mamiya (Ochiai Motoki) suffered a bad breakup and meets a...
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PICTURE OF SPRING (2023)
- Director
- SHIOTA Akihiko
- Cast
- UCHINO Seiyo, KITA Kana
Director Shiota Akihiko's script for this comical drama depicts the profound appeal of Shunga, a popular pastime in the Edo period known as "Laughing Pictures". This is the first ever uncensored depiction of ukiyo-e shunga in a Japanese commercial fi...
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All the Long Nights (2024)
- Director
- MIYAKE Sho
- Cast
- MATSUMURA Hokuto, KAMISHIRAISHI Mone, MITSUISHI Ken
Human drama adapted from the novel of the same title by Seo Maiko, directed by Miyake Sho, whose Small, Slow but Steady was highly acclaimed both at home and abroad. Once a month, Fujisawa Misa (Kamishiraishi Mone), who suffers from PMS (pre-menstru...
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Nightmare Resort (2023)
- Director
- NAGAE Jiro
- Cast
- IHARA Rikka, FUJIWARA Taiyu, AKITA Shiori
Horror film based on an urban legend passed down via the internet. Directed by Jiro Nagae, whose numerous horror films include Kisaragi Station and The Samejima Incident, also based on urban legends. Sakura (Ihara Rikka) is a university student who ...
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Terror World: KOWASUGI! (2023)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- OSAKO Shigeo, KUBOYAMA Chika, FUKUNAGA Akari
A feature-length film that is the first sequel in eight years to director Shiraishi Kōji's POV-style fake documentary film series, "Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi". Producer Kudo (Osako Shigeo), who is on the verge of bankruptcy, receives a video clip...
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Fanfare (2023)
- Director
- YOSHINO Ryohei
- Cast
- MINAKAMI Kyoka, NOMOTO Sora, KITA Noa
Coming-of-age film depicting the wavering emotions of a woman in her twenties whose dreams have been dashed. Directed, written and edited by Yoshino Ryuhei, whose Akaboshi and Spring, Has Come were screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival. ...
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GOLDFISH (2023)
- Director
- FUJINUMA Shinichi
- Cast
- NAGASE Masatoshi, KITAMURA Yukiya, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko
Directorial debut from Fujinuma Shinichi inspired by his experiences as guitarist for the punk band Anarchy formed in 1978. The band Guns became a social phenomenon in the 1980s, but they have to go on hiatus when Hal (Kitamura Yukiya) causes an in...
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A Girl Named Ann (2024)
- Director
- IRIE Yu
- Cast
- KAWAI Yuumi, SATO Jiro, INAGAKI Goro
A social drama based on an incident involving a girl that happened in Japan during the coronavirus pandemic, brought together by director Irie Yu of AI Amok and the staff of PLAN75. Twenty-one-year-old Ann (Kawai Yumi), who has been beaten by her mo...
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BUSHIDO (2024)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, KIYOHARA Kaya, NAKAGAWA Taishi
Director Shiraishi Kazuya (The Blood of Wolves) takes on a historical drama for the first time, teaming up with Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (Midnight Swan) for this revenge drama. Yanagida Kakunoshin (Kusanagi), a ronin who was falsely accused of a crime and ...
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PENALTY LOOP (2024)
- Director
- ARAKI Shinji
- Cast
- WAKABA Ryuya, ISEYA Yusuke, YAMASHITA Rio
Second feature film by director Araki Shinji, who made his feature film debut with The Town of Headcounts, again using an original screenplay. The film depicts the conflict of a protagonist who repeatedly commits murder in a time loop. Iwamori Jun (...
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ROADSIDE FLOWERS AND GRASS (2023)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- SAKUMA Mayu, YUYA Shintaro
The final chapter in a trilogy by Koshikawa Michio, who has depicted people's lives and sexuality from a unique perspective, following Their Backs and Hand in Hand on the theme of "the landscape of lovers who are nobody". Painter Nazuna (Sakuma Mayu...
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WITH YOU AGAIN (2023)
- Director
- HANA Kosei
- Cast
- HIRAI Amon, ITO Saki
The commercial film debut of up-and-coming director Hana Kosei, who has made a series of independent problematic films such as Love Someone and I Love You. The film is a human drama that explores new forms of love based on the director's own experien...
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DARK TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO (2023)
- Director
- SUZUKI Kosuke, KAWAMATSU Nao, SATO Shu
- Cast
- SUDA Aki, IMAI Shuto, MAEKAWA Tasuku
Episode 1 "A Child Who Came to the Hospital" – directed by Kosuke SUZUKI (TV series "Giver Taker", "24 Japan") Ryoka Hayama (Aiki Sugata), a high school girl in hospital, sees a mysterious girl. She is dressed in a kimono and holding a temari ball. ...
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A Foggy Paradise (2023)
- Director
- KOTSUJI Yohei
- Cast
- OKUTSU Yuya, LEE Masatoshi, YASHIMA Yasumi
Feature film directorial debut for Kotsuji Yohei, who takes an improvisational approach to filmmaking from scriptwriting through direction. This road movie was an official selection for the competition in the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival. ...
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Girls Drive (2023)
- Director
- MIYAOKA Taro
- Cast
- OGURI Yui, YAMAUCHI Mizuki, KURANOO Narumi
Road movie helmed by gift director Miyaoka Taro with original story penned by Inoue Tete, who scripted Initiation Love. Minami Koharu (Oguri Yui} has devoted her life to track and field and when she gets disqualified from the high school championsh...
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GREAT ABSENCE (2023)
- Director
- CHIKA-URA Kei
- Cast
- MORIYAMA Mirai, FUJI Tatsuya, MAKI Yoko
This is the second feature film by director Chika-ura Kei, who made his debut with Complicity. Actor Fuji Tatsuya, who is collaborating with the director for the third time, became the first Japanese to win the Best Actor Award at the 71st San Sebast...
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52-HERTZ WHALES (2024)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- SUGISAKI Hana, SHISON Jun, MIYAZAWA Hio
REBIRTH maestro filmmaker Narushima Izuru adapts Machida Sonoko's same-named novel that made a splash in Japan. This nuanced drama captures the unspoken voices of lonely individuals through the metaphor of the only whale in the world with a high-freq...
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SILENT LOVE (2024)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- YAMADA Ryosuke, HAMABE Minami, NOMURA Shuhei
A love story spun from his own original screenplay by Uchida Eiji, director of Midnight Swan, which won the Best Film Award at the 44th Japan Academy Prize. Hisaishi Joe, who has worked on numerous Studio Ghibli works, composed the music. Aoi (Yamad...
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Keep Your Left Hand Down (2023)
- Director
- IGUCHI Nami
- Cast
- NAGOYA Megumi, KITAGUCHI Mia, MATSUMOTO Kei
The era of childish perversions and violence, the children's police are arresting left-handed people. Yet, at universities old-fashioned film seminars are given leisurely, at cafes lovers are dating, a mysterious female fortuneteller predicts future ...
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Spring in Between (2022)
- Director
- KATSU Rika
- Cast
- MIYAZAWA Hio, KONISHI Sakurako
This is the commercial film debut of Katsu Rika, who has worked on numerous drama adaptations as a manga editor while continuing to produce independent films. Magazine editor Komukai Haru (Konisihi Sakurako), who is having trouble with work and love...
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The Women in the Lakes (2024)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- FUKUSHI Sota, MATSUMOTO Marika, ASANO Tadanobu
After a break of about 10 years following the highly acclaimed The Ravine of Goodbyes, director Omori Tatsushi returns to the mystery genre with another adaptation of author Shuichi Yoshida's work. A 100-year-old bedridden elderly man is murdered at...
