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Ichikei no karasu (2023)

Director: TANAKA Akira

Cast: TAKENOUCHI Yutaka, KUROKI Haru, SAITOH Takumi

A feature film version of the TV drama series set in the Tokyo District Court, Branch 3, Criminal Division 1, known as "Ichikei". Directed by Tanaka Ryo, the director of the "Confidence Man JP" series. Two years have passed since the unconventional ...

THEIR BACKS (2022)

Director: KOSHIKAWA Michio

Cast: SATO Riho, OCHIAI Motoki, MINE Goichi

Drama about the psychological state of a 30-year-old heroine who keeps waiting for her lover. Koshikawa Michio has dealt with life and sexuality from his own unique perspective with his highly literary films Life and Death on the Shore and areno - t...

A MOTHER'S TOUCH (2022)

Director: MATSUMOTO Jumpei

Cast: Koyuki, TANAKA Taketo, YOSHIZAWA Hisashi

Based on the true story of Fukushima Satoshi, the son of the world's first deaf-blind university professor, and his mother, this is an ode to hope for life. Reiko (Koyuki) lives with her teacher husband and three sons in a town in the Kansai region....

WE MAKE ANTIQUES! OSAKA DREAMS (2023)

Director: TAKE Masaharu

Cast: NAKAI Kiichi, SASAKI Kuranosuke

This is the third outing in the "We Make Antiques!" comedy film series, about an antique dealer and a potter who are always getting into a lot of trouble. As in the previous films, director Take Masaharu took the megaphone and Imai Masako and Adachi ...

#MANHOLE (2023)

Director: KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi

Cast: NAKAJIMA Yuto, Nao, NAGAYAMA Kento

A situational thriller directed by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, based on an original script written by Okada Michitaka, who has written numerous hit movies, such as Masquerade Hotel. Kawamura Shunsuke (Nakajima Yuto), a talented salesman, falls down a manhol...

Do Unto Others (2023)

Director: MAEDA Tetsu

Cast: MATSUYAMA Kenichi, NAGASAWA Masami

Adaptation of Hamanaka Aki's mystery novel that sharply confronts the problems of elderly care. Director Maeda Tetsu captures the harsh reality surrounding a caregiver who murdered forty-two people. The dead bodies of an old man and the head of a ho...

Egoist (2023)

Director: MATSUNAGA Daishi

Cast: SUZUKI Ryohei, MIYAZAWA Hio

Drama based on the semi-autobiographical novel by celebrated columnist Takayama Makoto, who passed away in 2020. Matsunaga Daishi of Pieta in the Toilet sensitively depicts the struggles born from love. Kosuke (Suzuki Ryohei) lost his mother at age ...

AND YET, YOU ARE SO SWEET (2022)

Director: SHINJO Takehiko

Cast: TAKAHASHI Kyohei, HATA Mei

A coming-of-age love story based on the girls' comic by Anan Kujira, which has sold over 2.6 million copies in total. Directed by Shinjo Takehiko, who has a reputation for his love stories and has created a series of hits such as Daytime Shooting Sta...

SHYLOCK'S CHILDREN (2023)

Director: MOTOKI Katsuhide

Cast: ABE Sadawo, UETO Aya, TAMAMORI Yuta

A social drama based on Ikeido Jun's best-selling novel of the same name, which was also adapted into a TV drama, is directed by Motoki Katsuhide , of Recall fame. Set in a megabank, the film tells a completely original story that differs from both t...

THE THREE SISTERS OF TENMASOU INN (2022)

Director: KITAMURA Ryuhei

Cast: Non, KADOWAKI Mugi, OSHIMA Yuko

Maki Taro, the hitmaker behind In This Corner of the World, produces this live-action film adaptation of manga artist Takahashi Tsutomu's fantasy. The town of Mitsuse is situated between earth and the afterlife. The venerable Tenmasou Inn has a bea...

TWO MALADROITS IN LIFE: A LOVE STORY (2022)

Director: SATO Shu

Cast: MACHIYAMA Miho, SUZUKI Shion

A coming-of-age film directed by up-and-coming director Sato Amane, who gained attention for his film Ayako Tachibana Wants to Go Viral, from a script by director Imaoka Shinji. The film spins a fresh tale following seven years in the lives of two pe...

WITH LOVE FROM KOSHU HIGHWAY (2022)

Director: IMAOKA Shinji

Cast: ARISATO Marina, ENDO Fumiya, WADA Hitomi

A coming-of-age road movie depicting a small journey by four men and women who are "life's losers". Directed by Imaoka Shinji, who received high acclaim for Reiko and the Dolphins, and shot by Yamamoto Hideo, known as a master cameraman. A chance en...

HAVE SEX WITH ME, I'LL MAKE YOU AN ARTIST! (2022)

Director: MORIOKA Toshiyuki

Cast: AOYAMA Yasuna, NISHINOIRI Ruka

A humanistic drama, which candidly depicts the struggles of a woman who aspires to become a manga artist, adapted from the comic of the same name, directed by Morioka Toshiyuki of Think Again, Junpei fame. Kaho (Aoyama Yasuna), who has been submitti...

I am what I am (2022)

Director: TAMADA Shinya

Cast: MIURA Toko, MAEDA Atsuko, ITO Marika

The first solo starring role for Miura Toko, who also sings the theme song for this film, after co-starring in Drive My Car, which won the International Feature Film Award at the 94th Academy Awards. The film depicts a portrait of the 30-year-old her...

The Lump In My Heart (2023)

Director: MATSUMURA Shingo

Cast: YOSHIDA Mizuki, TOKIWA Takako

A film adaptation of the play of the same title by Yokoyama Takuya, leader of the theater unit iaku, directed by Matsumura Shingo, winner of the New Asian Talent Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival, and written by Takahashi Izumi, the s...

School Meals Time - Graduation (2022)

Director: AYABE Shinya

Cast: ICHIHARA Hayato, TSUCHIMURA Kaho, SATO Taishi

Sequel comedy feature about the raging battle between a teacher and student obsessed with school lunches. Set in the fall of 1986. As university exam season approaches, math teacher Amarida Yukio (Ichihara Hayato) only cares about the school lunch ...

Cat Sharehouse (2022)

Director: AYABE Shinya

Cast: FURUKAWA Yuki, HOSODA Kanata, NGAI Mijika

A film version of the TV series of the same title that was a big hit in the spring of 2022, depicting a family friendly story set in a "share house with cats". Futaboshi Yuto(Furukawa Yuki) lives with his two cats, Kuro and Char, in the share house ...

Remember to Breathe (2022)

Director: SUGITA Masakazu

Cast: INOUE Mao, ISHIDA Eri

A family drama that weaves the complex and delicate feelings between a mother and daughter. Directed by Sugita Masakazu, whose previous film Joy of Man's Desiring received a Special Mention in the Generation Kplus section of the Berlin International ...

Amnesiac Love (2021)

Director: HIRANAMI Wataru

Cast: TANAKA Shunsuke, YAMAYA Kasumi, TANAKA Min

A fantasy tale depicting the "hell tour" of a young man who aims to become an antique dealer. Directed, written and edited by Hiranami Wataru, who also directed Tokyo Drama and The Believers. Onuki Dai(Tanaka Shunsuke) lives in a small apartment and...

In Her Room (2023)

Director: ITO Chihiro

Cast: IGUCHI Satoru, BABA Fumika, KAWAI Yumi

Screenwriter Ito Chihiro spent 10 years writing the original novel, before adapting it for film herself. The film was produced by director Yukisada Isao and stars King Gnu band member Iguchi Satoru, whom the director had in mind when writing the scre...

Deep River (1995)

Director: KUMAI Kei

Cast: AKIYOSHI Kumiko, OKUDA Eiji, MIFUNE Toshiro

Master director Kumai Kei adapts Endo Shusaku's literary masterpiece for the screen. The film sheds light on the source of the anguish shouldered by Japanese people and their mentality while at the same time exploring the idealism which lurks deep wi...

Madadayo (1993)

Director: KUROSAWA Akira

Cast: MURAMATSU Tatsuo, KAGAWA Kyoko, IGAWA Hisashi

The 30th film by Kurosawa Akira also marks the 50th anniversary of his filmmaking career. The film stars Matsumura Tatsuo as Professor Uchida Hyakken, Kagawa Kyoko as his wife, and George Tokoro as one of his pupils. It was presented as a special scr...

Shikibu monogatari (1990)

Director: KUMAI Kei

Cast: OKUDA Eiji, HARADA Mieko, KAGAWA Kyoko

Akimoto Matsuyo's 'Kasabuta Shikibuko', which was inspired by the nationally known legend of Izumi Shikibu, serves as the basis for master director Kumai Kei's very first film adaptation. The film beautifully celebrates the depths of human sorrow and...

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The Lower Depth (1957)

Director: KUROSAWA Akira

Cast: MIFUNE Toshiro, YAMADA Isuzu, KAGAWA Kyoko

Maxim Gorky's play of the same name is the basis for this solid drama in which the story has been transplanted to an Edo tenement house. It is written, directed, and produced by Kurosawa Akira. Dwelling in a tenement house at the end of the Edo peri...