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Extinct Animals (VACATION) (2021)
- Director
- SOEJIMA Masaki
- Cast
- KAKIMORI Manami, GOMI Michiko, SHO Daichi
Psychiatrist-cum-director Soejima Masaki helms this unique music film intercutting two incidents dealing with an extinct bird. Parallel stories unfold about a graduate student studying the extinct bird and a music recording session. Mai (Kakimori Ma...
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Back to That Day (2021)
- Director
- MAEDA Seira
- Cast
- MATSUI Rena, KAKEI Miwako, SHUHAMA Harumi
Ensemble piece about an awkward but forthright woman. Cutting-edge Maeda Seira helms her first commercial feature after earning critical acclaim with her short film Itsuka kagayaita kanojo ha. Manami (Matsui Reina) runs the unsuccessful 50% Theater ...
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Haruhara-san's Recorder (2021)
- Director
- SUGITA Kyoshi
- Cast
- ARAKI Chika, NIIBE Minako, KANEKO Takenori
Listen to Light director Sugita Kyoshi adapts the title poem "Haruhara-san's Recorder" from Higashi Naoko's first collection. The film won three awards in the 32nd FIDMarseille's International Competition including the first-ever Grand Prize for a Ja...
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Aiutusutsu (2018)
- Director
- HANA Kosei
- Cast
- HOSOKAWA Gaku, n a g o h o
Hana Kosei's feature film debut draws on personal experience to explore the nature of love and sex. Jun (Hosokawa Gaku) works in sales for a recruiting company and has been dating college student Yui (nagoho) for seven months. They have a harmonious...
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Grave of Love (2020)
- Director
- NARUSE Kiyoto
- Cast
- OGURA Yuna, ABERA Hidenobu, KANO Yura
Director Naruse Kiyoto, whose attracted attention with Night of the Dead Geisha at the Yubari Fantastic Film Festival, makes his commercial film debut. Yuta (Abera Hidenobu), a monk with a passion for photography, captures in his viewfinder "that gi...
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jigoku-no-hanazono ～Office Royale～ (2021)
- Director
- SEKI Kazuaki
- Cast
- NAGANO Mei, HIROSE Alice
Seki Kazuaki, who directs music videos for popular artists, helms this wild comedy with Bakarhythm penning the original script about office ladies feuding throughout Japan. Naoko (Nagano Mei) wants nothing more than to enjoy her life as an OL, or of...
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THE WOMAN OF S.R.I. (2021)
- Director
- KANESAKI Ryosuke
- Cast
- SAWAGUCHI Yasuko, SASAKI Kuranosuke, NAITO Takashi
First feature film for the popular "Kasoken no Onna" TV drama series, which has aired for over two decades starting in 1999. Screenplay by Sakurai Takeharu, one of the main writers for the TV series and also a writer for the "Detective Conan" feature...
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HEART BEATS (2021)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Hiroto
- Cast
- UKISHO Hidaka, SHIRAISHI Sei
Feature film adaptation of Konno Risa's popular comic that has sold over 2.5 million copies in total. This teen romance gives a fresh take on universally relatable everyday experiences like unrequited high school love. Arima Hayato (Ukisho Hidaka) t...
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A Girl on the Shore (2021)
- Director
- UEDA Atsushi
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Ruka, AOKI Yuzu, MAEDA Ohshiro
Live-action adaptation of the same-named comic released in 2009 by popular manga artist Asano Inio. This tale about adolescence depicts the shock of love and sexuality as experienced by a 14-year-old boy and girl and also captures the stultifying atm...
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Black Clow 0 (2021)
- Director
- KOMINAMI Toshiya
- Cast
- SAKIYAMA Tsubasa, UEDA Keisuke, TOKUYAMA Hidenori
Prequel in the "Black Crow" series about an agency that resolves underworld troubles, set in Shinjuku's red-light Kabukicho district. The story focuses on the protagonist's hidden past. Rookie police officer Kanzaki (Sakiyama Tsubasa) gets posted to...
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Black Crow 3 (2021)
- Director
- KOMINAMI Toshiya
- Cast
- SAKIYAMA Tsubasa, UEDA Keisuke, WATANABE Shu
Third film in the series about the feuding "Black Crow" agency that resolves underworld troubles, set in Shinjuku's red-light Kabukicho district. Direction and screenplay handled by Kominami Toshiya, the TV drama veteran who reprises his roles from t...
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The Land Beyond the Starry Sky (2021)
- Director
- KONAKA Kazuya
- Cast
- SUZUKA Oji, AKITA Shiori, SATO Yusuke
Konaka Kazuya remakes the same-named SF teen ensemble drama that he helmed 35 years ago in 1986. Nostalgic depiction of a high school romance that takes place in parallel worlds. For two months, high schooler Akio (Suzuka Oji) has reoccurring dream...
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HOMUNCULUS (2021)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- AYANO Go, NARITA Ryo, KISHII Yukino
Cult-status manga artist Yamamoto Hideo's same-named manga hits the silver screen a decade after its serialized began. International director Shimizu Takashi handles this psychological mystery with daring yet sensitive portrayals of mental states. S...
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What Did You Eat Yesterday? Movie (2021)
- Director
- NAKAE Kazuhito
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, UCHINO Seiyo
Feature film adaptation of the popular TV drama based on Yoshinaga Fumi's bestselling manga. Reunites the cast and crew from the TV drama, including director Nakae Kazuhito and scriptwriter Adachi Naoko. Lawyer Kakei Shiro (Nakajima Hidetoshi) and h...
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RIKA - Love Obsessed Psycho (2021)
- Director
- MATSUKI Tsukuru
- Cast
- TAKAOKA Saki, ICHIHARA Hayato, UCHIDA Rio
Feature film based on the "Rika" psycho-thriller novels, which have been adapted twice as TV dramas. Depicts the terror of a self-proclaimed 28-year-old Pure Love Monster. A dead body is found in a suitcase in the mountains. The victim is identified...
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99.9 Criminal Lawyer THE MOVIE (2021)
- Director
- KIMURA Hisashi
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Jun, KAGAWA Teruyuki, SUGISAKI Hana
Feature film adaptation of the much-watched TV drama about the escapades of maverick lawyers. Helmed by TV series director Kimura Hisashi. Miyama (Matsumoto Jun) wins verdicts in criminal cases where defendants are 99.9% certain to end up guilty. He...
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Kaguya-sama Final: Love Is War (2021)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- HIRANO Sho, HASHIMOTO Kanna
Final film in the live-action series adapting the unique world in the "Love Is War" manga. Kawai Hayato continues as director from the previous film. Shuchiin Academy students Shirogane Miyuki (Hirano Sho) and Shinomiya Kaguya (Hashimoto Kanna) have...
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What Happened to Our Nest Egg!? (2021)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- AMAMI Yuki, MATSUSHIGE Yutaka, KUSABUE Mitsuko
Film adaptation of Kakiya Miu's novel about the struggles of a homemaker dogged by financial disaster. A Banana? At This Time of Night? director Maeda Tetsu brings his unique perspective and rhythmical style to the film. Atsuko (Amami Yuki) has rais...
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Ring Wandering (2021)
- Director
- KANEKO Masakazu
- Cast
- KASAMATSU Show, ABE Junko, YASUDA Ken
In Downtown Tokyo, a young man Sosuke aspires to be a manga artist. His current work is about a battle between a hunter and a Japanese wolf. He canʼt draw the extinct wolf well, neither develop the story. One winterʼs day, Sosuke finds burnt animal...
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Lovely Little Ai (2021)
- Director
- ONO Candice Mana
- Cast
- SAKANOUE Akane, KUROZUMI Hisao, MATSUMURA Ryo
This is the feature-length directorial debut of Ono Candice Mana, an up-and-coming director who has garnered attention, winning two awards at the 2021 PFF Awards and the Special Jury Prize at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Sixteen...
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Angry Son (2022)
- Director
- IIZUKA Kasho
- Cast
- HORIKE Kazuki, GOW, SHINOHARA Masafumi
A coming-of-age film directed and written by Iizuka Kasho, who made her commercial film debut with The World for the Two of Us, based on her own experiences as a transgender person. Jungo (Horike Kazuki) is a high school student living with his Fili...
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Indelible Memories (2022)
- Director
- SONODA Shin
- Cast
- HYODO Katsumi, Momoka, YAMAMOTO Ai
At night, Yui, a musician, meets Jun-ichi, an improvising actor, on the riverside square where young people are performing on the street. They argue with each other over their "stage". Jun-ichi intervenes in a fight one day, but is knocked down. Yui ...
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SHIKKOKUTEN (2022)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Koichi
- Cast
- ARAKI Hirofumi
Third production in the Movies x Stage series that utilizes film and theater performances. Script by "Token Ranbu" series director Suemitsu Kenichi. A guy with amnesia (Araki Hirofumi) shows up in Edo. After fate leads him to getting petty criminal ...
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YOUKAI HOUSEMATE IS HE PRINCE CHARMING? (2022)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- KOSHIBA Fuka
A timid heroine teams up with yokai monsters to vanquish evil in this feature film adaptation of the horror comedy TV series aired in Summer 2020 and Spring 2021. Mio (Koshiba Fuka) dreams of being a writer while enjoying her life with yokai monste...
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BROKEN COMMANDMENT (2022)
- Director
- MAEDA Kazuo
- Cast
- MAMIYA Shotaro, ISHII Anna, YAMOTO Yuma
The first film adaptation in sixty years of Shimazaki Toson's immortal masterpiece, which was previously made into a film by Kinoshita Keisuke in 1948 and Ichikawa Kon in 1962. Maeda Kazuo (Whisper of the Heart) directed the film, and Kato Masato and...
