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SUN AND BOLERO (2022)
- Director
- MIZUTANI Yutaka
- Cast
- DAN Rei
This unique paean to life portrays the relationships in an amateur orchestra that struggles toward their final concert after deciding to disband. Acclaimed actor Mizutani Yutaka directs, scripts and stars in the film. After her father's sudden death...
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ANIME SUPREMACY! (2022)
- Director
- YOSHINO Kohei
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Riho, NAKAMURA Tomoya, EMOTO Tasuku
A film adaptation of the novel of the same title by Tsujimura Mizuki, which depicts the passionate human drama of the animation industry. The animated sections are directed by Tani Azuma and Otsuka Takashi, and produced with the participation of popu...
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Haw (2022)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, IKEDA Elaiza
Drama from Gu Gu, the Cat director Inudo Isshin, acclaimed for his films featuring animals, about the relationship between a young man and a rescue dog. Original story and script from screenplay writer Saito Hiroshi, known for Himitsu and Resurrectio...
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GREEN BULLET (2022)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yugo
- Cast
- IZUMI Karen, YAMAOKA Miyabi, AMANO Kiki
A sequel to the faux-documentary Legendary Hit-man, Kunioka by Sakamoto Yugo, director of Baby Assassins, depicts the daily lives of hit men. Six women, including Yamada Fumika(Izumi Karen), who aspires to becoming a professional assassin, decide to...
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Convenience Story (2022)
- Director
- MIKI Satoshi
- Cast
- NARITA Ryo, MAEDA Atsuko
Wacky adventure developed and helmed by Miki Satoshi, known for his quirky story worlds in Adrift in Tokyo and It's Me, It's Me, in collaboration with film critic and producer Mark Shilling. Unsuccessful screenwriter Kato (Narita Ryo) is on a trip t...
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Kitakaze Outsider (2021)
- Director
- SAI Tetsuhiro
- Cast
- SAI Tetsuhiro, KAISAKU Maho, ITO Wataru
A human drama about a family living in the town of Korean residents in Ikuno, Osaka. Directed, written, produced, and starring actor Choi Cheol-ho, the leader of the theater troupe Stray Dog Dan, which he founded with director Irie Yu in 2007. The ...
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KYOTO CAMARO DETECTIVE (2021)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Yuichi
- Cast
- TSUKAMOTO Takashi, KIMURA Yuichi, CROKET
An action comedy about a self-proclaimed detective who loves exotic cars. Kyoto-born Yoshida Yuichi, a multi-talented actor, artist, and martial artist, came up with the original idea. He then wrote the screenplay, directed and acted in the resulting...
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IT’S IN THE WOODS (2022)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- AIBA Masaki, MATSUMOTO Honoka, EGUCHI Noriko
Horror flick from Nakata Hideo, who set the bar for J-horror with Ring. Unfathomable terror unfolds in a real-life forest where bizarre phenomena occur. Junichi (Aiba Masaki) runs a farm on his own in the boonies and ends up having to take care of h...
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A MAN (2022)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Kei
- Cast
- TSUMABUKI Satoshi, ANDO Sakura, KUBOTA Masataka
Mystery that adapts Akutagawa Prize-winning author Hirano Keiichiro's same-named novel about the source of human identity. Director Ishikawa Kei has earned accolades internationally for Gokuroku - Traces of Sin and Listen to the Universe. Attorney K...
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The Zen Diary (2022)
- Director
- NAKAE Yuji
- Cast
- SAWADA Kenji, MATSU Takako
Nakae Yuji, director of Nabbie's Love, adapted the worldview of author Mizukami Tsutomu's 1978 cooking essay into a screenplay. The film depicts the true richness of the writer's life through the "Twelve Months" that he spends appreciating the blessi...
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Alivehoon (2022)
- Director
- SHIMOYAMA Ten
- Cast
- NOMURA Shuhei, YOSHIKAWA Ai, JINNAI Takanori
A car action film about the exploits of a genius e-sports driver. The film is directed by Shimoyama Ten, director of the globally distributed Netflix original drama "Erased," and supervised by Tsuchiya Keiichi, a former racer known as the "Drift King...
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RADIATIONHOUSE (2022)
- Director
- SUZUKI Masayuki
- Cast
- KUBOTA Masataka, HONDA Tsubasa, HIROSE Alice
Theatrical version of the TV drama series that aired for two seasons, which was adapted from the manga of the same title, focusing on a radiology technician. The radiology department of Amakasu General Hospital, known as "Radiation House," receives ...
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As Long As We Both Shall Live (2022)
- Director
- TSUKAHARA Ayuko
- Cast
- MEGURO Ren, IMADA Mio
TV drama hitmaker Tsukahara Ayuko adapts Agitogi Akumi's debut novel that sold more than 8 million copies for the series. Miyo (Imada Mio) is the eldest daughter in the Saimori family, known for their supernatural powers, and grows up under the abus...
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Thanc You (2020)
- Director
- KURAMOTO Mitsuru
- Cast
- GOTO Junpei, FUKUTOKU Shusuke
One day, Yasuda, a freshman in high school, was summoned by the advisor of the mountaineering club. It was an asking to submit a withdrawal form to abolish the club, which is now down to just one member after the third-year seniors retire. Yasuda, wh...
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Leave in Summer (2022)
- Director
- IGASHI Aya
- Cast
- FUKUCHI Momoko, OKAYAMA Amane
A story of loss and rebirth from an original screenplay by the talented Igashi Aya, who garnered attention both in Japan and abroad with her film Melt. This film centers on Nakajima Nana(Fukuchi Momoko), and presents a fresh portrayal of the emotions...
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Yes, I Can't Swim (2022)
- Director
- WATANABE Kensaku
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Hiroki, AYASE Haruka
Watanabe Kensaku, who won the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize for The Best Screenplay with The Great Passage, serves as screenwriter and director for this bold remake of Takahashi Hidemine's same-named essay. Delivers a message of hope and renewal thro...
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The World For The Two of Us (2021)
- Director
- IIZUKA Kasho
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Yuki, BANDO Ryota
One day, Yui Konno, who works at a nursery school, and Shinya Kobori, who runs a lunch box shop, fell in love. They started dating and promised to get married in the future. However, Shinya had a secret he couldn't tell her. He was a transgender (use...
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Let Me Hear it Barefoot (2021)
- Director
- KUDO Riho
- Cast
- SASAKI Shion, SUWA Shuri, ITO Kaho
Commercial feature debut from Kudo Riho, who won the Pia Film Festival Award's Grand Prize in 2018 with Orphans Blues. Fresh depiction of what happens to the desires of two taciturn young men. Naoki (Sasaki Shion) works for his father's waste collec...
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Soul At Twenty (2022)
- Director
- AKIYAMA Jun
- Cast
- KAMIO Fuju, ONO Machiko, SATO Koichi
Coming-of-age drama based on a real story involving the cheer song handed down in Funabashi Municipal High School, Chiba Prefecture. Screenplay author Nakai Yuriko adapts her own novel, which she based on years of interviews. Asano Taigi (Kamio Fuju...
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One day, You will Reach the Sea (2022)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- KISHII Yukino, HAMABE Minami, SUGINO Yosuke
A film adaptation of Ayase Maru's novel of the same title, which spins a tale of loss and rebirth. Directed by Nakagawa Ryutaro of Summer Blooms, which won a double award at the 39th Moscow International Film Festival. Mana (Kishii Yukino), a shy gi...
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To Be Killed by a High School Girl (2022)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, MINAMI Sara, OSHIMA Yuko
Depraved thriller based on the same-named comic with material that raised eyebrows. Produced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of manga artist Furuya Usamaru's career and helmed by Jojo Hideo of Around the Edge of the Stand. Higashiyama Haruto (Tana...
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Lesson in Murder (2022)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- ABE Sadawo, OKADA Kenshi
A film adaptation of mystery writer Kushiki Riu's masterpiece novel of the same title, directed by Shiraishi Kazuya of Last of the Wolves and The Devil's Path fame. This psycho-suspense drama depicts the shocking truth surrounding a false accusation....
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The Fish Tale (2022)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- Non, YAGIRA Yuya, Kaho
A human drama based on the autobiographical essay of "Sakana-kun", a well-known ocean researcher and an honorary doctor of the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, directed by Okita Shuichi, known for the films The Chef of South Polar a...
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Nagi's Island (2022)
- Director
- NAGASAWA Masahiko
- Cast
- NIITSU Chise
Director Masahiko Nagasawa, known for Night Time Picnic, takes on a human drama from an original screenplay. The film depicts the rich nature of the Seto Inland Sea and the nature of family through the perspective of one girl, Nagi. Fourth grader N...
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ruined (2021)
- Director
- MIYAOKA Taro
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Minori, HIIRAGI Rumi, KIGUCHI Kenta
Director Miyaoka Taro was blown away when he saw the stage production of the same-named play presented by Theater Group elePHANTMoon in 2009 and adapted the drama as an indie film. Sayo (Hagiwara Minori), an aspiring fashion designer in Tokyo, gets...
