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Akira and Akira (2022)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Ryoma, YOKOHAMA Ryusei
Based on the same-named novel by Ikeido Jun, the author behind bestsellers including "Hanzawa Naoki" and "Rikuoh", director Miki Takahiro makes into a live-action film as socially relevant entertainment. Yamazaki Akira (Takeuchi Ryoma) has suffered ...
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yokaipedia (2022)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- ARAGAKI Yui, KAMIKI Ryunosuke
Japan's leading VFX director, Yamazaki Takashi, wrote an original screenplay based on the fairy tale series "Obake Zukan" and made it into an otherworldly fantasy live-action film. A mysterious ghost appears at children's bedside in the middle of th...
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The World Of Shura (2022)
- Director
- FUJIWARA Kenichi
- Cast
- MATOBA Koji, SAKAKIBARA Tetsuji, AOKI Tsunenori
Fujiwara Kenichi of the "Iron Girl" series directs this violent noir unfolding with furious action set against the underbelly of society where conflicts, farewells, and wrongdoings repeat endlessly. The Ryuan family is a yakuza clan with a strangleh...
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A Hundred Flowers (2022)
- Director
- KAWAMURA Genki
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, HARADA Mieko, NAGASAWA Masami
As a film producer, Kawamura Genki has produced numerous hits such as Confessions and your name.. For this film he wrote the screenplay based on his fourth novel and made his feature film directorial debut. Kasai Izumi (Suda Masaki) works for a reco...
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OFFBEAT COPS (2022)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, SEINO Nana, ISOMURA Hayato
A music film about the struggles of a veteran detective who is transferred to the police band. Uchida Eiji, director of Midnight Swan, took up the megaphone and filmed the performance scenes of the brass band's famous music without any recourse to du...
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Remember to Breathe (2022)
- Director
- SUGITA Masakazu
- Cast
- INOUE Mao
One day, Hiroko accidentally starts a small fire while she is cooking. Although it does not lead to a serious incident, it does result in her going to stay with her eldest daughter, Yuko, for whom Hiroko has never been the mother she wanted. As moth...
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Tsuyukusa (2022)
- Director
- HIRAYAMA Hideyuki
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Satomi, MATSUSHIGE Yutaka
Paean to life based on an original story from screenwriter Abe Teruo and helmed by Hirayama Hideyuki, who has captured life from diverse perspectives with Begging for Love and other films. Igarashi Fumi (Kobayashi Satomi) lives in a countryside town...
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My Daddy (2021)
- Director
- KANAI Junichi
- Cast
- MURO Tsuyoshi, NAKADA Noa, Nao
Popular actor Muro Tsuyoshi stars in the lead role of a film for the first time in this drama. The story depicts a father's painfully desperate scramble to save his beloved daughter. Kazuo (Muro) lives with his middle school daughter Hikari (Nakada ...
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Welcome to the Occult Woods (2022)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- HOTTA Mayu, IIJIMA Hiroki, KAKEI Miwako
Sadako vs. Kayako and Impossibility Defense director Shiraishi Koji scripts, lenses, helms and stars in this horror film that portrays the terror of a film crew as a subjective experience. Horror director Kuroishi Koji (Shiraishi) takes assistant d...
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TOMBI: Father and Son (2022)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- ABE Hiroshi, KITAMURA Takumi, Anne
Adaptation of Shigematsu Kiyoshi's same-named bestselling novel. Helmed by Zeze Takahisa, known for Six Four and other heavy-hitting dramas. Deliveryman Yasu (Abe Hiroshi) was orphaned as a young kid and is awkward but cares deeply for his family. H...
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The Dry Spell (2023)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Masaya
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, ONO Machiko, ISOMURA Hayato
Drama dealing with social issues based on Kawabayashi Mitsuru's same-named novel from three decades ago. Shiraishi Kazuya, who has a career as a director, produced the project. In the midst of a summer draught, city waterworks employee Iwakiri (Iku...
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SADAKO DX (2022)
- Director
- KIMURA Hisashi
- Cast
- KOSHIBA Fuka, KAWAMURA Kazuma
Mystery suspense about the curse of the Sadako character from the J-horror "Ring" series. People throughout Japan suddenly die within 24 hours of seeing a "cursed video," Ichijo Fumika (Koshiba Fuka), a university student with an IQ of 200, rejects...
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My Broken Mariko (2022)
- Director
- TANADA Yuki
- Cast
- NAGANO Mei, Nao, KUBOTA Masataka
A live-action film adaptation of the manga of the same title by Waka Hirako, which has been translated and published in ten countries around the world, directed by Tanada Yuki of Romance Doll fame. Shiino (Nagano Mei) learns that her best friend Mar...
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Come and Go (2020)
- Director
- LIM Kah Wai
- Cast
- LEE Kang-Sheng, USAMARU Manami, CHIHARA Seiji
Filmmaker Lim Kah Wai is known for his extemporaneous approach to shooting on the road and made this off-beat drama in Osaka, where he is currently based. Features a colorful cast from nine Asian countries. The skeletal remains of a middle-aged woma...
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Gift of Fire (2021)
- Director
- KUROSAKI Hiroshi
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, ARIMURA Kasumi, MIURA Haruma
Based on the historical events of the end of the Pacific War, this coming-of-age ensemble drama tells the story of three young adults who lived their lives to the fullest while being at the mercy of the times. It is the summer of 1945. Under secret ...
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JOINT (2021)
- Director
- KOJIMA Oudai
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Ikken, KIM Jin-Cheol, KIM Chang-Bak
The underworld of modern Japan is depicted with a documentary touch in this noir. Director Kojima Oudai makes his feature-length directorial debut with this film. Returning to Tokyo after being released from prison, racketeer Ishigami Takeshi (Yamam...
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And So The Baton Is Passed (2021)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- NAGANO Mei, TANAKA Kei, ISHIHARA Satomi
Director Maeda Tetsu of A Banana? At This Time of Night? adapts to film the identically titled novel which won the Bookstore Grand Prize in 2019. Raised by parents unrelated to her and having changed her last name four times, Yuko (Nagano Mei) lives...
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THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, KIMURA Fumino, HIRATE Yurina
Bringing together an extravagant cast, this sequel to the action film depicts the ultimate assassin on his greatest mission. Fable (Okada Junichi) is a legendary assassin who can kill any opponent within six seconds. He is ordered by his boss (Sato ...
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The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms (2020)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, Murotsuyoshi, OGURI Shun
Writer and director Fukuda Yuichi, known for Gintama and From Today, It's My Turn!!: The Movie, depicts an original interpretation of the historically-based fiction, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". 1,800 years ago in China, the Wei, Wu, and Shu war...
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Arc (2021)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Kei
- Cast
- YOSHINE Kyoko, TERAJIMA Shinobu, OKADA Masaki
Director Ishikawa Kei grabbed the spotlight with Gukoroku - Traces of Sin and brings world-renowned SF author Ken Liu's short story to the big screen. In this epic tale, a woman becomes the first human to achieve immortality. The story takes place ...
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ITO (2021)
- Director
- YOKOHAMA Satoko
- Cast
- KOMAI Ren, TOYOKAWA Etsushi
Drama about a girl who matures through her experiences playing the Tsugaru shamisen. Directed by Yokohama Satoko, known for Bare Essence of Life. High schooler Ito (Komai Ren) is a misfit with her Tsugaru dialect accent and shy disposition, but she ...
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Mogura no uta Sennyusosakan Reiji Final (2021)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, SUZUKI Ryohei, TSUTSUMI Shinichi
Final film in the live-action comedy series based on Takahashi Noboru's popular comic with Miike Takashi as director, Kudo Kankuro writing the script and Ikuta Toma as the lead actor. Depicts the protagonist's final mission as a mole infiltrating Suk...
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Masquerade Night (2021)
- Director
- SUZUKI Masayuki
- Cast
- KIMURA Takuya, NAGASAWA Masami
Second live-action adaptation of bestselling author Higashino Keigo's "Masquerade" series following up on the previous Masquerade Hotel that brought in 4.64 billion yen at the box office. An anonymous tip arrives that a certain murderer will show up...
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A MORNING OF FAREWELL (2021)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, MATSUZAKA Tori, HIROSE Suzu
Rebirth director Narushima Izuru helms this adaptation of the same-named 2020 novel by real-life physician Minami Kyoko. Humanistic drama that addresses euthanasia and death with dignity through in-home medical care. Shiraishi Sawako (Yoshinaga Sayu...
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A Madder Red (2021)
- Director
- ISHII Yuya
- Cast
- ONO Machiko, WADA Iori, KATAYAMA Yuki
Biting drama about the inner life of a single mother forced into desperate social circumstances. Ishii Yuya wrote, edited and directed this ambitious film the same year he made The Asian Angel, his first collaboration with Korean cast and crew. Tana...
