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OX-HEAD VILLAGE (2022)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- Kōki,, HAGIWARA Riku, TAKAHASHI Fumiya
Third film in the "terror village" series following Shimizu Takashi's Howling Village and Suicide Forest Village. Pushes horror to the extreme at the Tsubono mineral springs, a notorious haunted place in the Hokuriku region. Kanon (Kōki,) is alarmed...
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THE MASTER (2021)
- Director
- YOKOO Hatsuki
- Cast
- OHASHI Akira, ABE Megumi, MIYAMOTO Maki
Comedy about a guy with amnesia. Story and direction by Yokoo Hatsuki of Amber Light and Last Night Rewind. Shizuko (Abe Megumi) is heiress to the Makita family and lives with her housekeeper Natsu (Miyamoto Maki) in the mansion bequeathed by her gr...
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Hotel Iris (2021)
- Director
- OKUHARA Hiroshi
- Cast
- NAGASE Masatoshi, Lucia, Nahana
Akutagawa Prize-winning author Ogawa Yoko's illicit novel reaches the silver screen with direction by Okuhara Hiroshi, who won awards at Rotterdam and Busan for The Black Square. Mari (Lucia) works at Hotel Iris in a rundown resort area, and one day...
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NAGISA (2021)
- Director
- KOGAHARA Takeshi
- Cast
- AOKI Yuzu, YAMAZAKI Nanami, KITA Kana
Feature film debut of director Kogahara Takeshi, who has worked as a commercials director and whose short films have attracted attention at film festivals in Japan and abroad. Fuminao (Aoki Yuzu) and her younger sister Nagisa (Yamazaki Nanami) grew ...
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The Blue Skies at Your Feet (2022)
- Director
- Yuki Saito
- Cast
- FUKUMOTO Riko, MATSUDA Genta, ITAGAKI Mizuki
Feature film adaptation of Sakura Eeyo's same-named novel. Directed by Yuki Saito, who moved to the US after high school and studied film for eight years in Hollywood. Miyu (Fukumoto Riko) and Shuya (Matsuda Genta) are high school seniors who have b...
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Tears of Persephone (2021)
- Director
- ISOBE Teppei, GENDA Yasuaki
- Cast
- WATANABE Shu, GORIKI Ayame, HASHIMOTO Manami
Tale of love with a dose of fantasy and mystery from Mystic Shrine Maiden producer Genda Yasuaki and Isobe Teppei, who grabbed the spotlight with F is for Future. Shot by Sone Takeshi of One Cut of the Dead. Futa (Watanabe Shu) relocates from the ci...
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Love and the Grand Tug-of-war (2020)
- Director
- SASABE Kiyoshi
- Cast
- MIURA Takahiro, JIYOUNG
This film is modeled on the Sendai Tug-of-War which has continued for 420 years in Kagoshima Prefecture's Satsumasendai City and presents a fresh portrayal of the human drama revolving around it. Director Sasabe Kiyoshi unexpectedly passed away in Ma...
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ONCE HIT THE BOTTOM (2022)
- Director
- SHIBAYAMA Kenji
- Cast
- TAMAYAMA Tetsuji, OTOO Takuma, FUKAGAWA Mai
A human drama based on the novel of the same title by Ibuki Yuki, directed by Shibayama Kenji of Perfect World fame. Tachibana Hiroki (Tamayama Tetsuji), was once a famous photographer on a TV program where he traveled to unexplored regions, but the...
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What She Likes... (2021)
- Director
- KUSANO Shogo
- Cast
- KAMIO Fuju, YAMADA Anna, MAEDA Ohshiro
Live-action film adaptation of Asahara Naoto's teen romance novel that made a splash when the TV drama version aired on NHK in 2019. Direction and script by Kusano Shogo of Bittersweet. Jun (Kamio Fuju) is a high school boy who keeps his homosexuali...
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The Nighthawk's First Love (2022)
- Director
- YASUKAWA Yuka
- Cast
- MATSUI Rena, NAKAJIMA Ayumu
A film adaptation of Shimamoto Rio's 2012 romance novel, directed by Yasukawa Yuka (her second feature film) and written by Jojo Hideo (On the Edge of Their Seats). Maeda Aiko (Matsui Rena) is a graduate student who is reluctant to fall in love beca...
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Third Time Lucky (2021)
- Director
- NOHARA Tadashi
- Cast
- KAWAMURA Rira, KOBAYASHI Katsuyuki, DEMURA Hiromi
Nohara Tadashi, who co-wrote the scripts for Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Wife of a Spy and Hamaguchi Ryusuke's Happy Hour, makes his theatrical directorial debut. Haru (Kawamura Rira) feels lonely in her life with her partner and desires a child to the point...
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La Vérité (The Truth) (2019)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- Catherine DENEUVE, Juliette BINOCHE, Ethan HAWKE
Kore-eda Hirokazu, winner of the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or for Shoplifters, directs his first international co-production film. Based on the autobiography by one of France's legendary actresses, the drama unfolds around a truth concealed betw...
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Godai - The Wunderkind (2020)
- Director
- TANAKA Mitsutoshi
- Cast
- MIURA Haruma, MIURA Shohei, NISHIKAWA Takanori
Godai Tomoatsu, a samurai who prospered between the end of the Edo Era and the early Meiji Era, is depicted in this ensemble youth drama. The original story is brought to life by the 125 Years Memory duo of screenwriter Komatsu Eriko, and director Ta...
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Struggling Man (2021)
- Director
- LEE Toshio
- Cast
- YASUDA Ken, KOIKE Eiko
The team of director Lee Toshio and Yasuda Ken of When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead unite again for this comedy. 45-year-old Haruo (Yasuda) is a typical stay-at-home dad who works at Umeya, a supermarket crowded with local custome...
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MANKAI MOVIE "A3!" -AUTUMN & WINTER- (2021)
- Director
- QURATA Kenji
- Cast
- MIZUE Kenta, ARAMAKI Yoshihiko
The actor training game A3! launched in 2017 and has been turned into a stage play and now hits the silver screen as a live action film. The unique world is portrayed in the two films "Spring & Summer" and "Autumn & Winter." The Mankai Theater Comp...
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A Dog Named Palma (aka: The Story of Akita and Palma) (2021)
- Director
- Aleksandr DOMOGAROV Jr.
- Cast
- Leonid BASOV, Viktor DOBRONRAVOV, Valeriya FEDOROVICH
The film is inspired by an incredible true story of a shepherd dog named Palma who was inadvertently left in the airport by her owner. She befriends nine-year old Nicholas whose mother dies leaving him with a father he barely knows – a pilot who fin...
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Drive My Car (2021)
- Director
- HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, MIURA Toko, KIRISHIMA Reika
Murakami Haruki's short story is adapted to film by director Hamaguchi Ryusuke, who won the Silver Bear at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival for Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy. It also competed at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, where it becam...
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NAKED ANGLE: THE RED ROOM (2021)
- Director
- KUBOTA Shoji
- Cast
- NAKAYAMA Kurumi, KINOSHITA Houka, NISHINA Takashi
One film in the "Red Room" series which are a modern adaptation of Edogawa Rampo's short stories. Based on 'Deformed Heavenly Maiden', the film portrays the lustful hell a company president goes through after meeting a mysterious girl. At the helm is...
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THE BUTTERFLY COLLECTOR: THE RED ROOM (2021)
- Director
- KUBOTA Shoji
- Cast
- KURIBAYASHI Aino, NAMIOKA Kazuki, MASAKI Reiya
One film in the "Red Room" series which are a modern adaptation of Edogawa Rampo's short stories. Based on 'Devil Doll', the film depicts the sorrowful yet beautiful fate of a former high school teacher and a high school girl. In the director's chair...
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AOI-CHAN WON'T LET ME DO IT (2021)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- KOMAKI Maco, MATSUZAKI Shohei, MORIOKA Ryu
Imaoka Shinji, who has made films across many genres such as Reiko and the Dolphin in addition to working as a screenwriter on films such as The Drudgery Train, directs this fantastic love story. Aspiring film director Shingo (Matsuzaki Shohei) is v...
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ARARAT (2021)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- YUKIHIRA Aika, OGITA Tadatoshi, SHUNPUTEI Kiichi
This is the third film in the "Daredemo nai Koibitotachi no Fukei" series. At the helm is Koshikawa Michio who has portrayed the love between men and women in films such as areno - the wilderness, Life and Death On the Shore, and Waiting for the Moon...
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The Cursed Sanctuary X (2021)
- Director
- IRIE Yu
- Cast
- OKADA Masaki, KAWAGUCHI Haruna
Director Irie Yu of AI Amok adapts to screen the stage play by theatre troupe Ikiuma. The film was shot entirely in South Korea with the production team of Suicide Forest Village, the production company ROBOT, and B.A. Entertainment of The Gangster, ...
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Moonlight Shadow (2021)
- Director
- Edmund YEO
- Cast
- KOMATSU Nana, MIYAZAWA Hio
Malaysian director Edmond Yeo helms this adaptation of Yoshimoto Banana's same-named novel, which has been translated into over 30 languages. In this love story, the main character loses her beloved and gropes for a way forward in life. Satsuki (Kom...
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My Father's Tracks (2021)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Rempei
- Cast
- MORISAKI Win, FUKAGAWA Mai
Drama about a young man coming to terms with animosity in his past through motor sport rallies. Directed by Tsukamoto Rempei of Bento Harassment. Taiga (Morisaki Win) has left his hometown to attend college in Tokyo and dreams of becoming an actor, ...
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Skeleton Flowers (2020)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- SHIDA Sara, SUZUKA Oji, IURA Arata
Just Only Love director Imaizumi Rikiya pulls off the long-awaited adaptation of author Kubo Misumi's 2014 short story. Contemporary family drama about a father and daughter. Yo (Shida Sara) has done the household chores and helped her father Nao (I...
