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HONEY LEMONSODA (2021)
- Director
- SHINTOKU Koji
- Cast
- Raul, YOSHIKAWA Ai
Raul from the idol group Snow Man stars in the coming-of-age film adapting the girls' manga 'Honey Lemon Soda'. In the director's chair is Shintoku Koji who made his feature debut with Peach Girl. Bullied in middle school, Uka (Yoshikawa Ai) enters ...
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Lost Baby Lost (2020)
- Director
- TSUGE Yuto
- Cast
- MATSUO Shohei, MURAKAMI Yukino
This feature-length film was directed by Tsuge Yuto, a graduate of the film department at the Kyoto University of the Arts (formerly known as Kyoto University of Art and Design) who passed away after filming was completed. Cinematographer Yonekura Sh...
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The quiet and hot riot wearing a tie - Story of Shinkansen Shin-Hanamaki station - (2017)
- Director
- KONO Zibeta
- Cast
- KONNO Yoshihiro, CHIDA Hideyuki, KIDO Naoyuki
Local volunteers shot this powerful ensemble film about the 14-year story behind the construction of Shin-Hanamaki Station for the Tohoku Shinkansen. Japan National Railways announced the master plan for the Tohoku Shinkansen in 1971, when the natio...
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F is for Future (2019)
- Director
- ISOBE Teppei
- Cast
- SAKURAI Yasuyuki, SANO Hiroki, Karen
Coming-of-age film that uses humor and heart to portray a high school guy implementing a plan to protect his buddy's honor. Director Isobe Teppei won Best Picture in the Short Film category at the SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2018 for Wh...
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Suitable for You (2018)
- Director
- TAKARA Shunya
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Mayumi, HASHIMOTO Ichiro, SHIMA Yuko
The relationships between two married couples staying at a summer villa is the focus of this grown-up romantic film. At the helm is Takara Shunya who makes his feature film debut with this film. Miki (Yamamoto Mayumi), a housewife, is discontent wit...
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Fake Plastic Planet (2018)
- Director
- SONO Kenichi
- Cast
- YAMAYA Kasumi
Winner of the Best Lead Actress of a Foreign Language Film Award at the Madrid International Film Festival 2019, this survival story was independently funded by director Sono Kenichi who has worked in television and commercials. Shiho (Yamaya Kasumi...
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YOKOSUKA STRANGE INCIDENT (2020)
- Director
- OTSUKA Shinichi
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Ryuju, Shijimi, KAWASE Yohta
This road movie closely delves into the emotions of a man who travels to Yokosuka in an attempt to confirm the whereabouts of his former lover who was thought to have been a victim of the Great East Japan Earthquake. It is written and directed by Ots...
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Woman of the Photographs (2020)
- Director
- KUSHIDA Takeshi
- Cast
- NAGAI Hideki, OTAKI Itsuki
Kushida Takeshi's feature film debut premiered at the 15th Osaka Asian Film Festival and has since been selected by over 70 international film festivals. Kai (Nagai Hideki) runs a photo studio that he inherited from his father and meets Kyoko (Otaki...
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NO CALL NO LIFE (2021)
- Director
- IGASHI Aya
- Cast
- YUKI Mio, INOUE Yuki
Kabei Yukako's same-named novel arrives on the silver screen to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the talent agency Horipro. Igashi Aya grabbed the spotlight with her feature film debut A Crimson Star, and she scripted and helmed this story about t...
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Leaving Home (2019)
- Director
- HAYAKAWA Daisuke
- Cast
- NAGAOKA Tasuku, KOZONO Yu, YANAGI Elisa
This drama about a family is set in a small community along the natural splendor of the Uwa Sea dotted by islands large and small. In the director's chair is Hayakawa Daisuke who is making his feature directing debut with this film. Ten years ago Ke...
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A Girl Under a Tree (2019)
- Director
- MORIYA Fumio
- Cast
- YANAGI Elisa
This uncommon film simply showing matter-of-factly a girl sleeping beneath the shade of a tree is directed by Moriya Fumio who made his directorial debut with Manga-jima: The Island of Cartoon. He is also an actor as well as a screenwriter who wrote ...
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Kakegurui 2: Ultimate Russian Roulette (2021)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- HAMABE Minami, TAKASUGI Mahiro, FUJII Ryusei
Second feature film adaptation of the TV drama based on the popular comic. "Tokyo Revengers" director Hanabusa Tsutomu returns to the helm with original story supervised by Kawamoto Homura, creator of the original story. In Hyakkaoh Private Academy ...
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SANDAKAN NO.8 (1974)
- Director
- KUMAI Kei
- Cast
- KURIHARA Komaki, TANAKA Kinuyo, TAKAHASHI Yoko
The Long Darkness and Rise, Fair Sun director Kumai Kei helmed this film adaptation of a story by Oya Soichi Nonfiction Award-winner Yamazaki Tomoko. Depicts the cruel and checkered destiny of girls known as "Karayuki-san." Mitani Keiko (Kurihara Ko...
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LONELY LANE (1962)
- Director
- NARUSE Mikio
- Cast
- TAKAMINE Hideko, TAKARADA Akira, KATO Daisuke
Naruse Mikio helmed this film adaptation of Hayashi Fumiko's bestselling autobiographical novel, which was also adapted for the stage. Born as a peddler's daughter, the impoverished Fumiko struggles as a waitress while writing poetry and eventually f...
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A HOUSE OF GEISHA (1956)
- Director
- NARUSE Mikio
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, YAMADA Isuzu, TAKAMINE Hideko
Naruse Mikio helmed this adaptation of Koda Aya's same-named novel. Repast and Late Chrysanthemums screenplay writer Tanaka Sumie coauthored the script with Ide Toshiro. Depicts the tragicomedy of women gathered in the Yanagibashi entertainment distr...
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The Life of Oharu (1952)
- Director
- MIZOGUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, YAMANE Hisako, MIFUNE Toshiro
Mizoguchi Kenji's adaptation of a literary classic won the International Award at the 13th Venice International Film Festival. Oharu (Tanaka Kuniyo) is a star-crossed woman destroyed by men, both hateful and beloved. One freezing winter morning at d...
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MUNEKATA SISTERS (1950)
- Director
- OZU Yasujiro
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, TAKAMINE Hideko, UEHARA Ken
Melodrama helmed by Ozu Yasujiro that captures Japanese beauty while depicting pained yet beautiful human events. First film directed by Ozu away from Shochiku. The Munekata sisters are Setsuko (Tanaka Kinuyo) and Mariko (Takamine Hideko). Their fa...
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A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (1945)
- Director
- NARUSE Mikio
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Kazuo, TANAKA Kinuyo, ICHIKAWA Sensho
Historical drama helmed by Naruse Mikio that depicts the samurai spirit, a mysterious man, and a woman who risks her life to fulfill an obligation. It is Kyoto in the spring. The city is in a tizzy over whether Kishu retainer Kazusa Daihachiro (Ich...
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The Wandering Princess (1960)
- Director
- TANAKA Kinuyo
- Cast
- KYO Machiko, FUNAKOSHI Eiji, RYU Yomei
This tearful masterpiece about the harshness and depth of love known only to women is dedicated to women everywhere from an all-female creative team, namely the author Aishin Kakura Hiro, screenplay writer Wada Natto, and director Tanaka Kinuyo. Que...
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HER BROTHER (1960)
- Director
- ICHIKAWA Kon
- Cast
- KISHI Keiko, KAWAGUCHI Hiroshi, TANAKA Kinuyo
Based upon a novel written by Aya Koda. A woman loves her brother very much. They share their dreams as they grow up. When the brother turns 17, he tragically dies, leaving his sister devastated and alone. 【Quoted from the database of KADOKAWA】...
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HER MOTHER'S PROFESSION (1954)
- Director
- MIZOGUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, OTANI Tomoemon, KUGA Yoshiko
Yukio's lover rejects her when he discovers her mother runs a geisha house. Following a failed suicide attempt, Yukiko returns to her mother, and despises everything connected with the geisha house including her mother's lover. But gradually Yukiko c...
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SANSHO THE BAILIFF (1954)
- Director
- MIZOGUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, HANAYAGI Yoshiaki, KAGAWA Kyoko
Winner of the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival. Medieval Japan: a compassionate governor is exiled, his family sold into slavery. Raised by a brutal tax collector, the governor's son grows into a brute himself but a childhood memory forc...
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Miss Oyu (1951)
- Director
- MIZOGUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, OTOWA Nobuko, HORI Yuji
Shinosuke is promised to Shizu but he falls in love with her sister, Oyu, a widowed single mother who is forbidden to marry. Oyu convinces both Shinosuke and Shizu to marry so she can stay close to him. 【Quoted from the database of KADOKAWA】...
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A Hen in the Wind (1948)
- Director
- OZU Yasujiro
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, SANO Shuji, RYU Chishu
Tokiko (Tanaka Kinuyo) lives in a rental with her young son Hiroshi and awaits her husband Shuichi's (Sano Shuji) return from the warfront. She brings kimono one by one to her trusted friend Akiko (Miyake Kuniko), who sells them to her neighbor Orie ...
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Ornamental Hairpin (1941)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Hiroshi
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, RYU Chishu, KAWASAKI Hiroko
One summer Emi and Okiku venture from Tokyo to pay their respects at Mt. Minobu, and they stay overnight at the Shimobe hot spring. Scholar Katada and battle-wounded soldier Nanmura are sojourning at the same inn. One morning, Nanmura injures his fo...
