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Wonderwall : the Movie (2020)
- Director
- MAEDA Yuki
- Cast
- SUDO Ren, OKAYAMA Amane, NARUMI Rico
Feature film that adds previously unreleased scenes to the much-discussed TV drama about students and university administration fighting over a dormitory's reconstruction. Script by Watanabe Aya of Josee, the Tiger and the Fish. Directed by Maeda Yuk...
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A Man in Love (2019)
- Director
- MURATA Nobuo
- Cast
- OGI Shigemitsu, SASAKI Kokone, DEGUCHI Arisa
Mature comedy about the love life of a middle-aged guy at the half-way point in life. Distribution company Mermaid Films' head Murata Nobuo makes his directorial debut at age 56. The Polish cinema maestro Jerzy Skolimowski serves as supervising edito...
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Kotera - san climbs! (2020)
- Director
- FURUMAYA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- KUDO Haruka, ITO Kentaro
The popular manga of the same name about a girl preoccupied by sport climbing is adapted to live-action by director Furumaya Tomoyuki, who has tackled numerous adolescent films such as Robocon. The script is written by popular screenwriter Yoshida Re...
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Beautiful dreamer (2020)
- Director
- MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki
- Cast
- OGAWA Sara, FUJITANI Riko, KAMIO Fuju
The first work from Cinema Lab, an experimental film label touting the stature of the film director. Motohiro Katsuyuki, who has been involved with many hit films, adapts to live-action Oshii Mamoru's original concept for "Yume Miruhito". The film de...
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Step (2020)
- Director
- IIZUKA Ken
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki, HIROSUE Ryoko, YO Kimiko
Based on the novel by Shigematsu Kiyoshi, who has continued to deal with the subject of family restoration, this drama depicts the ten years over a widowers life as he struggles to raise his young daughter. Iizuka Ken, who works in both film and tele...
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A tale of the Riverside (2020)
- Director
- TSUJINO Masaki
- Cast
- AONO Tappei, GODA Aki, SAITO Riku
The 9th "Cinema Project" by Enbu Seminar, which produced One Cut of the Dead, is a drama directed by Tsujino Masaki who is making his feature film debut at the age of 51. (Aono Tappei) works at the riverside guesthouse in which he was born and rais...
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The Blue Danube (2020)
- Director
- IKEDA Akira
- Cast
- MAEHARA Ko
Fourth feature film from Ikeda Akira, who has built an international reputation with festival screenings including the Rotterdam International Film Festival for Anatomy of a Paperclip and Ambiguous Places. Produced as part of the New Directions in Ja...
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A Garden of Camellias (2020)
- Director
- UEDA Yoshihiko
- Cast
- FUJI Sumiko, SHIM Eun-kyung
Powerful directorial debut from the prolific and highly respected commercial photographer Ueda Yoshihiko, who developed the project over a 15-year period and served as scriptwriter and cinematographer. Drama that interweaves a year in the lives of pe...
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Forgiven Children (2020)
- Director
- NAITO Eisuke
- Cast
- UEMURA Yu, KUROIWA Yoshi, NAGURA Yukino
The first independent film since Let's Make The Teacher Have A Miscarriage Club by director Naito Eisuke whose strong filmmaking voice attracts attention each time he releases a film. Taken from an actual bullying case which resulted in a fatality, t...
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, ARIMURA Kasumi, TAKAHASHI Issey
Film in the two-part live-action finale to the "Rurouni Kenshin" series based on Watsuki Nobuhiro's swashbuckler comic. Starring Satoh Takeru and helmed by Otomo Keishi, the series has been streamed in over 100 countries worldwide. Based on the Tsu...
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, TAKEI Emi, ARATA Mackenyu
Film in the two-part live-action finale to the "Rurouni Kenshin" series based on Watsuki Nobuhiro's swashbuckler comic. Starring Satoh Takeru and helmed by Otomo Keishi, the series has been streamed in over 100 countries worldwide. Depicts Kenshin'...
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The Sun Stands Still (2021)
- Director
- HASUMI Eiichiro
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, TAKEUCHI Ryoma, SATO Koichi
Suspense about a special mission under extreme circumstances based on the same-named novel by Yoshida Shuichi, whose novels "Rage" and "Villain" have also been adapted for film. Takano (Fujiwara Tatsuya) and his partner Taoka (Takeuchi Ryoma) are ag...
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Grand Blue Dreaming (2020)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- RYUSEI Ryo, INUKAI Atsuhiro
Film adaptation of the same-named comic that boasts total sales topping 5 million copies. Helmed by Hanabusa Tsutomu, the teen comedy maestro behind No Longer Heroine. Depicts college life like you've never seen before, set in a scuba diving club. I...
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KUSHINA (2018)
- Director
- HAYAMI Moet
- Cast
- KADER Ikumi, HIROTA Tomona, INAMOTO Yayoi
Hayami Moët makes her directorial debut with a story that draws on her personal experiences. The film depicts life in a mountain hamlet inhabited entirely by women, where men are prohibited. Won the JAPAN CUTS award at the 2018 Osaka Asian Film Festi...
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Around the Edge of the Stand (2020)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- ONO Rina, HIRAI Amon, NISHIMOTO Marin
A National High School Drama Competition award-winning play is adapted to film by Jojo Hideo, who has directed direct-to-video and Pink films. The drama portrays the adolescent makeup of sullen high schoolers seated in the stands of a high school bas...
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SUICIDE FOREST VILLAGE (2021)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- YAMADA Anna, YAMAGUCHI Mayu
The second horror film in the "terror village" series following Shimizu Takashi's Howling Village, it depicts under the backdrop of Mt. Fuji's dense woodlands a world of madness and chaos brought on by the terror of a cursed box. Once upon a time, a...
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Nosari - Impermanent Eternity (2020)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Tatsuya
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Kisetsu, HARA Chisako
Seventh Kitashirakawaha project from Kyoto University of the Arts Department of Film Production. This story about the oddball cohabitation of a conman and an elderly woman won the NETPAC Special Mention at the 24th Bucheon International Fantastic Fil...
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Sasaki in My Mind (2020)
- Director
- UCHIYAMA Takuya
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Kisetsu, HOSOKAWA Gaku, HAGIWARA Minori
Coming-of-age film from innovative director Uchiyama Takuya, who won the Audience Award at the Pia Film Festival 2016 for his debut film Vanitas. An actor whose career is going nowhere confronts his own past, inspired by a story from actor Hosokawa G...
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Kamata Prelude (2020)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro, AKIYAMA Mayu, YASUKAWA Yuka
- Cast
- MATUBAYASHI Urara, FURUKAWA Kotone, SUDO Ren
Parody of society from the vantage point of actress Machiko as performed by Matsubayashi Urara, the star of The Hungry Lion who developed and produced this film. Four-part omnibus directed by the up-coming Nakagawa Ryutaro of Summer Blooms, Akiyama M...
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THE LAST GOZE (2020)
- Director
- TAKIZAWA Masaharu
- Cast
- KAWAKITA Non, YOSHIMOTO Miyu, NAKAJIMA Hiroko
A "Goze" is a blind entertainer who travels to various places singing stories while playing the shamisen (Japanese three-stringed lute). This film dramatizes the life of the late Kobayashi Haru, who as the last goze, carried the title of "intangible ...
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Eternally Younger Than Those Idiots (2020)
- Director
- YOSHINO Ryohei
- Cast
- SAKUMA Yui, Nao
First novel by Akutagawa Prize winner Tsumura Kikuko to hit the silver screen. Third feature film for director Yoshino Ryuhei. With college graduation right around the corner and a job already lined up, Horigai (Sakuma Yui) has too much time on her...
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Living in the Sky (2020)
- Director
- AOYAMA Shinji
- Cast
- TABE Mikako, KISHII Yukino, MIMURA Rie
The first feature-length film in seven years by Aoyama Shinji, who gained international acclaim for Eureka, renders the emotional subtleties of modern-day women making every effort at living without ruining their pride. Naomi (Tabe Mikako) works at ...
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Sad Angels (2020)
- Director
- MORIOKA Toshiyuki
- Cast
- WADA Hitomi, MIZUNO Masaru
Portrayed with audacious sensuality, this drama tells the story of a sorrowfully pure love between a prostitute and a young man who drifted into the red light district. The film is written and directed by Morioka Toshiyuki who has delved into the sex...
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ABOUT AZAMI (2020)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- KOSHINO Ena, OKUNO Eita, MINE Goichi
Koshikawa Michio, who has consistently depicted the sexual affairs between men and women, directs this tender drama about the change of heart experienced by a woman who tries to compensate for her loneliness. Azami (Koshino Ena) ran away from her tr...
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Mr.Suzuki -A Man In God's Country- (2020)
- Director
- SASAKI Omoi
- Cast
- ITO Asako, TSUKUDA Norihiko, OKATA Hisako
A living god - known simply as "God" - heads an insular nation where a beautiful, brilliant city exists. Due to a declining birthrate, the city issues an ordinance that all unmarried people over the age of forty-four will lose their citizenship. Yos...
