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Restart (2021)
- Director
- SHINAGAWA Hiroshi
- Cast
- EMILY, SWAY
Comedian Shinagawa Hiroshi has worked on many films as a director. His latest work is this coming-of-age film set in the town of Shimokawa in Hokkaido and describes the restart of a 28-year-old musician who returns home after her dream of being a mus...
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KONTORA (2019)
- Director
- Anshul CHAUHAN
- Cast
- MARUI Wan, MASE Hidemasa, YAMADA Taichi
The odd meeting between a young girl in search of a mysterious treasure and a homeless man unfolds in monochromatic imagery in this drama. At the helm is Anshul Chauhan, an Indian director presently residing in Japan who garnered attention at domesti...
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Any Crybabies Around? (2020)
- Director
- SATO Takuma
- Cast
- NAKANO Taiga, YOSHIOKA Riho
A naked drunk man shows up on a national live TV in the middle of the sacred Namahage festival, where men dressed in ogre-like costume visit homes to scare kids not to do bad things in the next year. The man, young father Tasuku, gets ostracized for ...
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Angry Rice Wives (2021)
- Director
- MOTOKI Katsuhide
- Cast
- INOUE Mao, MIURA Takahiro, NATSUKI Mari
Entertaining film about the "rice riots" said to be the first example of citizen activism by women in Japan. Matsuura Ito (Inoue Mao) is a wife with three kids who works as a female laborer hauling bales of rice to the shore. The wives are vexed by ...
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PORNOGRAPHER: PLAYBACK (2021)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- TAKEZAI Terunosuke, IZUKA Kenta
The "Pornographer" manga series about the dictation of erotic literature hits the silver screen after being adapted as a live-action TV drama. Sensitive depiction of the tension and affection between two people who care about each other but fail to c...
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LIAR x LIAR (2021)
- Director
- YAKUMO Saiji
- Cast
- MATSUMURA Hokuto, MORI Nana
The comic of the same name which has surpassed over 1.9 million total copies published is adapted to live-action by Mars director Yakumo Saiji. The unusual love story depicts a "love triangle" between only two people which began with a lie. Minato (...
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It's a Summer Film! (2020)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Soushi
- Cast
- ITO Marika, KANEKO Daichi, KAWAI Yumi
Coming-of-age story that brings in scifi elements to portray a high school girl who belongs to her school's cinema club and obsesses over samurai movies. TV drama, CM and music video director Matsumoto Soushi takes the megaphone with a screenplay by ...
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Company Retreat (2020)
- Director
- FUNAHASHI Atsushi
- Cast
- HIRAI Saki, ITO Megumi, YAMANAKA Takafumi
A woman working as a hotel receptionist was harassed by her superior. This docu-fiction depicts sexual harassment affects not only the victim and the perpetrator, but everyone around them....
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UNDERDOG (2020)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- MORIYAMA Mirai, KITAMURA Takumi, KATSUJI Ryo
100 Yen Love director Take Masaharu and screenplay writer Adachi Shin reunite for another original story about boxing. Tells the story of three bottom-dog boxers who get used as punching bags. Pro boxer Suenaga Akira (Moriyama Mirai) fell off the pa...
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Omoideshashin (2020)
- Director
- KUMAZAWA Naoto
- Cast
- FUKAGAWA Mai, KORA Kengo, Karina
This drama, directed by Kumazawa Naoto of Yurigokoro, deals with taking "remembrance portraits" which are not mere funeral portraits, but are portraits photographed at a place holding fond memories for elderly subjects who share the recollections of ...
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Just the two of us (2020)
- Director
- FUJIMOTO Keita
- Cast
- NAGASE Masatoshi, DOI Shiori
Set in Kyoto's Nishijin district, this drama depicts the day-to-day nursing care between a man who has lost everything, and a blind woman. The film was produced by an energetic young staff from Kyoto University of the Arts. Shunsaku (Nagase Masatosh...
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Mentai-piriri (2019)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- HAKATA Hanamaru, TOMITA Yasuko
The life of a businessman who broadened the popularity of mentaiko (spicy cod roe) in Japan serves is the basis for this biographical drama directed by Eguchi Kan who won the Best Action Film award at the 23rd Fantasia International Film Festival for...
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Dancing Mary (2019)
- Director
- SABU
- Cast
- EXILE NAOTO, YAMADA Aina, ISHIBASHI Ryo
The efforts of a man and woman struggling to fulfill the wish of a ghost unfold in this fantasy drama directed by SABU whose Mr. Long was screened in the competition section of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival. This film was awarded the Ju...
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Kiss Cam! (2020)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hana
- Cast
- HAYAMA Shono, HOTTA Akane, YAGI Alissa
The inspiration for this romantic film is the "Kiss Cam" carried out at sporting events in which a couple selected from the crowd by a TV camera must kiss for all to see. At the helm is Matsumoto Hana whose A Midsummer Dream was screened at the Yubar...
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Daughters (2020)
- Director
- TSUDA Hajime
- Cast
- MIYOSHI Ayaka, ABE Junko
Fashion event director and video creator Tsuda Hajime makes his feature film debut as both director and screenplay writer. Follows ten months in the lives of two women facing the crossroads of pregnancy. Koharu (Miyoshi Ayaka) and Ayano (Abe Junko) ...
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#HandballStrive (2020)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- KATO Seishiro, DAIGO Kotaro, MAKITA Aju
Coming-of-age film helmed by Matsui Daigo, who has brought teen stories to the big screen since his feature film debut with Afro Tanaka. Original screenplay co-authored with Sato Dai. High schoolers use social media to galvanize recovery efforts in K...
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My Name is Yours (2020)
- Director
- FUKUDA Momoko
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Honoka
Coming-of-age film helmed by cutting-edge Fukuda Momoko, who is also a novelist and directs plays and TV dramas. Mukai Kosuke of Gukoroku: Traces of Sin transforms two stories by the director into a single storyline. En (Matsumoto Honoka) is a high ...
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Soirée (2020)
- Director
- SOTOYAMA Bunji
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Nijiro, IMOU Haruka
Cutting-edge director Sonoyama Bunji's talent intrigued actors Toyohara Kosuke and Koizumi Kyoko, who took on this unusual love story for their first project as producers. A young man and woman commit an unforgivable crime and run until they find a r...
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ZOKKI (2021)
- Director
- TAKENAKA Naoto, YAMADA Takayuki, SAITOH Takumi
- Cast
Directors Takenaka Naoto, Yamada Takayuki and Saitoh Takumi bring comic artist Ohashi Hiroyuki's early work to the big screen. A girl is horrified by the sheer number of secrets revealed by her grandfather. A man journeys somewhere south aiming for ...
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The Master Plan (2021)
- Director
- SATOH Yuichi
- Cast
- IWATA Takanori, ARATA Mackenyu, YAMADA Anna
Suspense featuring Iwata Takanori and Arata Mackenyu as buddies who are two sides of the same coin. The final twenty minutes feature a shocking finale. Kida (Iwata) and Makoto (Arata) share a powerful bond. The former outcasts spend a decade fightin...
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Hold Me Back (2020)
- Director
- OHKU Akiko
- Cast
- Non, HAYASHI Kento
Romance about the clumsy love life of a thirty-something woman who thoroughly enjoys being single. Director Ohku Akiko won the Audience Award at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival for Tremble All You Want. Thirty-one year old Mitsuko (Non) l...
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Super Mikincorinista (2019)
- Director
- KUSABA Naoya
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Ruriko
Winner of two awards at the 41st Pia Film Festival, this drama is the feature-length directorial debut of Kusaba Naoya who completed this film on the side while working for a production company on the sets of commercial film productions. Miki (Takay...
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The Hardness of Avocado (2019)
- Director
- JO Masaya
- Cast
- MAEHARA Mizuki, TAGA Asami
Jo Masaya's feature-length directorial debut has picked up awards at PFF Award 2019 and other local independent film competitions. The film stars Maehara Mizuki, a member of theatre troupe Seinendan, in the lead role of Maehara and unspools a realist...
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OBAKE (2019)
- Director
- NAKAO Hiromichi
- Cast
- NAKAO Hiromichi, NAKAO Sakutaro, NAKAO Misora
A semi-autobiographical film by director Nakao Hiromichi, who has so far made films by himself, if at all possible, with the conviction to "keep doing the things he wants to his complete satisfaction". The film earned the Grand Prize at the PFF Award...
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Denen Boys (2020)
- Director
- NISHIUMI Kenichiro
- Cast
- ARISAWA Shotaro, IMARI Yu, TANAKA Naoki
The TV series depicting the struggles of four self-proclaimed hunks as they try to open a host club in the countryside moves to the big screen. The TV series drew attention for its original story developed by the energetic writers. Ikeura Sadayume, w...
