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THE LANDLADY (2019)
- Director
- HAMANO Sachi
- Cast
- YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, Nahana, Kanichiro
The novel of the same name by 2017 Akutagawa Prize contender Kimura Kumi is adapted to film by the director of Lily Festival, Hamano Sachi, and stars Yoshiyuki Kazuko. It looks back 20 years into the past of an elderly woman who died of heatstroke an...
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I'm crazy (2019)
- Director
- KUDO Masaaki
- Cast
- FURUTACHI Yutaro, SAKURAI Yuki, SOKABE Keiichi
The feature-length debut by Kudo Masaaki, who was an assistant director on films by Yukisada Isao and Shiraishi Kazuya, is a coming-of-age tale about a young man passionate for music. It won the NETPAC Award (the award for best Asian film) at the 201...
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Jeux de plage (2019)
- Director
- NATSUTO Aimi
- Cast
- HORI Haruna, KATO Shinsuke, FUKUSHIMA Juri
Coming-of-age film about young women featuring cast and crew mainly comprised of women in their 20s. Directed by the cutting-edge Natsuto Aimi, who was born in 1991 and worked as an actress and script editor on the Japan-France co-production I Want t...
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The Stormy Family (2019)
- Director
- ICHII Masahide
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, MEGUMI, NAKAMURA Tomoya
Blindly In Love director Ichii Masahide tackles a family film from a twelve-year-long developed original script intimated from his emotions toward his parents. The elderly husband and wife of the Suzuki family went missing after robbing twenty milli...
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The Kamagasaki Cauldron War (2017)
- Director
- SATO Leo
- Cast
- OTA Naori, KAWASE Yohta, MONKO Tsumugi
A warm-hearted comedy set in Kamagasaki, Osaka which is recognized as Japan's largest neighborhood of day laborers. Sato Leo of Nagai Park Elegy photographs the atmosphere of the actual area, shooting on 16mm film entirely on location in Kamagasaki. ...
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MUGEN FOUNDATION (2018)
- Director
- OSAKI Akira
- Cast
- MINAMI Sara, NISHIYAMA Cosame, HARA Nanoka
Coming-of-age film about teenage girls created with improvised performances and inspired by singer/songwriter Nishiyama Cosame's song "Mirai e." Won two awards at MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with music...
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Remember the full moon night (2018)
- Director
- KAWAKITA Yumeki
- Cast
- TOKIYOSHI Erika, TAKEUCHI Momoko, NOJIMA Kenya
Coming-of-age ensemble film produced for MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with musicians. Directed by Kawakita Yumeki, whose previous film Kawaranaide. Hyakunichisou was selected for screenings at indie fil...
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Itsuka kagayaiteita kanojo ha (2018)
- Director
- MAEDA Seira
- Cast
- OGURA Ao, mahocato
Coming-of-age ensemble film produced for MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with musicians. Director-cum-screenwriter Maeda Seira has been performing since the sixth grade and is a self-taught filmmaker. "MI...
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TAKE OVER ZONE (2019)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Shimpei
- Cast
- YOSHINA Ruri, UCHIDA Chika, KAWASE Yohta
Coming-of-age drama with a script that won the 2nd Juvenile Scenario Award. Selected for the Japan Cinema Splash program in the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival, where it won the Tokyo Gemstone Award. Three years ago Sari's (Yoshina Riru) moth...
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Go Away, Ultramarine (2019)
- Director
- YANAGI Akina
- Cast
- YOKOHAMA Ryusei, IITOYO Marie
Film adaptation of Kono Yutaka's teen fantasy novel, produced by Sugahara Daiki, who turned the "Mr. Osomatsu" stage production into a hit. Cutting-edge Yanagi Akina, who garnered film awards while in high school in the US, was tapped as director. N...
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WALKING MAN (2019)
- Director
- ANARCHY
- Cast
- NOMURA Shuhei, YUKI Mio
Original production marking the directorial debut for popular rapper ANARCHY. This story of a young man trying to escape poverty through rap incorporates the director's personal experiences during times of hardship. Atom (Nomura Shuhei) lives with h...
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Ninkyo Gakuen (2019)
- Director
- KIMURA Hisashi
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, NISHIDA Toshiyuki
Film adaptation of Konno Bin's popular novelized series "Ninkyo" about the hardships experienced by do-gooder yakuza. Helmed by TV drama-veteran Kimura Hisashi, who counts Miike Takashi and Tsutsumi Yukihiko as mentors. The Akimoto-gumi yakuza take...
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For Him to Live (2019)
- Director
- KURAMOTO Tomoyuki
- Cast
- KAKU Tomohiro, FURUTA Yuina, KAZUKI Saya
Child welfare services takes Hiiro away from har parents, as they suspect she'd being abused. The parents feel that society is against them and are self-pitying, hating themselves for it. Time passes as the couple fails to turn things around. Then Hi...
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JK Rock (2019)
- Director
- MUGURUMA Shunji
- Cast
- FUKUYAMA Shodai, YAMAMOTO Ryosuke, KOBAYASHI Ryota
Original production from Muguruma Shunji, who helmed My Lover is a Sniper: The Movie and served as director on "Kamen Rider Agito." The JoKers rock band broke up at the height of their popularity. One year later, lead member JOE (Yamamoto Ryosuke) ha...
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108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba (2019)
- Director
- MATSUO Suzuki
- Cast
- MATSUO Suzuki, NAKAYAMA Miho
Original production that marks the fourth feature film directed by Theatre Otona Keikaku leader Matsuo Suzuki, who also stars in the film and penned the screenplay. Comedy about a husband's outrageous plot to get revenge against his wife. Screenplay...
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Strawberry Song (2019)
- Director
- SUGAWARA Shintaro
- Cast
- FURUTACHI Yutaro, ISHIBASHI Shizuka
Teen romance inspired by a song from the rock band Ging Nang BOYZ, penned by popular screenplay writer Okada Yoshikazu. Helmed by Sugawara Shintaro, who served as director on the TV drama "The Gutsy Frog" featuring Okada's screenplay. Kota's (Furuta...
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House of Seasons (2020)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Yoshihiro
- Cast
- MINAMI Sara, OGATA Naoto, TANAKA Misato
A girl who has stopped attending school gradually blossoms at a support center in this drama directed by Sakamoto Yoshihiro of Pure White. The film stars Minami Sara who won numerous best newcomer awards for Shino Can't Say Her Name. 16-year-old (M...
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Blue Hour (2019)
- Director
- HAKOTA Yuko
- Cast
- Kaho, SHIM Eun-kyung
Commercial ads director Hakota Yuko makes her theatrical film debut with this original work. In the lead role is Kaho of Our Little Sister. The film won the Best Film and Best Director awards in the Asian New Talents category of the 22nd Shanghai Int...
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SAKURA (2020)
- Director
- YAZAKI Hitoshi
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, KOMATSU Nana, YOSHIZAWA Ryo
Live-action adaptation of the same-named novel about a family drama, penned by Naoki Prize recipient Nishi Kanako. Directed by Yazaki Hitoshi, whose film March Comes in Like a Lion was screened at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival Forum. M...
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NOT QUITE DEAD YET (2020)
- Director
- HAMASAKI Shinji
- Cast
- HIROSE Suzu, YOSHIZAWA Ryo, TSUTSUMI Shinichi
Comedy about the ruckus caused by a rebellious daughter who is always upset with her dad and the father who randomly ends up as a ghost. College student Nanase (Hirose Suzu) can't stand her father Hakaru (Tsutsumi Shinichi), who is the president of ...
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THE MEMORY ERASER (2020)
- Director
- HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
- Cast
- YAMADA Ryosuke, YOSHINE Kyoko, RENBUTSU Misako
Romance dealing with memory based on the same-named novel by Origami Kyoya. Directed by Hirakawa Yuichiro of Until the Break of Dawn and Erased. University student Ryoichi (Yamada Ryosuke) proposes to his girlfriend Kyoko (Renbutsu Misako), but the...
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Meeting Myself (2019)
- Director
- NISHIKORI Yoshinari
- Cast
- TAKAHIRO, MATSUZAKA Keiko
Takahiro of the group Exile stars in this drama, his first solo lead role in a feature film. Nishikori Yoshinari of Railways and Tatara Samurai directs from his own screenplay. Twelve years ago Ikeda Toru (Takahiro) was a skilled fisherman until he ...
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The Takatsu River (2019)
- Director
- NISHIKORI Yoshinari
- Cast
- KOMOTO Masahiro, TODA Naho
Set along the river basin of Shimane Prefeture's Takatsu River, a government-protected river, this drama portrays various people living in an area burdened by decreasing population as they carry on the tradition of "Kagura" Shinto music and dance whi...
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A Beloved Wife (2019)
- Director
- ADACHI Shin
- Cast
- HAMADA Gaku, MIZUKAWA Asami, NIITSU Chise
Adachi Shin, who won the Japan Academy Prize Screenplay of the Year for 100 Yen Love, adapted the script from his own same-named semi-autobiographical novel and takes the megaphone for his second feature film. This humorous portrayal of a husband and...
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Cry (2019)
- Director
- WATANABE Hirobumi
- Cast
- WATANABE Hirobumi, HIRAYAMA Misao, HISATSUGU Riko
This unique drama rendered in monochrome imagery with spoken words pared down to the bare minimum comes from Foolish Piggies Films, the film production team started by the brilliant Watanabe brothers, Hirobumi and Yuji. The film won the Best Director...
