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Life: Untitled (2019)
- Director
- YAMADA Kana
- Cast
- ITO Sairi, TSUNEMATSU Yuri, KATAOKA Reiko
Feature film debut from Yamada Kana, the head of the theater company ROJI9. Film adaptation of the same-named play about female sex workers, which she premiered in 2013. Selected for the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival Japanese Cinema Splash p...
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Masked Ward (2020)
- Director
- KIMURA Hisashi
- Cast
- SAKAGUCHI Kentaro, NAGANO Mei
Feature film adaptation of the graphically realistic medical mystery novel by real-life doctor Chinen Mikito. Depicts the heart-stopping battles of a doctor confronting a vicious criminal in a barred-off former psychiatric hospital. On-call substitu...
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Flowers and Rain (2019)
- Director
- TSUCHIYA Takafumi
- Cast
- KASAMATSU Show
Teen drama inspired by hip hop artist SEEDA's album "Flowers and Rain." Commercial film debut for video artist Tsuchiya Takafumi. Yoshida (Kasamatsu Show) spent his childhood in London and has trouble adjusting to insular Japanese society. He finds ...
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Tezuka's Barbara (2019)
- Director
- TEZKA Macoto
- Cast
- INAGAKI Goro, NIKAIDO Fumi, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko
Tezuka Osamu's son Macoto, director of Hakuchi which was invited to the 56th Venice Film Festival, adapts his father's original comic of the same name into this live-action erotic mystery film. Novelist Mikura Yosuke (Inagaki Goro) has a run-in with...
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colorless (2019)
- Director
- KOYAMA Takashi
- Cast
- KANEKO Daichi, ISHIKAWA Ruka
Director Koyama Takashi has adapted a trailer which won the Grand Prix at the 2nd MI-CAN unfinished-movie trailer awards into this feature-length love story. It world premiered at the Japan Cinema Splash section of the 2019 Tokyo International Film F...
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Mrs. Noisy (2019)
- Director
- AMANO Chihiro
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Yukiko, OOTAKA Yoko, NAGAO Takuma
In this taut drama, a small argument ignites a confrontation between neighbors whose lives are upturned when they become entangled with social media and the news. This original story by Amano Chihiro was selected to screen in the Japanese Cinema Spla...
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HOKUSAI (2020)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Hajime
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, TANAKA Min, NAGAYAMA Eita
Life in the Edo Period was oppressive under the shogunate. The artist Katsushika Hokusai practiced his craft during this time and is the focus of this biographical drama directed by Hashimoto Hajime of the Detective in the Bar series. The film depic...
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Turep ~Looking for "Children of the Sea"~ (2019)
- Director
- YAMAOKA Nobutaka
- Cast
- MORISAKI Win, IGARASHI Daisuke, NAKAZAWA Shinichi
Animation production company Studio 4℃, which worked on Children of the Sea, engage in their first live-action film. They have created a vision for a future civilization by combining a story pursuing the whereabouts of a missing man and interviews wi...
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DANCE WITH ME (2019)
- Director
- YAGUCHI Shinobu
- Cast
- MIYOSHI Ayaka, YASHIRO Yu, chay
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The Bucket List (2019)
- Director
- INUDO Isshin
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, AMAMI Yuki
Inudo Isshin directs this remake of the Rob Reiner film starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. Veteran actresses Yoshinaga Sayuri and Amami Yuki play women whose days are numbered. Sachie (Yoshinaga) is a homemaker who has devoted her life to h...
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Rise of the Machine Girls (2019)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Yuki
- Cast
- TSUKIMIYA Himena, HANAKAGE Kanon, SAKAGUCHI Taku (TAK∴)
Up-and-coming director Kobayashi Yuki directs this shocking reboot of The Machine Girl by Iguchi Noboru who enjoys a cult following even in North America. Chiba Yoshinori and Nishimura Yoshihiro, who produced Kobayashi's commercial debut film Death R...
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Stardust Over the Town (2020)
- Director
- SUGIYAMA Taiichi
- Cast
- TAIHEI Saburo, Lasalle ISHII, KOMIYA Takayasu
A film adaptation of the 25 year long-running, identically titled stage production performed by theatre troupe Hoshikuzu no Kai which was formed by playwright and stage director Mizutani Ryuji. The story depicts the sorrows of an obscure ballad choru...
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Prison 13 (2019)
- Director
- WATANABE Kensaku
- Cast
- HOTTA Mayu, ITANO Tomomi, MAENO Tomoya
Derived from the "Stanford Prison Experiment", this closed room thriller depicts the violent game between 12 men and women who are the test subjects of a public experiment. Writer and director Watanabe Kensaku, the screenwriter of The Great Passage, ...
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I WAS A SECRET BITCH (2019)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- SAKUMA Yui, MURAKAMI Nijiro, OHGO Suzuka
Arai Piroyo's identically titled comic based on personal experiences is adapted to film by writer and director Miki Koichiro. The story depicts the tribulations and maturing of the heroine who indulges in "social approval" through flattery she receiv...
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They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019)
- Director
- ODAGIRI Joe
- Cast
- EMOTO Akira, KAWASHIMA Ririka, MURAKAMI Nijiro
Actor Odagiri Joe makes his feature film directorial debut from an original script he wrote which asks what is a compassionate way of life. Joining the staff are internationally recognized cinematographer Christopher Doyle and costume designer Wada E...
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Murders at the House of Death (2019)
- Director
- KIMURA Hisashi
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, HAMABE Minami, NAKAMURA Tomoya
Film adaptation of the debut novel from Imamura Masahiro, renowned as winner of the Honkaku Mystery for Best Fiction. Directed by Kimura Hisashi, a veteran TV drama director. University student Hamura (Kamiki Ryunosuke) gets roped into investigating...
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Listen to the Universe (2019)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Kei
- Cast
- MATSUOKA Mayu, MATSUZAKA Tori, MORISAKI Win
Ishikawa Kei, whose directorial debut GUKOROKU–Traces Of Sin officially screened at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, adapts from his own screenplay Onda Riku's identically titled novel. The drama depicts the complex relations among four gifted young pi...
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GHOST MASTER (2019)
- Director
- YOUNG Paul
- Cast
- MIURA Takahiro, NARUMI Rico
Horror comedy officially selected for numerous film festivals including the 52nd SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. Feature film directorial debut by Paul Young, who studied under director Kurosawa Kiyoshi and has an America...
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It Feels So Good (2019)
- Director
- ARAI Haruhiko
- Cast
- EMOTO Tasuku, TAKIUCHI Kumi
Arai Haruhiko, one of Japan's best-known screenplay writers, reprises his dual roles as director and writer from Body and Soul and When I Was Most Beautiful. First film adaptation of a work by Naoki Prize-winning author Shiraishi Kazufumi depicting t...
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Our 30-Minute Sessions (2020)
- Director
- HAGIWARA Kentaro
- Cast
- ARATA Mackenyu, KITAMURA Takumi, KUBOTA Sayu
Teen music romance featuring singing and instrumental scenes with a fresh cast of young actors including Arata Mackenyu and Kitamura Takumi of 12 Suicidal Teens. Helmed by Hagiwara Kentaro of Tokyo Ghoul with an original script by Oshima Satomi of Th...
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Aesop's Game (2019)
- Director
- ASANUMA Naoya, UEDA Shinichiro, NAKAIZUMI Yuya
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Ruka, IGETA Hiroe, Guammer
Unique work created over three-plus years reuniting the production team from One Cut of the Dead with director Ueda Shinichiro, assistant director Nakaizumi Yuya and still photographer Asanuma Naoya helming as co-directors. Kameda Miwa (Ishikawa Ruk...
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At the End of the Matinee (2019)
- Director
- NISHITANI Hiroshi
- Cast
- FUKUYAMA Masaharu, ISHIDA Yuriko
This love story is based on the 2016 novel released by author Hirano Keiichiro, a recipient of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Chevalier. It directed by Nishitani Hiroshi who has a reputation for solid and dynamic direction. Classical guit...
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Hit Me Anyone One More Time (2019)
- Director
- MITANI Koki
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi
Eighth film helmed by Mitani Koki, who has generated numerous hits as a screenwriter and stage director. Original story about a prime minister who is fiercely despised by the populace and suffers from amnesia. Prime Minister Kuroda (Nakai Kiichi) co...
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THE CONFIDENCE MAN JP -The Movie- (2019)
- Director
- TANAKA Akira
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami, HIGASHIDE Masahiro, KOTE Shinya
Kosawa Ryota pens the original story for this feature film adaptation of the hit TV drama replete with dizzying plot twists. Con artists Dako (Nagasawa Masami), Boku-chan (Higashide Masahiro), Richard (Kohinata Fumiyo) and Igarashi (Kote Shinya) are...
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Stolen Identity 2 (2020)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- CHIBA Yudai, SHIRAISHI Mai, SUZUKI Hiroki
The follow-up to the hit thriller which ended up earning 1.9 billion yen at the box office. Both director Nakata Hideo and screenwriter Oishi Tetsuya return for this sequel. Based on the second book 'Smartphone wo Otoshita dake nanoni Toraware no Sat...
