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Kaguya-sama : Love Is War (2019)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- HIRANO Sho, HASHIMOTO Kanna
The peculiar world of 'Renai Zunousen' in the original manga is adapted to live action by Tokunaga Yuichi who scored a hit with Fly me to the Saitama. At the helm is Kawai Hayato, director of many popular titles such as My Love Story and Niseikoi: Fa...
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TALKING THE PICTURES (2019)
- Director
- SUO Masayuki
- Cast
- NARITA Ryo, KUROSHIMA Yuina
The first comedy in five years since Lady Maiko by Suo Masayuki whose Shall we Dance? was remade by Hollywood. It deals with the uniquely Japanese art of "Katsudo Benshi" or "movie narrator" during the Japanese silent film era. Shuntaro (Narita Ryo)...
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FAMILY OF STRANGERS (2019)
- Director
- HIRAYAMA Hideyuki
- Cast
- SHOFUKUTEI Tsurube, AYANO Go, KOMATSU Nana
A film adapting the book 'Closed Ward' by Hahakigi Hosei, a psychiatrist who also published numerous novels, by director Hirayama Hideyuki who garnered high praise both in Japan and abroad for Begging for Love. Aging death row convict Kajiki Hidemar...
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THE WITNESS (2019)
- Director
- MORI Junichi
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Riho, TAKASUGI Mahiro
A thriller remaking the 2011 Korean film Blind to also take into account the nature of Japanese society. Mori Junichi of the "Little Forest" series directs. Once an outstanding policewoman, Hamanaka Natsume (Yoshioka Riho) is in the pit of despair a...
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HOT GIMMICK: GIRL MEETS BOY (2019)
- Director
- YAMATO Ū-ki
- Cast
- HORI Miona, SHIMIZU Hiroya, ITAGAKI Mizuki
The live-action adaptation of Aihara Miki's popular manga 'Hot Gimmick' written and directed by Yamato Ū-ki who has an established reputation for depicting the emotions of adolescent girls such as in the films That Girl Is Dancing by the Seaside and ...
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LITTLE LOVE SONG (2019)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Kojiro
- Cast
- SANO Hayato, MORINAGA Yuki, YAMADA Anna
The song "Chiisana Koi no Uta" by the band MONGOL800 becomes the motif for this teen film. At the helm is Hashimoto Kojiro, a student of Somai Shinji and Takita Yojiro, who made his feature-length debut with Orange. In a small town on Okinawa where ...
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ACCORDING TO MY BUTLER (2019)
- Director
- KUMA Shinji
- Cast
- NAGASE Ren, KIYOHARA Sho, JINGUJI Yuta
Author Takasato Shina's popular mystery novel is adapted to film. In the director's chair is the very experienced Kuma Shinji who has worked as an assistant director on films by Hiroki Ryuichi and Nishikawa Miwa among others. Kaei (Nagase Ren) becom...
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LEAVING THE SCENE (2019)
- Director
- MIZUTANI Yutaka
- Cast
- NAKAYAMA Masei, ISHIDA Hoshi, KOBAYASHI Ryoko
The second film from respected actor Mizutani Yutaka who made his directorial debut with Tap: The Last Show in 2017. The original drama written by Mizutani himself examines the emotions of human beings brought out by a hit-and-run crime. Shuichi (Na...
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A GAMBLER'S ODYSSEY 2020 (2019)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- SAITOH Takumi, Momo, Becky
Asada Tetsuya's novel "Mahjong Hourouki", which had been adapted to film by Wada Makoto in 1984, returns once again to the big screen audaciously reworked as a cynical comedy. At the helm is Shiraishi Kazuya who attracted domestic and international a...
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The Flowers of Evil (2019)
- Director
- IGUCHI Noboru
- Cast
- ITO Kentaro, TAMASHIRO Tina, AKITA Shiori
Iguchi Noboru, the prolific creator of The Machine Girl and other cult and fantastic films, was charmed by Oshimi Shuzo's comic of the same name and personally endeavored to achieve this live-action, startling teen film. Kasuga Takao (Ito Kentaro), ...
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One Cut of the Dead Spin-Off: In Hollywood (2019)
- Director
- NAKAIZUMI Yuya
- Cast
- Mao, HAMATSU Takayuki, SHUHAMA Harumi
This is a spin-off film of the public phenomenon One Cut of the Dead which opened in two theaters in Tokyo and became a smash hit through word of mouth. Director Ueda Shinichiro serves as executive producer and screenwriter while Nakaizumi Yuya, assi...
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Romance Doll (2019)
- Director
- TANADA Yuki
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Issey, AOI Yu, Kitaro
Director Tanada Yuki writes the screenplay to this live-action adaptation of her own 2008 debut novel of the same name. In the leading roles of the married couple are Takahashi Issey and Aoi Yu who co-star for the first time in eighteen years since A...
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He Won't Kill, She Won't Die (2019)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Keiichi
- Cast
- MAMIYA Shotaro, SAKURAI Hinako
Live-action film adaptation of the tear-jerker 4-frame manga that was a sensation on Twitter. Director Kobayashi Keiichi depicted the highs and lows of teenage years with About the Pink Sky, which won the Japanese Eyes Best Picture Award at the 24th ...
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The Woman Who Keeps A Murderer (2019)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- ASUKA Rin, MIZUHASHI Kenji, NEGISHI Toshie
Nakata Hideo, director of the quintessential J-Horror film Ring, adapts the erotic-thriller novel of the same name by Oishi Kei. Four actresses depict with uninhibited eroticism the four personalities of the heroine. Kyoko (Asuka Rin) works at a bis...
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Silent Rain (2019)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- NAKANO Taiga, ETO Misa
Film adaptation of the 2004 debut novel from Miyashita Natsu, who made a splash when "The Forest of Wool and Steel" was adapted for film in 2018. Helmed by Nakagawa Ryutaro, whose accolades include the FIPRESCI Award at the 39th Moscow International ...
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We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous (2019)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, SASAKI Kuranosuke, HIROSUE Ryoko
Original comedy that reunites director Take Masaharu with scriptwriters Imai Masako and Adachi Shin from the previous film. Hirosue Ryoko plays the bewitching heroine who tricks the protagonists as portrayed by Nakai Kiichi and Sasaki Kuranosuke. An...
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SPECIAL ACTORS (2019)
- Director
- UEDA Shinichiro
- Cast
- OSAWA Kazuto, KONO Hiroki, FUJI Takuya
One Cut of the Dead director Ueda Shinichiro takes a concept he has been incubating for many years and casts 15 unknown actors through auditions for this multiple protagonist film resulting from his original script. It was the seventh project produce...
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Under Your Bed (2019)
- Director
- ASATO Mari
- Cast
- KORA Kengo, NISHIKAWA Kanako, ABE Kenichi
Film adaptation of Ohishi Kei's same-named horror novel about a lonely man's warped feelings of love. Helmed by Bilocation's Asato Mari, who served as assistant director on films by Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Shiota Akihiko. Ignored by even his parents, M...
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His Bad Blood (2019)
- Director
- OYAMA Koichiro
- Cast
- WATANABE Ikkei, TOYAMA Yu, ENOMOTO Sakura
Drama marking the feature film debut for Oyama Koichiro, who has worked as assistant director for Nakata Hideo and Wakamatsu Setsuro. Shot entirely in Nagano Prefecture's Iida City. Screened at the 23rd Fantasia International Film Festival. Raised b...
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To the Ends of the Earth (2019)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, KASE Ryo, SOMETANI Shota
Kurosawa Kiyoshi, who has won numerous awards at home and abroad including Best Director in the Un Certain Regard at Cannes for Journey to the Shore, writes and directs this original road movie which was shot in Uzbekistan over the course of one mont...
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BARAGAKI UNBROKEN SAMURAI (2020)
- Director
- HARADA Masato
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, SHIBASAKI Ko, SUZUKI Ryohei
Epic period drama based on Shiba Ryotaro's historical novel, helmed and scripted by Harada Masato of Sekigahara and KAKEKOMI. Vividly depicts Shinsengumi vice commander Hijikata Toshizo's life spanning the final days of the Edo period into the Meiji ...
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Sleep in the Shadows (2019)
- Director
- IZUMI Seiji
- Cast
- KATO Masaya, NAKAMURA Yuri, YO Kimiko
Film adaptation of the hard-boiled detective novel "Hoei" by popular author Kitakata Kenzo, who has had numerous works adapted for film. Director Izumi Seiji has helmed the TV series and feature films for the "Aibo" franchise. Fuyuki (Kato Masaya) r...
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ERICA 38 (2018)
- Director
- HIBI Yuichi
- Cast
- ASADA Miyoko, KIKI Kilin
This is the only film Kiki Kilin, of Shoplifters fame among many others, conceived in her lifetime. Based on a true story, it depicts a woman turning to a life of fraud because of her desires. In the director's chair is Hibi Yuichi whose Ken San won ...
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Minori, on the Brink (2019)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Minori
ENBU Seminar, the film school which brought One Cut of the Dead in to the world, produced this drama through the 8th session of its Cinema Project workshop. At the helm is Ninomiya Ryutaro whose Sweating the Small Stuff was screened at the 70th Locar...
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Show Me the Way to the Station (2019)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Naoki
- Cast
- NIITSU Chise
Film adaptation of a short story by Naoki Prize-winning author Ijuin Shizuka. Direction and adaptation by acclaimed filmmaker Hashimoto Naoki, whose Birthright has been screened at domestic and international film festivals and won the Special Jury Aw...
