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Qualia (2023)
- Director
- USHIMARU Ryo
- Cast
- SASAKI Kokone, ISHIKAWA Ruka, KIGUCHI Kenta
Black comedy based on the same-named theatrical production staged by Theater Utsulolo in 2021. Ushimaru Ryo makes his directorial debut after becoming enthralled with the play as an actor. Yuko (Sasaki Kokone) lives frugally after marrying into the ...
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The Moon (2023)
- Director
- ISHII Yuya
- Cast
- MIYAZAWA Rie, ISOMURA Hayato, NIKAIDO Fumi
The Great Passage director Ishii Yuya scripts and helms this adaptation of Hemmi Yo's same-named novel about the real-life murders of people with disabilities. Once-popular novelist Dojima Yoko (Miyazawa Rie) lives frugally with her husband Shohei (...
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99% Cloudy... Always (2023)
- Director
- SANGOUMI Midori
- Cast
- SANGOUMI Midori, NIKAIDO Satoshi, ENA Ayumi
Feature film directorial debut from film and voice actress Sangoumi Midori. She plays the lead in this drama about the struggles of a woman with Asperger syndrome. At the one-year memorial for her mother's death, 45-year-old Kusunoki Kazuha is distr...
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The Friends (1994)
- Director
- SOMAI Shinji
- Cast
- MIKUNI Rentaro, SAKATA Naoki, OH Taiki
Maestro Somai Shinji adapted the same-named children's novel by Yumoto Kazumi. Set in summertime Kobe, three boys and a lonely old man spend the summer together. Shot by Shinoda Noboru, famed for Love Letter. Sixth graders Kiyama, Kawabe and Yamashi...
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Moving (1993)
- Director
- SOMAI Shinji
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, SAKURADA Junko, TABATA Tomoko
Tenth feature film by masterful director Somai Shinji, who passed away in 2001. This drama deals with the unsettled emotions of an 11-year-old girl whose parents live apart and are about to get divorced. Shot by Kurita Toyomichi, who also works in th...
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THE CHOCOLATE MAN (2022)
- Director
- SUZUKI Yuji
- Cast
Tokai TV's 14th documentary for theatrical release. Feature film version of the TV program that won the TV Category Grand Prize from the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association in 2021. The Quon Chocolate brand is located in Toyohashi City, Aichi ...
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hadaka no mura (2022)
- Director
- IOKIBE Yukio
- Cast
Haribote director Iokibe Yukio helms this documentary based on the Ishikawa TV programs "Hadaka no mura" and "Nihonkoku otokomura" that examine politics and society in staunchly conservative Ishikawa Prefecture. Governor Tanimoto Masanori held powe...
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Nihonbara Diary (2022)
- Director
- KUROBE Shunsuke
- Cast
Documentary about the Naito family, who live their dream of herding cattle in a mountain town that has a Self Defense Force training facility. The Japan Ground Self Defense Force Camp Nihonbara is located in Nagi, Okayama Prefecture, a town with 6,0...
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My Story,The Buraku Story (2022)
- Director
- MITSUWAKA Yusaku
- Cast
Mitsuwaka Yusaku's heartfelt documentary grabbed the top spot in Kinema Jumpo's Best Ten list for documentaries in 2022. Produced by Oshima Arata, who directed Why You Can't Be Prime Minister. The "burakumin" cast was legally abolished in 1871, but ...
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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2022)
- Director
- KIKUCHI Yasuhito
- Cast
- OKAZAKI Miho, UCHIDA Yuma, FUKUMOTO Riko
Animated feature film based on "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime," the fantasy novel set in a parallel universe that boasts over 30 million copies sold for the series. Completely original story from author Fuse. Crisis befalls the Kingdom of ...
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How to Find Happiness (2022)
- Director
- NAGASAKI Shunichi
- Cast
- TAKASUGI Mahiro, SEKIMIZU Nagisa
Heartwarming romance about family ties and a couple who fall in love after randomly ending up under the same roof. Director Nagasaki Shunichi and scriptwriter Yazawa Yumi from The Witch of the West is Dead team up for their first original project in ...
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The WAY OF THE HOUSEHUSBAND: The Cinema (2022)
- Director
- RUTO Toichiro
- Cast
- TAMAKI Hiroshi, KAWAGUCHI Haruna, SHISON Jun
Feature film adaptation of the 2021 TV series based on Oono Kosuke's self-named comic. TV drama director Ruto Toichiro returns to helm the film and reunites cast members including Tamaki Hiroshi, who plays a legendary gangster turned homemaker. Tat...
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Cat and Salt, or Sugar (2020)
- Director
- KOMATSU Takashi
- Cast
- TAMURA Kentaro, YOSHIDA Rinne, SUWA Taro
Family comedy about the odd cohabitation of five quirky people including a son in his thirties who lives as a cat. Feature film debut from Komatsu Takashi, who won the 2016 Pia Film Festival Award and has experience living as a shut-in. Ichiro (Tamu...
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Sanka : Nomads of the Mountain (2022)
- Director
- SASATANI Ryohei
- Cast
- SUGITA Rairu, KOMUKAI Naru, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko
Vivid coming-of-age drama about the summertime experiences of a solitary boy, inspired by the nomadic Sanka who once lived in Japan's mountains. Directed by Sasatani Ryohei, whose films deal with the ways people living in nature. The summer of 1965...
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Trapped Balloon (2022)
- Director
- MIYAGAWA Hiroyuki
- Cast
- HIGASHIDE Masahiro, MIURA Toko, KOBAYASHI Kaoru
This drama deals with emotional healing and recovery on an island in the Seto Inland Sea still undergoing reconstruction after torrential rains. Helmed and scripted by Miyagawa Hiroyuki, who had personal experience with the floods in Western Japan in...
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Motto choetsushita tokoro e (2022)
- Director
- YAMAGISHI Santa
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, KIKUCHI Fuma, ITO Marika
Playwright Nemoto Shuko pens the script for this bold feature film adaptation of her same-named play. Director Yamagishi Santa of Bully School: Devil Full of Scars delightfully depicts the love lives of four women who attract loser men. The story is...
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The Good Father (2022)
- Director
- KATAOKA Sho
- Cast
- MINAMI Sara, ONISHI Ryusei, SAKURAI Yuki
Mystery suspense based on the Tsutaya Creators' Program Film Grand Prix runner-up in 2017. Helmed and scripted by Kataoka Sho, the up-and-coming talent behind Noise. Kubo Hana's (Minami Sara) family was in a car accident that left her traumatized. S...
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Yumeno Manimani (2022)
- Director
- HARIMOTO Kaori
- Cast
- KODAMA Taichi, CHIKUNI Megumi
Ensemble drama set in a real-life antique shop in Asakusa Rokku, once a vibrant theater district in Tokyo. Second film from Harimoto Kaori, who made her directorial debut with The Captain's Sweet Wife and worked as assistant director for Zeze Takahis...
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Journey Beyond the Night (2021)
- Director
- KAYANO Takayuki
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Keisei, NAKAMURA Yumiko
A road movie about a young man's unpredictable journey by Kayano Takayuki, a talented filmmaker who has been producing films mainly in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, and won both the Audience Award and Best Film Award at the 2021 SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-C...
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Sing In Love (2021)
- Director
- KUMASAKA Izuru
- Cast
- INABA Yu, ENDO Kenshin, SATO Honami
Drama depicting the struggle and rebirth of an elementary school teacher faced with a hopeless event. Director Kumasaka Izuru, who was in the limelight at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, wrote both the original story and screenplay. One...
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GIRLS und PANZER das FINALE Episode 4 (2023)
- Director
- MIZUSHIMA Tsutomu
- Cast
- FUCHIGAMI Mai, KAYANO Ai, OZAKI Mami
The TV animation "Girls und Panzer" gained popularity with its novel concept of "high school girls" and "tanks". This is the fourth episode of the film version "The Final Chapter", which consists of six episodes. The Oarai Girls' Academy tank team, ...
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Ghost Cat Anzu (2024)
- Director
- KUNO Yoko, YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
- Cast
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Hand (2022)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- FUKUNAGA Akari, KANEKO Daichi
This film kicks off the Roman Porno Now project celebrating the 50th anniversary of Nikkatsu Roman Porno. Just Remembering director Matsui Daigo shows the reality of romance in his adaptation of Yamazaki Nao-cola's same-named novel. Sawako (Fukunaga...
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Safe Word (2022)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Koji
- Cast
- KAWASE Chisako, TORIUMU Nagisa
Second film in the Roman Porno Now project celebrating the 50th anniversary of Nikkatsu Roman Porno. Coming-of-age S&M comedy by horror maestro Shiraishi Koji of Sadako vs. Kayako and Impossibility Defense. Misa (Kawase Chisako) is an underground id...
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When the Rain Falls (2022)
- Director
- KANEKO Shusuke
- Cast
- KOMIYA Kazuha, Kazumi
Third film in the Roman Porno Now project celebrating the 50th anniversary of Nikkatsu Roman Porno. Lyrical portrayal of a new kind of romance from Kaneko Shusuke, who launched his career with a Roman Porno film and worked on the Heisei-era "Gamera" ...
