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Shiver (2021)
- Director
- TOYODA Toshiaki
- Cast
- SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko
First film featuring Kodo, the taiko drum group based in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture. In 2021 they celebrated four decades of sharing traditional performing arts from Japan with the world. The project began when one of Kodo's members emailed mus...
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AND SO I'M AT A LOSS (2022)
- Director
- MIURA Daisuke
- Cast
- FUJIGAYA Taisuke, MAEDA Atsuko, NAKAO Akiyoshi
Film director Miura Daisuke, who is also the leader of theater group Potudo-ru, known for the films Love's Whirlpool and Call Boy, made his own film adaptation of the 2018 stage play "And So I Am at a Loss". Following the stage production, he teamed ...
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DEPENDENCE (2022)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Kento
- Cast
- KUROBA Mario, HOSHI Moeka, TOMITE Ami
Drama with a perceptive take on the "ailments" that plague young people. Developed and produced by Fujii Michihito, who directed The Last 10 Years and The Journalist. Shuichi (Kuroba Mario) works as an editor at a publishing company and has abandone...
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THE Y-TEAM (2022)
- Director
- TSUJI Hiroyuki
- Cast
- KITADAI Takashi, TACHI Yoshimi, Katsuya
This is the first theatrical version depicting the struggles of the "Yamazaki Clan" from the popular ninkyo (chivalry) series Japan Unification. The film was produced by Motomiya Yasukaze of Japan Unification and its theme song, written and produced...
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Break in the Clouds (2021)
- Director
- OZAWA Kazuyoshi
- Cast
- KODAMA Haruka, Tsumugi, SATO Eriko
A social human drama depicting the harsh reality faced by a single mother and a person without a family register. Directed by Ozawa Kazuyoshi, an actor who has been active in movies, dramas, and V-cinemas since the 1980s. Maika (Kodama Haruka), a pr...
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OLD SCHOOL (2022)
- Director
- IKAWA Kotaro
- Cast
- KITAMURA Yukiya, MATSUKADO Yohei, TAKE Iriya
A hard-boiled crime action film that depicts an underworld swirling with desire. Directed by Ikawa Kotaro, whose Lost in Tokyo has been screened at numerous international film festivals. Private detective Shinjiro (Kitamura Yukiya) is forced to take...
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NO PLACE TO GO (2022)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Banmei
- Cast
- ITAYA Yuka, ONISHI Ayaka, MIURA Takahiro
Inspired by the tragedy that struck a homeless woman in the winter of 2020, this controversial film depicts social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Directed by Takahashi Banmei, the master filmmaker of Peaceful Death. Forty-five-year-old Kita...
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BAD CITY (2022)
- Director
- SONOMURA Kensuke
- Cast
- OZAWA Hitoshi, SAKANOUE Akane, Katsuya
Actor Ozawa Hitoshi took on the challenge of producing this film in commemoration of his 60th birthday. He also starred in this full-scale action film from his own original screenplay, without resorting to CG or a stunt double. The head of the Sakur...
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Eternal New Mornings (2023)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Toru
- Cast
- SAKURABA Nanami, SUGIMOTO Tetta, TEZUKA Satomi
Director Yamamoto Toru spins an ensemble drama about "people who support each other and live together," based on Saito Yukio's book "Live and Let Live: Telling Life Lessons from the Disaster." A former band member (Sakuraba Nanami) who lost her boyf...
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Love of a Brute (2022)
- Director
- INOUE Hiroki
- Cast
- USAMARU Manami, HOSODA Yoshihiko, SHIBUE Jouji
A mystery drama adapted from Edogawa Rampo's short story of the same title with a modern twist. Directed and written by Inoue Hiroki of LOVE STAGE! fame. Heartbroken Kyoko (Usamaru Manami) meets and marries Kadono (Hosoda Yoshihiko) on a matching ap...
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The Key -Professor's Pleasure- (2022)
- Director
- INOUE Hiroki
- Cast
- MIZUSAWA Shingo, MASUDA Yuki, MIZUISHI Atomu
A modern, bold remake of "The Key," the masterpiece from literary giant Tanizaki Junichiro, which has been made into a film many times. Inoue Hiroke, who studied under Ishii Teruo, directed and wrote the script. Middle-aged university professor Kand...
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Scroll (2023)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Yasuhiko
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, NAKAGAWA Taishi, MATSUOKA Mayu
A coming-of-age ensemble drama adapted from novelist Hashizume Shunki's debut novel of the same title. Shimizu Yasuhiko, director of the first authorized remake of CUBE, took the megaphone. "I" (Kitamura Takumi) and Yusuke (Nakagawa Taishi), who are...
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The Mukoda Barber Shop (2022)
- Director
- MORIOKA Toshiyuki
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Katsumi, SHIRASU Jin, ITAO Itsuji
Following Think Again, Junpei, director Morioka Toshiyuki adapts best-selling author Okuda Hideo's novel of the same title for the screen. Set in a desolate former coal-mining town, this human drama depicts the importance of human connections. Mukod...
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FAMILIA (2022)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, YOSHIZAWA Ryo, Lucas Sagae
A drama directed by Narushima Izuru, the master of Rebirth, with Yakusho Koji as the main character, challenging the universal theme of "family" from a unique perspective. Kamiya Seiji (Yakusho), a potter, lost his wife early in life and lives alone...
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Dr. Coto's Clinic (2022)
- Director
- NAKAE Isamu
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Hidetaka, SHIBASAKI Ko, TOKITO Saburo
Based on Yamada Takatoshi's manga of the same name, this film version is a sequel to the TV drama series that aired in 2003 and 2006. The original cast and crew have returned, including Yoshioka Hidetaka in the lead role, director Nakae Isamu and scr...
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Ichikei no karasu (2023)
- Director
- TANAKA Akira
- Cast
- TAKENOUCHI Yutaka, KUROKI Haru, SAITOH Takumi
A feature film version of the TV drama series set in the Tokyo District Court, Branch 3, Criminal Division 1, known as "Ichikei". Directed by Tanaka Ryo, the director of the "Confidence Man JP" series. Two years have passed since the unconventional ...
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THEIR BACKS (2022)
- Director
- KOSHIKAWA Michio
- Cast
- SATO Riho, OCHIAI Motoki, MINE Goichi
Drama about the psychological state of a 30-year-old heroine who keeps waiting for her lover. Koshikawa Michio has dealt with life and sexuality from his own unique perspective with his highly literary films Life and Death on the Shore and areno - t...
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Backflip!! Movie (2022)
- Director
- KUROYANAGI Toshimasa
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Shimba, ISHIKAWA Kaito, ONO Daisuke
Movie version of the original TV anime "Backflip!!", which depicts the lives of high school boys who are fascinated by rhythmic gymnastics. A sequel to the TV series broadcast from April to June 2021, directed by Kuroyanagi Toshimasa. The six unique...
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AKAI (2022)
- Director
- AKAI Eigoro
- Cast
- AKAI Hidekazu
A documentary that unravels the charm of Akai Hidekazu, a highly talented boxer who caused a frenzy throughout Japan, through his fight footage and interviews at the time. Director Sakamoto Junji, who directed Akai's acting debut, Knockout, fully coo...
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A MOTHER'S TOUCH (2022)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Jumpei
- Cast
- Koyuki, TANAKA Taketo, YOSHIZAWA Hisashi
Based on the true story of Fukushima Satoshi, the son of the world's first deaf-blind university professor, and his mother, this is an ode to hope for life. Reiko (Koyuki) lives with her teacher husband and three sons in a town in the Kansai region....
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WE MAKE ANTIQUES! OSAKA DREAMS (2023)
- Director
- TAKE Masaharu
- Cast
- NAKAI Kiichi, SASAKI Kuranosuke
This is the third outing in the "We Make Antiques!" comedy film series, about an antique dealer and a potter who are always getting into a lot of trouble. As in the previous films, director Take Masaharu took the megaphone and Imai Masako and Adachi ...
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#MANHOLE (2023)
- Director
- KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi
- Cast
- NAKAJIMA Yuto, Nao, NAGAYAMA Kento
A situational thriller directed by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, based on an original script written by Okada Michitaka, who has written numerous hit movies, such as Masquerade Hotel. Kawamura Shunsuke (Nakajima Yuto), a talented salesman, falls down a manhol...
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Do Unto Others (2023)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, NAGASAWA Masami
Adaptation of Hamanaka Aki's mystery novel that sharply confronts the problems of elderly care. Director Maeda Tetsu captures the harsh reality surrounding a caregiver who murdered forty-two people. The dead bodies of an old man and the head of a ho...
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Egoist (2023)
- Director
- MATSUNAGA Daishi
- Cast
- SUZUKI Ryohei, MIYAZAWA Hio
Drama based on the semi-autobiographical novel by celebrated columnist Takayama Makoto, who passed away in 2020. Matsunaga Daishi of Pieta in the Toilet sensitively depicts the struggles born from love. Kosuke (Suzuki Ryohei) lost his mother at age ...
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AND YET, YOU ARE SO SWEET (2022)
- Director
- SHINJO Takehiko
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Kyohei, HATA Mei
A coming-of-age love story based on the girls' comic by Anan Kujira, which has sold over 2.6 million copies in total. Directed by Shinjo Takehiko, who has a reputation for his love stories and has created a series of hits such as Daytime Shooting Sta...
