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SOMEDAYS (2023)
- Director
- SONE Takeshi
- Cast
- NISHIO Mau, Yuhi
Drama that won the Best Lead Actress and Best Director prizes at the 2023 Madrid International Film Festival. Helmed by One Cut of the Dead cinematographer Sone Takeshi. Matsudaira Kaoru (Nishio Mau) and her younger brother Hayato (Yuhi) live on the...
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Rental Family (2023)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Takehito
- Cast
- SHIOYA Shun, KAWAKAMI Nanami, SHIRAISHI Yua
Drama based on Ishii Yuichi's book "Ningen Rentaru-ya" about an agency that rents out family members. Sakamoto Takehito's second feature after Eternal Maria. A single mother rents a dad for her only child. Mother and daughter get hooked on buying th...
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Cinderella Girl (2023)
- Director
- OGATA Takaomi
- Cast
- IREI Himena, TSUJI Chie, IZUMI Marin
Drama about a heroine with a prosthetic leg from director Ogata Takaomi, who helmed Sunk Into the Womb and The Hungry Lion. Supervised by the model Moriyama Kazaho, who was diagnosed with progressive muscular dystrophy. Disease results in Otoha (Ire...
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Another Day in Paradise (2023)
- Director
- INABA Yusuke
- Cast
- SOMEYA Toshiyuki, YOSHIDA Mizuki, TATEKAWA Kashime
Inaba Yusuke, director of Love in Parallel, and lead actor Someya Toshiyuki, teamed up for the first time in four years to make this drama. Filmed entirely on location in Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture, the film depicts the shared life of three unusua...
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The One I've Longed to see (2023)
- Director
- Joe
- Cast
- KURANOO Narumi, SAI Tetsuhiro, NAKAMURA Tamao
Human drama produced by Hori Tomoko, whose own daughter was diagnosed with leukemia and whose family helped overcome the condition. The story is based on real-life experiences and cites the importance of bone marrow transplantation and donor registra...
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Battle King!! (2023)
- Director
- TAKIGAWA Genki
- Cast
- YAMASHITA Eiku (ONE N' ONLY), SAKURA Arisa
Coming-of-age drama starring the six members of the dance and vocal group ONE N' ONLY. Directed by Takikawa Genki of "Oni Girl!" fame. Genjiro (Yamashita Eiku), who repeatedly gets into fights with fellow delinquents, meets Kano (Sakura Arisa), a gi...
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Second Birth Day (2023)
- Director
- MOROSAWA Kazuyuki
- Cast
- HIGUCHI Daigo, MATSUMOTO Wakana, OKADA Koki
Using his own experience of having a bone marrow transplant to combat a disease actor Higuchi Daigo planned, conceived and starred in this human drama. The film is directed and written by Morosawa Kazuyuki from the series "Leave It to the Nurses". ...
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Who Said Death Is Beatifull? (2023)
- Director
- NAKAJIMA Ryo
- Cast
- NAGAE Ryoki, NAKAMURA Yurika, MAYAMA Rika
A dystopian feature-length animation that uses generative AI throughout and depicts the sadness of the surviving human beings. The film attracted attention at the 49th Annecy International Animated Film Festival and other international film festivals...
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almost people (2023)
- Director
- YOKOHAMA Satoko, ISHII Gakuryu, KATO Takuto
- Cast
- MINE Goichi, YANAGI Elisa, INOWAKI Kai
Groundbreaking directors Yokohama Satoko, Ishii Gakuryu, Kato Takuto and Moriya Fumio portray the everyday lives of four siblings. Each of the four siblings in the Kamio family has an emotional deficit. Elder son Hikaru (Mine Goichi) can't find the ...
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The Ex-idol, Stuck in Life, Decided to Live with a Complete Stranger (2023)
- Director
- AKIYAMA Mayu
- Cast
- FUKAGAWA Mai, MATSUURA Ryo, YANAGI Yurina
Film adaptation of the true-life novel of the same name by former SDN48 member Oki Akiko. Directed by Akiyama Mayu, an up-and-coming filmmaker who has garnered attention for such films as Rent a Friend and Early Dawn Colored Weekend. Former idol Aki...
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Lumberjack the Monster (2023)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, Nanao, YOSHIOKA Riho
Suspense film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Kurai Mayusuke, directed by Miike Takashi. The film depicts an epic confrontation between a deranged lawyer and a serial killer. A bizarre murder occurs in which the victim's brain is removed...
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MENTAI PIRIRI ~PANSY FLOWER~ (2023)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- HAKATA Hanamaru, TOMITA Yasuko
This is the second theatrical film outing for the TV drama series ‘Mentai Piriiri', which won the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Award for two consecutive years. As per the previous film, Eguchi Kan (The Fable) directs. At Fukunoya, a gro...
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The Slit-Mouthed Woman Rises (2023)
- Director
- NAKAMOTO Yu
- Cast
- KIDO Taisei, KUROSAKI Reina, YASHIKI Hiroko
Action horror film based on the urban legend of The Slit-Mouthed Woman. Directed, written and edited by Nakamoto Yu of Ichimonji Ken Prologue: Kung Fu Boy Vs Murder Karate Man fame, which won the Audience Award at the 2018 PFF Awards. High school st...
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IDOLiSH7 the Movie; LIVE 4bit BEYOND THE PERiOD ＜DAY 2＞ (2023)
- Director
- NISHIKIORI Hiroshi, YAMAMOTO Kensuke
- Cast
- ONO Kensho, MASUDA Toshiki, SHIRAI Yusuke
A new beginning, with you, on this stage! The dream concert by the top male idol contenders for the 'BLACK or WHITE LIVE SHOWDOWN' finally takes place! Four groups, IDOLiSH7・TRIGGER・Re:vale・ŹOOĻ, each with their own distinct charms, come together f...
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Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2 (2023)
- Director
- KAWAKE Shunsaku
- Cast
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi, KATAOKA Ainosuke, KANNO Miho
Two films starring Toyokawa Etsushi adapt Ikenami Shotaro's series that rivals his "Onihei Hankacho" and "Kenkyaku Shobai" in popularity. Produced to commemorate the centennial of the great historical novelist's birth. Fujieda Baian (Toyokawa) is a ...
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Promised Land (2023)
- Director
- IIJIMA Masashi
- Cast
- SUGITA Rairu, Kanichiro
The debut feature film by Iijima Masashi, director of the documentary Matagi, based on the novel of the same name by Iijima Kazuichi, which won the 40th Contemporary Newcomer of the Year Award. The film tells the story of two young men who take on a ...
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Voice (2023)
- Director
- MISHIMA Yukiko
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, CARROUSEL Maki, AIKAWA Show
Drama dealing with sexual assault and emotional scars from director Mishima Yukiko. Portrays three people as they live on the islands of Lake Toya in Hokkaido, Hachijojima in Tokyo, and Dojima in Osaka. Maki (Carrousel Maki) lives near Lake Toya, an...
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OSHORIN (2023)
- Director
- KODAMA Yoshihisa
- Cast
- KITANO Kie, KOIZUMI Kotaro, MORISAKI Win
Human drama adapted from Fujioka Yoko's novel of the same name. The film focuses on two brothers "spirit of craftsmanship" and the family love that supported them as they laid the business foundations in Fukui Prefecture, which accounts for 95% of do...
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Tatsumi (2023)
- Director
- SHOJI Hiroshi
- Cast
- ENDO Yuya, MORITA Kokoro
This is the first feature film in eight years from director Shoji Hiroshi, who gained attention for his independent film Ken and Kazu. A film noir that depicts Japan's realistic underworld, but with a sense of statelessness throughout. One day, Tats...
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Refugee X (2023)
- Director
- KUMAZAWA Naoto
- Cast
- UENO Juri, HAYASHI Kento, NOMURA Shuhei
Mystery romance based on "Refugee X," the debut work from upcoming author Pallus Ayako who lives in France. Directed, scripted and edited by Kumazawa Naoto of Yurigokoro. Japan announces that it will accept the life form called "X," who are refugees...
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The Quiet Yakuza -Part 2- (2023)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Kento
- Cast
- ITO Kentaro
A new live-action adaptation of the popular yakuza manga ‘The Quiet Don' by Nitta Tatsuo, comprehensively produced by Motomiya Yasukaze of the "Japan Unification" series. The second part of a two-part theatrical release whereby four chapters are divi...
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Motion Picture: Choke (2023)
- Director
- NAGAO Gen
- Cast
- WADA Misa, HIBA Daiki, NISHINA Takashi
This unusual drama shot in black and white depicts humans living in a devastated world where language has ceased to exist. Nagao Gen directs his second feature film after Itsuka no futari. A woman (Wada Misa) lives off the land in an abandon buildin...
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Life is Climbing (2023)
- Director
- NAKAHARA Sokichi
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Koichiro, SUZUKI Naoya, NISHIYAMA Kiyofumi
A documentary that follows Kobayashi Koichiro, a climber who lost his sight, and the challenges of his visual guide. Directed by Nakahara Sokichi, who interviewed Kobayashi closely for the TV program "The Nonfiction" in 2016. Kobayashi Koichiro, als...
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Greed & Hot Springs (2023)
- Director
- KAWAKAMI Ryo
- Cast
- SAWAGUCHI Aika, KOHAMA Momona, ITOSE Nanaha
Following The Werewolf Game: Death Game Operator, Kawakami Ryo, the creator of the "Werewolf Game" film series and screenwriter for all the films, has directed his second feature film. Takanashi Risa (Sawaguchi Aika) and other high school girls visi...
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Our Last Day (2023)
- Director
- IBAYASHI Yuka
- Cast
- NAKAGAWA Seina, IWAIDO Seiko, SERIZAWA Tateto
A human drama depicting the "last day of life" of a girl on the verge of giving up on life. Director Ibayashi Yuka, who made her debut with The Wonder of a Summer Day, has teamed up again with screenwriter Ibuki Hajime, who won an honorable mention a...
