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She is going to be a Mayor on ◯/◯ (2024)
- Director
- PEYOUNNE Maki
- Cast
Playwright-cum-director Peyounne Maki helms this documentary about the 2022 Suginami mayoral election in Tokyo. Suginami resident Peyounne Maki started making this film when she faced eviction from the apartment where she had lived for many years du...
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Route29 (2024)
- Director
- MORII Yusuke
- Cast
- AYASE Haruka, OSAWA Kana
This is the second feature film by Morii Yusuke, who made his directorial debut with AMIKO. He wrote an original script inspired by Nakao Taichi's poetry collection "Route 29, Liberation". Noriko (Ayase Haruka), a janitor living in Tottori, doesn't ...
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11 Rebels (2024)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki, NAKANO Taiga
Director Shiraishi Kazuya helms this film based on the plot penned by 60 years earlier by Kasahara Kazuo, scriptwriter for the "Battles Without Honor and Humanity" series. Life-and-death choices confront Shibata, a minor domain in the Echigo region,...
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The Cats of Gokogu Shrine (2024)
- Director
- SODA Kazuhiro
- Cast
Tenth observational film from filmmaker Soda Kazuhiro, known for Campaign and Peace. In 2021, director Soda and producer Kashiwagi Kiyoko left New York after 27 years and moved to the Seto Inland Sea port-town of Ushimado, where they previously shot...
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The Colors Within (2024)
- Director
- YAMADA Naoko
- Cast
- SUZUKAWA Sayu, TAKAISHI Akari, KIDO Taisei
Original feature-length animation directed by Yamada Naoko, known for "K-ON!" and "A Silent Voice". Totsuko (Suzukawa Sayu) is a high school student who sees people as "colors." She forms a band with her classmate Kimi (Takaishi Akari), who emits a ...
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KINGDOM: Return of the Great General (2024)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, YOSHIZAWA Ryo, HASHIMOTO Kanna
Fourth film in the "Kingdom" series, based on Hara Yasuhisa's same-named manga. Picks up after the all-encompassing Battle of Bayou in the previous film KINGDOM: The Flames of Destiny. Shin (Yamazaki Kento) defeats the enemy commander at the Battle ...
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Look Back (2024)
- Director
- OSHIYAMA Kiyotaka
- Cast
- KAWAI Yuumi, YOSHIDA Mizuki
Based on the original story of the same title by Fujimoto Tatsuki, a manga artist known for his "Chainsaw Man" and other works. Director Oshiyama Kiyotaka has adapted the story into an animated feature film. Fujino (Kawai Yumi), a fourth-grader who ...
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The Quiet Yakuza 2 -Part 2- (2024)
- Director
- NARUSE Kiyoto
- Cast
- ITO Kentaro
Second film in the new two-part live-action adaptation of Nitta Tatsuo's popular yakuza manga "The Quiet Don," comprehensively produced by Motomiya Yasukaze of the "Japan Unification" series. Shizuya (Ito Kentaro) becomes a wanted man after putting ...
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The Quiet Yakuza 2 -Part 1- (2024)
- Director
- NARUSE Kiyoto
- Cast
- ITO Kentaro
First film in the new two-part live-action adaptation of Nitta Tatsuo's popular yakuza manga "The Quiet Don," comprehensively produced by Motomiya Yasukaze of the "Japan Unification" series. Shizuya (Ito Kentaro) leads a double life as design firm e...
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Lust in the Rain (2024)
- Director
- KATAYAMA Shinzo
- Cast
- NARITA Ryo, NAKAMURA Eriko, MORITA Go
Love story directed and written by Katayama Shinzo, known for Siblings of the Cape and Missing. Based on the same-named short story by manga artist Tsuge Yoshiharu. Yoshio (Narita Ryo) is a struggling manga artist who lives in impoverished Kitamachi...
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SAKURA (2024)
- Director
- HARA Hiroto
- Cast
- SUGISAKI Hana, HAGIWARA Riku, TOYOHARA Kosuke
Film based on the suspense mystery novel by "Blood of Wolves" author Yuzuki Yuko. Directed by Hara Hiroto, known for Abudeka Is Back. A female college student is the victim of stalking and then murdered by the eldest son of a shrine in Hirai City, A...
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A Samurai In Time (2024)
- Director
- YASUDA Junichi
- Cast
- YAMAGUCHI Makiya, FUKE Norimasa, SAKURA Yuno
Drama about a samurai who time-travels from the end of the Edo period and struggles to build a second life as an "actor who gets killed" in period dramas. Indie film daringly shot at Toei Studios Kyoto. Aizu clan samurai Shinzaemon (Yamaguchi Makiya...
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SUPER HAPPY FOREVER (2024)
- Director
- IGARASHI Kohei
- Cast
- SANO Hiroki, MIYATA Yoshinori, YAMAMOTO Nairu
Director Igarashi Kohei, who gained international attention with films such as Hold Your Breath Like a Lover and The Night I Swam, depicts "life's irreplaceable moments" in this human drama. August 19, 2023. Childhood friends Sano (Sano Hiroki) and ...
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Ainu Puri (2024)
- Director
- FUKUNAGA Takeshi
- Cast
Documentary by Fukunaga Takeshi, who directed an episode of "SHOGUN," following an Ainu family he met while making his second feature film Ainu Mosir. Amanai Shigeki (Shige) lives in Shiranuka, Hokkaido. While living a modern life, he practices the ...
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Underground (2024)
- Director
- ODA Kaori
- Cast
- YOSHIGAI Nao, MATSUNAGA Mitsuo
Documentary from ARAGANE and Cenote director Oda Kaori about subterranean Japan. A shadow reveals its form from the darkness underground. It communicates with a woman's consciousness, and she begins to see fragmentary memories that transcend time a...
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HAPPYEND (2024)
- Director
- SORA Neo
- Cast
- KURIHARA Hayato, HIDAKA Yukito
Feature-length film debut for filmmaker-cum-artist Sora Neo. The coming-of-age story explores the fragility of friendship. Set in a Japanese city XX years in the future. Best buddies Yuta (Kurihara Hayato) and Ko (Hidaka Yukito) spend their days mak...
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Faceless (2024)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- YOKOHAMA Ryusei, YOSHIOKA Riho, MORIMOTO Shintaro
The novel of the same title by Somei Tamehito has been adapted to film by Fujii Michito, director of such films as The Last Ten Years and 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days. The film depicts a fugitive criminal with "five faces" and what happens with the case...
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Stolen Identity Final Hacking Game (2024)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- NARITA Ryo, KWON Eunbi, CHIBA Yudai
The third live-action film adaptation of Shiga Akira's popular suspense novels. Focusing on the serial killer introduced in the second film, this story depicts a computer hacking game set in Japan and Korea. Urano (Narita Ryo), a genius cybercrimina...
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LAST MILE (2024)
- Director
- TSUKAHARA Ayuko
- Cast
- MITSUSHIMA Hikari, OKADA Masaki
Suspense that shares the same universe as the popular TV series "Unnatural" and "MIU404." Reunites the creative teams for both projects, including director Tsukahara Ayuko and screenwriter Nogi Akiko. On the eve of Black Friday, one of the biggest e...
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90 Years Old - So What? (2024)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- KUSABUE Mitsuko, KARASAWA Toshiaki
Laughter-inducing adaptation of the same-named essay collection from Naoki Prize-winning author Sato Aiko. Directed by Maeda Tetsu, known for I Don't Have Any Money Left in My Retirement Account. 90-year-old writer Aiko (Kusabue Mitsuko) has declare...
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Teasing Master Takagi-san (2024)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- NAGANO Mei, TAKAHASHI Fumiya
A live-action adaptation of Yamamoto Sōichirō's popular comic book about the adolescent teasing of a classmate. Director Imaizumi Rikiya, known for films such as Just Only Love and Over the Town, depicts the two main characters as adults 10 years aft...
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Silence of the Sea (2024)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Setsuro
- Cast
- MOTOKI Masahiro, KOIZUMI Kyoko, ISHIZAKA Koji
A film adaptation of a story of love and beauty that had been envisioned for many years by the acclaimed screenwriter Kuramoto So, who is known as the screenwriter of works such as "From the Northern Country". The film is directed by Wakamatsu Tetsur...
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August My Heaven (2024)
- Director
- KUDO Riho
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Yukino, SUWA Shuri, FUJIE Takuma
Second original work from the streaming platform Roadstead, helmed by Let Me Hear it Barefoot director Kudo Riho. In an unspecified town, Joe (Murakami Yukino) makes a living as a proxy who attends events on behalf of her clients. Nambei (Suwa Shuri...
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Chime (2024)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- YOSHIOKA Mutsuo, TABATA Tomoko, WATANABE Ikkei
The first original film released by the streaming platform Roadstead. Internationally acclaimed director Kurosawa Kiyoshi portrays the horror of modern "distortion." During one of his cooking classes, instructor Matsuoka (Yoshioka Mutsuo) is told by...
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary (2024)
- Director
- SASAKI Shinobu
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Yumiko, NARAHASHI Miki, MORIKAWA Toshiyuki
Thirty-first feature film for the popular TV anime series. Directed by Sasaki Shinobu from the "Duel Masters" anime series, with a screenplay by Moral from the "Crayon Shinchan" TV anime series. The Dinos Island theme park brings dinosaurs back to l...
