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i ai (2022)
- Director
- MahiTo The People
- Cast
- TOMITA Kentaro, SATO Honami, HORIKE Kazuki
A coming-of-age film that is the directorial debut and screenplay of MahiTo The People, the frontman of the rock band GEZAN, who is a wide-ranging contributor to writing and other endeavors. In Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, Kou (Tomita Kentaro) is livin...
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Remembering Every Night (2022)
- Director
- KIYOHARA Yui
- Cast
- HYODO Kumi, OHBA Minami, MIKAMI Ai
A human drama by director Kiyohara Yui, whose film Our House garnered attention both at home and abroad. The film was entered in the Forum section of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival and was also released in North America. This film takes...
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COTTONTAIL (2023)
- Director
- Patrick DICKINSON
- Cast
- Lily Franky, NISHIKIDO Ryo, KIMURA Tae
A Japanese-British co-production, this human drama was shot in the Lake District situated in the northwest of England by up-and-coming British director Patrick Dickinson with a Japanese cast. After the death of his beloved wife, Akiko (Kimura Tae), ...
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Haikyu!!: The Dumpster Battle (2024)
- Director
- MITSUNAKA Susumu
- Cast
- MURASE Ayumu, ISHIKAWA Kaito, HINO Satoshi
Part one of the two-part theatrical adaptation for the TV anime "Haikyu!!" based on Furudate Haruichi's manga. Focuses on the Karasuno High School vs. Nekoma High School rivalry, a favorite among fans of this manga about high schoolers who live for v...
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- (2024)
- Director
- SOTOZAKI Haruo
- Cast
- HANAE Natsuki, KITO Akari, SHIMONO Hiro
Theatrical release for the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV series featuring a complete music remix and 4K upscale of the Swordsmith Village Arc's final episode and first episode of the Hashira Training Arc that aired from May 2024. The film was scr...
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Everything, Everywhere (2023)
- Director
- LIM Kah Wai
- Cast
- Adela SOU, Shogen, YING Jiang
A love suspense film by Lim Kah Wai, the self-proclaimed "Cinema Drifter" who has been making films around the world from his base in Osaka. The final part of the Balkans trilogy, following on from No Where, Now Here and Somewhen, Somewhere. While t...
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MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED FREEDOM (2024)
- Director
- FUKUDA Mitsuo
- Cast
- HOSHI Soichiro, TANAKA Rie
Latest entry in the "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Series." Set in the Cosmic Era (C.E.), the story depicts the battle between humans with genetically enhanced physical and mental abilities from birth (Coordinators) and naturally born humans (Naturals). ...
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Following the Sound (2023)
- Director
- SUGITA Kyoshi
- Cast
- OGAWA An, NAKAMURA Yuko, MASHIMA Hidekazu
This human drama is the fourth feature film by director Sugita Kyoshi, who received high acclaim both in Japan and overseas for his film Haruhara-san's Recorder. Haru (Ogawa An), a bookstore clerk, notices the sad expression on Yukiko's (Nakamura Yu...
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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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Evil Does Not Exist (2023)
- Director
- HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
- Cast
- OMIKA Hitoshi, NISHIKAWA Ryo, KOSAKA Ryuji
Director Hamaguchi Ryûsuke, who gained an international reputation with Drive My Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, planned this project with musician Ishibashi Eiko. The film won the Silver Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. Th...
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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...
