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Nunchaku and Soul (2019)
- Director
- KOBA Akiyoshi
- Cast
- KUROKI Masahiro, TAKAHASHI Atsushi
A heartwarming musical born out of workshops by film distribution and production company Gachinko Film. In the director's chair is Koba Akiyoshi who has previously won awards at film festivals in Japan and abroad. Restaurant manager Numata (Kuroki M...
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Family Bond (2019)
- Director
- GONNO Hajime
- Cast
- NAGABUCHI Tsuyoshi, IIJIMA Naoko, YAMAGUCHI Mayu
Musician Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi returns to the screen after twenty years in this drama. At the helm is Gonno Hajime who has worked numerous television series and films, in addition to putting his skills to use in the "Partners" series. Master carpenter ...
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When A Tree Falls (2019)
- Director
- ISHII Yuya
- Cast
- TSUMABUKI Satoshi, INOUE Mao
Novelist Nukui Tokuro's original story of the same name which was adapted as a television series by "The Great Passage" director Ishii Yuya now heads to theaters. It depicts head on social problems facing contemporary Japan with a realistic touch. H...
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The Hikita's Are Expecting! (2019)
- Director
- HOSOKAWA Toru
- Cast
- MATSUSHIGE Yutaka, KITAGAWA Keiko
Author Hikita Kunio's essay of the same name about his personal experiences is adapted to this drama. It captures a couple as they are confronted by and overcome male infertility. In the director's chair is Hosokawa Toru of "Golden Orchestra". 49-ye...
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Sacrifice (2019)
- Director
- TSUBOI Taku
- Cast
- AOKI Yuzu, HANDA Miki, GOMI Michiko
Drama depicting a "tale of death" for young adults nine years after the Great Tohoku Earthquake. Feature film debut by Tsuboi Takuo, who has worked on films by Shinozaki Makoto and Kurosawa Kiyoshi. Midori (Gomi Michiko), who previously predicted th...
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Miporin (2019)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Daiki
- Cast
- KAKIO Asami, TSUDA Haruka
Low budget horror-comedy produced, written, and directed by visual creator Matsumoto Daiki who makes his first foray into independent feature film production. It depicts the fate of an idol held captive by a frightening voice trainer. Kanda Yuka (Ts...
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TOKYO HIGH TIDE (2019)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Hiroyasu
- Cast
Murakami Hiroyasu, director of the documentary Nagare, turns his camera on an elderly homeless man who digs for freshwater clams along the Tama River estuary. His life brings into relief numerous issues confronting Japan today, including environmenta...
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Planet of the Crabs (2019)
- Director
- MURAKAMI Hiroyasu
- Cast
- YOSHIDA Tadayoshi
TOKYO HIGH TIDE director Murakami Hiroyasu returns to the Tama River estuary to document Yoshida Tadayoshi, who has been conducting independent observations of crabs over a 15-year period. The camera's relentless focus on crabs brings to light a wor...
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The First Supper (2019)
- Director
- TOKIWA Shiro
- Cast
- SOMETANI Shota, TODA Erika, KUBOZUKA Yosuke
A family regaining the time with their deceased father is depicted in this drama directed by Tokiwa Shiro who spent seven years planning the script. This is his debut feature film. Rintaro (Sometani Shota) returns home for the first time in a long w...
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True Believer (2019)
- Director
- KOJITANI Hideki
- Cast
- SHOJI Tetsuro, HAYASHI Yasuko, TAKEMOTO Ryo
A documentary film about people who believe in the existence of UFOs directed by Kojitani Hideki who has compiled interviews with a variety of people who have experienced UFO encounters. Kojitani is inspired by a video on YouTube of an alien corpse ...
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My Girlfriend is a Serial Killer (2019)
- Director
- ASAKURA Kayoko
- Cast
- SUGINO Yosuke, FUKUHARA Haruka
Film adaptation of the splatter romantic comedy manga "Ana Satsujin." Asakura Kayoko, who has helmed splatter horror films including It's a Beautiful Day and The Idols and the Undead, depicts love at its most extreme. Kurosu (Sugino Yosuke) despairs...
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Katasumitachi to ikiru Kantoku Katabuchi Sunao no shigoto (2019)
- Director
- YAMADA Reo
- Cast
- KATABUCHI Sunao, Non, IWAI Nanase
This documentary focuses on the director of the animated film In This Corner of the World, Katabuchi Sunao. Over the course of three years, the camera closely covered Katabuchi 100 times and recorded the director's creative process. Upon the release...
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FANCY (2019)
- Director
- HIROTA Masaoki
- Cast
- NAGASE Masatoshi, KUBOTA Masataka, KONISHI Sakurako
Live-action adaptation of the short manga by Yamamoto Naoki. Thrilling portrayal of the relationships among two guys and a girl as they waver between reality and fantasy. Stars Nagase Masatoshi of An, Kubota Masataka of First Love and Konishi Sakurak...
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TESTIMONY (2019)
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MYSTIC SHRINE MAIDEN (2019)
- Director
- SONE Takeshi
- Cast
- YOSHIMOTO Miyu, SHIRAISHI Yua, HARANISHI Takayuki
This story about mysteries in the life of a priestess is helmed by Sone Takeshi, who won the 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography with One Cut of the Dead. Winner of Best Feature Film Director Award at the 2019 ...
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AFTER CAREER (2019)
- Director
- HIRABAYASHI Kenichi
- Cast
In 2018, Japan Racing Association earns 28 billion US dollars as sales proceeds from races held in 10 major cities in Japan. Annually, over 6 million people visit racetracks. Horse racing gets momentum not only as public gambling but also as entert...
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ME & MY BROTHER’S MISTRESS (2019)
- Director
- HAGA Takashi, SUZUKI Sho
- Cast
- KASAMATSU Nanami, MURATA Yui, IWAGO Satoshi
Directors Haga Takashi and Suzuki Sho deliver this female-driven drama which was screened at Nippon Connection 2020. It has won numerous awards in Japan including the 16th SKIP City International D-CINEMA Festival's Japanese Film Competition Audience...
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ZERO AS YOU ARE (2019)
- Director
- TOKOI Miyuki
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Takamasa, YASHIRO Miyuki, NAKAJIMA Jun
A young man, though born as a female, who has constantly felt uncomfortable with his gender is the subject of this documentary which captures over a nine year period his transformation and maturing. In the director's chair is Tokoi Miyuki, who has pr...
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THE DIGNIFIED DEATH OF SHIZUO YAMANAKA (2019)
- Director
- MURAHASHI Akio
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Baijaku, TSUDA Kanji, TANAKA Misato
Based on the identically titled novel by Nagi Keishi, who is also a practicing physician, this drama investigates the questions of how we should live a life on borrowed time, and how to conclude that life. Director Murahashi Akio of Letters From Ikuk...
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The Master of Funerals (2019)
- Director
- HIGUCHI Naofumi
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, KORA Kengo
Film inspired by Nobel Prize-winning author Kawabata Yasunari's "Diary of My Sixteenth Year" and "Carrying My Teacher's Coffin on My Shoulder." Helmed by film critic Higuchi Naofumi, who made a splash with his 2013 directorial debut Intermission. Y...
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Iwane: Sword of Serenity (2019)
- Director
- MOTOKI Katsuhide
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, KIMURA Fumino, YOSHINE Kyoko
The film adaptation of Saeki Yasuhide's samurai period novel series which in total has surpassed 20 million copies printed. Joining Matsuzaka Tori in his first leading role in a period film are Kimura Fumino, Yoshine Kyoko, Emoto Tasuku, Sugino Yosuk...
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THE FABLE (2019)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, KIMURA Fumino, YAMAMOTO Mizuki
Okada Junichi stars along with a splendid cast of actors in this entertaining action film. The Fable (Okada) is a master assassin who is referred to as a "legend" by the underworld. Overworked, he is given a mission by his boss (Sato Koichi), to liv...
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KINGDOM (2019)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, YOSHIZAWA Ryo, HASHIMOTO Kanna
The theatrical adaptation by I Am a Hero director Sato Shinsuke of "Kingdom", the smash hit manga set during the Spring and Autumn Period through the Warring States Period of China. The manga's original author, Hara Yasuhisa, also took part in writin...
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Miyamoto (2019)
- Director
- MARIKO Tetsuya
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, AOI Yu
The maturing of a high-spirited salesman is depicted in this youthful drama directed by Mariko Tetsuya who won the Best Emerging Director Prize at the 69th Locarno Film Festival for Destruction Babies. Miyamoto Hiroshi (Ikematsu Sosuke), an employee...
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ROJIN FARM (2019)
- Director
- MINO Ryuichi
- Cast
- HANDA Shuhei, ASO Eiko
The Audience Award winner at the 2018 Kanazawa Film Festival, this drama depicts a young man who is at odds with his work at a senior citizens' home. Directed by Mino Ryuichi and written by his younger brother Mino Kazuhiko, the Mino brothers make th...
