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Lost Baby Lost (2020)
- Director
- TSUGE Yuto
- Cast
- MATSUO Shohei, MURAKAMI Yukino
This feature-length film was directed by Tsuge Yuto, a graduate of the film department at the Kyoto University of the Arts (formerly known as Kyoto University of Art and Design) who passed away after filming was completed. Cinematographer Yonekura Sh...
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Mottainai Kitchen - Don’t waste it, cook it! (2020)
- Director
- David GROSS
- Cast
- David GROSS, TSUKAMOTO Nikki, IDE Rumi
Australia-born David Gross who produced Wastecooking among others, travels the world as a film director and food activist. In this documentary, he searches for hints to solve "food waste" as he travels through various areas in Japan, one the countrie...
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YOKOSUKA STRANGE INCIDENT (2020)
- Director
- OTSUKA Shinichi
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Ryuju, Shijimi, KAWASE Yohta
This road movie closely delves into the emotions of a man who travels to Yokosuka in an attempt to confirm the whereabouts of his former lover who was thought to have been a victim of the Great East Japan Earthquake. It is written and directed by Ots...
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Woman of the Photographs (2020)
- Director
- KUSHIDA Takeshi
- Cast
- NAGAI Hideki, OTAKI Itsuki
Kushida Takeshi's feature film debut premiered at the 15th Osaka Asian Film Festival and has since been selected by over 70 international film festivals. Kai (Nagai Hideki) runs a photo studio that he inherited from his father and meets Kyoko (Otaki...
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One in a Hundred Thousand (2020)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- SHIRAHAMA Alan (EXILE / GENERATIONS), TAIRA Yuna, YUKI Mio
Miyasaka Kaho's popular comic about the love of a high school couple confronting an incurable illness which strikes only one in hundred thousand people is adapted to live-acton by director Miki Koichiro who has delivered many hit teen films such as Y...
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Happy-Go-Lucky Days (2020)
- Director
- SATO Takuya
- Cast
- HANAZAWA Kana, KOMATSU Mikako, SAKURAI Takahiro
The anthology manga depicting various forms of love by Shimura Takako, a master of youth ensemble fiction, is adapted to this animated film. In the director's chair is Sato Takuya who has shown a gift for poetic imagery and music direction in Kase-sa...
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Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro (2020)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ken
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, YAMAMOTO Maika, ITO Kentaro
Based on the popular slapstick manga depicting the growth of young man aiming to be a "tonkatsu DJ", which was also adapted into an anime television series, this adolescent comedy was directed by Ninomiya Ken whose independent film Slum-polis was pra...
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THE CONFIDENCE MAN JP -EPISODE OF THE PRINCESS- (2020)
- Director
- TANAKA Akira
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami, HIGASHIDE Masahiro, KOTE Shinya
This is the second film in the theatrical film series based on the hit television show depicting con-men duping one another. Set on the "legendary island" of Langkawi, a con game unfolds with a multimillionaire's supposed 10-trillion-yen inheritance ...
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The Promised Neverland (2020)
- Director
- HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
- Cast
- HAMABE Minami, JO Kairi, ITAGAKI Rihito
Director Hirakawa Yuichiro adapts to film the popular manga of the same name which has sold over 26 million copies worldwide and is soon to become serialized on television abroad. Orphan boys and girls learn the shocking truth about their own circums...
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Independence of Japan (2020)
- Director
- ITO Shunya
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, MIYAZAWA Rie, KOBAYASHI Kaoru
Set after the war in occupied Japan, this drama depicts Yoshida Shigeru and Shirasu Jiro, who were an equally matched opponent for the Allied Forces General Headquarters (GHQ) as it rushed to immediately restore Japan's autonomy. The film is written ...
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Wiseguy (2020)
- Director
- IZUTSU Kazuyuki
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Toshio, YANAGI Yurina
This ensemble drama depicting yakuza who exist in the Showa Era underworld as it undergoes changes, from the upheavals immediately after the war to the rise and crash of the bubble economy, is directed by Izutsu Kazuyuki, who has worked on numerous f...
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HARIBOTE (2020)
- Director
- IOKIBE Yukio, SUNAZAWA Satoshi
- Cast
- SAKUTA Osamu
Documentary about a small local TV station uncovering improprieties at a city council in Toyama Prefecture, a conservative area known for having the highest percentage of LDP voters in Japan for ten years running. Exposes human cunning and absurdity....
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KAIJI: FINAL GAME (2020)
- Director
- SATO Toya
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, FUKUSHI Sota, SEKIMIZU Nagisa
Finale for the film series based on Fukumoto Nobuyuki's mega-hit comic with total sales topping 21 million copies. Original story created with the involvement of Fukumoto. The protagonist puts his life on the line for gambling. The year is 2020 and ...
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From Today, It's My Turn!!: The Movie (2020)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- KAKU Kento, ITO Kentaro, SEINO Nana
The manga "From Today, It's My Turn!!" was serialized in the 80s and turned into a TV drama in 2018. Yuichi Fukuda who has directed many manga based movies such as GINTAMA continues from TV series as a director and screenwriter. Mitsuhashi (Kaku Ken...
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Midnight Swan (2020)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, HATTORI Misaki, MIZUKAWA Asami
Love story about the encounter and relationship between a transgender woman and solitary girl. Director Uchida Eiji's Lowlife Love was selected for the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival Japanese Cinema Splash program. Nagisa (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi)...
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The Town of Headcounts (2020)
- Director
- ARAKI Shinji
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Tomoya, ISHIBASHI Shizuka, TACHIBANA Eri
Feature film debut for prolific CM and music videos director Araki Shinji, adapting the original story that was runner-up for the 1st Kinoshita Group New Director Award Grand Prix in 2017. Aoyama (Nakamura Tomoya) is being beaten up by a debt collec...
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Theatre: A Love Story (2020)
- Director
- YUKISADA Isao
- Cast
- YAMAZAKI Kento, MATSUOKA Mayu
Helmed by romance maestro Yukisada Isao, whose films include Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World. Depicts a guy struggling to make it as a stage director and the love of the woman who supports him. Based on the same-named novel by Akutagawa P...
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Town without Sea (2020)
- Director
- IKEDA Elaiza
- Cast
- KURA Yuki, ISHIUCHI Roi, SAITO Nari
Coming-of-age drama that marks the directorial debut for actress Ikeda Elaiza. Depicts the preciousness of everyday life and the importance of relationships through the lives of young people in Tagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Selected for the 21st J...
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The Voice of Sin (2020)
- Director
- DOI Nobuhiro
- Cast
- OGURI Shun, HOSHINO Gen
Doi Nobuhiro, director of hit films such as The Wings of the Kirin, helms this thriller inspired by an actual unsolved case that rocked Japan. Akutsu (Oguri Shun), a newspaper reporter, is chasing down the story of an unsolved case from thirty-five ...
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Threads - Our Tapestry of Love (2020)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, KOMATSU Nana
Inspired by Nakajima Miyuki's famous song "Ito", this film portrays eighteen years in the lives of a couple alongside the changes of the Heisei Era. At the helm is Zeze Takahisa of Heaven's Story. Ren (Suda Masaki) and Aoi (Komatsu Nana) first met a...
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Wonderwall : the Movie (2020)
- Director
- MAEDA Yuki
- Cast
- SUDO Ren, OKAYAMA Amane, NARUMI Rico
Feature film that adds previously unreleased scenes to the much-discussed TV drama about students and university administration fighting over a dormitory's reconstruction. Script by Watanabe Aya of Josee, the Tiger and the Fish. Directed by Maeda Yuk...
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Okaeri Tadaima (2020)
- Director
- SAITO Junichi
- Cast
- SAITO Yuki, SATSUKAWA Aimi
Produced by Tokai Television Broadcasting, this true-to-life drama probes into the heart of a crime using actual footage of news coverage at the time the crime occurred. It is written and directed by Saito Junichi who has continued to sharply questio...
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Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (2020)
- Director
- YAJIMA Tetsuo
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Rika, OTANI Ikue
The 23rd release in the "Pocket Monster" film franchise tells a tale of Pokémon and human families. In the director's chair is Yajima Tetsuo. A strict rule has been imposed in the deep jungle of Okoya Forest where Zarude (voice: Nakamura Kankuro) dw...
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Kotera - san climbs! (2020)
- Director
- FURUMAYA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- KUDO Haruka, ITO Kentaro
The popular manga of the same name about a girl preoccupied by sport climbing is adapted to live-action by director Furumaya Tomoyuki, who has tackled numerous adolescent films such as Robocon. The script is written by popular screenwriter Yoshida Re...
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Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2020)
- Director
- NAGAOKA Chika
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Minami, YAMAZAKI Wakana, KOYAMA Rikiya
Twenty-fourth "Detective Conan" theatrical feature film based on Aoyama Gosho's comic serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday, which has also been turned into a TV anime series. An unprecedented incident erupts at World Sports Games, the world's biggest s...
