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Lupin III: The First (2019)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- KURITA Kanichi, KOBAYASHI Kiyoshi, NAMIKAWA Daisuke
A CG animated movie of Monkey Punch's original "Lupin III". The director is Yamazaki Takashi of Stand By Me Doraemon who also wrote the screenplay. The story depicts the unprecedented challenge facing Lupin and his friends who are searching for the l...
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Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)
- Director
- NAGAOKA Chika
- Cast
- TAKAYAMA Minami, YAMAZAKI Wakana, KOYAMA Rikiya
Twenty-third feature film adaptation of the "Detective Conan" TV series based on Aoyama Gosho's popular comic. Depicts a three-way battle for the Blue Sapphire in Singapore, the first overseas setting for a feature film in the series. The world's la...
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Taro the Fool (2019)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- YOSHI, SUDA Masaki, NAKANO Taiga
Director Omori Tatsuhi, whose Ravine of Goodbye received the Special Jury Prize at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival, adapts his own script written before his feature-length debut The Whispering of the Gods. It vividly portrays the radical ...
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Come Kiss Me at 0:00 AM (2019)
- Director
- SHINJO Takehiko
- Cast
- KATAYOSE Ryota (GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE), HASHIMOTO Kanna
Love story based on a comic of the same name about the fateful romance between a guy and girl who live in completely different worlds. Helmed by Shinjo Takehiko of Your Lie in April and Daytime Shooting Star. Hinana (Hashimoto Kanna) is a super-seri...
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BENTO HARASSMENT (2019)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Rempei
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Ryoko, YOSHINE Kyoko
Heartwarming drama based on an essay by the same title that adapted a popular blog into book format. Directed by Tsukamoto Rempei of 700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police. Single mother Mochimaru Kaoru (Shinohara Ryoko) and her daughter Futaba (Yosh...
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Ossan's Love The Movie: Love or Dead (2019)
- Director
- RUTO Toichiro
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, HAYASHI Kento, SHISON Jun
Feature film version of the 2018 TV drama that became a social phenomenon as the number-one Twitter trend and a top-ten buzzword. The story humorously portrays an all-guy "love-pentagon." Haruta Soichi (Tanaka Kei) returns to Japan after stints work...
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5 MILLION DOLLAR LIFE (2019)
- Director
- Moon Sung-Ho
- Cast
- MOCHIZUKI Ayumu, YAMADA Anna
Inaugural Grand Prize winner for the New Cinema Project, which auditions original film productions. Coming-of-age story about the life of a boy after he was saved with funds raised through donations. When he was little, Takatsuki Mirai (Mochizuki Ay...
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RANDEN: The Comings and Goings on a Kyoto Tram (2019)
- Director
- SUZUKI Takuji
- Cast
- IURA Arata, ONISHI Ayaka, ABE Satoko
The Keifuku Electric Rail Arashiyama Line commonly known as "Randen" is the through line of this film depicting the romantic circumstances of three couples that occur in the film studio town. Director Suzuki Takuji of The Wife of Gegege among others ...
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GARO -UNDER THE MOONBOW- (2019)
- Director
- AMEMIYA Keita
- Cast
- NAKAYAMA Masei, ISHIBASHI Natsumi, MIZUISHI Atomu
Saejima Raiga, the lead character of the 'Garo: Makai no Hana' series which aired on television in 2014, is the focus of this new story for the big screen. Series creator Amemiya Keita serves as writer of the original story, screenwriter, and directo...
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Startup Girls (2019)
- Director
- IKEDA Chihiro
- Cast
- KAMISHIRAISHI Mone, YAMAZAKI Hirona
Tokyo Rendezvous director Ikeda Chihiro brings the script by The Devil's Path screenwriter Takahashi Izumi to the big screen. Two female protagonists with polar-opposite personalities and attitudes about work have run-ins while each forging her own p...
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Twilight (2019)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Yutaka
- Cast
- SAKURADA Hiyori, KATO Seishiro
An anime by Watashi no Yasashikunai Senpai and anime series 'Wake Up, Girls' director Yamamoto Yutaka who wrote the original story and screenplay, directed, and also served as sound editor. Set in Fukushima Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earth...
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OKAZUKUN (2019)
- Director
- MIHARA Mitsuhiro
- Cast
- KUROBA Mario, SAKIYAMA Tsubasa, KOBAYASHI Katsuya
Feature film adaptation of the TV drama based on the same-named manga by Otokuni. The story is set in Enoshima and tells the story of a young salesman's trials and tribulations at work. Directed by Mihara Mitsuhiro, who won best feature at the 8th Sh...
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PARADISE NEXT (2019)
- Director
- HANNO Yoshihiro
- Cast
- TSUMABUKI Satoshi, TOYOKAWA Etsushi, Nikki HSIEH
Noir suspense shot entirely in Taiwan by Hanno Yoshihiro, who has scored soundtracks for films by Hou Hsaio-Hsien and Jia Zhangke. Co-stars Tsumabuki Satoshi and Toyokawa Etsushi with theme song by Sakamoto Ryuichi. Wisecracking Makino (Tsumabuki) s...
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Horse Thieves (2019)
- Director
- TAKEBA Lisa, Yerlan NURMUKHAMBETOV
- Cast
- MORIYAMA Mirai, Samal YESLYAMOVA, Madi MINAIDAROV
Drama portraying the bond between parent and child, produced as a Japan-Kazakhstan international co-production shot entirely in Kazakhstan. Starring Samal Yeslyamova, who won the Best Actress Award at 2018 Cannes Film Festival, and Moriyama Mirai. O...
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In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World (2019)
- Director
- KATABUCHI Sunao
- Cast
- Non, HOSOYA Yoshimasa, OMI Minori
This is a new version of In This Corner of the World adding 30 minutes of additional scenes which gives a completely divergent impression of scenes and characters. During the war in 1944, 18-year-old Suzu (voice: Non) gets married in Kure City, Hiro...
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THE LANDLADY (2019)
- Director
- HAMANO Sachi
- Cast
- YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, Nahana, Kanichiro
The novel of the same name by 2017 Akutagawa Prize contender Kimura Kumi is adapted to film by the director of Lily Festival, Hamano Sachi, and stars Yoshiyuki Kazuko. It looks back 20 years into the past of an elderly woman who died of heatstroke an...
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I'm crazy (2019)
- Director
- KUDO Masaaki
- Cast
- FURUTACHI Yutaro, SAKURAI Yuki, SOKABE Keiichi
The feature-length debut by Kudo Masaaki, who was an assistant director on films by Yukisada Isao and Shiraishi Kazuya, is a coming-of-age tale about a young man passionate for music. It won the NETPAC Award (the award for best Asian film) at the 201...
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Jeux de plage (2019)
- Director
- NATSUTO Aimi
- Cast
- HORI Haruna, KATO Shinsuke, FUKUSHIMA Juri
Coming-of-age film about young women featuring cast and crew mainly comprised of women in their 20s. Directed by the cutting-edge Natsuto Aimi, who was born in 1991 and worked as an actress and script editor on the Japan-France co-production I Want t...
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The Stormy Family (2019)
- Director
- ICHII Masahide
- Cast
- KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi, MEGUMI, NAKAMURA Tomoya
Blindly In Love director Ichii Masahide tackles a family film from a twelve-year-long developed original script intimated from his emotions toward his parents. The elderly husband and wife of the Suzuki family went missing after robbing twenty milli...
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TAKE OVER ZONE (2019)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Shimpei
- Cast
- YOSHINA Ruri, UCHIDA Chika, KAWASE Yohta
Coming-of-age drama with a script that won the 2nd Juvenile Scenario Award. Selected for the Japan Cinema Splash program in the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival, where it won the Tokyo Gemstone Award. Three years ago Sari's (Yoshina Riru) moth...
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Go Away, Ultramarine (2019)
- Director
- YANAGI Akina
- Cast
- YOKOHAMA Ryusei, IITOYO Marie
Film adaptation of Kono Yutaka's teen fantasy novel, produced by Sugahara Daiki, who turned the "Mr. Osomatsu" stage production into a hit. Cutting-edge Yanagi Akina, who garnered film awards while in high school in the US, was tapped as director. N...
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WALKING MAN (2019)
- Director
- ANARCHY
- Cast
- NOMURA Shuhei, YUKI Mio
Original production marking the directorial debut for popular rapper ANARCHY. This story of a young man trying to escape poverty through rap incorporates the director's personal experiences during times of hardship. Atom (Nomura Shuhei) lives with h...
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Ninkyo Gakuen (2019)
- Director
- KIMURA Hisashi
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, NISHIDA Toshiyuki
Film adaptation of Konno Bin's popular novelized series "Ninkyo" about the hardships experienced by do-gooder yakuza. Helmed by TV drama-veteran Kimura Hisashi, who counts Miike Takashi and Tsutsumi Yukihiko as mentors. The Akimoto-gumi yakuza take...
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KING OF PRISM -Shiny Seven Stars- IV (2019)
- Director
- HISHIDA Masakazu
- Cast
- TERASHIMA Junta, SAITO Soma, HATANAKA Tasuku
Fourth feature film to condense the TV anime "KING OF PRISM Shiny Seven Stars," the third "KING OF PRISM" series. Series veteran Hishida Masakazu presents a new story featuring Prism Star aspirants as the main characters. Edel Rose is losing by a th...
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KING OF PRISM -Shiny Seven Stars- III (2019)
- Director
- HISHIDA Masakazu
- Cast
- TERASHIMA Junta, SAITO Soma, HATANAKA Tasuku
Third feature film to condense the TV anime "KING OF PRISM Shiny Seven Stars," the third "KING OF PRISM" series. New drama unfolds for Prism Star hopefuls, who aspire to put on mesmerizing shows that bring together figure skating, singing and dancing...
