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Her Blue Sky (2019)
- Director
- NAGAI Tatsuyuki
- Cast
- YOSHIZAWA Ryo, YOSHIOKA Riho, WAKAYAMA Shion
An original feature-length animation assembling the production staff and director, Nagai Tatsuyuki, of Anohana and The Anthem of the Heart. 17-year-old Aoi (voice: Wakayama Shion) and her older sister Akane (voice: Yoshioka Riho) have lived alone to...
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HELLO WORLD (2019)
- Director
- ITO Tomohiko
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, MATSUZAKA Tori, HAMABE Minami
The next animated feature film by Ito Tomohiko following SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE -Ordinal Scale-. The original sci-fi teen love story unfolds against the backdrop of 2027 Kyoto. High school boy Naomi (voice: Kitamura Takumi) is confronted by anot...
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DRAGON QUEST YOUR STORY (2019)
- Director
- YAGI Ryuichi, HANAFUSA Makoto
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, ARIMURA Kasumi, Haru
Yamazaki Takashi serves as chief director and screenwriter on this feature-length CG animated film based on the popular RPG video game "Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride". The film once again assembles the production staff of Stand By Me Dor...
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Sleep in the Shadows (2019)
- Director
- IZUMI Seiji
- Cast
- KATO Masaya, NAKAMURA Yuri, YO Kimiko
Film adaptation of the hard-boiled detective novel "Hoei" by popular author Kitakata Kenzo, who has had numerous works adapted for film. Director Izumi Seiji has helmed the TV series and feature films for the "Aibo" franchise. Fuyuki (Kato Masaya) r...
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Minori, on the Brink (2019)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Minori
ENBU Seminar, the film school which brought One Cut of the Dead in to the world, produced this drama through the 8th session of its Cinema Project workshop. At the helm is Ninomiya Ryutaro whose Sweating the Small Stuff was screened at the 70th Locar...
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Show Me the Way to the Station (2019)
- Director
- HASHIMOTO Naoki
- Cast
- NIITSU Chise
Film adaptation of a short story by Naoki Prize-winning author Ijuin Shizuka. Direction and adaptation by acclaimed filmmaker Hashimoto Naoki, whose Birthright has been screened at domestic and international film festivals and won the Special Jury Aw...
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Extro (2019)
- Director
- MURAHASHI Naoki
- Cast
- HAGINOYA Kozo
In this mokumentary, the joys and pains of townspeople extras are portrayed with an actual film studio as its backdrop. It is directed by Murahashi Naoki who works in television, and is written by playwright Goto Hirohito who is known for writing the...
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Handling Method for Grumpy Woman (2019)
- Director
- ARITA Shunsuke
- Cast
- HAYAMI Akari, HIRAOKA Yuta
Comedy that uses neuroscience to resolve conflicts between men and women at a wedding hall, based on the same-named work penned by Kurokawa Ihoko. Feature film directorial debut for Arita Shunsuke. College student Majima Ai (Hayami Akari) gets a par...
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A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic (2019)
- Director
- KATAGIRI Kenji
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Honoka, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko
Drama that adapts for film Kikuchi Mariko's manga-style essay based on her real-life experiences. Directed and scripted by Katagiri Kenji, whose debut film Room Laundering was screened at the 22nd Fantasia International Film Festival. Tadokoro Saki ...
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Little Miss Period (2019)
- Director
- SHINADA Shunsuke
- Cast
- NIKAIDO Fumi, ITO Sairi
Film adaptation of Koyama Ken's same-named comic that anthropomorphizes menstruation as a pop character and won the Short Work Prize for the 23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. Helmed by Shinada Shunsuke, who has directed numerous TV shows. Yoneda Aok...
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My Sweet Grappa Remedies (2019)
- Director
- OHKU Akiko
- Cast
- MATSUYUKI Yasuko, KUROKI Haru, SHIMIZU Hiroya
Jiro of the stand-up duo Sissonne contributes to the screenplay adapting his own novel written as if the diary of a middle-aged woman. At the helm is Ooku Akiko, whose Tremble All You Want won the Audience Award at the 30th Tokyo International Film F...
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The 47 Rōnin in Debt (2019)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- TSUTSUMI Shinichi, OKAMURA Takashi, TSUMABUKI Satoshi
Comedy based on Yamamoto Hirofumi's "Chushingura's Financial Statements" that closely examined Edo-period samurai Oishi Kuranosuke's records of the attack on Kira Kozunosuke. Directed by Nakamura Yoshihiro, who has helmed numerous period works includ...
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Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (2019)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Setsuro
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, SASAKI Kuranosuke, SATO Koichi
Wakamatsu Setsuro, director of The Unbroken among other robust and profound dramas, adapts the manga of the same name by Kawaguchi Kaiji. The film depicts the most unprecedented crisis to visit Japan since the war from the perspective of the military...
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Sea of Revival (2019)
- Director
- SHIRAISHI Kazuya
- Cast
- KATORI Shingo, TSUNEMATSU Yuri, NISHIDA Naomi
An original film from director Shiraishi Kazuya who has continued to make films blending violence and insanity such as The Devil's Path and The Blood of Wolves among others. This shocking story scrutinizes the despair of a foolish man who has bumbled...
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Sadako (2019)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- IKEDA Elaiza, TSUKAMOTO Takashi, SHIMIZU Hiroya
J-Horror's influential "Ring" series returns to its origins. Nakata Hideo spearheads an original team for this film focusing on the black haired vengeful ghost Sadako. Mayu (Ikeda Elaiza) is a counselor who tends to a young girl recently admitted to...
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Tenzo (2019)
- Director
- TOMITA Katsuya
- Cast
- KAWAGUCHI Chiken, KONDO Shinko, KURASHIMA Ryugyo
Saudade and Bangkok Nites director Tomita Katsuya of film production troupe Kuzoku bluntly captures Buddhism and the "Post 3/11" Japanese society besieging it in this ambitious work. Ten years ago, senior disciple Ryugyo and junior disciple Chiken r...
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A Girl Missing (2019)
- Director
- FUKADA Koji
- Cast
- TSUTSUI Mariko, ICHIKAWA Mikako, IKEMATSU Sosuke
Challenging work that tackles the theme of an "innocent assailant" with an original script by director Fukada Koji, who won the Prix du Jury in the Un Certain Regard program for Harmonium at the 69th Cannes International Film Festival. Risa (Tsutsui...
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The Journalist (2019)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- SHIM Eun-kyung, MATSUZAKA Tori
Inspired by the non-fiction book of the same name by Tokyo Newspaper journalist Mochizuki Isoko, this film is an original story depicting how state authority clashes with news media. Toto Newspaper journalist Yoshioka (Shim Eun-kyung) obtains anonym...
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The Promised Land (2019)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- AYANO Go, SUGISAKI Hana, SATO Koichi
Zeze Takahisa, who scored a smash hit with his 2-part adaptation of Six Four writes and directs this socially relevant thriller based on Yoshida Shuichi's short story compilation 'Hanzai Shosetsu-shu'. 12 years ago a young girl was kidnapped at the ...
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TOKYO BUTTERFLY (2019)
- Director
- SAKON Keitaro
- Cast
- SHIRAHATA Kamin, MIZUISHI Atomu, KOBAYASHI Ryuju
There was a popular band with four students. After the band was offered a major contract, they broke up with a minor mistake. 6 years later, they are living their lives in their late twenties with troubles: Marriage, work, human relationship. They me...
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Mio on the Shore (2019)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Ryutaro
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Honoka, WATANABE Daichi, TOKUNAGA Eri
Drama helmed by Nakagawa Ryutaro, whose accolades include the FIPRESCI Award at the 39th Moscow International Film Festival for Summer Blooms. Depicts a 20-year-old girl as she grows up through her relationships with others. Miyagawa Mio (Matsumoto ...
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TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY 「No Pain,No Gain」 (2019)
- Director
- MAKI Yuta
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki
This documentary follows actor Yamada Takayuki, known for his roles in The Devil's Path among others, over 2,045 days between 2013 and 2019. Maki Yuta of production company TV Man Union shoots, directs, and edits the film. Supervised by Stardust Pic...
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SAINT☆YOUNG MEN 2nd Century (2019)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi, SOMETANI Shota
Sequel in the live-action series based on Nakamura Hikaru's gag manga, directed by Fukuda Yuichi of the "HK: Forbidden Super Hero" and "Gintama" series. Yamada Takayuki is a familiar face in Fukuda's films and reprises his role as producer, with Mats...
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Children of the Sea (2019)
- Director
- WATANABE Ayumu
- Cast
- ASHIDA Mana, ISHIBASHI Hiiro, URAGAMI Seishu
Igarashi Daisuke's identically titled fantasy adventure which won a manga Excellence Award in the Japan Media Arts Festival becomes an animated film. STUDIO4℃, which worked on Tekkonkinkreet, handles animation production. Teenage girl Ruka (voice: A...
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The Wonderland (2019)
- Director
- HARA Keiichi
- Cast
- MATSUOKA Mayu, Anne, ICHIMURA Masachika
An fantasy anime based on the juvenile novel 'Chikashitsu kara no Fushigi na Tabi'. Hara Keiichi of Summer Days with Coo and Miss Hokusai directs. Akane (voice: Matsuoka Mayu) is a shy, young girl. On the day before her birthday the enigmatic and fa...
