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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 Rei...
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Looking for Magical Doremi (2020)
- Director
- SATO Junichi, KAMATANI Haruka
- Cast
- MORIKAWA Aoi, MATSUI Rena, MOMOTA Kanako
Feature film celebrating the 20th anniversary of the girls' anime "Ojamajo Doremi." Cutting-edge director Kamatani Yu delivers a completely original story with members of the original production, including director Sato Junichi, scriptwriter Kuriyama...
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Japan Sinks 2020 Theatrical Edition - Shizumanu kibou - (2020)
- Director
- YUASA Masaaki
- Cast
- UEDA Reina, MURANAKA Tomo, SASAKI Yuko
Science fiction novelist Komatsu Sakyo's tour d'force was adapted to an anime series for the first time by Yuasa Masaaki who received international praise for Mind Game and Night is Short, Walk On Girl. This theatrical re-edit portrays the course of ...
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Beautiful dreamer (2020)
- Director
- MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki
- Cast
- OGAWA Sara, FUJITANI Riko, KAMINO Fuju
The first work from "Cinema Lab", an experimental film label touting the stature of the film director. Motohiro Katsuyuki who has been involved with many hit films adapts to live-action Oshii Mamoru's original concept for "Yume Miruhito". The film de...
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Step (2020)
- Director
- IIZUKA Ken
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki, HIROSUE Ryoko, YO Kimiko
Based on the novel by Shigematsu Kiyoshi who has continued to deal with the subject of family restoration, this drama depicts the 10 years over a widowers life as he struggles to raise his young daughter. Iizuka Ken who works in both film and televis...
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The Magnificent KOTOBUKI THE MOVIE (2020)
- Director
- MIZUSHIMA Tsutomu
- Cast
- SUZUSHIRO Sayumi, YUKIMURA Eri, NAKAYA Sayaka
The television anime series set in a vast wasteland depicting the adventures of female fighter escorts for hire is reconfigured to include a new chapter recounting the untold tale of the air corps' formation that completes the story. In the director'...
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A tale of the Riverside (2020)
- Director
- TSUJINO Masaki
- Cast
- AONO Tappei, GODA Aki, SAITO Riku
The 9th "Cinema Project" by Enbu Seminar, which produced One Cut of the Dead, is a drama directed by Tsujino Masaki who is making his feature film debut at the age of 51. (Aono Tappei) works at the riverside guesthouse in which he was born and rais...
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Documentary of Keyakizaka 46 (2020)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Eiki
- Cast
- KEYAKIZAKA46
Takahashi Eiki, who is known from the "Documentary of AKB48" series, directs this first documentary which tracks the trajectory of the idol group Keyakizaka46 as it lowers the curtain on its 5 year history. It compiles re-edits of various live perfor...
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KOSHIEN: JAPAN'S FIELD OF DREAMS (2020)
- Director
- Ema Ryan YAMAZAKI
- Cast
- MIZUTANI Tetsuya, SASAKI Hiroshi, OHTANI Shohei
Documentary helmed by New York-based filmmaker Ema Ryan Yamazaki with a crew from the US, which did long-term coverage leading up to the 100th year of the summer Koshien tournament. Broadcast nationwide in the US on the sports network ESPN in June 20...
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The Blue Danube (2020)
- Director
- IKEDA Akira
- Cast
- MAEHARA Ko
Fourth feature film from Ikeda Akira, who has built an international reputation with festival screenings including the Rotterdam International Film Festival for Anatomy of a Paperclip and Ambiguous Places. Produced as part of the New Directions in Ja...
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A Garden of Camellias (2020)
- Director
- UEDA Yoshihiko
- Cast
- FUJI Sumiko, SHIM Eun-kyung
Powerful directorial debut from the prolific and highly respected commercial photographer Ueda Yoshihiko, who developed the project over a 15-year period and served as scriptwriter and cinematographer. Drama that interweaves a year in the lives of pe...
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Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] Ⅲ. spring song (2020)
- Director
- SUDO Tomonori
- Cast
- SUGIYAMA Noriaki, SHITAYA Noriko, KAWASUMI Ayako
This is the story of an omnipotent container able to grant the wish of anyone who claims it—the Holy Grail. The third as well as the last part of the anime movie series adapted from visual novel game Fate/stay night. Heaven's Feel has been produced b...
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Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)
- Director
- SOTOZAKI Haruo
- Cast
- HANAE Natsuki, KITO Akari, SHIMONO Hiro
The theatrical animated movie continuing the television anime series based on the manga which has sold over 100 million copies. Set in the Taisho Era, it depicts a young boy whose family was killed by demons as he fights against demons in order to tu...
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Cells at Work!! A gut-wrenching resurrection of the formidable enemy! (2020)
- Director
- OGURA Hirofumi
- Cast
- HANAZAWA Kana, MAENO Tomoaki, ISHIDA Akira
A story taken from the fifth volume of Shimizu Akane's manga set within the human body, 'Cells at Work', is turned into this theatrically released advanced screening version leading up to the broadcast of the television series' second season. White ...
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Fate/Grand Order THE MOVIE Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot Wandering; Agateram (2020)
- Director
- SUEZAWA Kei
- Cast
- MIYANO Mamoru, SHIMAZAKI Nobunaga, TAKAHASHI Rie
Beginning with the video game 'Fate/stay night', the "Fate" series has continued to gain fans. This is the first theatrical animated film of the 'Fate/Grand Order' game's popular Sixth Singularity chapter written by the overall supervisor himself, Na...
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Forgiven Children (2020)
- Director
- NAITO Eisuke
- Cast
- UEMURA Yu, KUROIWA Yoshi, NAGURA Yukino
The first independent film since Let's Make The Teacher Have A Miscarriage Club by director Naito Eisuke whose strong filmmaking voice attracts attention each time he releases a film. Taken from an actual bullying case which resulted in a fatality, t...
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Grand Blue Dreaming (2020)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- RYUSEI Ryo, INUKAI Atsuhiro
Film adaptation of the same-named comic that boasts total sales topping 5 million copies. Helmed by Hanabusa Tsutomu, the teen comedy maestro behind No Longer Heroine. Depicts college life like you've never seen before, set in a scuba diving club. I...
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Around the Edge of the Stand (2020)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- ONO Rina, HIRAI Amon, NISHIMOTO Marin
A National High School Drama Competition award-winning play is adapted to film by Jojo Hideo who has directed direct-to-video and Pink films. The drama portrays the adolescent makeup of sullen high schoolers seated in the stands of a high school base...
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Nosari - Impermanent Eternity (2020)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Tatsuya
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Kisetsu, HARA Chisako
A young man traveling all over Japan reaches to the small island in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture. He makes money out of so-called "ore ore sagi" (a telephone scam or "it's me" swindle= fraudulent technique to swindle money from aged people). One day,...