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In a World Without You Tomorrow (2020)
- Director
- HiROKi
- Cast
- Soraci, MITO Natsume, Tetsuya
Teen film depicting a "sweet summer" of third year high school students. The production brings together popular YouTubers Soraci (leader of "Avntis"), Tetsuya (leader of "Tokai On Air"), among others including director HiROKi. Third year high school...
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Dance, Mita (2020)
- Director
- IIZUKA Toshimitsu
- Cast
- OKAYAMA Amane, KATO Konatsu, TAKEDA Rena
Town revitalization and dance videos are the themes depicted in this drama. At the helm is Iizuka Toshimitsu of "Dictator, Koga" and "Poetry Angel". Mita (Okayama Amane), who once dreamt of becoming a filmmaker in Tokyo, works in the city production...
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The beginning of the song (2020)
- Director
- KAWAI Hiroki
- Cast
- SAITO Harumichi
Documentary about deaf photographer Saito Harumichi directed by Kawai Hiroki, who excels at making films about artists including musicians and performers. Captures Saito encountering his dreaded "songs" through caring for his newborn son. When Saito...
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Sayonara Television (2020)
- Director
- HIJIKATA Hiroshi
- Cast
Documentary introducing new scenes to "Sayonara TV," a TV program commemorating the 60th anniversary of Tokai Television Broadcasting. Directed by Hijikata Hiroshi of Homeless Rijicho and Yakuza to kempo. TV once ruled the living room. Commercial TV...
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KING OF PRISM ALL STARS PRISMSHOW BEST10 (2020)
- Director
- Cast
- TERASHIMA Junta, SAITO Soma, HATANAKA Tasuku
An animated film recomposing the 10 best Prism Shows (an entertainment show that mixes figure skating, song, dance and heart-stopping prism jumps) chosen by fans from the 29 songs of the theatrical "King of Prism" series which has attracted over 1.1 ...
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his (2020)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- MIYAZAWA Hio, FUJIWARA Kisetsu
Two men who were once a couple reunite after 8 years in this romance film. It portrays the LGBTQ community's hopes for coexistence, the courtroom drama contesting parental rights, the transformation of the family structure, and the harsh conditions o...
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School Meals Time Final Battle (2020)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- ICHIHARA Hayato, TAKEDA Rena, SATO Taishi
Feature film adaptation of the comedy about the "quiet battle" between a teacher and student who are obsessed with school lunches. The year is 1984. Teacher Amarida (Ichihara Hayato) is crazy about school lunches, and he gets the shock of his life w...
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Project Dreams - How to Build Mazinger Z's Hangar (2020)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- TAKASUGI Mahiro, KAMIJI Yusuke, KISHII Yukino
Company employees are depicted earnestly grappling with meaningless things in this drama directed by Hanabusa Tsutomu of Kakegurui. The script is written by Ueda Makoto of Night is Short, Walk On Girl. Doi (Takasugi Mahiro) of the Maeda Construction...
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Fukushima 50 (2020)
- Director
- WAKAMATSU Setsuro
- Cast
- SATO Koichi, WATANABE Ken
50 workers at the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant are depicted in this drama as they face a critical situation due to the Great East Japan Earthquake. At the helm is Wakamatsu Setsuro who is known for The Unbroken among others. The Fukushima No.1...
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The Grapes of Joy (2020)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Akio
- Cast
- FUKUMOTO Riko, TAKENAKA Naoto
Haruna's dream is making confectionaries who bring happiness to people who eat them. After graduating high school, she started to work at Minamoto Kitchoan, a company that makes Japanese style confectionaries. She is sent out to assist at one of the ...
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Zero (2020)
- Director
- SODA Kazuhiro
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Masahiro, YAMAMOTO Yoshiko
An Ultimate Love Story Dr. Masatomo Yamamoto, a psychiatrist and the protagonist of the award-winning film Mental (2008, Kazuhiro Soda), is a pioneer in the movement to unlock the doors of mental hospitals in Japan in the 1960s. His long career span...
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Violet Evergarden : the Movie (2020)
- Director
- ISHIDATE Taichi
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Yui, NAMIKAWA Daisuke
Akatsuki Kana's novel is adapted to screen by Kyoto Animation. The animated film delicately portrays a young girl without emotions who, through a proxy letter writing service, comes to understand the true meaning of the words told to her by someone s...
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Beneath the Shadow (2020)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- AYANO Go, MATSUDA Ryuhei
Mystery based on Numata Shinsuke's novel, which won the 157th Akutagawa Prize. Set in Morioka, the film depicts the rebirth of a man who confronts the disappearance of his friend. Directed by Otomo Keishi and stars Ayano Go and Matsuda Ryuhei. Konno...
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KANEMASA (2020)
- Director
- UENISHI Yudai
- Cast
- UENISHI Yudai, KOMINAMI Kirari, FURUKAWA Ai
Uenishi Yudai, the head of the theatre troupe "10ANTS" writes, directs, edits and stars in this drama about child abuse. It depicts a criminal who was the victim of abuse and his interaction with a mother and her daughter whom he meets by chance. Ka...
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Tokyo Dragon Chef (2020)
- Director
- NISHIMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- MOTOMIYA Yasukaze, YAMAGUCHI Yoshiyuki, OZAWA Kazuyoshi
Ex-Yakuza Ryu (Yasukaze Motmomiya) and Tatsu (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) opened a ramen restaurant, "Ryuhanten" after their family was dissolved by a mysterious man, Gizmo. In the meantime, a family of Jin (Hitoshi Ozawa) and Kazu (Kazuyoshi Ozawa), the ri...
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Beautiful Escape (2020)
- Director
- MORITA Kazuki
- Cast
- KASAMATSU Show, INORI Kirara, KUROSAWA Asuka
Akihito Kobe, a high school freshman suffering from stuttering, had been bullied in a class and had to spend depressed days. Although he was pretending nothing was going on, he was daydreaming about killing God everyday. One day, Akihito happens to ...
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The Brightest Roof in the Universe (2020)
- Director
- FUJII Michihito
- Cast
- KIYOHARA Kaya
Tsubame (Kaya Kiyohara) is an ordinary 14-year-old girl who has a crush on Toru, the college student next door. She seems to be living happily with her parents, but also feels a little lonely after learning that her father will be having a new baby w...
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Wife of a Spy (2020)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- AOI Yu, TAKAHASHI Issey
The year is 1940 in Kobe, the night before the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant, Yusaku Fukuhara, senses that things are headed in an unsettling direction. He leaves his wife Satoko behind and travels to Manchuria with his nephew, Fumio Takes...
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Your Eyes Tell (2020)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- YOSHITAKA Yuriko, YOKOHAMA Ryusei
Rui is a reticent ex-kickboxer who has broken away from a shady job as a mob debt collector and now lives a lone life from day to day. While at work, he meets Akari, a blind yet cheerful girl despite her loss of eyesight and her parents in an acciden...
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Mishima: The Last Debate (2020)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- MISHIMA Yukio
During the time of mass movement rising in late 60's all over the world, an internationally acclaimed author, poet, playwright, actor, film director and critic Yukio Mishima, took part in a heated discussion with 1,000 members of the student movement...
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Mother (2020)
- Director
- OMORI Tatsushi
- Cast
- NAGASAWA Masami, ABE Sadawo
Shuhei (10) is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of going to school. Except raising the little half-sister, his rock-bottom life...
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Gone Wednesday (2020)
- Director
- YOSHINO Kohei
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Tomoya, ISHIBASHI Natsumi, NAKAJIMA Ayumu
One morning, my Tuesday self awoke to find a strange woman beside me. My Monday self had taken her home. "Not again," I sighed. My home is slightly unusual. There are seven desks, seven toothbrushes, and seven closets, even though I live alone. Each ...
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One Summer Story (2020)
- Director
- OKITA Shuichi
- Cast
- KAMISHIRAISHI Moka, HOSODA Kanata, CHIBA Yudai
Minami Sakuta (2nd grader at high school) swims for the school team. She is practicing backstroke one day in the school pool just before the summer vacation when something grabs her attention on the rooftop. It's a picture of Koteko with a trowel (th...
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Love Me, Love Me Not. (Feature) (2020)
- Director
- MIKI Takahiro
- Cast
- HAMABE Minami, KITAMURA Takumi, FUKUMOTO Riko
Yuna, a wide-eyed dreamer who is nervous about romance, Akari, who, typical of the modern generation, approaches romance realistically, Rio, who is Akari'syounger brother and is popular with girls, and Kazuomi, a "good guy" who is Yuna'schildhood fri...
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Love Me, Love Me Not (Animation) (2020)
- Director
- KUROYANAGI Toshimasa
- Cast
- SHIMAZAKI Nobunaga, SAITO Soma, HAN Megumi
Yuna, a wide-eyed dreamer who is nervous about romance, Akari, who, typical of the modern generation, approaches romance realistically, Rio, who is Akari'syounger brother and is popular with girls, and Kazuomi, a "good guy" who is Yuna'schildhood fri...
