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Cat and Salt, or Sugar (2020)
- Director
- KOMATSU Takashi
- Cast
- TAMURA Kentaro, YOSHIDA Rinne, SUWA Taro
Family comedy about the odd cohabitation of five quirky people including a son in his thirties who lives as a cat. Feature film debut from Komatsu Takashi, who won the 2016 Pia Film Festival Award and has experience living as a shut-in. Ichiro (Tamu...
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MY BROTHER, THE ANDROID AND ME (2020)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Junji
- Cast
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi
A forbidden drama that strongly reflects Sakamoto Junji's own outlook on life. The original script, which was written with the image of actor Toyokawa Etsushi in mind, depicts "ultimate loneliness". Kiryu Kaoru (Toyokawa), a lonely robot engineer, h...
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Transform! (2020)
- Director
- ISHIDA Tomoya
- Cast
- ISHIDA Tomoya, JAREO Osamu, SAZAWA (NOZAKI) Shizue
Ishida Tomoya, who uses an electric wheelchair, helmed this documentary bursting with the joy of artistic expression. Won the Pia Film Festival Award 2020, the grand prize at the 42nd Pia Film Festival. Ishida visits people with a wide array of "dif...
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Rhapsody Of Colors (2020)
- Director
- SATO Takayuki
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Riri, NAKAMURA Kazutoshi, Joplin
Documentary about the activities of Colors, a barrier-free social club. Directed by Sato Takayuki, who brought a fresh perspective to individuals within their tribe in Kaput and Apappo: A Tale of Ainu Sisters. Located in Nishikamata, Tokyo, Colors i...
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Maigo ni natta kobushi (2020)
- Director
- IMADA Satoshi
- Cast
- KANEKO Daiki, TOKESHI Kohei
Documentary exploring the reasons why people fight through the stories of Japanese people trying their hand at lethwei, the Myanmar traditional martial art. Imada Tetsushi last directed a documentary 16 years ago with Kumazasa no igon. Lethwei is sa...
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Healin' Good ♥ Pretty Cure The Movie GoGo Synergy! Big Transformation in the City of Dreams!! (2020)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Ryota
- Cast
- YUKI Aoi, YORITA Natsu, KONO Hiyori
"Healin' Good♥Pretty Cure" and "Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!" come together for the 29th film in the "Pretty Cure" series. Series director Nakamura Ryota makes his theatrical feature debut with this film. Nodoka (Yuki Aoi) and her friends arrive in Toky...
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Grave of Love (2020)
- Director
- NARUSE Kiyoto
- Cast
- OGURA Yuna, ABERA Hidenobu, KANO Yura
Director Naruse Kiyoto, whose attracted attention with Night of the Dead Geisha at the Yubari Fantastic Film Festival, makes his commercial film debut. Yuta (Abera Hidenobu), a monk with a passion for photography, captures in his viewfinder "that gi...
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Thanc You (2020)
- Director
- KURAMOTO Mitsuru
- Cast
- GOTO Junpei, FUKUTOKU Shusuke
One day, Yasuda, a freshman in high school, was summoned by the advisor of the mountaineering club. It was an asking to submit a withdrawal form to abolish the club, which is now down to just one member after the third-year seniors retire. Yasuda, wh...
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The Pledge to Megumi (2020)
- Director
- NOBUSHI Show
- Cast
- Natsuki, HARADA Daijiro, ISHIMURA Tomoko
One winter night of 1972, a group of men invaded Japan at some beach in the Sea of Japan. There already were a large number of North Korean agents operating in Japan including the ones on the agent ship off the coast and at a secret hideout in Tokyo....
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Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Junta
- Cast
- TOSA Kazunari, ASAKURA Aki, FUJITANI Riko
Europe Kikaku, the popular theatre company which has been focusing its energy not just on plays but video content as well, tackles for the first time an original feature film with all its members. In a certain live-work building, Kato (Tosa Kazunari...
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Come and Go (2020)
- Director
- LIM Kah Wai
- Cast
- LEE Kang-Sheng, USAMARU Manami, CHIHARA Seiji
Filmmaker Lim Kah Wai is known for his extemporaneous approach to shooting on the road and made this off-beat drama in Osaka, where he is currently based. Features a colorful cast from nine Asian countries. The skeletal remains of a middle-aged woma...
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The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms (2020)
- Director
- FUKUDA Yuichi
- Cast
- OIZUMI Yo, Murotsuyoshi, OGURI Shun
Writer and director Fukuda Yuichi, known for Gintama and From Today, It's My Turn!!: The Movie, depicts an original interpretation of the historically-based fiction, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". 1,800 years ago in China, the Wei, Wu, and Shu war...
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Remain in Twilight (2020)
- Director
- MATSUI Daigo
- Cast
- NARITA Ryo, WAKABA Ryuya, HAMANO Kenta
The past and present of high school friends reunited for the first time in years intersect in this drama. Matsui Daigo, known for Japanese Girls Never Die and #HandballStrive directs from his own original script. Six classmates who were in the homec...
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Minamata Mandala (2020)
- Director
- HARA Kazuo
- Cast
Documentary shot over a two-decade period by The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On director Hara Kazuo. Documents multilayered lives and stories of Minamata, where debilitating disease continues to cast a long shadow. On October 15, 2004, the Supreme...
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Olympiad Tokyo Kasumigaoka Public Apartments (2020)
- Director
- AOYAMA Shinya
- Cast
Documentary about the lives of Kasumigaoka Public Apartments residents leading up to their eviction. Depicts the history of exclusion that unfolds under the specter of "Olympics First." Directed, shot and edited by filmmaker Aoyama Shinya. The city-...
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ALONG THE SEA (2020)
- Director
- FUJIMOTO Akio
- Cast
- HOANG Phuong, HUYNH Tuyet Anh, QUYNH Nhu
Drama that vividly captures the resolve of foreign migrant workers in Japan. Director Fujimoto Akio portrayed the love of a Myanmar family living in Japan with Passage of Life. Anh (Huynh Tuyet Anh), Nhu (Quynh Nhu) and Phuong (Hoang Phuong) are Vi...
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Poupelle of Chimney Town (2020)
- Director
- HIROTA Yusuke
- Cast
- KUBOTA Masataka, ASHIDA Mana, TATEKAWA Shinosuke
Nishino Akihiro of the King Kong comedy duo brings his own picture book to the silver screen as executive producer and scriptwriter. Bruno (Tachikawa Shinosuke) was the only person who spoke about "stars" in the Chimney Town enveloped by thick smoke...
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OKINAWA/SANTOS (2020)
- Director
- MATSUBAYASHI Yoju
- Cast
The dark, hidden immigrant history between Okinawa and Brazil is the subject of this documentary. Matsubayashi Yoju, the director known for The Horses of Fukushima, brings to light the truth about cases of Japanese immigrants being forcibly deported....
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Love Mooning (2020)
- Director
- MANDA Kunitoshi
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Toru, SUGINO Kiki, SAITOH Takumi
Suspense film that marks the third collaboration between director Manda Kunitoshi and script co-author Manda Tamami following UNloved and The Kiss. Depicts the tumultuous love-hate relationship between a psychiatrist whose wife has died and a lonely ...
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A BALANCE (2020)
- Director
- HARUMOTO Yujiro
- Cast
- TAKIUCHI Kumi, KAWAI Yumi, UMEDA Masahiro
Harumoto Yujiro won acclaim for his debut film Going the Distance and directs and writes this drama that tackles the contradictions and problems of hyper information-driven society. Produced by In This Corner of the World director Katabuchi Sunao. Se...
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TRUE NORTH (2020)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Han Eiji
- Cast
- Joel SUTTON, Michael SASAKI, Brandin STENNIN
3D animated drama about a family of Japanese descent surviving in a North Korean political prison camp. The film marks the directorial debut for {Happy} producer Shimizu Han Eiji and was selected for numerous international film festivals including th...
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Love and the Grand Tug-of-war (2020)
- Director
- SASABE Kiyoshi
- Cast
- MIURA Takahiro, JIYOUNG
This film is modeled on the Sendai Tug-of-War which has continued for 420 years in Kagoshima Prefecture's Satsumasendai City and presents a fresh portrayal of the human drama revolving around it. Director Sasabe Kiyoshi unexpectedly passed away in Ma...
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Godai - The Wunderkind (2020)
- Director
- TANAKA Mitsutoshi
- Cast
- MIURA Haruma, MIURA Shohei, NISHIKAWA Takanori
Godai Tomoatsu, a samurai who prospered between the end of the Edo Era and the early Meiji Era, is depicted in this ensemble youth drama. The original story is brought to life by the 125 Years Memory duo of screenwriter Komatsu Eriko, and director Ta...
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To Die Ordinary - Independent Life (2020)
- Director
- SADASUE Mayako
- Cast
- SAKAGUCHI Emiko, SHIMIZU Akihiko, RI KUNIMOTO Syuji
This is a sequel to the film Living an Ordinary Life which documented for five years the parents who created a social welfare facility in Shizuoka Prefecture's Fuji City under the ideal living normally in the region even with severe disabilities". T...
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Skeleton Flowers (2020)
- Director
- IMAIZUMI Rikiya
- Cast
- SHIDA Sara, SUZUKA Oji, IURA Arata
Just Only Love director Imaizumi Rikiya pulls off the long-awaited adaptation of author Kubo Misumi's 2014 short story. Contemporary family drama about a father and daughter. Yo (Shida Sara) has done the household chores and helped her father Nao (I...
