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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 Haruka delivers a completely original story with members of the original production, including director Sato Junichi, scriptwriter Kuri...

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 de 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...

Beautiful dreamer (2020)

Director: MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki

Cast: OGAWA Sara, FUJITANI Riko, KAMIO 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...

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 ten years over a widowers life as he struggles to raise his young daughter. Iizuka Ken, who works in both film and tele...

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'...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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". The "Heaven's Feel" series has ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 bas...

Nosari - Impermanent Eternity (2020)

Director: YAMAMOTO Tatsuya

Cast: FUJIWARA Kisetsu, HARA Chisako

Seventh Kitashirakawaha project from Kyoto University of the Arts Department of Film Production. This story about the oddball cohabitation of a conman and an elderly woman won the NETPAC Special Mention at the 24th Bucheon International Fantastic Fil...

Sasaki in My Mind (2020)

Director: UCHIYAMA Takuya

Cast: FUJIWARA Kisetsu, HOSOKAWA Gaku, HAGIWARA Minori

Coming-of-age film from innovative director Uchiyama Takuya, who won the Audience Award at the Pia Film Festival 2016 for his debut film Vanitas. An actor whose career is going nowhere confronts his own past, inspired by a story from actor Hosokawa G...

Kamata Prelude (2020)

Director: NAKAGAWA Ryutaro, AKIYAMA Mayu, YASUKAWA Yuka

Cast: MATUBAYASHI Urara, FURUKAWA Kotone, SUDO Ren

Parody of society from the vantage point of actress Machiko as performed by Matsubayashi Urara, the star of The Hungry Lion who developed and produced this film. Four-part omnibus directed by the up-coming Nakagawa Ryutaro of Summer Blooms, Akiyama M...

THE LAST GOZE (2020)

Director: TAKIZAWA Masaharu

Cast: KAWAKITA Non, YOSHIMOTO Miyu, NAKAJIMA Hiroko

A "Goze" is a blind entertainer who travels to various places singing stories while playing the shamisen (Japanese three-stringed lute). This film dramatizes the life of the late Kobayashi Haru, who as the last goze, carried the title of "intangible ...

Eternally Younger Than Those Idiots (2020)

Director: YOSHINO Ryohei

Cast: SAKUMA Yui, Nao

First novel by Akutagawa Prize winner Tsumura Kikuko to hit the silver screen. Third feature film for director Yoshino Ryuhei. With college graduation right around the corner and a job already lined up, Horigai (Sakuma Yui) has too much time on her...

Living in the Sky (2020)

Director: AOYAMA Shinji

Cast: TABE Mikako, KISHII Yukino, MIMURA Rie

The first feature-length film in seven years by Aoyama Shinji, who gained international acclaim for Eureka, renders the emotional subtleties of modern-day women making every effort at living without ruining their pride. Naomi (Tabe Mikako) works at ...

Sad Angels (2020)

Director: MORIOKA Toshiyuki

Cast: WADA Hitomi, MIZUNO Masaru

Portrayed with audacious sensuality, this drama tells the story of a sorrowfully pure love between a prostitute and a young man who drifted into the red light district. The film is written and directed by Morioka Toshiyuki who has delved into the sex...

ABOUT AZAMI (2020)

Director: KOSHIKAWA Michio

Cast: KOSHINO Ena, OKUNO Eita, MINE Goichi

Koshikawa Michio, who has consistently depicted the sexual affairs between men and women, directs this tender drama about the change of heart experienced by a woman who tries to compensate for her loneliness. Azami (Koshino Ena) ran away from her tr...

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