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Journey Beyond the Night (2021)
- Director
- KAYANO Takayuki
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Keisei, NAKAMURA Yumiko
A road movie about a young man's unpredictable journey by Kayano Takayuki, a talented filmmaker who has been producing films mainly in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, and won both the Audience Award and Best Film Award at the 2021 SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-C...
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Sing In Love (2021)
- Director
- KUMASAKA Izuru
- Cast
- INABA Yu, ENDO Kenshin, SATO Honami
Drama depicting the struggle and rebirth of an elementary school teacher faced with a hopeless event. Director Kumasaka Izuru, who was in the limelight at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, wrote both the original story and screenplay. One...
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In the Distance (2021)
- Director
- KATO Saki
- Cast
- KATO Saki, TOYOSHIMA Haruka, KAMAGUCHI Keita
Feature film debut from the creative team Tento launched by actresses Cato Saki and Toyoshima Haruka. They explored small-scale film production approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic and direct, script and star in this four-part omnibus. Acclaim for...
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Somebody's Flowers (2021)
- Director
- OKUDA Yusuke
- Cast
- KATO Shinsuke, YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, TAKAHASHI Choei
Family drama produced to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the venerable movie theater Yokohama Cinema Jack and Betty located in Koganecho, Yokohama. Cutting-edge director Okuda Yusuke earned acclaim for his feature film debut Sekai wo kaenakatta fut...
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Love Nonetheless (2021)
- Director
- JOJO Hideo
- Cast
- SETO Koji, SATO Honami
A romantic comedy directed by Jojo Hideo, the director of On the Edge of Their Seats, adapted from a screenplay by Imaizumi Rikiya. One of the "L/R15" projects in which Jojo and Imaizumi provide scripts for each other and direct the R15+ love stories...
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Your Turn To Kill: The Movie (2021)
- Director
- SAKUMA Noriyoshi
- Cast
- HARADA Tomoyo, TANAKA Kei
Feature film adaptation of the mystery drama broadcast on TV in 2019. The TV series cast and staff reunite for this story about serial killings on a cruise ship. Nana (Harada Tomoyo) and the much younger Shota (Tanaka Kei) are to be married two year...
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DRIVE INTO NIGHT (2021)
- Director
- SAKO Dai
- Cast
- ADACHI Tomomitsu, TAMAOKI Reo
Sako Dai directed renowned actor Osugi Ren's final performance in The Chaplain and spent nine years on the original script for this story about despair and hope for two men. Two men work at a scrapyard factory in the boonies. Akimoto Taichi (Adachi ...
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Shiver (2021)
- Director
- TOYODA Toshiaki
- Cast
- SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko
First film featuring Kodo, the taiko drum group based in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture. In 2021 they celebrated four decades of sharing traditional performing arts from Japan with the world. The project began when one of Kodo's members emailed mus...
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Break in the Clouds (2021)
- Director
- OZAWA Kazuyoshi
- Cast
- KODAMA Haruka, Tsumugi, SATO Eriko
A social human drama depicting the harsh reality faced by a single mother and a person without a family register. Directed by Ozawa Kazuyoshi, an actor who has been active in movies, dramas, and V-cinemas since the 1980s. Maika (Kodama Haruka), a pr...
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Amnesiac Love (2021)
- Director
- HIRANAMI Wataru
- Cast
- TANAKA Shunsuke, YAMAYA Kasumi, TANAKA Min
A fantasy tale depicting the "hell tour" of a young man who aims to become an antique dealer. Directed, written and edited by Hiranami Wataru, who also directed Tokyo Drama and The Believers. Onuki Dai(Tanaka Shunsuke) lives in a small apartment and...
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Free! -the Final Stroke- the first volume (2021)
- Director
- KAWANAMI Eisaku
- Cast
- SHIMAZAKI Nobunaga, SUZUKI Tatsuhisa, MIYANO Mamoru
First film in the two-part theatrical adaptation of "Free!", the popular TV anime series about young people who devote their lives to swimming. Directed, developed and scripted by Kawanami Eisaku, who helmed the third season of the TV anime. Nanase ...
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JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 (2021)
- Director
- Park Sung Hoo
- Cast
- OGATA Megumi, HANAZAWA Kana, NAKAMURA Yuichi
Feature film animation for the popular "Jujutsu Kaisen" TV anime series based on the manga serialized in "WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP". The story unfolds based on the manga "Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School", which is the prequel to ...
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Ushiku (2021)
- Director
- Thomas ASH
- Cast
Documentary featuring testimonies by people applying for refugee status at the East Japan Immigration Center known as "Ushiku". Director Thomas Ash shot the film with hidden cameras, a controversial technique. Winner of the Asian Perspective Award in...
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Extinct Animals (VACATION) (2021)
- Director
- SOEJIMA Masaki
- Cast
- KAKIMORI Manami, GOMI Michiko, SHO Daichi
Psychiatrist-cum-director Soejima Masaki helms this unique music film intercutting two incidents dealing with an extinct bird. Parallel stories unfold about a graduate student studying the extinct bird and a music recording session. Mai (Kakimori Ma...
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Back to That Day (2021)
- Director
- MAEDA Seira
- Cast
- MATSUI Rena, KAKEI Miwako, SHUHAMA Harumi
Ensemble piece about an awkward but forthright woman. Cutting-edge Maeda Seira helms her first commercial feature after earning critical acclaim with her short film Itsuka kagayaita kanojo ha. Manami (Matsui Reina) runs the unsuccessful 50% Theater ...
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Fishmans (2021)
- Director
- TESHIMA Yuki
- Cast
Teshima Yuki makes his feature film directorial debut with this documentary about the history of the internationally acclaimed band Fishmans. Slumping record sales, label hopping, rotating cast of band members, and vocalist Sato Shinji's sudden deat...
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Haruhara-san's Recorder (2021)
- Director
- SUGITA Kyoshi
- Cast
- ARAKI Chika, NIIBE Minako, KANEKO Takenori
Listen to Light director Sugita Kyoshi adapts the title poem "Haruhara-san's Recorder" from Higashi Naoko's first collection. The film won three awards in the 32nd FIDMarseille's International Competition including the first-ever Grand Prize for a Ja...
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Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure The Movie (2021)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Junji
- Cast
- FAIROUZ Ai, HIDAKA Rina, HANAMORI Yumiri
This is the 30th film in the "Pretty Cure" franchise. It is the first stand-alone "Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure" film for the series which aired in February, 2021. One day, Manatsu (Ai Fairouz) and her friends receive a delightful invitation from the...
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Sing a Bit of Harmony (2021)
- Director
- YOSHIURA Yasuhiro
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Tao, FUKUHARA Haruka, KUDO Asuka
Animation about the refreshing friendships between a clumsy AI and her classmates. Directed by Yoshiura Yasuhiro, whose acclaimed films include Patama Inverted. Mysterious beauty Shion (Tsuchiya Tao) transfers into Keibu High School and becomes popu...
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EUREKA: EUREKA SEVEN HI-EVOLUTION (2021)
- Director
- KYODA Tomoki
- Cast
- NAZUKA Kaori, ENDO Rina
Finale in the feature film trilogy adapting the TV anime series "Eureka Seven" that went on air in 2005. Reviled by the world, Eureka undertakes her final journey after a decade of atonement. Eureka lives to uphold world peace as a high-ranking figh...
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: School Mystery! The Splendid Tenkasu Academy (2021)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Wataru
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Yumiko, NARAHASHI Miki, MORIKAWA Toshiyuki
Twenty-ninth feature film for the popular TV anime series. The story shows the truth behind an incident involving Shinnosuke and friends with Takahashi Wataru directing and screenplay by Ueno Kimiko. Kazama (Mashiba Mari) dreams of attending the ult...
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jigoku-no-hanazono ～Office Royale～ (2021)
- Director
- SEKI Kazuaki
- Cast
- NAGANO Mei, HIROSE Alice
Seki Kazuaki, who directs music videos for popular artists, helms this wild comedy with Bakarhythm penning the original script about office ladies feuding throughout Japan. Naoko (Nagano Mei) wants nothing more than to enjoy her life as an OL, or of...
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THE WOMAN OF S.R.I. (2021)
- Director
- KANESAKI Ryosuke
- Cast
- SAWAGUCHI Yasuko, SASAKI Kuranosuke, NAITO Takashi
First feature film for the popular "Kasoken no Onna" TV drama series, which has aired for over two decades starting in 1999. Screenplay by Sakurai Takeharu, one of the main writers for the TV series and also a writer for the "Detective Conan" feature...
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HEART BEATS (2021)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Hiroto
- Cast
- UKISHO Hidaka, SHIRAISHI Sei
Feature film adaptation of Konno Risa's popular comic that has sold over 2.5 million copies in total. This teen romance gives a fresh take on universally relatable everyday experiences like unrequited high school love. Arima Hayato (Ukisho Hidaka) t...
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A Girl on the Shore (2021)
- Director
- UEDA Atsushi
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Ruka, AOKI Yuzu, MAEDA Ohshiro
Live-action adaptation of the same-named comic released in 2009 by popular manga artist Asano Inio. This tale about adolescence depicts the shock of love and sexuality as experienced by a 14-year-old boy and girl and also captures the stultifying atm...
