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MARI AND MARI (2021)
- Director
- YAMANISHI Tatsuya
- Cast
- MAEHARA Ko, AMANO Hana, Nao
Yamanishi Tatsuya, the head of theatrical unit "Pink Liberty" who has been gaining recognition as a playwright and theatre director, makes his feature film debut from his own original script resulting in this unusual romance film. Norio (Maehara Kou...
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Every Picture Tells a Story (2021)
- Director
- YAMASAKI Shimpei
- Cast
- SHIMOMOTO Shiro, KARASUMA Setsuko
"What to do with one's remaining life" is the theme of this drama. In the director's chair is Yamasaki Shimpei, whose previous film Take Over Zone was selected for the Japanese Cinema Splash Competition at the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival. ...
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Jitaku Keibiin to Kaji Yosei (2021)
- Director
- FUJIMOTO Takulmi
- Cast
- OSAWA Shinichiro, KIRYU Mai
Ushio Kikuchi's original script which won the 2019 Hiroshi Aramata Award at the Hakodate Port Illumination Film Festival is adapted to film by up-and-coming director Fujimoto Takumi 45-year-old unmarried slacker Minoru (Osawa Shinichiro) is a self-s...
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Tokyo Uber Blues (2021)
- Director
- AOYAGI Taku
- Cast
- AOYAGI Taku
Documentary capturing vignettes of Tokyo's "new normal" under COVID-19 from Aoyagi Taku, who made his directorial debut with Hiikun no aruku machi. March 2020. When COVID-19 wipes out work as a designated driver in Yamanashi, director Aoyagi ignores...
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The End of the Pale Hour (2021)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Hana
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, KUROSHIMA Yuina, INOUE Yuki
Feature film adaptation of the same-named debut novel from author Katsuse Masahiko, who has legions of fans in their teens and twenties. Versatile director Matsumoto Hana participated in {21st Century Girl}, which Yamato U-ki developed and produced. ...
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My Daddy (2021)
- Director
- KANAI Junichi
- Cast
- MURO Tsuyoshi, NAKADA Noa, Nao
Popular actor Muro Tsuyoshi stars in the lead role of a film for the first time in this drama. The story depicts a father's painfully desperate scramble to save his beloved daughter. Kazuo (Muro) lives with his middle school daughter Hikari (Nakada ...
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Gift of Fire (2021)
- Director
- KUROSAKI Hiroshi
- Cast
- YAGIRA Yuya, ARIMURA Kasumi, MIURA Haruma
Based on the historical events of the end of the Pacific War, this coming-of-age ensemble drama tells the story of three young adults who lived their lives to the fullest while being at the mercy of the times. It is the summer of 1945. Under secret ...
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EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME (2021)
- Director
- TSURUMAKI Kazuya, NAKAYAMA Katsuichi, MAEDA Mahiro
- Cast
- OGATA Megumi, HAYASHIBARA Megumi, MIYAMURA Yuko
This is the fourth and final installment of the "Rebuild of Evangelion" series which began in 2007. Executive producer Anno Hideaki tells the continuing story after the events of 2012's EVANGELION:3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO. with a fresh vision and new s...
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JOINT (2021)
- Director
- KOJIMA Oudai
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Ikken, KIM Jin-Cheol, KIM Chang-Bak
The underworld of modern Japan is depicted with a documentary touch in this noir. Director Kojima Oudai makes his feature-length directorial debut with this film. Returning to Tokyo after being released from prison, racketeer Ishigami Takeshi (Yamam...
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And So The Baton Is Passed (2021)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- NAGANO Mei, TANAKA Kei, ISHIHARA Satomi
Director Maeda Tetsu of A Banana? At This Time of Night? adapts to film the identically titled novel which won the Bookstore Grand Prize in 2019. Raised by parents unrelated to her and having changed her last name four times, Yuko (Nagano Mei) lives...
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THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, KIMURA Fumino, HIRATE Yurina
Bringing together an extravagant cast, this sequel to the action film depicts the ultimate assassin on his greatest mission. Fable (Okada Junichi) is a legendary assassin who can kill any opponent within six seconds. He is ordered by his boss (Sato ...
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Arc (2021)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Kei
- Cast
- YOSHINE Kyoko, TERAJIMA Shinobu, OKADA Masaki
Director Ishikawa Kei grabbed the spotlight with Gukoroku - Traces of Sin and brings world-renowned SF author Ken Liu's short story to the big screen. In this epic tale, a woman becomes the first human to achieve immortality. The story takes place ...
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ITO (2021)
- Director
- YOKOHAMA Satoko
- Cast
- KOMAI Ren, TOYOKAWA Etsushi
Drama about a girl who matures through her experiences playing the Tsugaru shamisen. Directed by Yokohama Satoko, known for Bare Essence of Life. High schooler Ito (Komai Ren) is a misfit with her Tsugaru dialect accent and shy disposition, but she ...
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Mogura no uta Sennyusosakan Reiji Final (2021)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- IKUTA Toma, SUZUKI Ryohei, TSUTSUMI Shinichi
Final film in the live-action comedy series based on Takahashi Noboru's popular comic with Miike Takashi as director, Kudo Kankuro writing the script and Ikuta Toma as the lead actor. Depicts the protagonist's final mission as a mole infiltrating Suk...
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Masquerade Night (2021)
- Director
- SUZUKI Masayuki
- Cast
- KIMURA Takuya, NAGASAWA Masami
Second live-action adaptation of bestselling author Higashino Keigo's "Masquerade" series following up on the previous Masquerade Hotel that brought in 4.64 billion yen at the box office. An anonymous tip arrives that a certain murderer will show up...
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I'll never forget Cowra (2021)
- Director
- MITSUDA Yasuhiro
- Cast
The Rainbow Over The River Kwai director Mitsuda Yasuhiro uncovers the truth about the group of Japanese war prisoners who tried to escape from a POW camp in Australia. During World War II the Cowra 12th Prisoner of War Camp granted the POWs a certa...
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A MORNING OF FAREWELL (2021)
- Director
- NARUSHIMA Izuru
- Cast
- YOSHINAGA Sayuri, MATSUZAKA Tori, HIROSE Suzu
Rebirth director Narushima Izuru helms this adaptation of the same-named 2020 novel by real-life physician Minami Kyoko. Humanistic drama that addresses euthanasia and death with dignity through in-home medical care. Shiraishi Sawako (Yoshinaga Sayu...
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A Madder Red (2021)
- Director
- ISHII Yuya
- Cast
- ONO Machiko, WADA Iori, KATAYAMA Yuki
Biting drama about the inner life of a single mother forced into desperate social circumstances. Ishii Yuya wrote, edited and directed this ambitious film the same year he made The Asian Angel, his first collaboration with Korean cast and crew. Tana...
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The Asian Angel (2021)
- Director
- ISHII Yuya
- Cast
- IKEMATSU Sosuke, Moon CHOI, ODAGIRI Joe
Road movie from The Great Passage director Ishii Yuya shot entirely in Korea. Brings together a cutting-edge team from Japan and Korea. Produced by Park Jung-Bum, who served as juror alongside Ishii at the Busan International Film Festival in 2014. ...
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Pompo: The Cinéphile (2021)
- Director
- HIRAO Takayuki
- Cast
- SHIMIZU Hiroya, KOHARA Konomi
Sugitani Shogo's (aka "Human Plastic Model") identically titled comic is adapted into this feature animated film by writer/director Hirao Takayuki known for The Garden Of Sinners - Paradox Paradigm and others. The production gathers together the top ...
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Onoda:10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)
- Director
- Arthur HARARI
- Cast
- ENDO Yuya, TSUDA Kanji
Drama about Onoda Hiroo, who didn't know the war had ended and continued his mission as an intelligence officer. In 1944 with the war's end approaching, intelligence trainee Onoda Hiroo (Endo Yuya, Tsuda Kanji) is ordered to wage a guerrilla war on ...
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We Couldn't Become Adults (2021)
- Director
- MORI Yoshihiro
- Cast
- MORIYAMA Mirai, ITO Sairi
Adaptation of author Moegara's same-named romance novel that made a splash with its online release in 2016. Presents episodes from the protagonist's romances and friendships through the passage of time. In 1995 the protagonist (Moriyama Mirai) meet...
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We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)
- Director
- DOI Nobuhiro
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki, ARIMURA Kasumi
Love story penned by prolific TV drama screenwriter Sakamoto Yuji with Tokyo 2020 as the backdrop. Directed by Doi Nobuhiro of Flying Colors and The Voice of Sin. Mugi (Suda Masaki) and Kinu (Arimura Kasumi) first met after missing the last train at...
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BELLE (2021)
- Director
- HOSODA Mamoru
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Kaho, SATOH Takeru
Animation director Hosoda Mamoru tells a story of courage and hope set in both the virtual world and reality. High school girl Suzu (Nakamura Kaho) lives in the verdant countryside. She lost her mother in an accident when she was young and lost the ...
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MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY (2021)
- Director
- MURASE Shuko
- Cast
- ONO Kensho, UEDA Reina, SUWABE Junichi
The novel by "Mobile Suit Gundam" director Tomino Yoshiyuki is adapted for the big screen by Murase Shuko who is known for Genocidal Organ. Twelve years after the Second Neo Zeon War (Char's Rebellion) the Earth Federation has decayed and has undert...
