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Radio Shimo-Kajiro –The songs that led us here today– (2023)
- Director
- KOMORI Haruka
- Cast
Filmmaker Komori Haruka, who has continued to record the scenery and people's lives in Tohoku since the Great East Japan Earthquake, presents this documentary, following an unusual support effort for the disaster-stricken areas. Simo-Kajiro Danchi i...
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94 year old gay man (2023)
- Director
- KIKKAWA Genki
- Cast
Through the story of a homosexual born in 1929, this documentary unravels the history of homosexuality in Japan, a condition that was once openly discussed as a "treatable mental illness." 94-year-old Hase Tadashi, who lives in Nishinari Ward, Osaka...
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Kurayukaba (2023)
- Director
- TSUKAHARA Shigeyoshi
- Cast
- KANDA Hakuzan, KUROSAWA Tomoyo, SERIZAWA Yu
Feature-length animated film debut from director Tsukahara Shigeyoshi, whose film Hashi no Mukou was featured in the Short Film Corner section at the 66th Cannes Film Festival. Detective Sotaro (Kanda Hakuzan) investigates the mystery of mass disapp...
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Beyond the Fog (2023)
- Director
- MURASE Daichi
- Cast
- MIYAKE Shuri, MIURA Masaki, HOTTA Shinzo
This tale about a family marks the commercial feature film debut for Murase Daichi, who became the youngest director selected for the New Directors section at the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival. The 12-year-old Ihika (Miyake Shuri) w...
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Hijacked Youth Dare To Stop Us 2 (2023)
- Director
- INOUE Junichi
- Cast
- IURA Arata, HIGASHIDE Masahiro, IMOU Haruka
Sequel to Dare To Stop Us, which depicted the youth of those who gathered at Wakamatsu Production, led by director Wakamatsu Koji. Helmed by Inoue Junichi, who penned the screenplay for the first film and is a former member of Wakamatsu Production. ...
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COTTONTAIL (2023)
- Director
- Patrick DICKINSON
- Cast
- Lily Franky, NISHIKIDO Ryo, KIMURA Tae
A Japanese-British co-production, this human drama was shot in the Lake District situated in the northwest of England by up-and-coming British director Patrick Dickinson with a Japanese cast. After the death of his beloved wife, Akiko (Kimura Tae), ...
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Everything, Everywhere (2023)
- Director
- LIM Kah Wai
- Cast
- Adela SOU, Shogen, YING Jiang
A love suspense film by Lim Kah Wai, the self-proclaimed "Cinema Drifter" who has been making films around the world from his base in Osaka. The final part of the Balkans trilogy, following on from No Where, Now Here and Somewhen, Somewhere. While t...
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Following the Sound (2023)
- Director
- SUGITA Kyoshi
- Cast
- OGAWA An, NAKAMURA Yuko, MASHIMA Hidekazu
This human drama is the fourth feature film by director Sugita Kyoshi, who received high acclaim both in Japan and overseas for his film Haruhara-san's Recorder. Haru (Ogawa An), a bookstore clerk, notices the sad expression on Yukiko's (Nakamura Yu...
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Evil Does Not Exist (2023)
- Director
- HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke
- Cast
- OMIKA Hitoshi, NISHIKAWA Ryo, KOSAKA Ryuji
Director Hamaguchi Ryûsuke, who gained an international reputation with Drive My Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, planned this project with musician Ishibashi Eiko. The film won the Silver Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. Th...
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Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus (2023)
- Director
- SORA Neo
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Ryuichi
Film documenting the "first and last" concert by musician Sakamoto Ryuichi, who passed away in 2023. Sakamoto announced his colorectal cancer diagnosis in 2021 and battled illness for over two years. In September 2022 he performed in NHK Studio 509,...
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Not Born Yesterday (2023)
- Director
- FUKUMA Kenji
- Cast
- Kurumi, FUKUMA Kenji, MASAKI Sawa
Seventh feature film from director Fukuma Kenji, who unexpectedly passed away in April 2023. Fukuma himself played the role of Terada in this drama about his interactions with a girl. Nanami (Kurumi), a second-year junior high school student, lives ...
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men with cameras -Photography of the Great Kanto Earthquake- (2023)
- Director
- INOUE Minoru
- Cast
Documentary that delves into the story of cameramen who filmed the Great Kanto Earthquake and the footage that they shot. The Great Kanto Earthquake struck on September 1, 1923, at 11:58 AM. The magnitude 7.9 quake reduced the city to scorched earth...
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TEKI COMETH (2023)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Daihachi
- Cast
- NAGATSUKA Kyozo, TAKIUCHI Kumi, KAWAI Yuumi
A human drama directed and written by Yoshida Daihachi, known for his works such as Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction. This film won the Tokyo Grand Prix at the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival. 77-year-old Watanabe Gisuke (Nagatsuka Kyozo) has been ...
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Push Pause (2023)
- Director
- KOSASA Ryoma
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Nairu, YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, YUKI Takashi
A human drama depicting the interactions and loving days of people who gather at a guest house. Director Kosasa Ryoma makes his feature film debut with this film. Set immediately after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Utako (Yamamoto Nairu), a live-in worke...
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Precure All Stars F the Movie (2023)
- Director
- TANAKA Yuta
- Cast
- SEKINE Akira, KAKUMA Ai, MURASE Ayumu
Feature film celebrating the 20th-year anniversary of the "Pretty Cure" TV series that kicked off with {Futari wa Pretty Cure} in 2004. Brings together Pretty Cure characters across the entire franchise. Sora (Sekine Akira) wakes up in a strange wor...
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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie Part2 (2023)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Tomoya
- Cast
- MITSUISHI Kotono, KANEMOTO Hisako, SATO Rina
Part two of the two-part feature film produced to celebrate the 30th-year anniversary of "Sailor Moon." The Sailor Guardians wage their final battle based on the Shadow Galactica arc that concludes the series. Sailor Moon throws herself into fightin...
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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie Part1 (2023)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Tomoya
- Cast
- MITSUISHI Kotono, KANEMOTO Hisako, SATO Rina
Part one of the two-part feature film produced to celebrate the 30th-year anniversary of "Sailor Moon." The Sailor Guardians wage their final battle based on the Shadow Galactica arc that concludes the series. Tsukino Usagi lives a humdrum life as a...
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Life of Mariko in Kabukicho (2023)
- Director
- UCHIDA Eiji, KATAYAMA Shinzo
- Cast
- ITO Sairi, TAKENOUCHI Yutaka
Directors Uchida Eiji (Midnight Swan) and Katayama Shinzo (Siblings of the Cape) team up for this detective drama set in Kabukicho, Shinjuku. Six episodes were divided between the two directors to create a single ambitious film. Mariko (Ito Sairi), ...
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Divine (2023)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Kiichiro
- Cast
- AOKI Yuzu, SAKANOUE Akane
A science fiction coming-of-age film, is the first production from "TOEI VIDEO NEW CINEMA FACTORY," a project to discover new talent launched by Toei Video. Directed and written by Nakamura Kiichiro, whose many short films have received acclaim both ...
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SENKYONANDESU (2023)
- Director
- DARTHREIDER, Petit Kashima
- Cast
- DARTHREIDER, Petit Kashima
An election coverage documentary launched by rapper DARTHREIDER and current affairs comedian Petit Kashima as a spin-off of their YouTube show. It is produced by director Oshima Arata of Why You Can't Be Prime Minister fame. DARTHREIDER and Petit Ka...
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SHIN CHIMUDONDON (2023)
- Director
- DARTHREIDER, Petit Kashima
- Cast
- DARTHREIDER, Petit Kashima
This is the second documentary following Senkyonandesu the Movie, directed by and starring rapper DARTHREIDER and current affairs comedian Petit Kashima. This films covers the Okinawa gubernatorial election in September 2022, which marks the 50th ann...
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PSYCHO-PASS: PROVIDENCE (2023)
- Director
- SHIOTANI Naoyoshi
- Cast
- HANAZAWA Kana, SEKI Tomokazu, NOJIMA Kenji
This film version is the culmination of the animated TV series "Psycho-Pass". The episodes weave together the third part of the film trilogy, which was released in 2019, and the third TV series. January 2118. Public Security Bureau Supervisory Super...
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SPY x FAMILY CODE: White (2023)
- Director
- KATAGIRI Takashi
- Cast
- EGUCHI Takuya, TANEZAKI Atsumi, HAYAMI Saori
First feature film for the "Spy x Family" TV anime series adapted from the manga. Manga author Endo Tatsuya supervised the story developed just for the film. Secret agent Loid (Eguchi Takuya) has been removed from his mission. Then he finds out that...
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NO LIMIT, YOUR LIFE (2023)
- Director
- MORI Tetsuya
- Cast
- MUTO Masatane, MUTO Yuko
Documentary about ALS patient Muto Masatane and his wife Yuko. Captures their day-to-day lives challenging the limits of the disease. Muto landed a job at a big ad agency and was sailing full speed ahead in life. But at age 27 he was diagnosed with ...
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The Heart of the Emergency Room (2023)
- Director
- ADACHI Takuro
- Cast
A documentary that closely follows the Emergency and Rescue Centre at the Nagoya Kaisaikai Hospital in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Produced by Abuno Katsuhiko and Hijikata Hiroshi (Yakuza and the Constitution & Goodbye TV), and directed by first time di...
