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Lumberjack the Monster (2023)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, Nanao, YOSHIOKA Riho
Suspense film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Kurai Mayusuke, directed by Miike Takashi. The film depicts an epic confrontation between a deranged lawyer and a serial killer. A bizarre murder occurs in which the victim's brain is removed...
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MENTAI PIRIRI ~PANSY FLOWER~ (2023)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- HAKATA Hanamaru, TOMITA Yasuko
This is the second theatrical film outing for the TV drama series ‘Mentai Piriiri', which won the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Award for two consecutive years. As per the previous film, Eguchi Kan (The Fable) directs. At Fukunoya, a gro...
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The Slit-Mouthed Woman Rises (2023)
- Director
- NAKAMOTO Yu
- Cast
- KIDO Taisei, KUROSAKI Reina, YASHIKI Hiroko
Action horror film based on the urban legend of The Slit-Mouthed Woman. Directed, written and edited by Nakamoto Yu of Ichimonji Ken Prologue: Kung Fu Boy Vs Murder Karate Man fame, which won the Audience Award at the 2018 PFF Awards. High school st...
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IDOLiSH7 the Movie; LIVE 4bit BEYOND THE PERiOD ＜DAY 2＞ (2023)
- Director
- NISHIKIORI Hiroshi, YAMAMOTO Kensuke
- Cast
- ONO Kensho, MASUDA Toshiki, SHIRAI Yusuke
A new beginning, with you, on this stage! The dream concert by the top male idol contenders for the 'BLACK or WHITE LIVE SHOWDOWN' finally takes place! Four groups, IDOLiSH7・TRIGGER・Re:vale・ŹOOĻ, each with their own distinct charms, come together f...
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Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2 (2023)
- Director
- KAWAKE Shunsaku
- Cast
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi, KATAOKA Ainosuke, KANNO Miho
Two films starring Toyokawa Etsushi adapt Ikenami Shotaro's series that rivals his "Onihei Hankacho" and "Kenkyaku Shobai" in popularity. Produced to commemorate the centennial of the great historical novelist's birth. Fujieda Baian (Toyokawa) is a ...
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Promised Land (2023)
- Director
- IIJIMA Masashi
- Cast
- SUGITA Rairu, Kanichiro
The year is 1983 in the village of Hibara, located deep within the mountains of Yamagata Prefecture in northern Japan. In this place, the traditions of the matagi, bear hunters since ancient times, remain strong. When the snow begins to thaw, the men...
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Voice (2023)
- Director
- MISHIMA Yukiko
- Cast
- MAEDA Atsuko, CARROUSEL Maki, AIKAWA Show
Drama dealing with sexual assault and emotional scars from director Mishima Yukiko. Portrays three people as they live on the islands of Lake Toya in Hokkaido, Hachijojima in Tokyo, and Dojima in Osaka. Maki (Carrousel Maki) lives near Lake Toya, an...
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OSHORIN (2023)
- Director
- KODAMA Yoshihisa
- Cast
- KITANO Kie, KOIZUMI Kotaro, MORISAKI Win
Human drama adapted from Fujioka Yoko's novel of the same name. The film focuses on two brothers "spirit of craftsmanship" and the family love that supported them as they laid the business foundations in Fukui Prefecture, which accounts for 95% of do...
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Tatsumi (2023)
- Director
- SHOJI Hiroshi
- Cast
- ENDO Yuya, MORITA Kokoro
A sad revenge drama about Tatsumi and Aoi. Directed by Shoji Hiroshi of Ken and Kazu, which won the Japanece Cinema Splash Best Film Award at TIFF 2015....
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Refugee X (2023)
- Director
- KUMAZAWA Naoto
- Cast
- UENO Juri, HAYASHI Kento, NOMURA Shuhei
Mystery romance based on "Refugee X," the debut work from upcoming author Pallus Ayako who lives in France. Directed, scripted and edited by Kumazawa Naoto of Yurigokoro. Japan announces that it will accept the life form called "X," who are refugees...
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The Quiet Yakuza -Part 2- (2023)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Kento
- Cast
- ITO Kentaro
A new live-action adaptation of the popular yakuza manga ‘The Quiet Don' by Nitta Tatsuo, comprehensively produced by Motomiya Yasukaze of the "Japan Unification" series. The second part of a two-part theatrical release whereby four chapters are divi...
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Motion Picture: Choke (2023)
- Director
- NAGAO Gen
- Cast
- WADA Misa, HIBA Daiki, NISHINA Takashi
This unusual drama shot in black and white depicts humans living in a devastated world where language has ceased to exist. Nagao Gen directs his second feature film after Itsuka no futari. A woman (Wada Misa) lives off the land in an abandon buildin...
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Life is Climbing (2023)
- Director
- NAKAHARA Sokichi
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Koichiro, SUZUKI Naoya, NISHIYAMA Kiyofumi
This documentary follows a visually impaired climber and his partner as they take on the challenge of climbing in the United States. Koichiro Kobayashi a.k.a. Koba, a visually impaired climber, relies on the voice of Naoya Suzuki, a.k.a. Naoya, his ...
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Greed & Hot Springs (2023)
- Director
- KAWAKAMI Ryo
- Cast
- SAWAGUCHI Aika, KOHAMA Momona, ITOSE Nanaha
On a high school trip to a hot spring resort, a group of high school girls discover a bag full of wads of cash that a yakuza mistress has absconded with. The total amount is $200K! A hitman appears to recover the money, a teacher is blackmailed by a ...
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Our Last Day (2023)
- Director
- IBAYASHI Yuka
- Cast
- NAKAGAWA Seina, IWAIDO Seiko, SERIZAWA Tateto
After the suicide of her kind father, her mother became addicted to a new religion and disappeared. Kiho's happy family collapses. Kiho has been living alone since entering junior high school. Unable to return to the happy past, she feels hopeless ab...
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Wasabi - not a fairy tale (2023)
- Director
- Hemant SINGH
- Cast
- KOIKE Julian, NOMURA Keisuke, FUJIWARA Miho
Kano, a girl with a scar on her face, battles the trauma of childhood bullying. Determined to escape her village life, her path takes a sudden turn when she finds her mother in the hospital fighting for her life. Desperate to save her mom, Kano ends ...
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Hierophanie (2023)
- Director
- MAKITA Kazuomi
- Cast
- ISE Kayo, FURUYA Ryuta, CHONG Ami
Shiori, a clinical psychologist and single mother, resigns from her clinic after the death of her daughter and begins offering free consultations at the public library. One day, she is asked by Hasegawa, a priest, to see Tsujimura, a troubled member ...
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Momotaro with Fearful Clans (2023)
- Director
- NARUSE Kiyoto
- Cast
- HAYAKAWA Ruka, NISHINA Takashi, SAKURA Moe
A kind-hearted married couple of earthbound spirits, who live in an accident property, warmly watch over their new tenant, Kijima. Kijima, however, is a bizarre murderer who brings women into his room, kills them, and dismembers their bodies. He is a...
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Blooming Ashes (2023)
- Director
- URASAKI Kyohei
- Cast
- MORI Miharu, NISHIKAWA Fuka, IGARASHI Ryo
In a suburban village, an honest old man lives happily with his beloved wife and his dog Haru. However, there is a mean old man, Toraji, who lived next door, and they are a bizarre and perverted man who keeps kidnapping and murdering people one after...
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Dear Kaita Ablaze (2023)
- Director
- SATO Hisayasu
- Cast
- YUYA Shintaro, SATO Riho, KUDO Kei
Murayama Kaita, a Japanese painter, novelist and poet died in 1919 at the age of 22, leaving behind an impressive and time-defying body of work. In his most recent film, Sato Hisayasu offers a surreal, time-crossing, meta-layered essay on the artist,...
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The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (2023)
- Director
- KOGA Go
- Cast
- SEKI Toshihiko, KIUCHI Hidenobu, TANEZAKI Atsumi
This feature-length animated film, produced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the original author Mizuki Shigeru, depicts the story leading up to the birth of Kitaro, which should be called "Episode 0" of the sixth season of the TV...
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Fly Me To The Saitama -FROM BIWA LAKE WITH LOVE- (2023)
- Director
- TAKEUCHI Hideki
- Cast
- GACKT, NIKAIDO Fumi
Sequel to Fly Me to the Saitama in the live-action series based on Maya Mineo's popular gag comedy. Director Takeuchi Hideki, screenplay writer Tokunaga Yuichi and editor Kawamura Shinji each won the top prize at the 43rd Japan Academy Awards and ret...
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Actress Wouldn't Cry (2023)
- Director
- UDO Yoshifumi
- Cast
- RENBUTSU Misako, ITO Marika, KAMIKAWA Shusaku
This comedy marks the feature film directorial debut for CM director Udo Yoshifumi, who also directs and scripts TV dramas. Set in his hometown of Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture. When scandal leaves actress Rie (Renbutsu Misako) unemployable, she re...
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No election, no life (2023)
- Director
- MAEDA Aki
- Cast
- HATAKEYAMA Michiyoshi
Documentary about the ardor and anguish of freelance writer Hatakeyama Michiyoshi, who has covered elections for 25 years. Directed by Maeda Aki, producer of Why You Can't Be Prime Minister and Kagawa District 1. Hatakeyama throws himself into pursu...
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HOYAMAN (2023)
- Director
- SHOJI Teruaki
- Cast
- AFRO (MOROHA), KURESHIRO Kumi, KUROSAKI Kodai
In his feature debut, director Shoji Teruaki spins a tale of family rebirth in this drama shot entirely on location on a remote island that is part of his hometown of Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture. Akira (MOROHA Afro) catches "hoya" (sea squirt...
