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Wash Away (2024)
- Director
- OKAZAKI Ikunosuke
- Cast
- NAKAO Yuka, KEN Naoko
A Soap Girl Takes Care of Her Grandmother. She must juggle two jobs and live two lives wash her grandmother's body as a caretaker by day, and wash her customers' bodies as a soap girl by night. Grandmother could not even remember her name because of ...
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Diamonds in the Sand (2024)
- Director
- Janus VICTORIA
- Cast
- Lily Franky, YOSHIYUKI Kazuko, Maria Isabel LOPEZ
Divorced salaryman Yoji has just buried his mother in Tokyo. With few meaningful relationships left, he comes to grips with the realization that he has nothing to live for. A chance encounter with Minerva, a Filipina migrant worker who appears to se...
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Cotton Town, Please Respond (2024)
- Director
- IWAMA Gen
- Cast
In the once-thriving textile town of Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, known as the birthplace of Japan's cotton culture, the local industry has been driven to decline by cheap imports. When a producer and director are tasked with reviving it through film,...
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Tea for Three (2024)
- Director
- OTANI Kentaro
- Cast
- MATSUSHITA Nao, SUGINO Yosuke
Keiya, who failed his entrance exams, lived aimlessly in Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture, known for its tea. Meanwhile, his brother Junya, having inherited the family's tea business, is devoted to revitalizing the town by promoting its tea culture. O...
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How to Forget You (2024)
- Director
- SAKUDO Yu
- Cast
- BANDO Ryota, NISHINO Nanase
Subaru loses his girlfriend Miki in an accident, days before their marriage. As he returns to his parents'house and spends his days in a daze, he begins to see visions of her. As Subaru worries about how todeal with the illusion, he is approached by ...
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MUROI SHINJI STAY ALIVE (2024)
- Director
- MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki
- Cast
- YANAGIBA Toshiro, FUKUMOTO Riko
From working tirelessly as an crime scene investigator to striving for the police organizational reform, Shinji Muroi has had a turbulent career in policing. Filled with regret over his inability to keep the promise he made to Aoshima 27 years ago, h...
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MUROI SHINJI NOT DEFEATED (2024)
- Director
- MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki
- Cast
- YANAGIBA Toshiro, FUKUMOTO Riko
From working tirelessly as an crime scene investigator to striving for the police organizational reform, Shinji Muroi has had a turbulent career in policing. Filled with regret over his inability to keep the promise he made to Aoshima 27 years ago, h...
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Run for Money The Movie (2024)
- Director
- NISHIURA Masaki
- Cast
- KAWANISHI Takumi, NAKAJIMA Sota, KIMATA Shoya
Yamato, Eijiro, Ken, Riku, Yugo, and Satoshi were together in the track and field club in high school. They were such close friends that they wore friendship bracelets, and they also competed against one another as good rivals. The six each went the...
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What Should We Have Done? (2024)
- Director
- FUJINO Tomoaki
- Cast
Fujino Tomoaki directed, shot and edited this film over a 20-year period, documenting his sister who developed symptoms of schizophrenia and their socially isolated family. The filmmaker's sister is 8 years his senior, and she excelled academically ...
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Or Utopia (2024)
- Director
- KIM Yunsoo
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Kisetsu, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, YOSHIOKA Mutsuo
Debut feature film with an original screenplay by Kim Yunsoo, director of White-T and Feeble Things, a 2016 ndjc: Young Filmmaker Development Project selection, and Sunday, Calm, winner of the 34th Tokyo International Film Festival Amazon Prime Video...
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Fists and Prayers: The Life of Iwao Hakamada (2024)
- Director
- KASAI Chiaki
- Cast
- HAKAMADA Iwao, HAKAMADA Hideko
This documentary, completed 10 years after his release, chronicles the struggle of Hakamada Iwao, who spent 47 years and seven months in prison having been accused of robbery, arson and murder. Death row inmate Hakamada Iwao is suddenly released fro...
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Adabana (2024)
- Director
- KAI Sayaka
- Cast
- IURA Arata, MIZUHARA Kiko
This is the second feature film by director Kai Sayaka, who has garnered attention in Japan and overseas, and is her first in five years since her debut feature film, Red Snow. It is a Japanese-French co-production. Shinji (Iura Arata), who grew up ...
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FURERU (2024)
- Director
- NAGAI Tatsuyuki
- Cast
- NAGASE Ren, BANDO Ryota, MAEDA Kentaro
An original feature-length animation that reunites director Nagai Tatsuyuki, screenwriter Okada Mari, and character designer Tanaka Masayoshi, who worked together on Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day and other youth trilogy films. Aki (Nagase Ren)...
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My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024)
- Director
- OKAMURA Tensai
- Cast
- YAMASHITA Daiki, OKAMOTO Nobuhiko, KAJI Yuki
Fourth feature film for the TV anime series based on the popular manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, affectionately nicknamed "Hero-aka." As with the previous three films, manga author Horikoshi Kohei serves as supervisor and character designer. ...
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Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain (2024)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Kenji
- Cast
- KAMIYA Hiroshi, KUROSAWA Tomoyo, YUKI Aoi
The story is derived from the "Bakeneko" episode of "Kai~Ayakashi" aired in 2006, which was part of Fuji TV's "Noitamina" programming block. The following year, it became a TV series called "Mononoke", which was then adapted into a completely new the...
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A Few Moments of Cheers (2024)
- Director
- POPREQ
- Cast
- HANAE Natsuki, ISE Mariya
Animated feature film debut by the three members of the film production team Hurray!, who handled directing, production, and character design. With a screenplay by Hanada Jukki of "Love Live!" fame, the film gives a fresh perspective on the joys and ...
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Wakamusha (2024)
- Director
- NINOMIYA Ryutaro
- Cast
- BANDO Ryota, TAKAHASHI Rion, SHIMIZU Naoya
Director Ninomiya Ryutaro's coming-of-age ensemble drama is gaining international attention, with his previous film Dreaming in Between being an official selection in the ACID section at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. Wataru (Bando Ryota), a tacitur...
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missing (2024)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Keisuke
- Cast
- ISHIHARA Satomi, AOKI Munetaka, MORI Yusaku
A poignant social drama based on an original script by director Yoshida Keisuke of Intolerance fame. Ishihara Satomi embodies the feelings of a mother whose beloved daughter goes missing and is subjected to slanderous media coverage and social media ...
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Kuramerukagari (2024)
- Director
- TSUKAHARA Shigeyoshi
- Cast
- SAKURA Ayane, SAKAKIHARA Yuki, OTSUKA Takeo
Feature-length animated film that reunites director Tsukahara Shigeyoshi with the production team for Kurayukaba, which screenwriter Narita Ryogo adapted as a spin-off novella that formed the basis for this film. In a mining town called Hakoniwa, o...
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War Clouds (2024)
- Director
- MIKAMI Chie
- Cast
This is the first documentary directed in six years by Mikami Chie of The Targeted Village and Boy Soldiers: The Secret War in Okinawa fame. The focus of this film is the current situation in Okinawa and the Nansei Islands and the lives of the island...
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Blue Imagine (2024)
- Director
- MATSUBAYASHI Urara
- Cast
- YAMAGUCHI Mayu, KAWATOKO Asuka, KITAMURA Yui
Drama set in a shelter for victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse. Feature film directorial debut for Matsubayashi Urara, who has worked as an actress in films such as The Hungry Lion. Aspiring actress Saito Noel (Yamaguchi Mayu) carries the ...
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The Floor Plan (2024)
- Director
- ISHIKAWA Junichi
- Cast
- MAMIYA Shotaro, SATO Jiro, KAWAEI Rina
A mystery film adapted from the best-selling novel based on YouTube videos written by video creator Uketsu. The film was the winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 44th Porto International Film Festival. Amamiya (Mamiya Shotaro), a YouTuber special...
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Haikyu!!: The Dumpster Battle (2024)
- Director
- MITSUNAKA Susumu
- Cast
- MURASE Ayumu, ISHIKAWA Kaito, HINO Satoshi
Part one of the two-part theatrical adaptation for the TV anime "Haikyu!!" based on Furudate Haruichi's manga. Focuses on the Karasuno High School vs. Nekoma High School rivalry, a favorite among fans of this manga about high schoolers who live for v...
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- (2024)
- Director
- SOTOZAKI Haruo
- Cast
- HANAE Natsuki, KITO Akari, SHIMONO Hiro
Theatrical release for the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV series featuring a complete music remix and 4K upscale of the Swordsmith Village Arc's final episode and first episode of the Hashira Training Arc that aired from May 2024. The film was scr...
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MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED FREEDOM (2024)
- Director
- FUKUDA Mitsuo
- Cast
- HOSHI Soichiro, TANAKA Rie
Latest entry in the "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Series." Set in the Cosmic Era (C.E.), the story depicts the battle between humans with genetically enhanced physical and mental abilities from birth (Coordinators) and naturally born humans (Naturals). ...
