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Come Kiss Me at 0:00 AM (2019)
- Director
- SHINJO Takehiko
- Cast
- KATAYOSE Ryota (GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE), HASHIMOTO Kanna
Love story based on a comic of the same name about the fateful romance between a guy and girl who live in completely different worlds. Helmed by Shinjo Takehiko of Your Lie in April and Daytime Shooting Star. Hinana (Hashimoto Kanna) is a super-seri...
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BENTO HARASSMENT (2019)
- Director
- TSUKAMOTO Rempei
- Cast
- SHINOHARA Ryoko, YOSHINE Kyoko
Heartwarming drama based on an essay by the same title that adapted a popular blog into book format. Directed by Tsukamoto Rempei of 700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police. Single mother Mochimaru Kaoru (Shinohara Ryoko) and her daughter Futaba (Yosh...
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Ossan's Love The Movie: Love or Dead (2019)
- Director
- RUTO Toichiro
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, HAYASHI Kento, SHISON Jun
Feature film version of the 2018 TV drama that became a social phenomenon as the number-one Twitter trend and a top-ten buzzword. The story humorously portrays an all-guy "love-pentagon." Haruta Soichi (Tanaka Kei) returns to Japan after stints work...
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5 MILLION DOLLAR LIFE (2019)
- Director
- Moon Sung-Ho
- Cast
- MOCHIZUKI Ayumu, YAMADA Anna
Inaugural Grand Prize winner for the New Cinema Project, which auditions original film productions. Coming-of-age story about the life of a boy after he was saved with funds raised through donations. When he was little, Takatsuki Mirai (Mochizuki Ay...
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RANDEN: The Comings and Goings on a Kyoto Tram (2019)
- Director
- SUZUKI Takuji
- Cast
- IURA Arata, ONISHI Ayaka, ABE Satoko
The Keifuku Electric Rail Arashiyama Line commonly known as "Randen" is the through line of this film depicting the romantic circumstances of three couples that occur in the film studio town. Director Suzuki Takuji of The Wife of Gegege among others ...
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Amanogawa (2018)
- Director
- CONEY Shun
- Cast
- FUKUCHI Momoko, YANAGI Takayuki, IKUTA Tomoko
Shiori, a student living in Tokyo, feels lost in life. Her mother Satomi is an AI researcher, dedicated both to her work and educating her daughter to the highest level. Shiori stops going to school after getting banned from playing the Japanese taik...
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GARO -UNDER THE MOONBOW- (2019)
- Director
- AMEMIYA Keita
- Cast
- NAKAYAMA Masei, ISHIBASHI Natsumi, MIZUISHI Atomu
Saejima Raiga, the lead character of the 'Garo: Makai no Hana' series which aired on television in 2014, is the focus of this new story for the big screen. Series creator Amemiya Keita serves as writer of the original story, screenwriter, and directo...
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Startup Girls (2019)
- Director
- IKEDA Chihiro
- Cast
- KAMISHIRAISHI Mone, YAMAZAKI Hirona
Tokyo Rendezvous director Ikeda Chihiro brings the script by The Devil's Path screenwriter Takahashi Izumi to the big screen. Two female protagonists with polar-opposite personalities and attitudes about work have run-ins while each forging her own p...
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Twilight (2019)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Yutaka
- Cast
- SAKURADA Hiyori, KATO Seishiro
An anime by Watashi no Yasashikunai Senpai and anime series 'Wake Up, Girls' director Yamamoto Yutaka who wrote the original story and screenplay, directed, and also served as sound editor. Set in Fukushima Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earth...
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OKAZUKUN (2019)
- Director
- MIHARA Mitsuhiro
- Cast
- KUROBA Mario, SAKIYAMA Tsubasa, KOBAYASHI Katsuya
Feature film adaptation of the TV drama based on the same-named manga by Otokuni. The story is set in Enoshima and tells the story of a young salesman's trials and tribulations at work. Directed by Mihara Mitsuhiro, who won best feature at the 8th Sh...
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PARADISE NEXT (2019)
- Director
- HANNO Yoshihiro
- Cast
- TSUMABUKI Satoshi, TOYOKAWA Etsushi, Nikki HSIEH
Noir suspense shot entirely in Taiwan by Hanno Yoshihiro, who has scored soundtracks for films by Hou Hsaio-Hsien and Jia Zhangke. Co-stars Tsumabuki Satoshi and Toyokawa Etsushi with theme song by Sakamoto Ryuichi. Wisecracking Makino (Tsumabuki) s...
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Orphans Blues (2018)
- Director
- KUDO Riho
- Cast
- MURAKAMI Yukino, KAMIKAWA Takuro, TSUJI Nagiko
Road movie that won the Grand Prize at Pia Film Festival Award 2018. Director Kudo Riho was 22 years old when a passage by Terayama Shuji inspired this film about a heroine who lives all out amidst the impending doom of an endless summer. Ema (Murak...
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SOMETHING (2018)
- Director
- SHIBATA Keisuke
- Cast
- OGAWA An, TAKAHASHI Yusuke
Coming-of-age drama helmed by Shibata Keisuke, who garnered numerous honors at domestic film festivals for his short film Hitomazu Susume. Set in a provincial seaside town, the film depicts the halcyon days of an overseas exchange student girl and hi...
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The Garden Apartment (2017)
- Director
- ISHIHARA Umi
- Cast
- SHINOMIYA Yukari, SUZUMURA Yu, TAKESHITA Kaori
Feature film debut for Ishihara Umi, who makes video works in Japan and abroad using the name UMMMI. Depicts a night in Tokyo as experienced by a young couple and a single middle-aged woman. Official selection for the Bright Future Main Programme in ...
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In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World (2019)
- Director
- KATABUCHI Sunao
- Cast
- Non, HOSOYA Yoshimasa, OMI Minori
This is a new version of In This Corner of the World adding 30 minutes of additional scenes which gives a completely divergent impression of scenes and characters. During the war in 1944, 18-year-old Suzu (voice: Non) gets married in Kure City, Hiro...
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Cyclops (2018)
- Director
- OBA Norichika
- Cast
- IKEUCHI Mansaku, SAITO Yu, SATO Kozo
Noir indie film helmed by Oba Norichika, who drew inspiration from a painting by the French artist Odilon Redon. Won the Governor of Hokkaido Prize and the Cinegard Award at the 2018 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Shinohara (Ikeuchi M...
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MOONLESS DAWN (2018)
- Director
- ABE Harika
- Cast
- NAKAO Yuka, AOKI Yuzu, ECHIGO Haruka
Teen ensemble film that won the Runner-up Grand Prize at MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival for collaborations between cutting-edge directors and artists. Rookie director Abe Harika drew inspiration from LOWPOPLTD., who releases music online. Ko (Ao...
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I'm crazy (2019)
- Director
- KUDO Masaaki
- Cast
- FURUTACHI Yutaro, SAKURAI Yuki, SOKABE Keiichi
The feature-length debut by Kudo Masaaki, who was an assistant director on films by Yukisada Isao and Shiraishi Kazuya, is a coming-of-age tale about a young man passionate for music. It won the NETPAC Award (the award for best Asian film) at the 201...
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Jeux de plage (2019)
- Director
- NATSUTO Aimi
- Cast
- HORI Haruna, KATO Shinsuke, FUKUSHIMA Juri
Coming-of-age film about young women featuring cast and crew mainly comprised of women in their 20s. Directed by the cutting-edge Natsuto Aimi, who was born in 1991 and worked as an actress and script editor on the Japan-France co-production I Want t...
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The Kamagasaki Cauldron War (2017)
- Director
- SATO Leo
- Cast
- OTA Naori, KAWASE Yohta, MONKO Tsumugi
A warm-hearted comedy set in Kamagasaki, Osaka which is recognized as Japan's largest neighborhood of day laborers. Sato Leo of Nagai Park Elegy photographs the atmosphere of the actual area, shooting on 16mm film entirely on location in Kamagasaki. ...
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MUGEN FOUNDATION (2018)
- Director
- OSAKI Akira
- Cast
- MINAMI Sara, NISHIYAMA Cosame, HARA Nanoka
Coming-of-age film about teenage girls created with improvised performances and inspired by singer/songwriter Nishiyama Cosame's song "Mirai e." Won two awards at MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with music...
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Remember the full moon night (2018)
- Director
- KAWAKITA Yumeki
- Cast
- TOKIYOSHI Erika, TAKEUCHI Momoko, NOJIMA Kenya
Coming-of-age ensemble film produced for MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with musicians. Directed by Kawakita Yumeki, whose previous film Kawaranaide. Hyakunichisou was selected for screenings at indie fil...
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Itsuka kagayaiteita kanojo ha (2018)
- Director
- MAEDA Seira
- Cast
- OGURA Ao, mahocato
Coming-of-age ensemble film produced for MOOSIC LAB 2018, the film festival where cutting-edge filmmakers collaborate with musicians. Director-cum-screenwriter Maeda Seira has been performing since the sixth grade and is a self-taught filmmaker. "MI...
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Godot of the Emotos (2017)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Yutaka
- Cast
- EMOTO Akira, EMOTO Tasuku, EMOTO Tokio
The acting family, the Emotos, are the subject of this documentary following Emoto Akira and his sons. Prominent cameraman Yamazaki Yutaka, who has been involved with shooting Kore-eda Hirokazu's films, surveils a rehearsal hall and documents the hou...
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Go Away, Ultramarine (2019)
- Director
- YANAGI Akina
- Cast
- YOKOHAMA Ryusei, IITOYO Marie
Film adaptation of Kono Yutaka's teen fantasy novel, produced by Sugahara Daiki, who turned the "Mr. Osomatsu" stage production into a hit. Cutting-edge Yanagi Akina, who garnered film awards while in high school in the US, was tapped as director. N...
